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The Micro Four Thirds system (MFT or M4/3 or M43) (マイクロフォーサーズシステム, Maikuro Fō Sāzu Shisutemu) is a standard released by Olympus Imaging Corporation and Panasonic in 2008, [1] for the design and development of mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras, camcorders and lenses. [2]
The Micro Four Thirds system (MFT) of still and video cameras and lenses was released by Olympus and Panasonic in 2008; lenses built for MFT use a flange focal distance of 19.25 mm, covering an image sensor with dimensions 17.3 × 13.0 mm (21.6 mm diagonal).
Of these ultracompact models, the Micro Four Thirds cameras (Panasonic GM1, Panasonic GM5, and Z CAM E1) have by far the largest sensor, with an area nearly twice as large as Samsung's and Nikon's "1-inch" sensors and nearly eight times as large as the Pentax Q's sensor.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 was introduced in September 2009 as the third camera in Panasonic's Lumix G-series, using the Micro Four Thirds system.It was the first model in the "GF" line, which is primarily distinguished from the other Lumix G cameras by the lack of an integrated electronic viewfinder.
The final Four Thirds camera, the Olympus E-5, was released in 2010. [13] In 2013, Olympus released the Olympus E-M1, which is a Micro Four Thirds camera with enhanced support for legacy Four Thirds lenses using on-chip phase detection autofocus. [14] Olympus discontinued production of the Zuiko Digital lenses for Four Thirds in 2017. [15]
The 'Micro Four Thirds' system currently being introduced by Panasonic and Olympus has a larger sensor AND interchangeable lenses, but Micro Four Thirds cameras do not have an OVF, are not DSLRs and should in fact probably be classified as bridge cameras.
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