In addition to the upcoming E-M1X camera, in 2019 Olympus may also announce a new special edition camera or a lens for their 100th anniversary on October 12, 2019. The company released the following statement about their upcoming anniversary (2018 was the 10th years Micro Four Thirds anniversary):
Olympus registered a new PEN-F camera with an overseas government authority (probably a replacement to the current Olympus PEN-F MFT camera pictured above):
Nokishita reports that a new, not-yet-announced Olympus lens was registered in Russia: Olympus is rumored to announce a new high-end Olympus E-M1X MFT camera. A list of registered but not yet officially announced cameras can be found here – here are the Olympus related listings:
In a recent interview with Imaging Resource, Aki Murata (Vice President Sales and Marketing) from Olympus confirmed that the company has no plans to develop a full-frame camera:
I received the above three pictures supposedly from the upcoming Olympus E-M1X camera (you can see the rumored specifications here). I don’t want to be negative before the camera is officially announced, but I seriously doubt there will be any market for this high-end MFT model. What do you think?
The latest patents from Sigma, Sony, Panasonic and Olympus:
