12 MP
ISO limit 1600
230,000-pixel LCD
Non-detachable VF contact
No video feature
SD card
There are flash
Battery with the E-P1
Three kinds of body color
Listed with 17mm or 14-42mm lens HKD $ 4980 (That’s 640 USD calculated on the exchange rate…but probably it will be cheaper $550? )
No single body launched
New and better translation:
The new camera is called E-P()1
12 mega pixel
An entry level M43 camera
It is not necessary for the existing E-P1-2 users to feel sorry since E-P1-2 got 2 dial but E-P()1 got only one
However, E-P()1 got a very good teaching function which allows user to take good photo easily
It will be roughly 70% cheaper than E-P1-2
E-P1/2 will not stop production or cut price
There are 6 art filters, with some changes, very handy
Not classical look but cool
Announce next week
Sale starts after PMA
It seems the source is coming from Olympus staff…
source: http://www.omuser.com/viewthread.php?tid=109847&highlight= (only registered user can see the content)
Thanks G!
Hi!
We are posting so many rumors I understand if someone gets confused. We are waiting to get some real infos from trusted sources. We received pieces of informations but we want to be sure before we post anything. Until them I will post what I receive from you with a FT2 value (not reliable rumors from new source).
Really exciting times…Panasonic MFT, Olympus MFT, Olympus E-5, new lenses, the Apple Tablet,…. ;)
A new source told me that the “teaser camera” is something like a E-P1, but with a plastic body.
And Olympus will also unveil a new ultra-zoom camera with a 30X zoom range.
That is what one of my trusted sources are “suggessting” me: “the camera will not be what people expect“…. (No MFT?).
UPDATE: Olympus will also announce a new Tough camera (very likely not the one shown in the teaser):
A “supposed” Olympus product tester wrote inside the bogley.com forum that “they are coming out with an updated Tough series camera
Private message: I am receiving so many rumors news and emails that I had to take one day holiday from my real job. Today I will read all the emails and rumors again and I hope i will not forget to answer you all :)
New compact camera or MicroFourThirds?
The teaser has been posted inside the Stylus Though section. So may it is not a MicroFourThirds camera. The official MicroFourThirds section doesn’t show the teaser!
Need some help from my trusted sources: Please send your rumors to 43rumors@gmail.com! :)
UPDATE -1: it could be a new Low-Entry compact camera with big 4/3 sensor. Something like the Sigma DP2
UPDATE -2: A veeeery reliable source sent me this “Don’t be distracted on the 2nd. Keep your eye on the prize.”
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“Hi, just some supportive information with regards to the release of new Olympus fourthirds models:
An Olympus source stated that new models (not compacts) would be released in the beginning of february, so if not on the 2nd, then shortly after. And they would be able to supply me with one in the beginning of March (but whether that is before or after the official release date, I do not know). I neither have information of whether there will be one or two model. “
