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Originally Posted by dougjgreen
Not if you buy product from someone who hasn't shown a willingness to preserve their lensmount across generations and technologies. Your 4/3 system lenses were originally promoted as being a system that would be supported by multiple vendors. But that hasn't happened at all, and your excellent, expensive lenses will only outlive your current body if Olympus stays in the DSLR business. If Olympus were to bail on DSLRs, you'd have around $3500 worth of white elephant paper weights..
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Dougie, this is nonsense. How could Olympus have preserved their lensmount across generations? They stopped dabbling in the film SLR business a long time ago, and OM lenses (all manual focus) would just be a curiosity on a digital system.
If Olympus goes bust tomorrow, then so be it. I don't suffer upgraditis (much
) and will enjoy using the E-1 (which is rather solidly built) for a long time to come. Of course, that is not going to happen and new 4/3rds systems (including from other vendors) and new components are very likely to be announced at PMA in less than two weeks time.
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Frankly, above all else, that's the value proposition with the Nikon system. A long term commitment to your lens investment, from a company that remained competitive AND COMPATIBLE, across manual focus film, autofocus film, and Digital, for 45 years. And I own some lenses from 40 years ago, bought by my father for his Nikon Photomic FTn, that are still entirely useable - even still excellent, today, on a D200 or D2X as well as the Nikon F5-based Kodak DCS-760 that is my current DSLR.
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Nikon preserved their interest in SLR and kept compatibility over this period - good for them, unlike for example the nbr 1 SLR manufacturer who changed mounts. These things happen.
However, they are still feel inclined to introduce new lenses specific to the DX format sensors. Why did they do that? Surely they're not COMPATIBLE (your emphasis) with Nikon film cameras (or, heaven forbid - Nikon's fabled digital FF system)?