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Tamron, Tokina And AstroDesign Join M43rds - Olympus has announced that Tamron, Tokina / Kenko and AstroDesign has joined the Micro Four Thirds group.
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Olympus and Panasonic has announced that Tamron, Tokina/Kenko and AstroDesign has joined the Micro Four Thirds group and intend to release Micro Four Thirds compliant products. We look forward to the new lenses from Tamron and Kenko, although it's worth noting that AstroDesign already make a Micro Four Thirds 4K digital video recorder, details of which can be found here. (via 43rumors)
From Olympus: Olympus Imaging Corp. and Panasonic Corporation jointly announced the Micro Four Thirds System standard in 2008 and have since been working together to promote the standard. Now we are pleased to announce that three more companies have recently declared their support for the standard and will be introducing products compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard.
ASTRODESIGN, Inc., a developer of advanced imaging-related equipment, such as the 4K camera system, that incorporates the latest technology; Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd., one of the world's leading manufacturers and developers of interchangeable lenses for digital and film SLR cameras; and Tamron Co., Ltd., an internationally renowned manufacturer of precision optics who has been providing powerful, high-quality lenses for a wide variety of fields for more than half a century. With the addition of exciting new products from these companies, the Micro Four Thirds lineup will become much more diverse, further increasing the potential of this advanced digital imaging system.
As the originator of the Four Thirds System and Micro Four Thirds System standards, Olympus Imaging Corp. will continue to develop and enhance the product lineup for both standards to meet the diverse needs of our customers.
ASTRODESIGN, Inc.
A Japanese company established in 1977 that designs and develops professional video equipment and measurement/analysis-related equipment. Well known for developing the world's first programmable signal generator and the Ultra HDTV image processor devices used at Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan. ASTRODESIGN, Inc. Website: http://www.astrodesign.co.jp/english/
Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd.
A Japanese company established in 1957 that designs and develops a wide variety of photographic supplies and optical products. It is Japan's largest manufacturer/seller of lens filters.
Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. Website: http://www.kenkoglobal.com/
Tamron Co., Ltd.
A Japanese company established in 1950 that designs and develops interchangeable SLR camera lenses, lens units for surveillance, as well as ultra-precision optical components based on the integration of advanced optical, electronic and precision machinery engineering technologies.
Tamron Co., Ltd. Website: http://www.tamron.co.jp/en/
The outlines of the standards can be checked at the Four Thirds website
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/index.html
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