Category Archives: Olympus

Poll: do you think Micro Four Thirds is dead?

I am just curious what the PhotoRumors audience thinks – is the Micro Four Thirds format dead? Here is a poll: Do you think Micro Four Thirds is dead? Related:

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New Olympus IM010 camera registered online *UPDATED*

Olympus registered a new digital camera under the code name IM010. In addition to a new Tough TG camera, Olympus already confirmed that a major announcement is expected in May. Update: the upcoming Olympus digital camera IM010 has passed the FCC certification. The dimensions are: 144.37 mm (width) x 146.765 mm (height) x 75.345 mm (depth). […]

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Olympus rumored to announce a new Tough TG camera

Olympus has registered a new battery charger UC-92 with the Korean National Radio Research Agency. The previous Olympus UC-90 charger model was designed for the Tough TG camera line, so we can speculate that Olympus is planning to announce a new Tough camera in the next few months:

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No worries, the next Photokina show will start in exactly 7 months

Is your dream camera not announced yet? The 2019 Photokina show will start in exactly 7 months (Wednesday, 8 May to Saturday, 11 May 2019).

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Olympus further revised downwards their future sales

Olympus published several financial presentations for their Olympus Investor Day 2018 and it seems that they have further revised their future sales downwards (their Q1 revenue from mirrorless cameras was already down 11% YoY). Maybe Olympus did a mistake by not joining the L-Alliance? The company did not have anything to show at the 2018 Photokina show, but they […]

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Olympus is working on long telephoto lenses, major announcement expected in May

During Photokina, Camerajabber interviewed Shigemi Sugimoto from Olympus. Here is the recap from 43addict:

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Olympus at Photokina: nothing to report (rumor: Olympus was invited to join the L-alliance)

The Olympus press conference at Photokina was sad to watch. The company had nothing to announce or show, not even a prototype or an updated roadmap. After Panasonic joined the new L-alliance together with Leica and Sigma, Olympus released a press release emphasizing their commitment to the Micro Four Thirds format (the press release is available at the bottom […]

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Olympus press event at Photokina live stream

Olympus press event at Photokina live stream – the saddest press event so far:

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