davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Thanks very nicely stated🤓

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Sweet! I seriously hope I don't get the urge (what's that word again? ) to purchase another camera for a long time...

PierreD

Just got a Panasonic Lumix g9 , great camera, does great work, but now I heard 4/3 will die? Can this
Be true????

The real question is: Now that 4/3 cameras are so competitive quality and price-wise, will DSLR die :-)?

HughB Loc: Minneapolis MN

And I love my M1 MkII also. and it will take me perhaps the rest of my active life to learn and use all of its software/firmware. In the meantime the camera and my 6 lens are having a wonderful time taking great, in my opinion, photos!

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Your camera the G9 is going to DIE!! But I can help I will take it off your hands for $500😆

Ed Chu Loc: Las Vegas NV

YOU might die if you make that offer to the wrong owner !! :) :)

John O.

I know of one professional photographer who switched from full frame to 4/3rd about 2 years ago. That photographer travels the world and is well published.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Hi Paul - i've been an amateur "G" fan since the G1. I don't do Vid, so after the G5 I stopped updating - 16 mpx is fine for me. I swapped my G2 for a G3 (also 16mpx). The G3 is the smallest of the G series. I also swapped my 45-200 for a 45-150 f4/f5.6 vari focal - I found it lighter and sharper overall. I have a 14-45 original kit lens from the G1 - once voted best kit lens ever. It might be worth looking for one on ebay. My other lens is a 35-100 - collapsible and tiny. The G3 and the 35-100 make a great all day walk around. The G5 with 14-45 is probably my favourite kit. No issues - everything reliable. I have a Meike dedicated speed light which is pretty good. These cameras with lenses attached fit comfortably tucked beneath an anorak (crossed shoulder straps, either side of back below shoulder blades) in adverse weather.

tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana

Love the Mr. Bill avatar! Oh nooooooooo!

Bipod

Not according to Mr. Michiharu Uematsu, Ms. Emi Fujiwara and Mr. Taku Kariyazaki from Panasonic:
https://photorumors.com/2018/10/15/personalview-interview-with-panasonic-on-the-new-l-mount/

Panasonic says it sees FF and MFT format as different markets. It says it is planning new MFT products.
Of course it would say that---but in this case, the MFT cameras seem to have sold pretty well (although
Panasonic doesn't report sales by product line, so good numbers are hard to come by).

Nothing is certain in business, but to recreate the DMC-G line in APS-C format as L-mount
would cost Panasonic a lot of money and would be unlikely to result in a bunch of additional sales.

If anything, Panasonic's participation in the L-Alliance will tend to keep existing MFT product
prices lower--which is a good thing for consumers and will help keep sales robust.

From what I've seen with other manufacturers, Panasonic is probably not too thrilled about paying
L-mount licensing fees to Leica. I have no inside information, but I don't think it wants to put all
its eggs in the L Alliance basket.

Panasonic is a huge company with a lot of digital camera lines and as long as it stays in the digital
camera business, it's likely to have many lines.

Smart phone users who ware looking to move up to a digital camera will probably find MFT more
congenial than expensive L or similar products. As a very big company, Panasonic is looking for a
big market.

One question: why start a topic with a subject line that assumes MFT is dying: "is it dead? Or dying?"
you asked. Why the presumption? Repeating rumors in topic headings is not helpful .

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

DrJ

Delderby: I agree with your observations and have had similar experiences. I had a Lumix G-1 and it was a pathfinder camera. I upgraded to the G-5 and the IQ is even better. I kept the Lumix 14-45 lens and it is indeed a fine kit lens. I borrowed my friend's Olympus OM-D-E-M5, which received dpreview's camera of the year award several years back, and it actually had better IQ than the G-5. Perhaps this is because of the in-body stabilization in the Olympus. I still have both. I read the reports in Photozone and looked for a used Lumix 45-150 but didn't win one on e-bay after several bids on different specimens. I stumbled upon a like-new Lumix 45-200 at a camera show and got it for a great bargain. I found a second Lumix 14-45 kit lens at a camera show so I have one for each of the Lumix G-5 and Olympus M5. The 45-200 is better than I expected. I also use several MF primes with these M4/3 bodies including the excellent Canon FD 50/1.8, 50/1.4; Olympus 200 f4 MC, and Tamron adaptall 90 f2.5 and 135 f2.5. DrJ

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

Four thirds has been dying for at least a decade, and will be dying for a long time to come. Olympus's new camera with those previously unavailable features and their two new lenses coming out in January will certainly pave the pathway to doom.

jj56 Loc: Londonderry, NH

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I have always thought that 4/3 referred to the width/height ratio of the image. What print paper sizes or image display sizes are compatible with 4/3. Two others, 3/2 and 16/9, face the same question. A common print size is 8 x 10, but no sensor size matches that without cropping.