Or an adapter to use the tiny lenses for that system perhaps?
Why isn't there a real compact with interchangeable lenses for that
matter?
Because what we have now is basically digital versions of traditional
cameras.
Anything really innovative doesn't sell - people want what they are
used to, with a sensor in it.
Change comes but oh so slowly because we're so conservative in our
tastes.
Hence the success of Canon with a digital EOS 1 and Rebel and Nikon
with the same sort of thing.
And the struggles Oly had with selling the 300 series. How many
reviews did I read of the 330 where the reviewer just could cope with
the basic idea of the camera. Look how many people here keep
hankering for an OM type camera with a chip in it. Whether its a good
idea or not. The 410 and 510 have a chance because they look just
like the rest with a couple of neat features but it's probably too late.
Of course they could make a Pentax 110 digital - but they won't and
you probably wouldn't buy it if 'they' did.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 10/05/2007, at 1:23 PM, Curt & Sally Hedman wrote:
> So I finally became aware that the imager in a FourThirds spec DSLR
> is pretty close to that of a frame of 110 film (OK, I can be a bit
> slow at times!); why then isn't there a FourThirds DSLR about the
> size of my venerable Pentax Auto 110? OK, OK, the Auto 110 isn't
> auto-focusing, and there is some trickiness with the shutter-in-body
> doing aperture control, and the lenses aren't telecentric, but
> wouldn't it be cool to have a DSLR system that size? And I suppose
> the FourThirds guys would just die if we started referring to the
> sensor as a "110-size", ala the term "APS-C size"...
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