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I can confirm the new E-M5 successor will NOT have PDAF. Not yet 100% confirmed are the rumors that the camera has 4K recording and that’s weather sealed.

The E-M5 successor will be announced the first week of February!

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FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
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FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

Sourced report that Panasonic plans to launch the new 30mm f/2.8 MFT macro lens during first quarter 2015. I guess this means the lens will be displayed at the CP+ show in mid February. There is no info on the price yet.

That is what Panasonic writes about that lens:

The new 30mm/F2.8 macro lens enables not only life-size macro photography but also offers further versatile styles of capturing photos, such as landscape photography thanks to a focusing distance of 60mm (35mm camera equivalent). For high precision focusing in macro photography the new lens also supports 240 fps high-speed AF, while integrating optical image stabiliser. It features a sophisticated exterior design in metallic finish for the stylish appearance.

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FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

Highly trusted sources said that Olympus will not only announce the new E-M6 in February. There will be also “One more thing”!!!!!!!!

Maybe it’s just me but I hope this is the digital [shoplink 35471 ebay]Olympus Trip 35 camera (here on eBay)[/shoplink] :)

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FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

The new PRO lens on the tiniest MFT camera (GM1) by Camerasize.

I got an interesting information from a highly trusted source. The amount of 40-150mm PRO lens preorders exceeded by far Olympus estimations. And Olympus cannot increase the production of that lens. Stores ordering larger Stock of lenses today will get their Stock in…February only!

40-150mm PRO shipping info at:
In USA/Canada at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus and GetOlympus Canada.
In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
In Asia at Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.

Highly trusted sources report the Olympus E-PM line is now officially “dead” There is no successor planed for the E-PM2. Olympus had three different PEN lines which was obviously a bit of a Non-sense.

One more thing: I don’t know yet if there will be a new High End PEN placed above the new E-PL7.

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FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

I got three different reports from US and EU stores saying that they have been notified by Olympus that the E-M5 production has been ended officially by Olympus. This means stores cannot buy E-M5 stocks anymore. Say goodbye to the E-M5! Time to save money for the E-M6 which is coming the first week of February :)

I guess Olympus Japan will soon make an official statement on the production end.

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FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

What you see here on top is a spec sheet describing a new Sony 1.5-inch sensor. But the one Big news here is that this is the first Sony APCS sensor (yes APCS and not APS-C!). APCS stands for “Active-Pixel-Color-Sampling“. This works unlike current Bayer sensors where you combine four R-G-B-G pixels to get 1 single pixel of color information. In Sony’s new APCS sensor every pixel manages to get the full color information. And unlike Sigma foveon sensors it doesn’t need three layer of pixels. It does all with one single layered array of pixels. The new Sony sensor design will bring the following advantages:

– Bigger pixels (higher Dynamic Range and Lower Noise level at all ISO’s)
– Possible to increase megapixel resolution further
– Less processing power needed (no interpolations between pixels needed and faster readout time)
– Increased color fidelity
– No anti aliasing filter needed. No moirè.
– sensor is also ideal for monochrome shooting.

The new Sony APCS sensor is expected to be announced early 2015. It will be first used on the Z4 smartphone and will be launched on cameras later on.

Sony-Olympus:
That news matters because as we know Olympus has access to Sony sensor expertise. I think it’s highly likely that Olympus will launch a High End OMD camera using that kind of tech maybe in around one year already? In theory the new Sony sensor has the potential to bring a big jump forward in terms of Image Quality. I hope Olympus will grab the chance!

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news via SonyAlphaRumors.