Could the Dutch magazine item be in reference to the following story from
April, 2001?
(What's the etiquette, should I just post the link?)
Stuart Landrum
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/988379360.html
>NEWSFLASH: Olympus to slash the cost of digital SLRs?
>By Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource
>(Friday, April 27, 2001 - 09:49 ET)
>Japanese website posts news of upcoming digital SLR based on Olympus, Kodak
>cooperation...
>Our good friend Yamada Kumio at the digitalcamera.gr.jp website emailed us
>last night with some sensational news from Japan; apologies for the delay
>getting this posted but we only saw the email this morning! According to
>Yamada-san, Olympus will announce a new interchangeable-lens SLR digital
>camera with a 4/3" CCD image sensor at PMA in February 2002. The announcement
>was made by a Mr. Kojima of Olympus at Kodak's 'e-Revolution 2001' event in
>Tokyo yesterday. The camera is being described as a 'dream digital SLR for
>photographers'...
>
>Eagle-eyed readers will now have their curiosity picqued - yes, we did say
>Olympus made the announcement at a Kodak event. ;) Why? Because the camera
>will use a Kodak CCD, the KAF-5100CE... First announced in late August of
>2000, the 4/3" 5.1 megapixel KAF-5100CE has roughly four times the area of the
>2/3" CCD sensor used in Olympus' existing E-10 digital camera, and about 6
>times the area of the 1/2" sensors used in most consumer digicams.
>(Incidentally, it is also larger than the sensors used in the EOS D30, FinePix
>S1 Pro and Nikon D1 as well...) This means that not only is the resolution
>higher than image sensors in most current digicams, but the pixel size is
>actually bigger as well - meaning more light is gathered, and there's a better
>ratio of signal/noise. Yamada-san notes that with this sensor size, you could
>reduce the pixel size to 4 microns similar to current cameras and get 16
>megapixel output (although obviously the camera being announced is 5 megapixel
>at this time).
>
>Even more impressive is the price being suggested. Yamada-san mentions a price
>of ¥200,000 (US$1636) - and this apparently includes a lens as well (at
>launch, there should be a selection of 5 lenses available). A new lens mount
>is being developed specifically to match the 4/3" sensor size, which
>Olympus/Kodak hope to make a defacto industry standard. This would enhance
>competition and help expand the market, the companies feel.
>
>The camera will be formally announced at the PMA 2002 show which will be held
>from February 24-27 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida
>(we'll be there, of course, and will doubtless bring you more information on
>the camera). It will then reach the marketplace for sale by Photokina 2002,
>which takes place September 25-30 in Cologne, Germany, and will feature
>magneto-optical mass storage and Bluetooth wireless communications. Also
>available will be a long life power-pack, hand grip, macro and viewer
>accessories. More information will be made available over time...
>
>Thanks to Yamada Kumio for contacting us, and giving us permission to
>translate this big news!
>Thanks to Yamada Kumio / digitalcamera.gr.jp for this item!
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