A friend of mine sent me this info this morning so I'm forwarding it to
the List.
Charlie
Check out: "Carl Zeiss joins the Micro Four Thirds revolution" -
www.engadget.com
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/07/carl-zeiss-joins-the-micro-four-thirds-revolution/?icid=engadget-iphone-url
<http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/07/carl-zeiss-joins-the-micro-four-thirds-revolution/>
Another big
name<http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/05/schneider-kreuznach-says-its-working-intensively-micro-four-t/>is
jumping headfirst into the increasingly popular Micro
Four Thirds <http://www.engadget.com/all/microfourthirds> waters with the
announcement from Olympus today that Carl Zeiss has signed up as a member of
the MFT System Standard Group. What that basically entails is that the folks
responsible for some of the finest
optics<http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/nokia-n8-review/>in the
world will start making lenses directly compatible with Olympus and
Panasonic's camera standard. You could, of course, have tracked down
adapters<http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/>to
get Distagon glass working with your
GF2 <http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/04/panasonic-lumix-gf2-preview/>before,
but it sure is nice to see the big boys producing hardware designed
specifically for this relatively new category of camera. Full press release
after the break.
[Thanks, Ken]
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*Carl Zeiss AG joins the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group*
Announced jointly by Olympus Imaging Corp. (President : Masaharu Okubo) and
Panasonic Corporation in 2008, the Micro Four Thirds System standard has
rapidly grown in popularity. Now, support for the standard is expanding with
the decision of Carl Zeiss AG to join the Micro Four Thirds System standard,
and the company is releasing lenses compliant with the standard.
For more than 160 years, the lenses of Carl Zeiss AG have been defining the
state-of-the-art in optical technology. Now, as Carl Zeiss AG joins the
Micro Four Thirds System group, ZEISS HD Video lenses will be available to
users of Micro Four Thirds cameras, contributing to a vastly expanded
product line and enhancing the joys of digital imaging with the Micro Four
Thirds System.
As the originator of the Four Thirds System and Micro Four Thirds System
standards, Olympus Imaging Corp. will continue to develop and enhance the
product lineup for both standards to meet the diverse needs of our
customers.
Carl Zeiss AG
A long-established optical systems manufacturer based in Germany, founded in
1846 by Carl Zeiss. It develops and manufactures a large variety of optical
products such as astronomical telescopes, microscopes, eyeglasses and
optical sight devices as well as high-class camera lenses.
Carl Zeiss Website
http://www.zeiss.de/en
Outline of the Micro Four Thirds System standard
The Micro Four Thirds System standard was designed and developed to maximize
the performance potential of digital imaging technology, and to extend the
benefits of the Four Thirds System standard for digital camera systems.
When compared to the Four Thirds System standard, the primary distinguishing
features of the Micro Four Thirds System standard are:
Approximately 50% shorter flangeback distance (mount-to-sensor distance)
Lens mount outer diameter approximately 6mm smaller
Electrical contacts in mount increased from 9 to 11
* Image sensor diagonal dimensions are the same for both Four Thirds System
and Micro Four Thirds System standards.
The Micro Four Thirds System standard enables users to enjoy the same high
image quality of the Four Thirds System's 4/3-type image sensor in a much
more compact body, and also take advantage of significantly more compact
lenses, particularly in the wide-angle and high-power zoom range. The Four
Thirds System standard offers the benefits of compact, lightweight
performance, and the new Micro Four Thirds System standard takes this still
further to enable development of ultra-compact interchangeable lens type
digital camera systems unlike anything seen before. The new Micro Four
Thirds System standard also incorporates a greater number of lens-mount
electrical contacts for the support of new features and expanded system
functionality in the future.
Four Thirds Web Site ： "Benefits of Micro Four Thirds"
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/index.html
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