In article , Robert Coe
wrote:

: (We never really considered other manufacturers, as much out of laziness
: as for any other reason.)
:
: back then there weren't any other manufacturers worth considering. now
: there are quite a few.

You don't think Olympus qualified?

for the 4/3rds slrs, definitely not.

the bodies were only slightly smaller than the smallest nikon/canon
slrs, but the sensor was 2x crop versus 1.5x or 1.6x. which means you
had at least a 1 stop penalty in image quality for a camera that was
about the same size in your hand. what's the point in that? plus, the
lenses were insanely overpriced compared to nikon/canon.

worse, 4/3rd slrs were a dead end. you could never get a bigger sensor
or a pro level camera whereas nikon/canon users who bought a crop
sensor camera could eventually trade up to full frame if they wanted.
nikon dx lenses will work on a full frame body, but in crop mode, so no
different than what they had before. however, canon ef-s lenses will
not mount at all on a canon full frame camera. any full frame lenses
they had will of course work.

it's different now. micro-4/3rds is what 4/3rds should have been all
along. it's still a 4/3rds sensor but at least the cameras and lenses
are much smaller. based on its popularity, customers agree.