On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21 October 2010 18:43, Jaume Lahuerta <jlah...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Interesting discussion... >> >> If Canikon comes out with their own 'Nex'-like...I am afraid that all those >> buyers will be attracted again by their powerful brands (as they are when >> jumping to entry level DSLRs). >> >> But I agree in that a m-APSC standard would be even worst for m4/3... >> (I am not sure if the NEX or Samsung mount can accommodate as many lenses as >> m4/3 with adapters, probably not) > > I don't know how the 3rd party adaptor market is going for the Sony > NEX, but Samsung shot themselves in the foot when they designed the NX > mount to not accept Leica lenses; I'm convinced this is a large part > of the reason why the NX10 hasn't been more popular. The Sony NEX is a > different kind of camera that doesn't appeal to those photographers > who like buttons and hardware.
That would be the NEX with M mount compatibility and Sony is apparently actively supporting the adapter market. Sales seem to be reflecting this, as all the numbers I'm seeing indicate Sony has grabbed about half the EVIL market with Panasonic and Oly sharing the rest with Panasonic owning the larger portion. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
