→ Sony patent for PDAF usable up to the array edges. → Olympus has a patent (201821951A) for a 12mm f/1.2 lens – this will be a nice addition to the other three Olympus f/1.2 Pro MFT lenses. → The next patent (2018-45184A) is for the Hasselblad XCD 30mm f/3.5 medium format lens and it was […]
The Olympus PEN E-PL9 mirrorless camera was initially announced in February and today it finally got introduced in North America. The specs are the same (check pricing and availability at Amazon, Adorama or B&H):
Dpreview published their CP+ interview with Olympus executives. Here is the recap courtesy of 43addict: System mobility is their top priority, which is helped by the 2x crop Olympus primarily markets their cameras for photographers, but they have good video They don’t have a “strong line of communication with the video audience” but they are […]
\ In addition to the special edition cameras I covered a few days ago, Olympus also had these Mad Max and Fallout edition cameras on display at the 2018 CP+ show:
Olympus presented a new special edition PEN-F, E-M1 Mark II cameras and M.Zuiko 17mm f/1.8, M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 OS PRO lenses at the 2018 CP+ show in Japan:
On February 28th Olympus will release a new firmware update version 2.00 for the Olympus EM-1 Mark II mirrorless MFT camera (currently $1,699 after $300 rebate). Here is the list of new features/fixes:
The previously rumored Olympus PEN E-PL9 camera is now officially announced overseas (Europe and Asia). The Olympus Pen E-PL9 will start shipping in March for €549 (£579 in the UK) for body only. US pricing was not available at the time of this post. This new camera doesn’t really offer anything new or exciting (16MP, no EVF, image […]
Here are the leaked Olympus E-PL9 camera specifications (announcement is expected in second week of February for the CP+ show):
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