When the Micro Four Thirds system was developed by Olympus and Panasonic in 2008, the two companies conceived the Micro Four Thirds Standard Group as an open consortium that could be joined by anyone interested in developing products for the system. In the meantime, several well-known companies such as Fujifilm, Kenko-Tokina, Sigma etc. have joined the group (and have partially begun developing products for the Micro Four Thirds system.) Yesterday, Olympus announced that the following five companies had just joined the MFT Standard Group: (read more)
