(FT5) UPDATED -> New Olympus camera coming soon…no MicroFourThirds?
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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Comment from D: i'm quite agree with jack, i was confuse...
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Comment from chronoguy: It could be anything. I looked at the so...
Comment from informant: product tester here -
http://bogley....
kirillva
3 years ago |Well, it does seem to have the 17mm pancake on it, and by magnifying the picture there seems to be a pop up flash, about the evf youve got me intrigued!! rawr!
jeff
3 years ago |Could this be the first micro digital SLR with an optical viewfinder?
Olympus is hiding something, literally | Photo Rumors
3 years ago |[...] Via 43rumors.com [...]
Joe
3 years ago |The teaser shows up on the FE, Stylus and Stylus Tough pages. I don’t think it has interchangeable lenses. Probably a high-end point and shoot to compete with the Panasonic LX3, Canon G11, etc.
Agent00soul
3 years ago |Sizewise, it’s about the same as the E-P1, at least the height (compared to the hand). It looks a little narrower. It has a flash hotshoe and the lens looks like the 17, so it’s probably not a new compact. I would guess on a cheaper m4/3 model. Or, as it’s in the tough section, a weathersealed model? But then the 17 isn’t weathersealed.
psss
3 years ago |I believe this is at lx-3 category (and I hope so)
Carlos
3 years ago |I think is an DPx X1 competitor….just hope for the Fuji sensor rumored….
Chris Polis
3 years ago |4/3 sensor compact by any chance?
Eric
3 years ago |I think it will be the successor of the SP-590UZ model, announced (by the rumors) with a super zoom x30 (!) in a more compact version, with new sensor that allows video HD and speed autofocus. Let’s se. !
Bobling
3 years ago |How about m43 with good EVF and without LCD?
Borbarad
3 years ago |Hmm… looks interesting and I don’t think its a compact, from the looks (the Optics looks like the 17mm Pancake) is must be a m4/3 and hopefully its the “Leica” Version of m4/3. By “Leica” Version I mean a full set of manual controls, internal viewfinder, internal flash for wireless RC, etc.
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Dualie
3 years ago |4/3 compact cam with non-removable lens.
aa
3 years ago |Small sized camera: no place for an internal EVF!
adessio
3 years ago |it could have the design similar to the ep1 concept…
zhaopianji
3 years ago |“Don’t be distracted on the 2nd. Keep your eye on the prize.”
What is that supposed to mean? I don’t get it.
Borbarad
3 years ago |Just for info: The Trailer can also be found also on the summary page for all Olympus Cameras:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_digital.asp
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Tony S.
3 years ago |It may be the successor of the Olympus UZ series.
Do you remember the C-765-UZ and C-770-UZ cameras?
Tony S.
3 years ago |(I mean cameras with a good EVF)
e_dawg
3 years ago |If this was only shown on the compact / P&S camera pages, then it could be like Pentax’s new P&S compact that only looks like a retro style rangefinder. But i see that Borbarad says that it is not isolated to the compact / P&S section of the website, so it could be another m4/3 model: either an E-P3 or a fixed-lens, lower-cost, entry-level ILC.
zul
3 years ago |From the proportion of the hand, the size is not that small.. almost the same as E-Ps … Probably this is another m4/3 camera.. My speculation, still no built in EVF as probably they will use the same EVF as E-P2, but probably built in flash available…. with higher megapixel most probably..
looking at the top part.. all the dial is like the GF-1. Control dial, shutter release and -+ compensation button in a same top area.
If it is true that this is another m4/3 then I hope that they tweak the AF
Worst come to worst probably it is just a compact camera with 4/3 sensor, fixed lens to challenge DP2, Leica X1 and LX 3 as everyone mentioned
Arno
3 years ago |Something like LX-3 would be a rival for future PEN’s, so that’s not what I hope/think…
misu
3 years ago |I hope for a real rangefinder to compete with g11. would be nice to have a m9 with a 4/3 sensor and hopefully electronic global shutter. I even discussed with a friend about a tough series “minipro” camera.
adessio
3 years ago |i’m not a fan of olympus (although i have one of their cameras) but i can’t see them produzing an LX3 competitor… it’s too classy for them
Visitor
3 years ago |It must be a new SPxxxUZ super zoom camera… 30x zoom?
Visitor
3 years ago |Also, the EVF shares with E-P2′s.
cL
3 years ago |Recently I’ve been looking at film Olympus Pen series from the 1960′s. The design cue looks like it’s from Olympus Pen EE series, which is a scaled down, point and shoot version of Olympus Pen F series (which is what E-P1 and E-P2 take cue of).
informant
3 years ago |product tester here –
http://bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20099
chronoguy
3 years ago |It could be anything. I looked at the source code, it has a product ID of 1501. I tried to poke into those directories but it is hidden from view. The IDs go in sequential order and it doesn’t matter if it is SLR, pen or P&S. E.G.
ID 1483 is the new Stylus 3000 and 1482 is the E-P2. I studied the source code for those items and they do have a directory with content; ready to be published. So at this point, it is anyone’s guess. Could be a PS, Tough, m43 or dSLR.
jack
3 years ago |Don’t be distracted on the 2nd. Keep your eye on the prize.
It means E-P2 is only a distraction, it’s not really an advancement from E-P1what’s coming is the real deal?
D
3 years ago |i’m quite agree with jack, i was confused with that sentence at first.
1 Agent00soul said the height, i was attracted by the size of lens, definitely it’s not a plain compact. i’m looking forward to see the lens.
2 look at the design of olympus cameras, with the obvious hotspot and the mode wheel, it’s at least a GR/ LX3/ DP2 level.
3 the design of shape like the old famous olypus camera using film, which is a classic to me, which i think will be the prize!!!
4 with this kind of “innovation”, will they put a normal sensor as a fool? surely it’s a 4/3 sensor or enven more surprise.
5 the lens is big, but we don’t know if it’s interchangable or have a viewfinder. can we get all the things we want? i don’t think so.