43 Rumors

Hmmm i kind of like it.
Be nice to have the removalable grip like the PEN for those that want the “clean” look, and the D links for your strap etc look solid and retro for the style people out there

on side note: I think if I bought one i’ld make a DeCal for the pyrmid above “Olympus” to make it ahh look like a pyrmid..

I’m looking forward to this release, I don’t mind a slight prism on top, still less bulky than attaching the VF-2. I may at last let my slow auto focussing, grainy E-P1 retire

What will happen to al the 4/3rds lenses? Everyone is talking micro.

When I sold my 5D and got a GF1 I did it because I was tired of taking that brick with me. Anything more than a tad bigger than a GF1 and it is just going to sit at home. M43 was all about a mall camera for me not something that keeps getting bigger.

I love the mirror lock-up switch on the side of the lens mount. It must work REALLY well on a mirror-less camera!

Don’t worry about that grip, it’s removable… and there’s a beefier one too, for those of us that need to hold the camera one handed.

Thanks for sharing, the mock up looks good, but I prefer my OM-D to look more like the classic.

Here the grip is too wide, and too high, it should not cover the top metal area. Removing the line from the top metal area will give the camera cleaner look.

The hump should move up a little higher, until the word “OLYMPUS” levels with the shoulders. I found the hump too much to the right, the original OM hump is in the middle of the body.

Other than that grip it looks very pleasing indeed. The contrast of the silver metal and black works nicely and creates a balanced seperation. The metal has that smooth machined looked to it. I would like to see a shot with an addon grip for larger lenses.

He updated his picture, it even looks better, with correct lens release etc. Now all he has to do is change the lens from a 45mm to 26mm. So it will make me happy.

I would buy it if it didnt have the ep3 grip.

It cannot be a 45mm lens with 37mm thread! If the lens is 45mm, the camera is extremely small.
It is a cleaned up OM (film) with a grip. Not very trustworthy. Not worth publishing really.

I predict that around February 14th, Olympus will release a new camera. It will look like a camera.

Most of the Wanabe posters ( I wan’ it to be this, I wan’ it to be that ) on this forum will declare they are totally disappointed and that it falls way short of their precious needs and requirements and that it is so disappointing they won’t be able to take ultra-wide angle, noise free, portraits of vampires, lit by only a new moon, that auto focus in 1 millisecond. Half of the rest will say it is too expensive and they think there is no future in mft or ft and that they are going to get a CanNikSonung instead.

The remaining few, who prefer to take photos, rather than to endlessly dissect the technical merits of their tools, will slink quietly away, buy it and manage to take photos with it. The others will scratch their collective heads and wonder how they manage to do that.