(FT3) The E-P3 is coming?
Above: A rendering of a possible E-P3 with built-in EVF (Not the real camera!)
According to rumors we received and according to the german magazine Photographie.de (a well known and reputable magazine) Olympus will soon announce the E-P3. The camera will be placed above the Olympus E-P2 (better specs). It is very likely that it will use the new Panasonic 14 Megapixel sensor. There is a rumor about a built-in EVF that we can’t confirm yet.
It also seems that the E-P3 is NOT the MFT high-end model. That model will come in 2011. The E-P3 for example is not weather sealed 
I ask our german readers if they can send me a scan of the Photographie magazine where they talk about that camera. Thanks!
P.S: Something personal…may you will not believe me but I am working on rumors from here:
It’s a nice place in the middle of nowhere (Tuscany). Internet connection (via UMTS) doesn’t work very well but I really needed to be in a place like this! I enjoy the silence and the sun, and I hope to be able to catch some nice rumor from here 
mark
3 years ago |If it is not micor 4/3rd than why is there a 4/3rd icon on the front of your picture?
Marcel
3 years ago |What a beautiful rendering! It has a very modern look while on the other hand it looks like an update 35RD. Very well done!
Björn Utpott
3 years ago |I have the September issue of Photographie in front of me. On Page 30, they speculate on what Olympus might announce for Photokina. It is pure speculation, nothing more, when they say that Olympus might surprise us with an E-P3; a model above the E-P2 with built in EVF and flash. The magazine clearly states that this just a prediction based on gaps they see in the current line-up.
Tyson Robichaud
3 years ago |This is exciting. I hope to see Oly provide a slightly tweaked and more streamlined interface coupled with a better LCD screen. Add to that a built in flash and EVF, maybe the newer sensor and quicker AF!!! I think it would be exactly what the micro 4/3 platform needs right now. Seeing that if it is in fact true, this would be the 3rd Oly release since the GF1 (on the compact/non dslr-mini side anyway) I’m wondering what Panasonic is going to be doing… Could they be right around the corner with a new in the GF line? I hope so.
Brainkite
3 years ago |Oh my god, this hypothetical EP3 is the awsomest and the handsomest m4/3 camera it would ever be!!!
Better business deal??
3 years ago |I actually hoping that they can keep the E-PX line EVF/flash-less and play around with the accessories that uses both the hot shoe and the accessory port… i.e. a hybrid FL-14 & fixed VF2 at a reasonable size?
Modular, we only buy what we need and they make more money from selling accessories~
AND they can do whatever they want on the advanced M4/3 body…
Nathan
3 years ago |Gosh, I would HOPE they wouldn’t be so stupid as to mount the flash on-axis with the lens like that. Goodbye, any hope of shadows. Maybe that would work fine for passport photos, but it would be gawdawful for taking photos of people. As in, even worse than the average point and shoot.
Other than that one thing, though, it’s a nice render. I like the grip and location of the EVF, but I have to say I’m glad the artist is not an Olympus camera designer.
philippecr
3 years ago |wow wow wow~! damn i wish Olympus came here and have a look on tat “fake image”! They should hire the guy for ‘conceptual drawings’.
vvaz
3 years ago |You know… That Tuscany photo is really, really cruel
Zaph
3 years ago |I know it’s fake, but that is EXACTLY what I want in a camera.
admin
3 years ago |Will post some more soon
J.D.
3 years ago |Enjoy Tuscany! Hope to see more photos from your trip
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Inge - M.
3 years ago |I think Olympus come by 25mm F/2.8 pancake soon also.
Duarte Bruno
3 years ago |You forgot to mention beautiful women.
aaronne
3 years ago |Are you in “Chiarentana” near Cianciano Terme?
Nice place!
