Olympus PEN E-PL10 review at Dpreview: “doesn’t do as much to stand out amongst its peers

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Olympus E-PL10 at BHphoto.

Dpreview published the full E-PL10 review and concluded:

The Olympus PEN E-PL10 is a compact, entry-level camera that’s good at many things. It offers some beginner-friendly tools, though they don’t lend themselves to growth as a photographer. Both photo and image quality are good, and the camera is responsive, but it doesn’t do as much to stand out amongst its peers.

Yep, they aren’t really enthusiastic about this new camera. It’s time for Olympus to gives us a new PEN-F with new high resolution sensor :)

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Patent discloses new Olympus high quality drone camera design!

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A brand new patent confirms that Olympus is playing with the idea to release their own drone. And that Drone would feature a High Quality camera with large sensor and zoom lens. This is how Olympus describes it:

In recent years, an unmanned aircraft, such as a drone, that flies in a remotely handled or autonomous manner has been commercialized. For example, a relatively small unmanned aircraft is utilized due to an advantage that information can be safely and efficiently acquired in a dangerous area that is hard for a manned aircraft to reach, an accident site or a disaster area in which observation at relatively low altitude is required, and the like. A camera is built in the drone or the like to attain the object.
However, a relatively small lens or image pickup device is often used in the built-in camera, and a picked-up image with sufficiently satisfactory image quality may not be obtained. Therefore, a photographing device with high functionality and high performance may be adopted and attached to the unmanned aircraft. Particularly, a camera that can be equipped with a high-performance lens having a zoom function, an autofocus function, and the like can be adopted to easily obtain an image with image quality desired by a user.
Note that a gimbal system that can accurately support a photographing device on a moving body, such as an aircraft, is disclosed in the specification of U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2016/0014307.

The patent doens’t disclose if that’s going to be a Micro Four Thirds mount camera nor the lens specs. But there are two graphs showing some of the UI and the zoom lens design:

Althaugh this appears to be a fixed lens drone model I think it would be cool to get an Olympus MFT drone camera….what do you think?

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Sony announces replacement program for some SD memory cards

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If you do own Sony SD cards please check out this:

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Regarding SD memory cards of SF-M series, SF-M series TOUGH specification, and SF-G series TOUGH specification, recorded data on the card may be damaged or data may not be recorded correctly when shooting video on a camera* in video speed class mode.
* The camera compatible with video speed class V60/V90 etc. as recommended recording media.

We are offering free replacements for affected SD memory cards from June 11, 2020, through Mar. 31, 2022, subject to the limited warranty that accompanied the SD memory card. Please see below to determine if you have an affected SD memory card and call us at 239-768-7669 to arrange for your card replacement.

IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE AND FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Back up the data that you may have on the affected SD memory card to another device and before you return the affected SD memory card to Sony;
  • Delete and clear all SD memory card data before you return the affected SD memory card to Sony;
  • You acknowledge and agree that Sony will not be responsible for any data remaining on the SD memory card returned to Sony;
  • You acknowledge and agree that Sony cannot transfer data from your affected SD memory card to the replacement card.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 situation, some of our services may be impacted. We will try to minimize this, but delays may occur. We seek your kind understanding during this challenging period.

Applicable SD Memory Cards

Applicable SD Cards

SF-M Series

  • SF-M64
  • SF-M128
  • SF-M256

Applicable cards can be identified by the presence of V60, R:277MB/s, and W:150MB/s on the card frontside.

SF-M Series TOUGH Specification

  • SF-M64T
  • SF-M128T
  • SF-M256T

SF-G Series

  • SF-G32T
  • SF-G64T
  • SF-G128T

How to check if your Memory Card is Affected

SF-M Series

Applicable cards can be identified by the presence of V60, R:277MB/s, and W:150MB/s on the card frontside. To check whether your card is affected, look for a star mark on the lower left corner on the back of the card. If your card has NO star mark, your card is affected by this issue.

Affected SF-M Series Cards

SF-M Series TOUGH Specification

To check whether your card is affected, look for a star mark on the lower left corner on the back of the card. If your card has NO star mark, your card is affected by this issue.

Affected SF-M Series TOUGH Specification Cards

SF-G Series TOUGH Specification

To check whether your card is affected, look for a star mark and an alphanumeric on the lower corner on the back of the card.

If your card has NO star mark and has an alphanumeric beginning with TV, your card is affected by this issue. (If your card has an alphanumeric beginning with TR, your card is not affected by this issue.)

Affected SF-G Series TOUGH Specification Cards

via Sony

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