Olympus and Panasonic have probably just changed the photography game (let alone the megapixel war) with the announcement of the Micro 4/3rd's D-SLR camera system. According to PhotographyBlog, the "Micro Four Thirds sensor will remain the same size (18x13.5mm) as the current Four Thirds standard, but the optical viewfinder and mirror box are completely removed so that a Micro Four Thirds camera is 50 percent thinner. Also, lenses are smaller, due to the 6mm smaller lens mount outer diameter, and movies are set to feature on D-SLRs for the first time."

This was done by removing the Mirror Box within the camera and by also taking out the optical viewfinder. That may or may not annoy some users—optical viewfinders tend to keep you on track of your subject while shooting. However, with the incorporation of Live View, expect electronic viewfinders to start making their way into the market. That will mean that RGB diagrams, histograms, rule-of-thirds lines, and exposure bars will all be incorporated into the viewfinder.

We're expecting to see a range of products from Olympus and Panasonic based on the Micro Four Thirds System this September at Photokina. Anything from lenses, accessories, and camera bodies smaller than the E-420 should be expected.

Movies on a DSLR? Get out! D-SLR users previously had to take time-lapsed images and stitch them together into movie files to create a movie, but now that will apparently change with a more professional-type hybrid. What this means for photo journalists is that the eventual dream of carrying around only one camera (instead of their D-SLR plus a camcorder) is coming ever so closer. However, there is no word on whether or not the Micro 4/3rd's system can record HD video or has stereo microphones. That's where superzooms like the upcoming Panasonic FX28 still have the D-SLRs beat. But there's no beating the image quality of a D-SLR.