GooD work!
dan
3 years ago |the e-p3 looks awesome! it looks even more retro. I LIKE!
matteo
3 years ago |eh eh
your are near Volterra
the EP-3 will arrive
but will arrive also the E-5 ( i Hope)
Jon
3 years ago |Its actually spelt Weta, and they are not dangerous, even though they might look it.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta
Michael
3 years ago |Classic E-System doesn’t have many fast native (Zuiko Digital – ZD) lenses either (there are some outstanding fast ZD zooms, but too expensive and huge), so new fast primes for FT would be great for available light photography. From aside a 25mm Panasonic or 30mm Sigma there is no fast AF lens in this range, so with the E-5 could arrive large-aperture normal lens (f1.8 at least). I always wondering why Olympus doesn’t have normal fast lens in ZD offering (because of zooms?).
Marcelo Guarini
3 years ago |WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE E5 #@*!@#~?
Sorry
Regards
RS
3 years ago |I think admin is from Spain… Lots of sun there too.
I’m from Portugal, and I can assure you we have plenty of sun, nice beaches, great food and splendid wines.
lagus
3 years ago |Sorry, wrong numbers. The rumoured (& dreamed!) zoom is
Pany 12-75mm 2.5-3.3
Reza
3 years ago |Why compete with 20mm f/1.7, it works great on Oly cameras. Ever since I bought it, I have rarely used any other lens. I don’t see a reason for Oly to compete with it.
lagus
3 years ago |As many people have already pointed, Pany & Oly already offer good
mu43 cameras. They should care about offering fast all-in-one lenses… If we are lucky we will see the rumoured 18-60mm 2.8-3.5
zoom at Photokina.
jt
3 years ago |I’m most curious about the video capabilities of this upcoming camera.
jt
3 years ago |Anyway, judging by that pic you’re in a very relaxing place. Have fun!
jt
3 years ago |Hey admin, I thought you lived in Portugal? Isn’t Portugal a sunny, beautiful place as well?
Mark
3 years ago |Toscana is the standard backdrop for all the classical paintings.
Inge - M.
3 years ago |Image above is a year old and is a leaks for E-P2! but Olympus E-P2 is better?
If Olympus come up by a water pro m4/3 camera, need them water pro lens also.
Olaf
3 years ago |Olympus will announce 3 MFTs this year. This told me a friend who spoked with a Olympus agent at a reseller meeting. Not one camera in three color, really THREE new cams. We will see, if he’s right …
Biro
3 years ago |Hey… your English is better than my Italian… so no worries! Enjoy your stay in Tuscany… I’m sure you deserve it. Meanwhile, if the E-P3 turns out like the image above and actually has a built-in EVF (please let it be as good as the VF-2)… then there’s no reason for me to replace my lost E-PL1. All Oly would need then is a lens to compete directly with Pansonic’s 20mm f/1.7 pancake. This is an exciting season, no?
Duarte Bruno
3 years ago |If this new pen doesn’t have a T&S LCD they will probably loose me. For EVF I can do with the detachable from the E-P2 because resolution and size are paramount.
MK
3 years ago |if the picture is any indication of the design… EPIC WANT
i think just pure fantasty tho… there is no way that they will give people what they want (evf/flash), unless they decide to charge 1000 for it. there is basically no way at that price point.
Neonart
3 years ago |E5 or bust. Where are those leaks, and rumors?
dario
3 years ago |Che fortuna !
Tobias W.
3 years ago |I want the E-3 successor. Nothing more, nothing less. m4/3 is attractive once it has faster native lenses.
YeahYeah
3 years ago |Tuscany looks great! I should go there with my upcoming E-P3
admin
3 years ago |My horrible english…!
admin
3 years ago |It’s close to Gaiole in Chianti!
Stephane JEMELIN
3 years ago |Hey,
I was in Tuscany 30km north to Florence. Do you have an internet site of the place you are “working on your site”. Looks good.
Reader
3 years ago |“The E-P3 for example is not wheatersealed…” Those wheaters must be pretty dangerous.
Ronaldo
3 years ago |Wow, Tuscany! IMHO, the most beautiful place in the world!