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(UPDATED) Busted! No new camera teaser :)

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:54:38 +0000

UPDATE: Whatdigitalcamera posted that image of a “Mystery Olympus” you can win on a special event on July 26. This created quite a buzz for a short time but this teaser has been already posted nine months ago. And I think the July 26 event “Mystery Camera” is the E-P5. Busted

Zeiss: “Lenses for the Micro 4/3 mount are technically possible, but nothing is planned yet.”

admin — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:49:07 +0000

I guess you all know that Zeiss released their first “Touit” lenses for the Fuji X and Sony NEX systems. In a Zeiss FAQ posted by ePhotozine they stated that “Lenses for the Micro 4/3 mount are technically possible, but nothing is planned yet.”

Zeiss also explains why there is not MFT mount version of their current Touit lenses: “In order to reach the best compromise between lens size, weight and imaging performance for smaller sensors, e.g. the Micro 4/3, other optical and mechanical designs are sometimes more suitable than for APS-C”

Let’s hope they will make MFt lenses!

(FT5) What’s next? Three new Olympus and one new Panasonic camera to come.

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:12:34 +0000

The E-P5 and this means that I have to work on the next bunch of rumors. So what’s going to be announced as next? According to the info we got we can expect plenty of new stuff. Here are the four new cameras:
1) The new OMD camera
2) The new E-x Four Thirds camera
3) The Olympus high end compact camera (not MFT but a fixed lens with (hopefully) large sensor (unlike the just announced Panasonic LF1).
4) A brand new and completely “different” Panasonic MFT camera.

I already got some info about some of these cameras and I am working to double check the early rumors I got. All I can share for now is that all that stuff is coming from late August till early September. That’s only 3-4 months from now. I know it’s hard to say without knowing specs and design…

but (instinctively) can you tell us what is the camera that interest you more?

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(FT4) First E-M6 rumors. Same VF-4 viewfinder quality and Phase Detection on sensor.

admin — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:23:57 +0000

The E-P5 is here but a rumor site is always hungry and we collected two info about the next Olympus MFT camera. As you it’s coming in Spetember and it will be the new OMD model (E-M6?). Two rumors came right out of the E-P5 presentation:
1) Our friend Pekka Potka wrote: “Quite obvious to everyone seeing E-P5 should be that the next OM-D series model goes well above E-M5 in features. Incorporating VF-4 should be just one of them. And that is all I can say now…”
2) Olympus employees at the PEN Collection 2013 Fair said that next OMD will have phase detection AF (Source: biglobe).

It’s not the first time we get this rumors and and both features are very likely to make into the new OMD model. What are you hoping to get with the new OMD?

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E-M5 body
Price checks at Amazon.fr, eBay.fr
E-M5 Case:
There is the official CS-36FBC Olympus case. A leather half case from Hong Kong. A full leather case with strap from Cina. Than we have half cases from two well known producers, Zelenpol, Kaza and Gariz.
E-M5 Batteries, and other things:
The Olympus GS-4 strap and the DSTE E-M5 batteries you have to use with an extra charger. There is an E-M5 car charger a new E-M5 LCD screen and a Front Cover+ Top Panel.

Mc GilliCuddy gets the E-P5. And new teaser in Singapore.

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:39:30 +0000

Damian Mc GilliCuddy just posted this: “Uncle “Oly” has sent me a nice parcel this week… very smart! I’ll tell more when I’m able ;0)“. Guess what camera they sent him

The image on top is the new teaser from Olympus Singapore. But we already know how it looks uncovered

Reminder: Follow 43rumors live tomorrow (Friday) at 6am London time! That’s when all that new Olympus stuff will be officially unveiled. And I will be here with plenty of live updated to reviews, tests, image samples and so on.