GoPro Joins Micro Four Thirds Standard Group After Launching Mission 1 Pro ILS Camera

Key facts

• OM Digital Solutions Corporation announced that GoPro Inc. officially declared support for the Micro Four Thirds System standard.
• The Micro Four Thirds System standard was jointly announced in 2008 by OM Digital Solutions (then Olympus) and Panasonic.
• GoPro released the Mission 1 Pro ILS, a compact cinema camera with a Micro Four Thirds mount, before joining the Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group.
• The Mission 1 Pro ILS's Micro Four Thirds mount is entirely "dumb," with no electronic communication, so lenses have no autofocus and transmit no information to the camera or vice versa.
• OM Digital Solutions said GoPro's participation is expected to expand use of the system in amateur filmmaking, professional video production, and at the highest levels of cinema.
• GoPro said the Mission 1 Pro ILS combines GoPro versatility with the flexibility to pair it with the best Micro Four Thirds lens for the shot.
• GoPro has not officially commented on joining the Micro Four Thirds system and is busy with its ongoing $285 million merger with Starman Optical.
• GoPro founder and CEO Nick Woodman addressed concerns about the merger in an open letter, saying making cameras remains the company's core DNA.