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Why do so many videos and even online camera stores call the 4/3 type sensor "Micro Four Thirds" when Micro Four Thirds is a mirrorless camera mount format? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz to c/photography@lemmy.world

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I get that they sound similar but they absolutely are not the same thing and its use implies that there are only mirrorless cameras.

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[–] Etnaphele@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As far as I know, the "four thirds" mount was an open, with the same sensor size as its successor, the "micro four thirds" mount. The former was a DSLR system, the latter is a mirrorless system. I don't think there are any commercially available interchangeable lens cameras with that aspect ratio, that don't use either of the two standard mounts - they are both from the Micro Four Thirds Standard Group (link).