Category Archives: Olympus

Olympus is working on a m4/3 camera with built-in EVF

This is a recap of an interview with Olympus published in the Spanish DSLRmagazine:

Olympus is working on a m4/3 camera with built-in EVF. Quote: “the technology is already here…”

The answer to whether the E-5 will come at Photokina “Not only possible, but highly possible.”

Three more MicroFourThirds lenses are expected to be released in the 12 months.

Q: Will there [...]

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Olympus working on E-3 replacement, promises more 4/3 cameras (mirror and mirrorless)

In an interview with AP, Olympus confirmed for the second time that they are not going to stop producing DSLR cameras (see previous post). They also confirmed that they are working on an E-3 replacement but did not specify any further details.

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PMA announcements are over, Panasonic and Pentax are next

2010 PMA show is over (see detailed report here). A lot of point and shoot cameras were released and almost nothing in the DSLR area. The stars of show, in my opinion, were the “three S”:

Sony: EVIL and a700 replacement prototypes.
Sigma: 5 new lenses, 2 DP cameras, the SD15 DSLR (after almost 2 years delay) plus maybe an EVIL [...]

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Olympus confusion: “‘We still plan to develop full size DSLRs”

Dpreview had an interview at PMA with John Knau (US DSLR Product Manager) who tried to convince everyone that Olympus will continue to produce DSLRs despite the comments made two days ago by another DSLR Product Manager from Olympus.

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Olympus E system to go 100% mirrorless in two years

This is according to Olympus America’s DSLR product manager Richard S. Pelkowski:
“I would say that within 24 months the E system will not have a mirror box at all. Up until we launched the Pen cameras all manufacturers were doing was fitting a digital sensor in what is ultimately a film camera body – there [...]

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Another day, another countdown timer

Today’s countdown timer is brought to you by Olympus and is related to a Four Thirds product:

And few more Olympus related updates:

Olympus E-P1 (white) has been discontinued @B&H
Interesting: Micro Four Thirds 55mm f/1.0 lens for sale on eBay

Via 43rumors

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