Category Archives: Olympus

Interesting links from the past week

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2010

What you may have missed  this week: Digital Holga prototype. Why not? Did you notice this? The uneventful announcement of the Fujifilm FinePix F300EXR point and shoot camera brought us a new Hybrid Auto Focus System – first in the world: “Enhanced with built-in phase detection pixels, Super CCD EXR is the first sensor in the […]

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Rumor: no more FourThirds for Olympus after the E-5

By PR admin | Published: July 14, 2010

Back in February Olympus America’s DSLR product manager Richard S. Pelkowsk said: “I would say that within 24 months the E system will not have a mirror box at all”. Then Olympus tried to convince everyone that the previous statement was not true and they will continue to develop “full size DSLRs” and this was the end of it. Today […]

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Olympus patent uses eye’s position and adjustable aspect ratio to frame pictures

By PR admin | Published: July 9, 2010

The idea behind this patent filed by Olympus is that the photographer can easily adjust the aspect ratio of the viewfinder with an adjustable frame: In addition, the patent suggest an eye detection device on the back of the camera that will follow the photographer’s eyes (similar to the current blink-detection technology) and will make the […]

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Olympus E-3 replacement rumor

By PR admin | Published: July 7, 2010

I just received an anonymous tip with the following rumor regarding the Olympus E-3 replacement: “A brand new E-System DSLR poised to replace the E-3 will be officially announced on September 14 2010, which means Photokina time this year. The in-house project code for this camera is E-D1. There will be some significant technological statements […]

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New Olympus Pro DSLR at Photokina

By PR admin | Published: June 6, 2010

A new rumor from the Olympus reps at PMA Melbourne: “Pro spec DSLR on the way. It will use the pen’s TruePic V and a few other surprises that will make it quite a remarkable camera. I was told an announcement is due at Photokina 2010.” Source

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Photo rumors from around the web

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2010

Tomorrow is Sony’s day: the new NEX3 and NEX5 EVIL Alpha cameras will be unveiled. New Samsung HZ50W ( model WB5500 in Europe) point and shoot camera is coming soon. The rumored specs are: Samsung CMOS sensor Sensor size: 1/2.33″ Resolution: 14.5MPx (4400×3300) Pixel: 1.10um Transfer rate: 15fps Maybe the Samsung NX5 will be announced […]

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Rebates killed the rumors

By PR admin | Published: April 5, 2010

Many manufacturers have introduced rebates programs. Usually new products are not introduced when there is an ongoing rebate campaign, which also means slow times for the rumor mill. Also, all major players are preparing for Photokina (coming up in September, 2010) and don’t want to show their cards in advance. Here are the latest rebates: Nikon […]

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What to expect in April

By PR admin | Published: March 25, 2010

Businessinsider reports that Cisco is preparing to launch new Flip cameras. The new Olympus ED 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 m4/3 lens should start shipping in April as well.

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

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2010

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 […]

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

By PR admin | Published: March 16, 2010

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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