(FT4) Next Olympus MicroFourThirds camera with built-in EVF. Olympus E-5 at Photokina!
In these days Olympus managers are continually releasing new interviews. And the last Interview they gave on the spanish dslrmagazine is extremely interesting!
In summary:
- Olympus is working on a m4/3 camera with built-in EVF! They say “the technology is already here…”
- Asked if the E-5 will come at Photokina the answer is “Not only possible, but highly possible.”
- Three more MicroFourThirds lenses are to come within 12 months. No info were given about FourThirds lenses
- Will there be a new MicroFourThirds player? “We can not give information about it, but it is currently being carried out negotiations about it.”
The Spanish magazine speculates about the next MFT beeing in fact the E-5. I do not believe the E-5 will be a MicroFourThirds camera but it will certainly be a very nice upgrade from the E-3
There is much more information so click here to read the google english translation of the interview.
found via fotoactualidad
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Rabor
2 years ago |Excellent news.
Lenses and other players, INTERESTING.
reverse stream swimmer
2 years ago |A camera with a built-in EVF!
- I wonder if this is an E-4xx model, or if it’s the E-6xx model?
E-3 successor at Photokina = “highly possible”
-Most likely it will have an optical viewfinder?
Tom
2 years ago |“the tecnology is already here…”
That’s like releasing a car without windows, and then saying that we have the technology to build our next car with windows.
Afons
2 years ago |From the DSLR magazine’s sites: http://www.dslrmagazine.com/images/stories/Ferias/CP-Plus-VS-Location-up/CP-GXR-Proto-Leica-A.jpg
That camera with a FF sensor would be a killer
YouDidntDidYou
2 years ago |looks like the future is four thirds and micro four thirds, I think the system has really helped to develop my photography and have never regretted my investment in it, we just got to convert canon, nikon, sony users now…
New MicroFourThirds player speculation anyone???
Dwight
2 years ago |“new MicroFourThirds player”
Fuji is the obvious suspect, if they plan to stay in business.
Sigma would be a welcome addition as well. Sigma has said it plans to make a mirrorless system camera. It has also said it is interested in making lenses for m43. Joining m43 seems logical, but that doesn’t mean it will happen.
Foveon m43 would be soooo cool!
CR102
2 years ago |I enjoyed reading this interview. The commentary and little nuances have a great value. It is certainly good journalism.
As to the content, there is nothing surprising really. Still, nice to be reassured that the E-3 replacement is finally approaching and that a high end m4/3 is on its way too (for next spring?).
Luis
2 years ago |Interesting interview! And a few comments:
The question about the E-3 replacement literally reads if this camera might come at Photokina or EVEN THIS SUMMER, to which the answer is that it’s not only possible, but very likely. The interviewer then gives his estimated date: mid August or third week August (after admitting he knows something).
Also interesting is the confirmation that this new camera will have a Panasonic sensor (so no Fuji or Foveon).
The high end m43 with integrated high quality EVF and a high quality adapter for 43 lenses is being planned, but it won’t be introduced very soon.
don
2 years ago |How is there anything in the interview to say that the next m4/3 model to be released by Olympus will have an inbody EVF? The Olympus manager only said they were working on such a model and the technology is already here, Well we have know that for the last year?
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joesiv
2 years ago |Don, it doesn’t at all. I mis-read the post title as others seem to be as well. The post title is TWO sentances, one about micro fourthirds with EVF, and the other sentence is regarding the E5.
Mike
2 years ago |The next generation of E-System is coming and hopefully with new bright Zuikos we never seen before…
Cheers 43rumors team
admin
2 years ago |Cheers Mike!
Duarte Bruno
2 years ago |Interesting that they negotiating the entry of another manufacturer…
I wonder if it’s really Fuji.
Monty Leman
2 years ago |‘our intelligence we have learned that Olympus prepares a “reflex” for the Four Thirds, a “shrimp” and not just those who “takes the current.”‘
Can someone provide a slightly more idiomatic translation? Google Translate falls down a little bit on this one…
Duarte Bruno
2 years ago |I’m just wondering if that m43 with integrated EVF is coming in time to shoot the end of the world…
Luis
2 years ago |Oh, I just checked the Google translation and yes, it is a bit inaccurate.
That thing about the “shrimp” is funny. The Spanish word used is “camarón”, which idiomatically means “GREAT camera” but also shrimp, that why he jokes then saying that he’s obviously not referring to one of those taken away by the sea tides.
But more important, I see that it also mistranslates the question about when the camera will arrive. I said it above before checking the translation, so now I’ll translate it literally here:
Q: Apart from that, could you say something about a possible new body of the Four Thirds type, a kind of an E-3 replacement, maybe for Photokina 2010 or even for this same summer?
A: It’s not only possible, but very likely.
Then he goes on saying that he had information from his “spies” about this GREAT camera and predicts that it will come by mid (or the 3rd week) of August.
Monty Leman
2 years ago |Thanks, Luis! That makes a lot more sense.
Moskva5
2 years ago |I’m hearing mixed messages: In the Toshiyuki Terada interview yesterday it sounded like Olympus considers micro4/3 as a bridge from compacts to 4/3. But in today’s Spanish DSLRmagazine article it does sound like there was an intimation that a pro micro4/3 model was in development, which would surely be at odds with the notion that 4/3 is the intended destination range for pros.
Considering 4/3, Olympus cant possibly hope to win over existing or potential users of Canon & Nikon FF DSLRs (i.e. pros) simply by launching another DSLR with a comparatively tiny sensor – the only way the E-5 can hope to make any meaningful inrode in the pro market is to offer some really compelling game-changing functionality – and we are hearing rumours that the E-5 is indeed a departure from the norm and something to get excited about. I think a top quality electronic viewfinder is likely, HD video is a given, and features like built-in GPS, FTP, double-digit burst mode & OLED touchscreen are all possible at the price point and thus not totally in the realms of a fantasy wish-list for a flagship. Maybe I’m not being imaginative enough here – perhaps they’ll really pull something unexpected out the bag like a purely electronic shutter… On the other hand, if its not that radical and special, in my opinion they would do better to abandon 4/3 sooner rather than later, and concentrate on micro 4/3.
Considering micro 4/3, it is suprising to me that that Leica has been virtually without a competitor (Epson R-D1?) in the small(ish) pro camera market for so long and a pro micro 4/3 camera would surely sell very well, just as the existing models are doing at the lower end of this niche. I’m curious as to how different from the Panasonic G2 this camera might be. Is waiting for a similar Olympus camera just brand snobbery?