Last month Olympus made an official statement that they are working on a new pro body for Four Thirds lenses that will replace the current E-5 (still priced at $1,699.00!). In a recent interview with ImagingResources, Haruo Ogawa (President Olympus Imaging Division) confirmed that the company is working on several different ideas for a E-5 successor, including a Micro Four Thirds […]
The deal between Sony and Olympus is now official. Olympus will issue 34,387,900 common shares (11.46%) to Sony. Both companies will work together not only on future medical products, but will also collaborate in the camera business – Olympus will share lens and mirror technology with Sony, while Sony will supply sensors to Olympus:
According to Reuters, Sony will invest $642 million for a 10% stake of Olympus: “Sony Corp will likely approve a plan this week to invest 50 billion yen ($642 million) in cash-strapped Olympus Corp, becoming its biggest shareholder with around a 10 percent stake, three sources familiar with the deal told Reuters.” Based on previous […]
DxOMark published their test results for the Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera. With an overall score of 71, the E-M5 takes the top rank for all Micro Four Thirds cameras. At Photokina Olympus announced the E-PL5 and E-PM2 which use the same sensor as the E-M5. The Panasonic GH3 is not tested yet.
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)
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, […]
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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