These are the E-Pl7 specs which nicely almost match those of the current E-M10 camera. Exact announcement date is still not clear. But I am pretty sure it’s coming very soon :)

via Photorumors.

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The current LX7 with [shoplink 34270 ebay]Gariz case[/shoplink].

An anonymous source at MirrorlessRumors reported that:

Panasonic lx8 comming soon.On July 16!Build in EVF and bigger Sensor.looks similar to the lx7

I cannot confirm via trusted sources if the rumor I got is correct. Hope to have an answer soon. For now this is ranked FT2 only! But this would become a serious competitor of the newly announced Sony RX100M3 (specs here). This is the first compact camera with pop-up EVF. I also don’t know yet how large the new sensor could be. Doubt it will be as big as the 1 inch sensor in the Sony!

By the way, the current LX7 sells with $95 off at [shoplink 46356 ebay]BigValue (Click here)[/shoplink]. Total price  is $305 only.

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

The rumors I got so far from trusted sources do not point to any more MFT camera announcement before Photokina other than the Olympus E-Pl7. It really looks like both Panasonic and Olympus are focusing their attention at Photokina in September.

That said I heard that both companies will announce some compact cameras within the next 1-2 months. Don’t know if that includes the rumored Olympus “TRIP-D“. It should be a digital fixed lens version of their popular [shoplink 35471 ebay]Olympus Trip 35 film cameras (on auction here on eBay)[/shoplink]. That would certainly be a hot camera release! Stay tuned!

The trusted source who shared the E-P5 firmware update in advance just shared some more tidbits:

He says the Focus peaking update was going to happen but a decision was made to leave that to a future model rather than update this model. I guess this means Olympus wants the soon to be announced E-Pl7 to have this feature to mark a more clear distance between the new and older PEN models.

I would have prefered a more “Fuji alike” firmware approach. Full intensive support and improvement of all current cameras. It’s a great way to create affiliation don’t you think so Olympus?

Reminder: 20% off on all refurbished MFT stuff at GetOlympus (Click here and use coupon code “SUMMER” at checkout).

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

I have been told form a very reliable sources Olympus is working on an emergency E-P5 firmware update release. What I don’t know is what exactly will be fixed by the fw. Like you know last week Olympus released the new E-P5 fw with 0 shock addition.

And again, no E-M5 firmware update yet to come:(  A bit frustrating. Hope Olympus will listen to current E-M5 users and add the 0 shock feature for them too!

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

Panasonic just posted a void link to the GX7 firmware update 1.3. Could mean that it’s coming soon…

Well, as previsouly told the Olympus E-PL7 is going to be announced soon and theses images do come directly from the E-PL7 manual! Specs are no secret neither because this is going to be PEN version of the E-M10 :)

LIke you see there are quite some changes on the button layout between the new E-Pl7 and the current E-PL5.

via Photorumors.

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct