when the camera will be unveiled at a major New York City press event and complete product features and specs will be revealed. The Olympus Digital SLR System will then be introduced to the market at competitive prices in the late third or early fourth quarter of 2003.
March 2003: As anticipated after the announcement of the Four Thirds system by Olympus and Kodak at Photokina last year, Olympus unveiled prototypes of the new Four Thirds system digital SLR camera, lenses and accessories at the PMA International Trade Show in Las Vegas between 2 and 5 March. ![]()
We provided details of this new open standard for interchangeable lens digital SLR cameras in the December/January issue of Digital PhotoReview. Briefly, it is based around a ‘4/3-inch’ sensor with an imaging area of 18 x 13.5 mm and has been designed to support lens interchangeability across all brands.
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