There are other, practical, reasons for moving to a new mount:
1) It allows for greater flexibility in lens design.
2) It allows for the implementation of a mount that is protected by IP, in other words you get to decide what lens goes on the camera, not some third party manufacturer that is competing directly with you and taking revenue from you.
3) A new mount allows for greater computational integration between the lens and camera (similar to how Samsung used lenses with the NX cameras). As cameras become more computer like in the future this will increasingly allow more creative design options.
Basically starting a new mount (which can be made backwardly compatible with older lenses using adapters) is a sensible approach that looks to the future and not the past. Doing this in conjunction with the development of new MILC lines is an obvious time to do it. It is much more difficult to this sort of thing in the middle of a camera line since it is very disruptive to the eco system.
1) It allows for greater flexibility in lens design.
2) It allows for the implementation of a mount that is protected by IP, in other words you get to decide what lens goes on the camera, not some third party manufacturer that is competing directly with you and taking revenue from you.
3) A new mount allows for greater computational integration between the lens and camera (similar to how Samsung used lenses with the NX cameras). As cameras become more computer like in the future this will increasingly allow more creative design options.
Basically starting a new mount (which can be made backwardly compatible with older lenses using adapters) is a sensible approach that looks to the future and not the past. Doing this in conjunction with the development of new MILC lines is an obvious time to do it. It is much more difficult to this sort of thing in the middle of a camera line since it is very disruptive to the eco system.
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