I heard from a source that two years ago OM Digital was investigating the possibility of developing a new type of camera with a different sensor size. One of those ideas centered on switching to medium format. Here is what the source told me:

There are engineering samples testing regarding a new line from OMDS.
The camera has a large stacked sensor in 4:3 ratio format. It looks like a medium format sensor.
It looks like OM picked up the unfinished medium format project in 2018 which was finally canceled by Olympus executives . The EM1X prototype body was originally designed for medium format.
My info came from two sources. OMDS and another tech person.
The new format is an on going project which I was told could be part of OM system product.

I don’t think this is going to be a final product. This is probably just part of a general investigation to see if there is a potential market for it.

A source just told me that it looks like OM Digital next telephoto zoom (marked on their roadmap) might be a new 70-200mm f/2.8 IS PRO lens

The lens is white and of the same super high quality like the epic 150-400mm PRO:

OM Digital said the lens will be on the market by the end of 2025. Don’t have any info about the pricing yet. It will be less expensive than the 150-400mm PRO…but still expensive!

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Thanks Source ;)

Digitalcameraworld had a chat with several OM System executives. Here are the key takeaways:

1. Doesn’t seem likely OM will make a premium fixed lens camera with large sensor
2. OM Digital will continue to develop the E-M10 series
3. Om Digital is “actively exploring the possibility of a PEN model”

OM manager Shirota says that OM System is focusing on five key technologies: compact design, powerful stabilization, all-weather environmental performance, computational photography, and a lineup of one-of-a-kind lenses.

ThePhoBlographer reports about this conversation with OM manager Eiji Shirota:

“Yeah, after we launched OM-3, we got a lot of feedback about the Pen-F,” Said Eiji Shirota of OM System — further clarifying that this isn’t the Pen-F successor that people have been asking about. “We have the need from the market regarding the range finder style (camera) with viewfinder…it’s great feedback for us. And now we are considering what new PEN series model we can offer as OM SYSTEM. Yeah, of course, we cannot say more…but of course, we are thinking.”