Tag: MICROFOURTHIRDS

We have every digit on our body crossed in hopes that a reputedly elderly, generous, affable and morbidly-obese elf looks our way and pops a Lumix GF1 in our stocking. Which is kind of the point: the GF1 is, to-date, the best overall mirrorless camera (one of the newfangled micro four-thirds models you've likely heard of) on the market, offering quality on par with some DSLR cameras in a body ...

First out of the gate for Samsung for CES 2010 is the NX10 digital camera, which we first heard news about back in December. The device seems aimed for the Micro Four Thirds (a compact alternative to the DSLR) market, currently marked by the Olympus E-P1 and some of Panasonic's shooters. Though the NX10 leaves you with a digital viewfinder (unlike SLR cameras), the compact 14.6 megapixel NX10 ...

What it is: The Olympus PEN E-P1 is the company's first Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera -- a miniaturized alternative to a digital SLR (DSLR) based on a tech standard developed in cooperation with Panasonic. The physical design and name are throwbacks to the half-frame film cameras Olympus produced from the '50s through the '80s. The E-P1, priced at $799, includes a 14-42-millimeter, f3.5-5.6 ...