Artificial intelligence is quite a misused definition in these days. Everybody seems to want to use this for marketing purposes. The new Olympus E-M1X is also rumored to have “AI autofocus”. If this is pure marketing or if it’s really something groundbreaking has to be seen. A source who has seen the E-m1X told me this:

An example of what I can do: It can track and recognize helmet on the racing motorcycle.

Previously another source told me this:

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.

Let’s hope this is really something that works as well as Olympus is telling!

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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