Olympus to launch a OM type camera in Feb
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uncle_catz
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the cat is out of the bag.... February 8th it is!...??
Olympus going even more retro with OM-D camera | Deep Tech - CNET News
Olympus going even more retro with OM-D camera | Deep Tech - CNET News
Evilmerlin
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More rumours out now on 43rumors.com.
From m43rumors.com
FT4:
1) It has an OM look
2) Built-in 1.44 dots integrated viewfinder
3) New in body stabilization and AF system
4) Comes in Black and Silver
5) Weather sealed magnesium body
6) 16 megapixel sensor
7) Width 121mm, weighs 425g
8) Worldwide shipment in late March
FT4:
1) It has an OM look
2) Built-in 1.44 dots integrated viewfinder
3) New in body stabilization and AF system
4) Comes in Black and Silver
5) Weather sealed magnesium body
6) 16 megapixel sensor
7) Width 121mm, weighs 425g
8) Worldwide shipment in late March
NazgulKing
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wonglp said:
They essentially are selling a Panasonic G3 with a nicer styling, weather sealed body, and their image processing. What took them so long?
May be the same sensor but everything else is different starting from the image processing alogorithm, to the inbody image stabilization, sswf, which i presume will be there, af motor, and to the evf. And to top it all they hv to figure out how to cram all these components into an OM type body. Its a totally new product line. Be glad its out now rather then 5 years later.
It tool them 2 years to get the AF right! I would be happy to have swivel screen anytime like G3 over a tilt one like nex, I like the G3 concept just not so much without IBIS and Oly image processing. Weight seems a tad heavier than G3, not sure if it's with battery or not, perhaps to balance well with the long slow kit lens 12-50.
There's also FT5 rumors of "High Dynamic Range" & ISO 25,800 here, it would be welcoming to have higher DR, but the ISO 25800, let's see how much of that is usable. If they are still getting the sensor from Pany, there should be something done out of box to acheive "High Dynamic Range", perhaps like Nex quick bracketed HDR mode? Or maybe a new sensor supplier, that would be interesting...
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Parka
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With that weight, I'm guessing they are packing in a lot of stuff.
The Panasonic GX1 is only 272g without battery.
GH2 is 392g.
Fujifilm X-Pro1 weighs 400g without battery.
Agrivar
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Magnesium body + weathersealing = heavier body
I think that must be a bit confused.
1.44 dots? How big are the dots if there aren't even 2? I hope it would be 1.44 million dots.
Magnesium burns easily, so I hope it's a magnesium alloy body or else our money will go up in smoke, literally.
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Too bad they can't step up with an evf that matches that from nex7 andA77, which I find really sets the standard.
Come to think of it, it sounds like a metal body G3, with IOS and oly colors. Not a bad thing, though it does not seem to be pushing m4/3 development.
I have no doubt, its drool factor will be very high though.
Come to think of it, it sounds like a metal body G3, with IOS and oly colors. Not a bad thing, though it does not seem to be pushing m4/3 development.
I have no doubt, its drool factor will be very high though.
I certainly did copy well
though a "magnesium allow body" will certainly go up in flames :bsmilie:, i suppose u meant magnesium alloy body . The source 43rumors got from is translated from japanese. The below new rumors is also translated, maybe you can do a better job translating
It certainly seems so far, although the spotlight seems to be on the advanced EVF. I tried the OLED EVF on Nex for a couple months, actually I can't really see significant difference, at least to my eyes, though focus peaking really helps a lot. There's a few things not mentioned yet: sensor supplier (likely pana), max shutter speed, compatibility with 43 lenses. There's only 1 m43 weathersealed lens so far, but alot more on 43.
Just saw some more FT4 from 43rumors.com, now there's a vari-angle monitor which sounds like either swivel or tilt, so now it's very even closer to G3
And the IBIS is rumored to be difference. But the ISO200 is disappointing, iso100 had been removed since E-PL1..."I am almost sure the new specs from Digicaminfo are correct:
1. It looks like old OM but not any OM reforms.
2.Two dial button left and right beside central penta part,and another dial button side at release button.there have other one small button in left of release button.
3.Grip curve looks like Olympus E-P3,but this one continues to the bottom of camera,paste with leather.Leather has also paste at both side of lens mount.
4.two kinds of leather style. black ones is more artificial, and silver ones is more natural.
5.packed with an GN10 flash.
6.Five-axis image stabilizer in body.
7.FAST AF and 3D tracking
8.Minimum sensitivity is ISO200 and maximum sensitivity is ISO25600 with tweak.
9.610.000dots organic EL,vari-angle monitor
10.use MPO as file save type."
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I certainly did copy well
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English doesn't seem my best language today, even if I can use the excuse of 4 hours sleep. My phone is always helping me with fixes for words but I can't claim that. I should take a look at the original text anyway.
Hopefully, the translation wasn't done with anime Japanese. That never seems to work.
Geez, the original states 144 万 pixels and they somehow turned that into 144 megapixels. I submitted a "1.44" change to Google Translate but I wonder if they'll implement it.
I'm interested in what they actually mean by "軍艦部" because it's used quite a bit with cameras. The literal translation deals with warships and I don't think Olympus has any, though they might be declaring war on Sony or Samsung.
The bit about magnesium was odd. It's not a strict "magnesium alloy" translation, but probably a more technical term than alloy was used and I know little about metallurgical compositing. There is a company that makes something they describe as liquid metal, which could be what they're using.
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wonglp said:
Wat do mean by right? Haha. I dun thk any manufacturer has truely got AF right.
I prefer not to hv swivel screen for the om-d. Its fine on the e5 but wn i carry a more compact camera, aesthetics is impt. I think it will disrupt the clean lines if a swivel screen is included. Eg epl3 vs epm1.
Expectation. Expectation. Expectation.
The word 'Expectation' kill...
So true
Expectation. Expectation. Expectation.
The word 'Expectation' kill...
Maybe, you need an expectorant. :bsmilie:
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