I just recieved a rumor from a new source saying that the next Olympus camera will be “again” a PEN
If some of you can give me some more details please contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com. Thanks!
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I just recieved a rumor from a new source saying that the next Olympus camera will be “again” a PEN
If some of you can give me some more details please contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com. Thanks!
Reminder: “FT2” = unreliable rumor from new source.
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If L stands for ‘Light’/’lite’, then what does S stands for?
SUPER?
SMALL?
SMALLER?
SHARP?
Some weird name… Some one should give us rumor about the E-5….
E-Psmall1 seems most probable.
How about some update to a normal 4/3 camera?
How many PENs will we get before and update to crappy and ageing dSLRs which really need to be redone?
one more micro body instead of a now critically needed DSLR will just about nail the coffin shut for a lot of Olympus faithful.
S = “speed”
It will be the fast Olympus 😀
Incredible, soon there will be more micro 4/3 cameras than micro 4/3 lenses, actually think that there are already. Olympus seems to have completely forgotten older clients. It’s a warning to all the new customers and supporters of the micro 4/3.
s = sadness
My guess is that S in the EPS1 stands for small but could also be Super?
The only way Oly could make it any smaller would be to remove the flash and IBIS and I don’t think that is likely given how popular the EPL1 is becoming.
My guess is that Oly will dress up the EPL1 giving it the same SS skin as EP1/2, new higher resolution LCD screen, SS lens mount and maybe AF light? The EPL1 is already attracting away EP2 buyers with its features and Oly would want to keep that segment at a higher price level than entry EPL1?
S = sensitivity… We can hope!
It’s good that they’re leaving the regular FT system. It never made any sense to me (as a 5D mkII user). The cameras and lenses aren’t smaller or cheaper than regular 35mm stuff, you just have to put up with a smaller sensor. With micro the smaller sensor makes sense. Just look at the E-PL1, it’s amazing and I want one. Just going to see what Sony’s (final) NEX range looks like.
M4/3 makes money for Olympus, but the marketing of the company is definitely poor. Although traditional Japanese company like Olympus seems to be quite stubborn on their own culture that are always ‘repeating themselves’, I think people will finally leave Olympus if the company is giving no guarantees to their investors (buyers) and just keeping on releasing similar but better products within short period of time.
Users of Olympus 4/3 were very disappointed already, but Olympus seems to repeat it and going to let down the users of Olympus M4/3 again.
“S” for slim? Flange to sensor distance is 20mm, the slimmest anyone has made one so far is 36mm.
Keep up the lower order rumours, they are more fun!
Yawn…..Another day another PEN!!
Where is the E-x? What is the future of 4/3? If it’s m4/3 I’m out of here. As much as I like Olympus cameras, m4/3 is not for me.
Nice, but I think that right now we need more m43 lenses. Even the announced ones are not available yet. Presented new firmware is also a very good thing.
Olympus and Panasonic need a product that stands out, so another 500-1000 USD camera with existing lens will not draw anyone’s attention. Let’s hope it’s either a very cheap entry-level model ( but what can be thrown out of E-PL1 ? ) or it has a new sensor, built-in EVF, tilting LCD and/or touchscreen. Presenting another body with only cosmetic changes ( as was done with E-P2 ) will only make people wait longer before purchase.
Does not make sense to me. Releasing yet another Pen which is anything but high end would cannibalize existing offerings before time. Unless Olympus knows something we don’t about the coming competition.
“S” is for Stop right now and give usa the upper specced model!
Thank you very much.
The high end model is supposed to come later, so S super. Maybe S = sports?
If it has to mean something, it can be a Special edition, à la Leica, with crocodile yellow leather and gold plated blablabla!
Nevertheless, I don’t give too much credit to this rumor untill Alex upgrades it…
Will S stand for ‘sexy’ ?
My guess is something like the EPL1, but with a built in viewfinder similar quality to the detachable one, which will make the EP-2 owners even more pissed. Price: $799
it needs built in EVF + 1080p + flash+ auto focus light and the dials of the e-p1
Some kind of video-optimized (e.g. avchd-able) e-pl bundled with the 14-150 zoom lens would make sense. Of course the name doesn’t hint to that.