Posts Tagged ‘Olympus’

New Kid On The Block lens maker, Noktor has officially opened it’s website an is taking pre-orders for it’s HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95. Currently available in m4/3 mount, this lens is the fastest prime lens available for that format. Due to m4/3’s 2x crop factor, the Noktor 50mm has an EFL of 100mm making it an [...]

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., February 3, 2010 – The new Olympus PEN® E-PL1 is truly greater than the sum of its parts, with a surprisingly small camera body packed with technology normally found in bigger, bulkier and heavier professional Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras and High-Definition (HD) camcorders. This third-generation PEN is built for shutterbugs [...]

Once again, New York City and the Javits Center played host to the PDN PhotoPlus Expo. This year’s show had a very good turnout in spite of the fact that major players like Adobe, Panasonic, & Pentax were not in attendance.
I attended (and I spotted some of my fellow bloggers there as well) and came [...]

The British Journal of Photography reports:
Olympus has updated its Micro Four Thirds E-P1 camera, introducing new features such as AF tracking and an electronic viewfinder to the E-P2, which now comes in a black finish

With Olympus finally letting the micro four-thirds cat out of the bag, has the Next Digital Age finally dawned?
You’re probably thinking “What has Carlos been smoking and can he send me a couple of pounds?” All I ask is that you hear me out for a second. Let’s take a critical look at the technological [...]

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., June 16, 2009 – A new era of digital imaging begins today with the launch of the Olympus E-P1. The world’s smallest 12.3-megapixel interchangeable lens system camera blends the high-quality still images of a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) with High Definition (HD) video, stereo Linear PCM audio recording and In-Camera Creativity [...]

The Olympus E-P1, their long-awaited entry into the Micro Four-Thirds arena announced last year, is going to be formally announced tomorrow. Many images have surfaced including a tiny version of this:

I should have full press releases on the 16th and hopefully a review sample some time thereafter. I just hope they offer it in black…

Olympus’ highly anticipated entry into the micro four-thirds arena, the direct descendant of the classic Olympus PEN, is scheduled to be revealed on June 16, 2009. … Here is the image in question: Based on this top-down view, we can assume the following: No built-in flash (popup or otherwise) No optical/electronic viewfinder (possible shoe-mounted accessory as was previously speculated) In-camera image stabilization/dust removal (SSWF = Supersonic Wave Filter) Full/semi-auto + manual operation and movie mode (HD?)

Photorumors.com (great site, I highly recommend it) posted a shot from a movie posted on the Olympus website ostensibly celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Olympus PEN camera. However, since previous statements by Olympus bigwigs indicate that their long-awaited μ4/3 camera will honor the PEN design (and the prototype which I have seen with my own eyes is very PEN-ish) could this be a teaser for said camera?

In discussions with other photographers (especially those who can read/translate japanese) the announcement states that: the Olympus micro-4/3rds camera(s) have been designed to carry on the philosophy of the “silver-halide” era PEN half-frame cameras; about a third of compact camera users are considering moving up to a DSLR but don’t because those cameras are too big, heavy, expensive, and complex — these users are seen as the target for the micro-4/3rds models; this is the strategy by which Olympus can “revive their imaging business”. [translation provided here ] So Olympus, like Panasonic, is targeting the “soccer mom” looking to move up from P&S cameras to something more sophisticated but still maintain ease of use and small size. … The design is such a hit that Panasonic & Leica are rumored to be hard at work designing a μ4/3 system similar to it which will likely be sold as the Lumix LX-5/D-Lux 5 respectively.