Panasonic, Fujifilm and Sony were initially listed as the companies interested to acquire the newly issued Olympus stock worth $1.28 billion (100 billion yen). The latest reports from Reuters indicate that Sony is the leading contender for that deal (Sony supplies sensors to Olympus): Olympus keeps Tokyo listing but told to improve Sony, Fujifilm top rivals for Olympus tie-sources […]
After a series of prematurely published news (Nikon D4, Fuji X-Pro 1, Canon G1x), Wells Fargo did it again with the Olympus OM-D: “The new OM-D model will be offered in the United States, Europe and some Asian countries as the top model of the company’s digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera series, selling for above 100,000 yen in Japan. The […]
On the first leaked picture of the Olympus OM-D camera we can see two of the dials on the top plate (previously reported here). The new camera is expected to be announced on February 8th, 2012. The price is expected to be around $1,100.00 in the US.
I just received this picture of the Olympus OM-D. I don’t have the original source, nor do I know if this image is authentic (maybe the reader who sent it can provide me with some more details by using this contact form). Here are some of the expected OM-D camera specs:
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Some more rumored Olympus OM-D specs: ISO range: 200 – 25600 EVF with 610,000 dots The built-in flash will have a GN=10 (Guide Number) 5-axis shake reduction Fast AF & 3D tracking The Olympus OM-D design will have mainly straight lines Total of 3 dials around the shutter release button plus another small button. On both […]
Here are the first specs of the rumored Olympus OM-D camera: The design of the new OM-D camera will look similar to the classic OM series 1.44M dots EVF which will simulate the pentaprism designs New technologies have been introduced to compensate for camera shake and AF Two colors will be available: black and silver Weather […]
Olympus filed patent 2012-3077 in Japan for a 6-24mm f/2.7-6.1 (28-112mm equivalent) and a 6-30mm f/2.4-6.8 (28-140mm equivalent) lenses:
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