(FT5) The Olympus E-M1X also has a “live ND filter”

Another source just told me the E-M1X also has a “live ND filter“. It means you can apply the electronic NF filter live and view the effect in the viewfinder.

Rumored E-M1X specs:

Name: E-M1X OMD camera
Sensor: 20MP (not global shutter)
Frame rate: 18fps
7.5+ EV stabilization
2x the processing speed of the E-m1II
Autofocus: Adaptive and expandable focal points. Two examples. If you are shooting a person, then shift to shooting a car, the number of focal points will automatically expand. If you are shooting a basketball player, you will get a vertical series of 5 focal points.
Body Size: 144.37 x 146.765 x 75.345mm (body with a built in vertical grip)
High Res: Can shoot handheld High Resolution images (around 80MP) at 1/60s
Photography focus: Sports and Wildlife shooters
Same batteries as E-M1 Mk II
Larger EVF
Price: Close to $3,000
Launch: January 2019 along “2 tele zooms, 1 wide angle zoom. speedlight. zuiko binoculars”
Availability: February

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Olympus re-confirms in interview that they will NOT go Full Frame

Imaging Resource talked to Aki Murata, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Olympus America. And he ruled out that Olympus will go Full Frame. Imaging Resource writes down the arguments:

Olympus’ natural market is in the outdoor/moving-subject

Having a compact, lightweight, rugged system is seriously important for Nature and Wildlife photographers, and the smaller sensor size of Micro Four Thirds is a significant advantage. The difference between carrying a full-frame DSLR with a 600mm f/4 lens vs a Micro Four Thirds body and Olympus’ excellent 300mm f/4 (600mm eq.) is enormous. (And yes, hopefully heading off some of the flaming comments below, I know that the DOF of a 300mm f/4 on a Micro Four Thirds body is going to be greater than that of a 600mm f/4 on a full-frame body. When it comes to exposure though, f/4 is f/4, so the Olympus 300mm will give you the same shutter speeds as a 600mm f/4 on a full-frame body.)

While it seems that almost everyone else in the business is chasing after full-frame mirrorless (Fujifilm and Ricoh excepted) Murata-san made the point that those other players are in the process of leaving behind an important and very significant segment, namely people for whom compactness, light weight and ruggedness are supremely important.

While modern full-frame camera bodies can be quite compact, the lenses that go along with them are a lot larger than their Micro Four Thirds counterparts, especially as you get to telephoto focal lengths. All else being equal, a bag full of full-frame lenses is going to be a lot bigger and heavier than one packed with the Micro Four Thirds alternatives.

Rather than being concerned that they can’t compete in a world dominated by full-frame camera systems, Olympus is rejoicing that the competition has left them with a huge market segment virtually all to themselves.

(FT5) All full Olympus E-M1X pictures

Here are the original pictures from the original source. That “source” has accidentally posted these images and since than removed them. All I can add is that those are 100% legit pictures from a pre-production model. This is what trusted sources told me.

The original “source” also mentioned theat it has a new 20MP sensor and can shoot handheld high-resolution images of over 50MP.

 

(FT5) UPDATED: These are the first leaked image of the new E-M1X

A reader just sent me these images of the new E-M1X. UPDATED: Trusted sources confirmed this is the REAL E-M1X !!!

What are your impressions about it?

E-M1X specs:

Name: E-M1X OMD camera
Sensor: 20MP (not global shutter)
Frame rate: 18fps
7.5+ EV stabilization
2x the processing speed of the E-m1II
Autofocus: Adaptive and expandable focal points. Two examples. If you are shooting a person, then shift to shooting a car, the number of focal points will automatically expand. If you are shooting a basketball player, you will get a vertical series of 5 focal points.
Body Size: 144.37 x 146.765 x 75.345mm (body with a built in vertical grip)
High Res: Can shoot handheld High Resolution images (around 80MP) at 1/60s
Photography focus: Sports and Wildlife shooters
Same batteries as E-M1 Mk II
Larger EVF
Launch: January 2019 along “2 tele zooms, 1 wide angle zoom. speedlight. zuiko binoculars”
Availability: February

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This is the first “real world” image of the new Panasonic 8k camcorder with Panasonic-Fuji organic sensor!

This is the first image of the new Panasonic 8K camcorder. Not only is this a special thing because of the 8K capabilities. The camera uses the first ever organic sensor developed by Panasonic and Fuji!

This prototype camcorder has been show at the broadcast equipment in Chiba City. Panasonic already officially said they will release this camcorder in late 2019. Here are some more details about the sensor:

  • Global Shutter (exposes all pixels at the same time and read the data all at once). This will at last kill the distortion caused by rolling shutters.
  • 88 at 60fps
  • Panasonic said the sensor has “high sensitivity” and “wide dynamic range” but did not share exact numbers
  • It has a step less electronic ND filter (Panasonic said it does NOT chabge color balance when using it)
  • Sensor can switch between “high-sensitivity” mode and “high-saturation” mode

Panasonic said inorganic sensor cannot achieve such high sensitivity and wide dynamic range.

Could it be that Panasonic-Fuji will finally manage to break the Sony sensor dominance?

via L-rumors.com.

More info about that sensor on this previous 43rumors article.

Panasonic manager says “8K on Micro 4/3 is complicated, if not impossible.”

Well this is going to make some headlines today. Panasonic France manager told in an interview released at Mizuwari that “8K on Micro 4/3 is complicated, if not impossible.” This statement is nearly the opposite of what Panasonic told back in 2017 (read article here). So let’s hope Panasonic France only messed a bit up with the words :)

Also remember that Olympus also said 8K on MFT cameras is on their roadmap (article here). This should be evidence enough to confirm that 8K is coming on MFT cameras too.

Panasonic talked a lot about their Full Frame engadgement too and you can read the translated highlights on this over at L-rumors.com (Click here).

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