Olympus, Panasonic announce Micro Four Thirds standardOlympus and Panasonic have today jointly announced a new lens mount closely related to the existing Four Thirds format. The Micro Four Thirds format has been designed to allow for reduced size and weight of camera bodies and lenses. The sensor size of a Micro Four Thirds camera remains identical to that of existing Four Thirds models, but with a roughly 50% decrease in the distance between the lens mount and sensor, known as the flangeback dist...
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