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OM-G would have been so much better :p

I’m confused. Will it definitely be a MFT camera?

Classic eighties -OMD

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Looking forward to this.

How it could work/look:

Large 4:3 aspect sensor which works in “4/3rds” mode with 43rds and m43 lenses in 1:1 ratio (using 18x18mm surface).

Larger area when mounting FF lenses.

I’m very intrigued by this “OM” designation – and I don’t think it’s going to have regular sized 4/3rds sensor because of this.

FF sensor and MF OM Zuiko lens…worked in the past why not now..an answer to Fuji pro XS1

i dont think it will be a full frame.

I almost bought a OM-2000 glad I did not. It was not a real OM camera.

I am afraid that the OM-D the D stands for dumb; maybe it stands for Dynamic, letting me use m43, 43 and OM (IN NATIVE CROP) lens along with a host of non OM lens. I realize it is a MFT sensor camera, FF frame would not be a good idea as it is to expensive. There are no FF frames under 2000 dollars US now; so it is out of the question besides there are some FF being sold now, though not many people buy them. However, it needs to have better ISO DR then the Pen. The resolution is fine, but little more is better.

If it is as I fear just a reworked P-3 with a viewfinder it better sell for less the 1,250 dollars US for me to be interested in, it would only be a GH-2 (the best m43) alternative, which is not bad. I would wait for the GH-3 to come out then and compare the two new m43 cameras.

I take it the Pen Pro is a different camera then this one. That square concept camera always looks so interesting. There is no need not to have different body types one body does not satisfy all. We all have different size hands, optic nerves, and needs. The Pen is really to small for me.

What I would like is a large viewfinder that allows one to manual focus easily. Menus user defined by what lens is attached. Tethering, can’t understand why no mFT does not have it. Non reflective sensor to allow different lens to work better. What I do not like would be a tillable or movable LCD a fixed Oled is preferred; but I want remote viewing through tethering. Multiple spot metering like the OM-4, it is even now pretty impressive once you use it for a little while. With that in mind some in camera DR and other adjustment that effect the different spots. One needs to make cameras that can take great pictures with out speeding boring time on Photoshop types of editors, get more utility in the camera.

I’m betting it will be 43rds size sensor. OM-D will be for design and shape. Larger, better controls, weather sealed, built in EVF. Maybe PDAF on sensor for AF with 43rds lenses. Hopefully the sensor is not based on the old 12mp one.

Best case: fullframe and om lenses with af, dxlike mode for 43 lenses

Worst case an ep3 with the vf2 built in a cental pyramid finder. Weathersealed

Truth is probably somewhere in between, which means i m not interested

Medium format or GTFO! Just kidding but everyone saying if it’s not full frame or it’s a bust is kind of dumb. It’s going to be Micro Four Thirds, why would they abandon the only format that makes them money?

should have called it DOM (~master, dominator) plus leaves an option to turn into doom as far as forum opinions go

All you “nostalgia frame” enthusiasts — i.e., people who believe that the measurements 36mm x 24mm have some mystical virtue — need to get over it.

Remember, Olympus is the company at which a senior executive, asked if they planned to make “full frame” cameras, sensibly replied: “Full of what?”

They have said over and over that they are committed to a balanced approach to sensor size and pixel density. Their DSLR designs are based on the Four Thirds sensor, so they have no hardware platform on which to base a change. And even if they changed their philosophy, their current financial troubles mean they wouldn’t have the ability to develop a completely new chassis and lens line.

No, I predict the OM-D is going to be a Micro Four Thirds camera with a centrally-located EVF, a sensor with a modestly higher pixel count, and a mix of knobs and menus for controls. In other words, it’ll be almost exactly like a Lumix GH2, except with prettier styling, rain resistance, and less video capability.

It will be a really nice camera for Pen enthusiasts who would like to have a built-in EVF instead of an add-on… and a disappointment to traditionalists who were hoping that Olympus could bring the OM-4ti back from the dead and somehow turn it into a DSLR by snapping a magical digital Lego brick into the back of it.

From what I have heard and read from past interviews with Olym. They have been working on a camera which uses both m43 and 43 lenses. I hope this really works out.

Of course it will be full frame!! (17,3mm x 13mm)

I don’t think Olympus will make a camera with a sensor smaller than 4/3.

What if we get 2 cameras, a pen with viewfinder soon, and a fullframe OM for photokina later this year? the name is just a copyright brand reservation, it doesn’t need to be released now, My personal opinion is that it’s not a good move from olympus to use the OM name for a M43 camera, unless it’s a new system (as 43 is completely dead there’s room for a new one now…)

El canto del cisne de Olympus… muy tarde ya para levantar cabeza. Perdieron el tren ya desde hace un tiempo. Muy probablemente una camara retro nada mas.

Wow, a lot of people are going to be disappointed when Olympus releases their OM-D camera and it’s not a FF sensor. I really don’t see why so many think it IS going to be a FF sensor, especially just from hearing the name of the camera.

I’m pretty sure the “OM” designation is due to the styling of the camera (retro look, centered EVF, etc) and nothing to do with the sensor.

The sensor is likely going to be a tweaked EP-3 sensor (or the same damned one).

“Full Frame sensors require large lenses”

“Full frame sensors require huge bodies”

Ummm… Right. Sure they do.

Good gods.