At the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) tradeshow held in Anaheim, California, Olympus disclosed to magazine Amateur Photographer that it has intentions to remove the mirror components in its E-system dSLRs. The firm’s representative, Richard S Pelkowski, dSLR product manager of Olympus America, said that in 24 months’ time the E-system cameras won’t have a mirror box anymore. This will effectively make the dSLRs smaller and lighter without compromising image quality. This is because shooters such as the more diminutive E-P2 have the same image sensor as the high-end E3 dSLR. Pelkowski also said that future Pen cameras will have autofocus systems as fast as the E-series dSLRs, and we certainly hope so because Olympus’ Micro Four Thirds snappers are often criticized for their slow AF system. He also added that Olympus doesn’t see the need to change to larger sensor sizes like APS-C, because employing a larger imaging sensor will compromise the size of the lenses, making them bigger.
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Canon’s future dSLRs may make photographers see double if its recent patent for a revolutionary viewfinder system goes into production. The Japanese imaging firm has applied for a patent for a viewfinder system that incorporates both optical and electronic viewfinders (EVFs). Shutterbugs can peer through the optical viewfinder and see two screens: One displays the view through the lens, and the other is a small EVF that is used for image review. So is there really a need for this? For professional sports photographers, reviewing the pictures on the LCD can distract them from the action and cause them to miss shots. Hence, if they can see what they’ve photographed without removing their eye from the optical viewfinder, that’ll be really useful. An alternative use I can think of for such an implementation is for manual focusing. The EVF can show a magnified view so photographers can fine-tune their focus.
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