Here's a little write upon on the OM-707/OM-77. Like so many first attempts at an AF SLR, it didn't succeed. http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Olympus_OM-707_/_OM-77
Olympus essentially had made the OM system into a high-end niche player, like the Leica R and Contax systems, by the end of the 1990s. All excellent manual focus lenses, a lovely pair of bodies (OM-4Ti, OM-3Ti), and not much market in an era when the AF SLR had become dominant. The E-System was specifically designed and optimized for digital capture, a no-holds-barred re-imagining of an entire system. Even the first out of the gate, the E-1, is a brilliant performer within the limits of its sensitivity. But the notion of a simple digital body like an OM-1n or OM-2 (or a Nikon FM2 ... or a Pentax MX ...) with just what the original film cameras had except for a digital sensor and capture system is a still an often voiced desire by a lot of old curmudgeons (including me). A couple of people would buy it, but not enough to fund the development work that would be required to produce it. G On Aug 23, 2013, at 12:30 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > They might. However the OM lens mount system never really evolved beyond the > solid machined metal stage of the original K and M lenses. There was no > Olympus lens series equivalent to the Pentax A lenses and though I have no > direct experience with then, the few autofocus lenses that they produced are > not supposed to be very compatible with the OM series. A 24x36mm sensor > Olympus DSLR would be a blank slate, not compatible with 4:3 or Micro 4:3 and > most likely not compatible with classic OM mount lenses either. > > Who would the buy it when confronted with the choice between it and the > mature systems produced by Nikon, Canon and Sony in FF with APS-C as lesser > backups, or for that matter Pentax and the various 4:3 micro 4:3 and > mirrorless APS-C sensor based cameras, all of which have fairly extensive > lens lineups. > > Of course that might not keep Olympus from producing such a thing. Pentax > released the 645D. Then again the 645D could build upon an extensive A and > autofocus lens lineup from it's manual focus and autofocus film predecessors. > > On 8/23/2013 1:43 PM, John wrote: >> I wonder how many of those who want Olympus to build a 35mm film format >> camera once shot with Olympus 35mm film cameras? >> >> They might see things differently than someone who came to Olympus after >> Olympus committed to the 4/3 format. >> >> >> On 8/23/2013 11:27 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> Yes indeed. Olympus and Panasonic FourThirds and Micro-FourThirds >>> cameras and lenses were designed specifically for the format size. >>> >>> That doesn't stop people from insisting that Olympus should build a >>> larger, 35mm film format camera, unfortunately. >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> On Aug 23, 2013, at 8:05 AM, "P.J. Alling" >>> <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Aren't they already full frame? -- 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.
