Category Archives: Olympus

Olympus E-PL5, E-PM2, ZX-2, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses announced

Olympus E-PL5 (press release | pre-order) Olympus E-PM2 (press release | pre-order) Olympus Stlus ZX-2 (press release | pre-order) Olympus accessories for E-PL5 and E-PM2 (press release | pre-order) Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens (press release | pre-order)    Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12mm f/2.0 Limited Edition Black lens (press release | pre-order)

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BIG day tomorrow: Canon, Fuji, Leica, Olympus and Panasonic announcements

   Big day tomorrow! Before the 2012 Photokina show officially starts on Tuesday, we will have many new products announcements tomorrow: Canon: EOS 6D, Powershot G15 and Powershot S110. Leica: new M rangefinder with R lens adapter, D-Lux 6 and V-Lux 4 compact cameras, new S3 medium format. Panasonic: GH3 camera, LumixG X 35-100mm f/2.8 lens. Olympus: E-PL5, […]

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Olympus E-PM2, E-PL5, 60mm f/2.8, 12mm f/2.0 now available for pre-order

Samy’s Camera has most of the upcoming Olympus products available for pre-order on their website. Above: Olympus E-PM2 with 14-42mm lens (White) priced at $599. Olympus E-PL5 with 14-42mm lens (Black): $699 Olympus AF Macro 60mm f/2.8 ED lens (black) priced at $499:

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Sony goes to bed with Olympus, “jointly developed components” expected

Not a rumor, but an exciting piece of news: Sony and Olympus announced yesterday, September 14th, that they have entered into exclusive negotiations to conclude a capital partnership:

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Olympus XZ-2 specifications

Olympus ZX-2 compact camera specifications:

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Images of the Olympus ED 12mm f/2.0 “Limited Black”, 15mm f/8 lenses

Two new images of the Olympus ED 12mm f/2.0 Limited Black and 15mm f/8 lenses from digicame-info. The official announcement is on Monday, September 17th. The 15mm f/8 lens is in 9mm thick, the lens design is 3 lenses in 3 groups

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Olympus XZ-2

Another rumored camera appeared on the Internet today – the Olympus XZ-2, shown with optional leather case and underwater housing. No other information is available at that point. Via Digicame-info

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This is the new Olympus 15mm f/8.0 lens

This is the first picture of the rumored 15mm f/8.0 MFT prime lens. Some of the specs are:

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Olympus SP-820UZ and VH-410 compact cameras announced

Olympus announced two new compact cameras: SP-820UZ and VH-410. The price of the 40x zoom SP-820UZ is $329.95, the price of the VH-410 is not yet announced. Olympus SP-820UZ specifications: 40x super-wide optical zoom (22.4-896mm*) 14 Megapixel CMOS iHS Technology 1080p Full HD Movie and HDMI Control Multi-motion Movie IS 7.6cm/3.0″ 460,000 dot colour LCD Dual Image Stabilisation Magic Filter […]

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Olympus working on a new pro body for Four Thirds lenses

Olympus made an official statement that they are working on a new pro body for Four Thirds lenses: Olympus working on new body for top-pro lenses Akira Watanabe, manager of Olympus Imaging’s SLR planning department, confirmed today that the company is definitely working on a body to deliver the focusing performance expected by users of the Top […]

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