After tomorrows GX7 announcement I will work on the new OMD camera rumors. Meantime let me know if you can find some nice E-M5 deals before it gets replaced(?). Today there is a brand new US deal. You save $232 on that Super E-M5 bundle at BHphoto (Click here).
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> After tomorrows GX7 announcement I will work on the new OMD camera rumors
No break? Thank you for your hard work! It’s been a non-stop year for announcements, it feels like.
…hoping to hear about a 12-xx high quality zoom…
In case you were wondering, the minimum to purchase an Olympus lens with included hood is now $1,249 besting the previous low by $150. (Strictly as a gift for purchasing lens AND hood, kit also includes OM-D.)
my heart beats for Olympus but the GX7 has everything what i want! what shall i do?
(GX7: IBIS could be better but ok)
Uh… buy one if you happen to be in need of a new camera?
If you don’t have E-M5 (or E-P5 with VF) already, wait a few weeks for the next OM-D and then decide between them. If you do, there is no point in buying GX7, just GAS.
Sorry to be nasty, but doesn’t it say something about how silly it looks when you attach the flash to the em5 or the viewfinder to the ep5? For a company with a reputation for design esthetic, olympus are producing some weird looking lumps and bumps atop their flagships.
This is not just a gripe. It points to a company that is starting to get lazy and cut corners.
Olympus puts together a brilliant set of features, and then leaves out some of the basic industry standards at the last minute, making you feel like you are always making cheap compromises. Video, GPS, Panorama, HDR, focus peaking, inbuilt flashes or viewfinders.
Sony, Fuji and Panasonic now it seems have figured out how to put all these things into a single compact elegant package.
But not Olympus.
I think that is ironic, because they are the ones with a reputation for compact quality.
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let s wait for the next om-d
There is nothing wrong with the Olympus desings. Both the E-M5 and the E-P5 look great (better than the Panasonic counterparts). Add-on accessories always do not look great.
It is debatable, if the E-P5 should have had a build-in view finder at the expense of view finder quality. However, the VF-4 is so excellent that it is justified to be an external add-on.
The E-M5 may have a larger view finder and it will be in a hump. This would be perfect. Long live the hump!
You also have the debate whether an EVF would be of greater value than inbuilt flash, perhaps we can have an E-P5vf without the flash!!!!!
Thing so flash, macro light, mic and EVF is only if you need use the on Pen, not else. 😛
They always need to keep something at hand for their next flagship, in case they don’t come up with enough new innovative selling arguments.
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The clip on flash is very nicely styled and complements the camera styling very well.
If it dies, I can simply clip on another flash unit and not send my whole camera for repairs.
IMHO, in the SLR form factor, there is no finer styled camera than the OM-D.
The industrial designers truly earned their fees on this one!
what shall I do? my heart beats for Olympus but the GX 7 has everything what I want (Pano, NFC, EFV)
For what do you need NFC in a camera?
Wifi i understand but NFC i cannot imagine for what it could be used.
Take a pic with your camera, touch it with your cellphone and now you can send a pic of your kids to your inlaws cellphone, update your facebook, show your latest pickup of gear on tumblr or a nice street shot on flickr.
the possibilities are endless.
But you have to be always very near to the Camera with your phone and i dont know of NFC can handle Big file uploads.
Still think wifi is better
NFC in Pana cameras are only there to configure WiFi for the first time. How often do you do that? For the photo transfer, you can always use USB cable, or SD card dongle, or EyeFi/TransAir SD card if you insist on draining the batteries of both your camera and your phone and cannot wait a little.
Ah yes, this is the age of the impromptu blurb and of instant gratification.
FB updates…….kids pics to their grandparents…..quick flickr shots…..Instagram
How did anyone cope before the GX7?
Megapixels……… Sony sensors……….. IBIS………… Touchscreens……….. How did anyone cope before Digital?
Must I do film as well???
what i most likely will do..
wait for 1 or 2 major reviews of both EM6 and GX7..
and then decide..
With all this GX7 , FF Nex , i hope Olympus have something special up their sleeve , FF Nex rumoured to have oly collaboration,so maybe new OMD may have something special as well . GX7 seems to be announced to meet BMPCC rather dubious release date , i wonder how many preorders on that
I tend to think that the GX7 stole the thunder from the E-P5. But not from the E-M5. We’ll see soon about the sensor performance, but I’d be surprised.
Truth is that the E-M5 has a great degree of integration. Even the perched flash is useful because it doesn’t get in the way and can act as commander-only.
I think that user experiences of the GX7 will determine my interest, together with sensor performance. Not in a hurry to buy after the E-M5. I am still adapting at switching between the touch screen and the EVF. I am interested in seeing how well the GX7 does that.
every now and again i look at sony rumours, and always come away feeling like they are leaving us far far behind
Yes, but do you have the money to go the Sony way? Can you walk the talk?
It’s more, am I ready to sell all my m43 gear. Not quite, but NEX is catching up fast.
if you can walk the sony walk , you can walk the Oly walk , although hood will be extra , maybe ply got a big sony combo surprise to come
What I find interesting is that Sony v. likely is going at Canon’s and Nikon Jugular by the superiority of its sensors and minaiturisation. It is v. likely that Oly will become a purveyor of lenses and technology only.
Fuji has also the funds to do it, but it is v. late. Panny as far as i know is nowhere near FF. So yes Sony is worth following, but it is still a v. expensive proposition compared to m4/3.
Remember that with new sensors FF is the new Medium Format. Do you need it? Otherwise enjoy what you have.
there is definitely a market for small FF system , and no small legacy glass exists for this , hence CANIKON not too keen on the idea , quality camera in your pocket. personally i love me OMD , but would i like a full frame version , oh yes please , sony maybe first but fuji ,pentax , samsung and good old Canikon will follow
It’s already showing up on Adorama’s mobile site- $999 for body, $1099 for kit.
Can’t order it yet though.
There is definately a market for small FF system , no legacy glass exists , i personally love my OMD , but would i like a FF version , you betcha ! And who is to say Fuji ,Samsung ,Pentax and Canikon will not follow into smaller FF
@ anonymous “Sony, Fuji and Panasonic now it seems have figured out how to put all these things into a single compact elegant package.’
I don’t agree with this viewpoint, for the aspect you use as your proof. A Swiss Army Knife can be called elegant until you try to open all the blades at once and slice of a finger! Jamming a bunch of Jack-in-the-box accessories into a camera body to satisfy every consumers needs, (poorly) is checklist design.
Using the GX7 approach, which is a very nice looking new camera and I am sure will sell well. There are things that bother me about the approach to UI and this never ending addition of, must-have attributes …
Internal EVF has been a big demand, and tilting? Seems like a trick feature. However, 6 months down the road, how many heavily used GX7s will be suffering weakened hinge issues? Every time you tempt putting the GX7 in your pocket and the eyepiece catches and flips open, is that design wear built in? The hidden flash jack-in-the-box along with the EVF cavity a camera top that is open to dust, moisture vs a solid metal camera body, little protection towards bangs, bumps and other aspects of hard usage.
I am sure some people treat their cameras like rare gems. But it you are more likely to use your equipment hard, and in conditions that are less than perfect, then the ability to remove and replace things like EVFs and Flash options etc. is not a design flaw. It’s common sense design.
The approaches of course reflect the Brand’s background. Olympus has always been a camera and optics maker. Panasonic an electronic manufacturer. Both have their followers and diversity in mFT is good. But don’t think that there is only one approach, that’s Apple-think and it’s dangerous, except to those that reap the profits selling snake-oil to the masses which demand only the best and newest snake-petroleum-by-product.