Full current list of still available Olympus compact camera can be seen at Amazon US (Click here).
I don’t know how many of you noticed it but Olympus is the only photo company that has not announced any new camera at CES. More important to know is that CES was usually the right event for the launch of consumer compact cameras. This is just one more sign that Olympus is dissociating from that kind of market (with the exception of ultra zooms or high-end compacts).
That said what really matters for us 43rumors readers is to know that right before the CP+ show in Yokohama (Start February 13) Olympus will announce the E-M10, the new 25mm f/1.8 and a new compact zoom lens 🙂
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P.S.: Still, at CES Panasonic announced the Lumix ZS35K (preorder and specs here at Amazon) and Lumix SZ8K (preorder and specs here at Amazon) compact cameras.
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Let me guess – the new compact zoom lens is the 12-45 Kodak displayed with their S-1. 🙂
I personally want TG-3 – TG-2 is good, but it would be great to have an update which is thinner, lighter, with even more battery life (especially with GPS on), faster GPS position acquisition, faster panorama stitching, and of course 5-axis stabilization. 12 mpix is totally fine, can even live with 8mpix in 16:9 mode if it improves DR.
Would be great to have bigger MAR sensor and physical aspect ratio switch, like on Pana LX7.
Funny, the thing I miss the most with the tg series, is raw format… The rest is Ok-ish but without raw it’s not for me.
although, if raw is added, your list sounds good to 😉
You want a thinner & lighter camera with more in it?
…also Panasonic showed, behind glass, the 35-100mm zoom and 15mm F1.7 wide angle prime:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/08/ces-2014-panasonic-stand-report/4
Looking forward to the new 25/1.8. Hope it’s a sister lens to the 45/1.8.
That said, I’m finding the 12-50 kit I bought with the E-M1 to be performing well enough, not using my primes much at the moment!
25 1.8 at 300-350 Euros (here in Europe) will be a great addition. Let’s hope it has less barrel distortion than the Pana-Leica 1.4 counterpart!
did they have any thing to show
no Super telephoto no new wide angle zoom
40-150mm f2.8 not ready untill the end of the year not in shops untill next year
a 25mm f1.8 could be good but another lens all ready in MFT
lets hope for some better news soon
I’ve been to CES quite a few times, I think because its the first show each year we expect all sorts of things from it. In recent years there’s been little noteworthy camera equipment.
So, Admin, can we expect a m43 fixed-lens premium compact announcement next month?
I don’t want to defect to Sony, but I am in the market this year.
fuck off
What’s wrong with you?
Uncalled for.
I also believe Ricoh/Pentax also didn’t announce a product at CES. I was surprised how many p&s cameras Nikon announced. Didn’t they get the memo that smartphones killed the p&s market. Anyhow, I am looking forward to the announcements before CP+.
It appears that production has stopped of the Ricoh GXR cameras , so much for modular cameras being the way forward….
The amount of mistakes Nikon is making at the moment is unreal, not that I’m complaining 🙂
CES isn’t as important as it use to be, also it means companies don’t have to rush to it’s deadline and instead concentrate on what’s best for consumers and marketing.
All the major manufacturers are releasing a large sensor based compact with a fixed lens like the rx1, x100s or ricoh and nikons apsc offerings and and Olympus should do the same. I can’t imaginge imagine Olympus putting an apsc in this thing so for me I’m expexting a m43 or even a remote possibility that they buy the rx1r sensor from sony and build an Olympus trip 35mm camera……yum.
After this their flagship xz3 must jump to a one inch sensor coupled with a fast zoom, even on the telephoto and tgus camera gets all the latest tech inhereted from their CSC cousins to compete with rx100 mark2 and the rumores fuji x30 with a 1 inch sensor.
On par or just a touch below this is the already excellent stylus 1. Olympus should move it’s flagship tough tg3 camera up to a 1/1.7 inch sensor and leave the el-cheapo entry tough with that same pissy 1/2.3 type sensor.
They may want to keep making a travel camera like the lumix tz/ts60 but that’s obviously up to them. I think
the aforementioned compacts are a sure thing for them.
Is it assumed that compact zoom lens refers to a collapsible M.Zuiko, or could be we so lucky to see a 7-14mm PRO?
Whatever company that launches an “RX100” with inbuilt EVF will get my money. After that I wont be buying a camera for many years to come. Unfortunately I highly doubt that Olympus will be that company.
+1
RX100 formfactor with EVF and smaller, but fully articulated screen. I’d buy it in a heartbeat!
I went to the Olympus room, they had plenty of cameras…. No new ones… But they did have cameras…