Olympus latest financial results report (pdf here) also discloses the new PRO lens roadmap:

– The 40-150mm f/s.8 PRO is scheduled fot launch in second half of the Fiscal Year 2015 (which means late 2014)
– The 7-14 f/2.8 and 300mm f/4.0 are coming in Fiscal Year 2016 (which means 2015).

And these are Olympus goals for the future:
1) Expansion in European and U.S. markets, where results are beginning to appear. Expand sales centered on OMD series, which boosted performance in 1Q
2) Improvement in Japanese and other Asian markets, where performance suffered during 1Q. Introduce new, competitive PEN series products
3) Accelerate lens business expansion by bolstering lineup of professional use products. Lens sales up approx. 40% YoY (Year o Year) in 1Q of FY2015.

It is also interesting to see the chart showing the increase of system camera sales that sadly is not enough to balance the loss in the fixed lens compact camera market:

More interesting notes:
1) OMD series drives sales improvements in Europe and U.S market (Europe: Up approx. 70%; Americas: Up approx. 10%, yoy)
2) Deceleration in domestic market and sluggish PEN series sales due to impact of consumption tax hike

SUMMARY:
Like we read in rpevious reports the OMD line is making a positive difference in the otherwise not so “mirrorless friendly” US and EU markets. But PEN and compact camera sales are falling down. Olympus is now focusing on the high end market which means PRO lenses, new OMD cameras and high end fixed lens compacts. Overall the Imaging Business is still in loss but Olympus forecasts a recovery (no red numbers) for the next fiscal year.

SAMYANG 10mm with Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera from Samyang Europe on Vimeo.

Panasonic FZ1000 Shooter’s Report Part I (Imaging Resource).
First wedding with the EM1 by Sergio Muscat.
A talented coder named Jonathan has made the first hacking tool for Olympus camera’s. It allows flashing of modified firmwares onto the EM-10. http://lightsnowdev.blogspot.de
Olympus 60mm Macro Lens pics on Flickr.

Lawrence: “I’m a filmmaker that shoots Micro Four Thirds cameras and I recently shot a short film on the GH4 to submit to HBO’s Project Green Light. I didn’t see anything in the rules preventing me from sharing the video online so I uploaded it to YouTube and thought I would share it with you and my fellow readers. I am hoping the 4/3 Rumors community will enjoy it and support the film by sharing it, tweeting about it, blogging about it even screaming from the rooftops. Here’s a YouTube link.
http://youtu.be/fOjLoL-ztL8”

Boon: “This is a video I have shot with a full-spectrum Olympus OMD EM-5, to show flowers in UV and the light spectrum that some insects see in. http://myphotojourney.co.uk/insect-d-sight-video/”

Justin: “http://vimeo.com/m/97385677. It’s a link to a video test of the Metabones Speed Booster Canon EF to M4/3 (not for the BMPCC) prototype on the Lumix GH4. Pretty excited for it and I hope it has fast and reliable autofocus (:”

Jessica: “…found this really creepy Mannequin website taken with Olympus and Panasonic m43 cameras http://iseemannequins.com”

Jessica again :) “Not a rumor but just saw that the blog at http://footlessfish.com/ has been updated (last 3 posts) with some really great photos taken with the Nocticron 42.5mm lens on the GH4/EM1 and some amazing underwater macro with a Nauticam Super Macro Converter and Olympus 60mm lens.”

Marc: “My latest work shot with an Olympus E-M5 and the Olympus 25mm 1.8 lens. It’s a shop in Brussels left pretty much unchanged since the early 1960’s. Here is a link: http://marcprovins.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/golden-scissors.html”

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