A source told me this:

There are plans to move away from Olympus brand gradually, it will be less and less pronounced on the products until it’s gone in a few years;

Our reader Dalla spotted this picture and wrote:

Sirui about to release and announce the full lineup of 1.33 anamorphic son a different house specifically geared and weight balanced. It’s called MARS. Same optics as the current lineup.

You can find the current Sirui lenses at BHphoto.

E-M1X vs E-M1III via camerasize

I have been told that the “WOW” camera that OM Digital said would come in early 2022 will not be a E-M1X successor. It will have more the size of a classic E-M1 body. Makes sense to me…

OM Digital registered a new battery charger named “BCX-1”. This is likely going to be used by the future “wow” camera which I expect to be teased some times in autumn.

You can get the new lens at Amazon US (Click here).

LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 20-50mm / F1.7 ASPH. H-X2550 lens is built for mirrorless Micro Four Thirds (MFT) mount cameras, enabling F1.7 aperture brightness throughout the entire 50-100mm (35mm camera equivalent) zoom range. Its exceptionally high optical performance is suitable for both professional photographers and videographers. Comprising 17 elements in 12 groups, the lens system features three aspherical lenses and four ED (Extra-low Dispersion) lenses that effectively suppress the axial chromatic aberration and chromatic aberration of magnification. Spherical aberration and distortion are also corrected by the aspherical lenses for stunningly high resolution. The use of aspherical lenses and the optimum design of the lens system results in a compact size and light weight. Compatibility with a maximum 240-fps high-speed sensor drive realizes high-speed, high-precision auto focusing. In addition to the silent operation achieved by the inner focus drive system, the stepless aperture ring and micro-step drive system in the aperture control section help the camera to smoothly catch up to brightness changes when zooming or panning. The optical design achieves exceptional barycentric stability to minimize image shifts during zooming. A focus ring is equipped for intuitive, precise focusing and linear/ non-linear setting can also be switched with this ring.

via Nokishita

Here are the leaked specs:

Panasonic “LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 25-50mm / F1.7 ASPH.” Has a lens configuration of 16 elements in 11 groups (1 aspherical lens, 3 ED lenses, 1 UHR lens), and the shortest shooting distance is 0.28m (25mm). Hour) /0.31m (at 50mm), maximum shooting magnification 0.21x (35mm format equivalent 0.42x), filter diameter 77mm, size φ87.6×127.6mm, weight 654g

via Nokishita