Category Archives: Olympus

PMA announcements are over, Panasonic and Pentax are next

By PR admin | Published: February 25, 2010

2010 PMA show is over (see detailed report here). A lot of point and shoot cameras were released and almost nothing in the DSLR area. The stars of show, in my opinion, were the “three S”: Sony: EVIL and a700 replacement prototypes. Sigma: 5 new lenses, 2 DP cameras, the SD15 DSLR (after almost 2 years delay) plus maybe […]

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Olympus confusion: “‘We still plan to develop full size DSLRs”

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2010

Dpreview had an interview at PMA with John Knau (US DSLR Product Manager) who tried to convince everyone that Olympus will continue to produce DSLRs despite the comments made two days ago by another DSLR Product Manager from Olympus.

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Olympus E system to go 100% mirrorless in two years

By PR admin | Published: February 21, 2010

This is according to Olympus America’s DSLR product manager Richard S. Pelkowski: “I would say that within 24 months the E system will not have a mirror box at all. Up until we launched the Pen cameras all manufacturers were doing was fitting a digital sensor in what is ultimately a film camera body – […]

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Another day, another countdown timer

By PR admin | Published: February 17, 2010

Today’s countdown timer is brought to you by Olympus and is related to a Four Thirds product: And few more Olympus related updates: Olympus E-P1 (white) has been discontinued @B&H Interesting: Micro Four Thirds 55mm f/1.0 lens for sale on eBay

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Ricoh CX3, Olympus PEN E-PL1 officialized today

By PR admin | Published: February 3, 2010

The new Ricoh CX3 with 720p video capabilities is not really a surprise (already reported here). Full press release after the break. The Ricoh CX3 can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $399.00. Olympus PEN E-PL1 also got officially announced few hours ago. Amazon is taking pre-orders for the Olympus PEN E-PL1 and the two new lenses: Olympus ED […]

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Olympus PEN E-PL1, new lenses leaked

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2010

Update: here is Engadget’s gallery with all available colors. My guess is that Engadget leaked the info – the post is now removed. Anyway – the Olympus PEN E-PL1 is the real deal: Two new lenses were also leaked: the M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 (35mm equivalent 18–36mm) and M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm F4.0-5.6 (35mm equivalent […]

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Fuji and Olympus announcements

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2010

Today is the day for Fuji and Olympus to release their point and shoot assault. Too much to cover everything here (most of those cameras were already discussed in previous posts in the past few weeks) so make sure you check those site for all the glory details: Fuji: Fujifilm gets official with 2010 FinePix digital camera […]

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Olympus SP-800 price: $349.99

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2010

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…and the Olympus SP600 with 15x zoom

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2010

The little twin of the Sp800 will be called Olympus SP600: Full specs (in French) and few more product pictures after the break:

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Olympus SP800, this time in color

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2010

After the b&w version, here is the Olympus SP800 in color: More product pictures after the break:

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