Mark that day and that hour: Olympus announcement i scheduled for May 10 at 5am London time. That is:
- 10pm on May 9 in Los Angeles
- 1am on May 10 in New York City
- 7am on May 10 in Berlin
- 2pm on May 10 in Tokyo

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Mobile01 posted this E-P5 pictures. As you see the camera comes in Black, Silver and White. And of course the 17mm, 45mm and 75mm Black lens rumor I posted last week is correct. You can see the Black 17mm lens on these pics. Click on the thumbnails to see the large size image:

A source told me that the new E-P5 has an improved 5 axis stabilization. Compared to the E-M5 this means that it has a new IS-Auto mode that automatically detects the camera’s movements.
And here are some more E-P5 specs:

- 16 Megapixel sensor (same as E-M5)
- TruePic VI image processing engine
- improved AF (compared to E-M5)
- improved 5 axis stabilization
- 5fps
- focus peaking
- Shutter 1/8000 sec
- built-in WiFi
- 1.04 million dot tilting touchscreen LCD (no more OLED!).

I am still not sure about the right announcement date. It could be May 9 or May 10. Would be cool if sources could send me a message to share the exact announcement date and hour and timezone. Thanks!

Rumor forecast: I am also working to collect rumors on the new Olympus and Panasonic cameras that will be announced in late August- early September. Will post first rumors after the E-P5 announcement. Stay tuned!

And here are two more pics of the EP5! As you see there will be a new external VF-4 viewfinder which we have been told is made by Epson and has a 2,3 Million dot resolution.

vai Digicaminfo.

The following picture has been leaked for a short time by a websites and a reader was able to grab it. I am not linking to the website in the hope I can find more pics.

As you see there are plenty of differences compared ot the E-P3 pics you can see here below:

Let me know what you think about the new control layout!

As a reminder: The E-P5 is going to be announced around May 9/10. It will feature the same 16 megapixel Olympus E-M5 sensor and same imaging processor engine. Autofocus will be improved over the OMD, it will also have focus peaking but it will not be weather sealed.

P.S.: The E-P3 with kit lens sells for $379 only at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

And here is the pic from the front of the E-P5 (already posted last week).

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