> Sony?
>> Yes, the OM-D would be extremely tempting in full frame format. Who
>> will be first with a full frame mirrorless camera?
Strangly, I wonder about this. Sony is likely to redirect their
interests where the big dollars are. Video. They'll maintain a nice
presence in the prosumer level of still cameras, but I'm really
wondering if they will stay the course when it comes to full-frame.
There's already evidences to this.
Pentax/Ricoh. That's here I think we'll see the next full-frame
mirrorless camera come from. It'll just take them two more years to
sort out their engineering efforts and identify/eliminate the
deadwood. Between the two, they have some stout patents and
engineering minds. Very much risk takers.
There is one other oddball possiblity. It's a long shot, but you know
I like to lob the ball about as far downfield as I can. Zeiss Ikon -
Cosina.
Finally, I do find it surprising that both Nikon and Canon have sat
out on the sidelines so far when it comes to mirrorless. The Nikon-1
is aimed at an entirely category of sales so I don't consider it much
more than a fancy point-and-shoot. But it does leave that big vacent
hole in the higher end. Nikon will still stick with cropped sensors,
Canon could very well produce a full-frame but will probably end up
with a Four-Thirds sensor like they put in the G1X.
AG
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