Category Archives: Olympus

Olympus Micro Four Third event in Berlin scheduled

Olympus has invited photography journalists and editors from all over Europe for a special event in Berlin on 15 and 16 of June. Those dates match the previous reports for the Micro Four Third official launch. Here is the front and back of the invitation (click for high-res):

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Olympus E-P1 (Micro Four Thirds)

Some info on the next Micro Four Thirds camera from Olympus: it will be named E-P1. The confusion here is that two years ago Olympus already had a prototype with the name E-P1. We should know more in the next two weeks, prior to the official announcement. Here is another screenshot from slrclub for Olympus camera model E-P1:

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Tomorrow is May 26th :)

Update: Olympus uploaded another video today (Olympus Pen EE) – I guess they will cover the whole Pen history until Jun 16th and then announce the new m4/3 camera – note that the updates are every week on Tuesday: last update was on May 26 (today – Tuesday), next one is on June 2nd (Tuesday), […]

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Latest Olympus patents

Patents are difficult to read unless you have a PhD. Not all patents make it to the production line, but it is still very interesting to see where the R&D effort is spent. Here are the latest Olympus patent applications made public just few days ago: CAMERA HAVING A DUST-PROOFING MEMBER THAT IS VIBRATED TO REMOVE DUST: A camera includes […]

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Is Olympus trying to tell us something?

Take a look at this page about the legendary Olympus Pen camera: “Next Update: May 26th, 2009”? “See you next time”? What is this all about? Click here for more Olympus rumors.

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New Olympus Micro Four Thirds teasers

Pentax and Sony already got their goodies out, Olympus is now next in line… The release date for the first Olympus m4/3 will be June 15, 2009 and we started to see the first online teasers: Here is a summary of what’s expected: Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera and lenses 12 megapixel video no built […]

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Olympus E-520 DSLR kit with 14-42mm Lens discontinued

According to B&H: “This item has been discontinued and is no longer available.”

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Pentax and Olympus rebates

Rebates sometimes provide a hint of upcoming products. Olympus rebates (download it here): $150 for the ED 50-200 SWD lens $75 for the ED 70-300 Zoom lens and another set of rebates from Pentax: Pentax Optio P70: $20.00 rebate Pentax Optio E70: $20.00 rebate Pentax K2000: $50.00 rebate BTW Pentax just came out with a new […]

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First Olympus m4/3 to be released on June 15

Here is the original report and the English translation. Here are some more links on the same topic: digitalcamera.jp/ | english translation

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New Olympus Four Thirds – Coming Summer 2009

90 years in the making 😉 The above screenshot was taken from Olympusamerica.com Via Seriouscompacts

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