Officially announced: New OM-1II camera and 150-600mm and 9-18mm lens

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Preorders:
OM-1II at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.
150-600mm at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.
9-18mm at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.

Reviews:
Intro at Explora. Initial review at Dpreview. OM-1II vs OM-1 by Photographyblog.

Youtube reviews:

Product video:

 

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Follow the live blogging for the OM Digital announcement (starts at 6am London time)

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With a few hours OM Digital will announce three new products and a new lens roadmap. The announcement will happen at 6am London time and you can expect me to do the usual live blogging.

This is the gear we are getting:

New OM-1II

  • Re-branded as OM SYSTEMS (as you know the OM-1 still has the Olympus name on it).
  • Double the internal buffer memory
  • 8.5 stops IBIS
  • 14bit raw for High resolution mode
  • human AI recognition
  • New added computational nd filters
  • better focusing system
  • Improved ergonomics
  • Price: 2399 Euro

New OM 150-600mm 5.0-6.3:

  • MFT version of the original Sigma 150-600mm Full Frame lens.
  • Supports Sync-IS (Correction effects of wide 6.0 / tele 5.0steps on the lens alone, and wide 7.0 / tele 6.0 steps for Sync IS) ,
  • 9 aperture blades
  • Minimum focus: 56 cm
  • Filter size: 95 mm
  • 25 elements in 15 groups (4 Super ED lenses, 2 ED lenses, 6 HR lenses, 1 HD lens)
  • fluorine coating
  • 1200mm* on its own, or 2400mm* max. when used with a teleconverter
  • IPX1 weather sealing,
  • Length: 264.4 mm
  • Diameter: 109.9 mm
  • Weight: 2065 g
  • Comes with LH-103 lens hood, LC-95 lens cap, LR-2 back cap, lens strap, instruction manual, warranty card
  • Price: 2699 Euro

New OM 9-18mm lens (same construction and only small aesthetic changes).

 

 

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a bit of everything…

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