A PMA interview with Mr. Watanabe (from fourthirdsphoto.com)

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The owner of the website fourthirdsphoto.com had the chance to make an interview to Mr. Watanabe. You can read all of it here:

http://news.fourthirdsphoto.com//node/14

The most important statements are:

1) We are planning a successor to the Olympus E-420 and it will be different. (that was all he had to say about that one.)

2) Yes (we are planning to introduce prime lens), but it is difficult to prioritize which ones to make first.

3) No release of either a camera or lens µ4/3 (Micro four thirds) road map.

P.s.: I’m waiting for news about the Olympus E-450 release date. Do YOU know something? ;)

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Features the dpreview users want from the upcoming Olympus micro four thirds

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A few days ago I asked the preview forum users which features they want to
see for the upcoming micro four thirds from Olympus.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1022&thread=31187918

I tried to filter and group the value.

There are some points of interest we should take into consideration:

1) First of all the users seem to focus more on lenses than on the Olympus camera
itself. Almost every user gave different zoom or primes specs. 10 users
asked explicitly for more Zuiko lenses and a lot of users gave their
lens wishlist. 10 guys desired prime lenses and pancakes.

2) Video capabilities seem to be less important. This might show us
that Olympus users are more focused on making photos than canonusers ;)

3) The users want EVF and some want the EVF positioned like a rangefinder.

4) Body IS, weatherproof camera and hot shoes are also requested.

These are not scientific results, but it can give you a small idea of what Olympus people want.