According to multiple trusted sources Olympus will announce the new E-M10, 25mm, 14-42mm and 9mm lenses on January 29 at around 5-6 am London time! Mark the date and hour on your calendar and as usual be sure to be online at 43rumors to follow to announcement live! I will continually update this site with links to first tests, reviews image samples, news and preorder links.

And this is what will be announced on that day:

Olympus OMD E-M10
– 16MP sensor (same as E-M5 and with no PDAF)
– True Pic VII processor (same as E-M1)
– Very small body
– integrated flash
– 3 axis stabilization
– comes with new compact zoom as kit lens

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ
– 37mm filter diameter
– Comes in black and silver
– Estimated retail price of around 35,000 yen (250 Euro or around $335)
– Has a lens cap (correction, it’s not built in. You can remove it!)

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 25mm F1.8
– 46mm filter diameter
– Minimum focusing distance is 0.25m
– Comes in black and silver
– Estimated retail price of around 35,000 yen (250 Euro or around $335)

BCL-0980
– Fish-eye lens of 9mm f/8.0
– Minimum focusing distance 0.2m

And now let us know…

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P.S.: A Panasonic announcement is scheduled for weeks after the Olympus announcement.

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Here are the images of the three new lenses coming from Olympus (one is a lens cap more than a real lens). ON top you see the 25mm f/1.8. The next one is the amazing tiny 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens:

And here is the 9mm f/8.0 fisheye lens cap:

Specs:

• M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ

– 37mm filter diameter
– Comes in black and silver
– Estimated retail price of around 35,000 yen (250 Euro or around $335)
– Has a lens cap (correction, it’s not built in. You can remove it!)

• M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 25mm F1.8

– 46mm filter diameter
– Minimum focusing distance is 0.25m
– Comes in black and silver
– Estimated retail price of around 35,000 yen (250 Euro or around $335)

• BCL-0980

– Fish-eye lens of 9mm f/8.0
– Minimum focusing distance 0.2m

via Digicameinfo.

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Also Digicameinfo confirms that Olympus will launch two new MFT lenses along the E-M10. The 25mm f/1.8 and 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ ED.

1) The compact zoom will come in Black and Silver and cost 35,000 Yen ($335 or 250 Euro). And like I told you today it has a built-in lens cap.

2) Also the 25mm Olympus will come in Black and Silver and cost 35,000 Yen.

3) There will be also a new lens cap (BCL-0980) in Black or White (10,000 Yen= and a new macro converter (MCON-PO2).

Announcement in a couple of days….

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
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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