I just read on 1001 Noisy Cameras that Olympus is announcing 10 cameras at CES this year and so far every single one has a 1/2.3 sensor. For people that don’t know what 1/2.3 means, imagine a child’s pinky nail. Now imagine an image sensor that size. Now think back to 35mm slides and compare the two. I’m not saying pocket cameras need 35mm slide film size sensors, but why will no one other than Sigma even attempt to put an APS-C or Four Thirds size sensor into  pocket camera?  There is no need to even review these new camera’s to know what the results will be. They will all be unusable over ISO200 and not a single one of them will allow you to have shallow depth of field (blurry background) unless you’re focusing on an object 10″ from the tip of the lens.

Is it really too much to ask to make 1 camera for photographers (and wanna be photographers like myself) and 9 for everyone else? Throw us a bone please.

[Via 1001 Noisy Cameras]