Panasonic says L-mount alliance formed just a couple of months ago and Olympus didn’t want to be part of it

Well Panasonic manager Yosuke Yamane just spilled out some beans at an interview with Lesnumeriques:

Eight years ago Panasonic had the idea to go Full Frame but at the time there were technical and commercial challenges
Two years ago they started to look for an alliance around a Full Frame platform. At the beginning of 2018 they approached Leica and Sigma.
Why is Olympus not on board with this? Yosuke said “we do not really have the same vision. Our directions are different now, on this format“
The new AI autofocus system works on the question of “where to focus”. For example we use deep learning to track flying birds or human eyes
Panasonic has abandoned the smart phone project and there will be no follow-up of the CM1 (here on Amazon).
Panasonic does not think the smart phone market is a threat for MFT

Will Olympus regret this decision???

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