The NEX pancakes are coming, end to the M43 lens size advantage?

Just like the APS-C by the laws of physics has a sensor advantage, so too does m43 have a lens size advantage. Add in Oly IBIS, and Oly lenses can become quite small (no IS in the lens required).

NEX has some catching up to do. 75/1.8. 45/1.8. 14/2.5 (better than NEXs 16, though not as wide). 20. 12-35/2.8, 35-100/2.8 etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

 

IMO, this (SR5) APP support coming! The new NEX cameras are almost like iPhones   | sonyalpharumors is far more interesting. Something v. different.

 

The alpha and e-mount lenses don't swap natively. There's still the need for an adapter, and a very large one for CDAF, and the DSLR lenses are still pretty big.

The death of m43 by NEX has been fortold for over 2 years now. I think both systems have a place, and I don't see this announcement killing an advantage, though it is an important release for NEX. (actually, anything other than another body is important for NEX).

 

Your link brings up the a33. They don't make that small a body any more. The a37 and a57 are bigger and much bigger, respectively.

 

I handled both the GH and the a33/55 and found them all too small for my hands. I thought it was a good thing they made the a57 larger.

 

The 16 is a weak lens. I had it for almost a year. You can make a lens tiny by making it weak. It also is f/2.8 instead of 1.7. The Panny is also 20mm vs. 16, but the equivalent FOV is miles different. Compare the 16 to the 14 (14 is smaller), and the 14 is STILL a better lens and faster, and still has IS when on an Oly body.

Look at the Oly 45/1.8 vs. the NEX 50/1.8.

 

There is supposed to be a Sony 35/1.8 released (per the rumors). For their sake, I hope it's ~$500-600 and can challenge the PL25.

 

If NEX released a 35mm/1.8 (which is the rumor) and, I dunno, pick another favorite lens. Maybe a 16-50/2.8. Do you think m43 would dry up and blow away, or would it lose it's dominance, as another system settles into being a major player?

Another way to ask the question -- did Canon kill Nikon or Nikon kill Canon? (the answer being, of course, that they co-exist)

If it really is that the slightly larger APS-C sensor is destined to be king, then is m43 doomed? Is that really realistic? Have we forgotten the performance, build and output of the OMD and associated lenses? If NEX released a 35/1.8 and a 16-50/2.8, would the OMD cease to be a fantastic camera? Would the OMD + PL25 suddenly be garbage?

If you have 75% market share of a $100m market, and only 40% market share of a $500m market, in which scenario are you better off? Competition and additional options, yes. Smaller market share for Panny and Oly, sure. But remember -- the TOTAL market for mirrorless is GROWING. It's DSLRs and 1/1.7" sensored cameras that are dying. NOT m43.