Sony and Olympus will share mirrorless distribution and tech.

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In an interview at with Olympus president Sasa confirmed at JP (Click here) that Sony and Olympus will tighten their relation ship in the mirrorless camera business. In Short this means that they will share components between their cameras to lower the costs. And also integrate the distribution network.

In short, what are the tech Olympus can hand over to Sony? Here is a list:
– The great 5 axis on sensor stabilization (likely coming on the new generation A-mount cameras in February)
– Their contrast autofocus tech
– Their Zuiko Lens design epxerience
– Their JPG engine (which is a tiny bit better than the Sony engine)
– The freezproof body design (see the new Olympus E-M1).

I have to say this is a nice list of things we need to get built-in in our future Sony cameras!