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Aps c sensor vs micro four thirds9/10/2023 ![]() ![]() M4/3 offers very good and “good enough” quality and it will get better, but it has an inherent quality handicap versus the 65% larger APS-C sensor.On R&D dollar terms alone, what does that mean? Why is there no new M4/3 player since the beginning? APS-C camp: Sony, Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, Ricoh/Pentax, Sigma, Leica, Samsung, Zeiss.How can Olympus and Panasonic weather that with M4/3? Essentially nothing interesting has happened for a year now in M4/3. But APS-C cameras have become a juggernaut of interesting designs hitting a sweet spot in so many ways (cost, size, R&D backing, etc), and I expect Sony and Ricoh and Fujifilm and Sigma and Nikon and Canon and others to up their game. My views on the E-M5 remain very positive in general (menus and buttons excepted), and can be read in my extensive review. I like a lot about the Olympus E-M5 and I expect improved models to come along this fall.Summarizing the past few blog posts, here is the way I see the current state of Micro Four Thirds (M4/3) and APS-C marketplace realities: Something 'magical' in M4/3 needs to happen, because the M4/3 market has to grow in order for the format to avoid becoming irrelevant. I do hope to see an Olympus E-M5 follow-on with a state of the art Sony sensor this fall, but the depth and breadth of APS-C offerings is going to be make it very hard for M4/3 to remain compelling. That is a real danger to also-ran formats M4/3 has struggled for years and not gained traction. But little has changed in a year, and from what I see, market forces suggest it will not happen: the industry as a whole is under severe pressure amid slumping sales. ![]() The Future of Non-DSLR and DSLR Camerasįirst I would like to see Micro Four Thirds (M4/3) move boldly ahead with new sensors and new cameras that are truly innovative, along with impeccable lenses.It’s a Free-For-All in the Mirrorless Arena.Is there a New Trend in Compact Cameras? (fixed lens, large sensor, Coolpix A).APS-C Emerges as “the new full frame quality” + the Sagging Momentum of Micro Four Thirds.The Future of Image Quality is Fixed-Lens Cameras.Micro Four Thirds: Withering on the Vine.Micro Four Thirds vs APS-C: Aspect Ratio.Micro Four Thirds vs APS-C: Size and Weight Realities.Broad trends are difficult to divine, and this discussion is my attempt to look at market forces, product offerings, and what I have concluded in using a huge variety of new cameras in the past couple of years. None of this is a commentary on the merit of any particular decision for or against a camera system for an individual, which must always reflect individual goals.
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