Within the next days Olympus will announce their first action camera named “TG-Tracker“. We got the camera specs from one of our sources:

4K video
Advanced tought performance (shock proof and 30m waterproof)
Filed sensor system (204 degree view)
20 and 60 lumen light.
Acceleration meter
Overall same specs as [shoplink 59919 ebay]Olympus TG-4 compact camera model[/shoplink]
Weight 180g with battery and card
Width-Heitgh-Depth dimensions: 35×56,6×93,2mm

And Digicameinfo leaked some more images of the camera and the specs in Japanese (google tranlsated)

– “GPS”, “pressure”, “temperature”, “orientation” using five sensors of “acceleration” capture the state and movement of field sports “field sensor system.”
– 30 meters waterproof. JIS / IEC protection class 8 (IPX8) equivalent
– Dust-proof. JIS / IEC protection grade 6 (IP6X) equivalent
– Impact 2.1m
– Resistance to low temperature -10 degrees
– Load-bearing 100kgf
– Lens is ultra-wide angle of view 204 degrees. 94 ° in water. Open F value F2
– Lens configuration 7 groups seven (five aspherical lens)
– Shooting range is 0.2m ~ infinity
– Image processing engine “TruePic VII for 4K”
– Sensor 1 / 2.3 inches 7.2 million pixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor
– Shipped a steady grip “SG-T01”
– Shipped a protector for underwater “UP-T01”
– Wi-Fi built-in. Possible cooperation with smartphone
– Time-lapse movie
– Loop recording function
– Electronic 5-axis camera shake correction
– ISO sensitivity AUTO (100-1600)
– Shutter speed AUTO (1 / 2-1 / 24000)
– Monitor 1.5-inch 120,000-dot LCD monitor
– Video is 4K / 30p, 1080 / 60p. Continuous recording time 29 minutes
– Recording format MOV / H.264. Voice is linear PCM
– Built-in the headlights of high brightness to the body (60 seconds at 60 lumens, 29 minutes at 20 lumens)
– 4K video playback by HDMI connection
– Media microSD / microSDHC / microSDXC (UHS-I compatible)
– The size of 35mm x 56.5mm x 93.2mm
– Weight 180g (battery, including a memory card)
– MicroUSB terminal · HDMI terminal
– The battery LI-92B
– Release Date is the end of June 2016

One of the few info you can take for almost granted is that the new Olympus E-M1II will be the first camera with handheld High Resolution mode. Finally you will be able to make it work without a tripod. So far the rumored E-M1II specs are:

20MP sensor
4K video (first Olympus camera with 4K)
Handheld High Resolution mode
Much improved autofocus performance
new high-resolution EVF
Announcement at Photokina in September

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The ongoing Tiroplan 50mm Kickstarter campagn form Meyer Optik raised 10 times the requested money. The campagn is about to end soon and Meyer Optik added one more info on the Kickstarter presentation page:

Restoring the Trioplan lens line means that all good things come in threes. Our major 2017 lens announcement will be the third and final Trioplan in our line-up.

Multiple sources confirmed Olympus will announce the new E-M1II at Photokina in September 2016. And the very first info I got about this camera is:

1. it has 4K
2. It has no global shutter. But Olympus worked hard to reduce rolling shutter to a negligible level

As usual sty tuned on 43rumors to learn more about the camera in the near future!

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A trusted source told us Olympus will announce a new 30mm macro lens this year. It will be their second macro lens of the line after the [shoplink 59672 ebay]60mm f/2.8 (pictured above)[/shoplink].

This means the next two lenses to come are now the 25mm f/1.2 PRO and the 30mm macro. Surely the first lens of the list is the one a bit more exciting ;)

Back in January I reported that Olympus would announce a new action camera this year. Well the first image of that camera just got leaked via Digicameinfo. The camera is compatible with all current GoPro accessories. It has to be seen if Olympus will be able to get a slice of that kind of (huge) market…

The already leaked Olympus E-PL8 still wasn’t announced by Olympus. And a trusted source now told me this: The E-PL8 launch got delayed because of the recent Kumamoto earthquake :(

So we will have to wait until Sony resumes the production to see when Olympus will announce the camera. And I hope this will not affect the future E-M1II shipping date too!