43 Rumors

To me “image qualities that approaches SLR cameras” sounds like they still don’t want to compete with their own dSLR range. It sounds more like they’re still talking about the G1X and similar “super-compacts”

Well, you can just let the lens selection be the deciding factor then…

Right. And the large viewing angle of the screen makes it less important to fold it out anyway.

They might have an A4 scanner bur certainly not one that can take the traditional daily paper format.
And as Ulli mentions, scanning is much slower. The E-P1 can copy an entire page at a time.

I suppose the 3D-lens is basically a non-seller. Here in Sweden they gave it away if you bought the 45-200 telezoom.

And besides, 24 MP isn’t even new. The NEX-7 has had it for a while already.

I suppose a camera with built-in pen would be more original…

I think the downside is more complicated demosaicing algorithm. It amazes me that nobody has done this before. I thought Kodak had a patent on it.

The proposed 17 mm is not the same as the old 17/2.8. This version has seven elements, whereas the old has six. The new 17 adds an extra element at the rear, wich has arrows underneath, that probably indicate that it moves for focusing.

To me it looks like the E-M5 is slightly better than the NEX7, one stop better than the GX-1 and two stops better than the E-PM1

End of April was what I had expected from early on. So if that’s the delivery date, it’s not much of a delay. Regarding the noise: obviously the IBIS unit needs to hold the sensor in place usig voice coils even when the stabilization is off. That’s why it emits a noise. Theoretically it shouldn’t [...]

Actually, Olympus has released faster lenses (f/1.8) for m4/3 than for regular 4/3 (f/2.0).

But the Nikon 1 switches to CDAF in low light…

Cool, but this passive piece of tube costs almost as much as one of those new Sigma lenses.

Below F/4 would make it very large. I think the wide zoom range tells that this is not going to be a fast high-end lens.

The GH2 is the right size. The NEX-7 is too small (IMHO).

Son of the Bigma… Bigmasonic…

The pen have the strap lugs in the same place. I have never in three years been bothered by the strap on my E-P1. If you have an issue with the strap, you will have it on basically any camera, since they all have the strap lugs in the same place.

Sorry, the ones marked new on that presentation are the 60 mm macro and the 75 mm tele.

Hmm.. Your conclusion is strangely at odds with what most of us see. It seems like the consensus is that the e-m5 is every bit as good as the nex 5n, if not better.