Originally posted by Aristophanes I've owned an original PEN. It was crap, frankly. I got it used from a friend who also thought it was crap. I'm an old Olympus fan from the days gone by, but the M4/3 sensor is simply old tech with enough flaws that it will hit the proverbial wall vis-a-vis IQ.
You seem to be confusing limitations of sensor size (not that relevant) and limitations of the old EP1 sensor (yes, it's not that good, as it's quite old).
Yes, the EP1 sensor isn't stellar. EP1 was the first m43 camera and came out 2 years ago, what do you expect?
Try the GH2 and then comment on what you think of the IQ.
Quote: Mirrorless will come in smaller than M4/3 (for price on a smaller sensor and real compactness) and APS-C (Sony, Samsung).
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man...
Someone might as well argue that m43 is the sweet spot between compactness and IQ. In fact, one of my friends is a big proponent of that opinion.
Quote: Canikon still massively increased their volumes on 5 year-old designs merely tweaked with sunk costs and at profit margins Oly can only dream of. That's pure market muscle and economic efficiency.
Are you arguing Canikon massively increased their volumes last year?
Also, I agree Canikon is leveraging their sunk costs and old sensor designs. But Panasonic and Oly are just about starting to do that now about m43 too so their margins should only improve year after year (while Canikon might have hit that particular wall already).