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The Russian website Onfoto (Click here) published a new interview with Toshiyuki Terada (Product Planning, Olympus Imaging Corporation, Japan). Some interesting bits:
1.) A built-in viewfinder is not exclusive for the OM-D line. Future PEN camera can have built-in viewfinder maintaining the current form factor. Personal note: I guess this means that PEN can have a sort of rangefinder styled viewfinder like the Sony NEX-7 or even better, like the Fuji X PRO 1.
2.) The E-M5 cannot be considered like a professional camera because “Reliability for E-5 is much higher than the OM-D.” and “I can not tell you how many shots will slide OM-D, whereas for the E-5, we guarantee that at least 150,000.”
3.) When asked if the sensor is from Panasonic he answered: “We do not disclose any information about the sensor manufacturer. Maybe so, and otherwise. We do not say yes or no.”
4.) The E-M5 LCD rotates in only one axis to keep a compact size.
5.) About the Four Thirds adapter: “this is one of the essential areas that we explore and study“.
6.) About future Four Thirds products: “We already have started studying a successor of  Olympus E-5.”
7.) Olympus sees no difference between using 12bit or 14bit RAW files.

Summary: PEN with built viewifnder is posisble, E-7 will arrive sooner or later, and a professioanl OM-D is also veyr likely to be developed. That’s a great plan or not? Question:

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More E-M5 bits: Image samples at Lydogbilde (Click here). Olympus E-M5 preoders search(!) links at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.

Something else: Tsutomu Omori, managing director of Olympus India has been found death (suicide). My condolences to the family and to Olympus. More info at Indiatimes.

Do I have to choose the Pro option to get four thirds lens support? In reality I would choose a PEN with built in view finder and Four Thirds lens support using a PDAF enabled sensor!

Very good news! A confident and active Olympus is fantastic!

Yeah, a pen with a built in EVF, specifically, the EPL-3 (with the news sensor, of course)with a built in EVF!

So now they have to say that a better OM-D is on the horizon?

They have to say it at this point when:
1) OM-D E-M5 is not even out yet.
2) I’m almost pre-ordering.

And so…. now do I wait or not? Why do they have to make such announcements which I (personally) find detrimental to the current offerings?

Sorry, I’m very new to cameras. Just a newbie’s 2 cents.

Oh yes…. I am quite happy with these news.

But:

New Pens with viewfinder – what is the real difference between the E-M5 and an E-P3 with built in Viewfinder? The price? There wouldn’t be many buyers if they will cut most of the new features from a new pen I think.

Professional E-M Camera – nice, but what price can we expect for this, > 2000$ body only? Ok, for those who earns money with this, but I am quite sure they will wait for a E-7.

1) New Pen with EVF is coming
2) New e-7 DSLR is coming
3) No new OM-D is coming soon.

“IMO those who still whine about sensor-manufacturer, -size and pixel-counts forgot what this whole thing is all about!”

How true.

E-7, please. The m4/3 cameras are too small for 4/3 lenses.