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Longtime Sony executive talks A-mount failure, skipping Micro Four Thirds, and early days of E-mount

Longtime Sony executive talks A-mount failure, skipping Micro Four Thirds, and early days of E-mount

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In a pair of interviews (1, 2) with Nikkei Business, Sony Vice Chairman Shigeki Ishizuka discussed the early days of Sony's camera business, including Sony's A-mount Alpha DSLR cameras, a potential move to Micro Four Thirds, and the eventual decision to make full-frame mirrorless cameras. The interviews are published in Japanese, so as always, there's the potential for something to be lost in translation or misconstrued. That said, we saw some interesting highlights on Sony Alpha Rumors. Reading the full interviews, it's...
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