Image on top shows the E-Pl6.
These could be the specs of the new E-PL7 which will be announced soon. There is no info yet about a possible E-PM and E-P successor.
16 Megapixel sensor (same as the E-M10)
200-25,600 ISO
81 AF points
8 fps
1/4000 – 60 seconds
3 inch vari-angle LCD touch screen with 1,040k dots
Stereo mic
Flash sync speed: 1/250 seconds
Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
SD. SDHC, SDXC, Eye-Fi and UHS-I
Camera size is 119.1mm x 82.3mm x 45.9mm
Weight is 396g
Same E-Pl5/E-PL6 design.
via Photorumors.
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just a e-m10 specs，ft1^_^
What is the point? WiFi? ISO 200? 1/4000s ? No EVF? No on sensor PDAF? This seems like the slightest upgrade over EPl5/6. More importantlyhow is this going to compete with A6000 for instance? And we can always say: “but it has IBIS” and “but mFTs has somuch more lenses”. Correct. And you could also say that if it had the same old 12 MPixel 2009 mFt sensor. In other words: everything needs to be up to scratch in accordance with its price tag. NEX6000 shows what is available in that segment….
Hope the rumours will show us better specs in the near future.
I agree strongly with the need for on sensor PDAF, a-la- E-M1. It needs to be on all Olympus models, regardless of level and price tag. Let us choose our own model based on build and physical features relating to price: but all models have to have the best possible IQ and focusing speed available at the time. Otherwise buyers will inevitably choose other systems and manufacturers.
They’re already shown with the E-M10 that they’re not interested in doing that. They could do it with the E-P5 replacement because it’s at the top of the PEN line, but even then, it’s not very likely because of the cost of the sensors.
Unfortunately, Sony can afford to lose much more money than Olympus.
It has to be cheaper. But I also don’t see the point of those crippled “budget” models.
Let the E-m10 handle the A6000. Yes, A6000 has a better sensor overall, but E-M10 has a better LCD, better EVF, more solid build, better ergonomics and IBIS with all lenses. Talking about lenses: m43 has better lenses also.
A6000 felt nice in my hand, EVF is middle of the road. AF focussing is fantastic and it does reasonably well in low light (but not as good as MFT). Build quality is okey. But all in all you get very good IQ out of that cam under all circumstances, also when shooting sports. Lens IQ…yes..I noted that. And it is very important.
EPL7 has little over EPL6 which had little over EPL5. But then again: EPL6 wasn’t really an upgrade, just an enhanced version for the JApanese market…
Camera size 119.1mm x 82.3mm x 45.9mm + same E-Pl5/E-PL6 design = not possible 🙂 .
But nice to see rumors back on 43rumors!
Perhaps it has an EVF if it is bigger?
It’s the size of the EM10 actually.
These are the same body dimensions as the EM10….I doubt that it will be that tall, since I would expect there will be no built in EVF, and thus no hump.
81 AF points – why? One central one is all I have ever needed.
With CDAF the No. of AF points is only a software tweak…
Though it is limited by processing power maybe
The more focusing points , the more detailing you will got from pics .
This included covering large area of the frame that is not possible to focus in our early time camera . I’m not sure Olympus . in theory , it should work in this way .
What I don’t understand is Pana’s 23 focusing areas .
Always 23 in every new cameras ! Fr GF to GX & now GX7 still 23 focusing areas .
It should be 23 x 3 = 69 focusing areas .
There are 49 in the GH4.
ofcourse it depends on what style of photography, but i use one AF point too since I started using digital cameras. back in 2004. For action multiple points are more convenient I guess. For Zack Snyder’s sprinting zombies multiple points and for the Walking Dead we can even use manual focus (duh)
I feel that way also. The scatter pattern auto focus always seems to focus on something that I didn’t want to see, so I turn it back to single point focus.
With touchscreen focus, the more focus points available the better. If you don’t manually select the focus point though, one central is all you need for focus-recompose (which skews the plane of focus, though…)
It’s for marketing. None of those work properly anyway.
The rumor provider forgot to mention that the cameras will only be released in Estonia and a small province in Sierra Leon. 🙂
Basically needs all the features of the E-M10 other than EVF plus be smaller and lighter than the current E-PL5 and have a built-in flash, all at the same as current price to attract interest. An EVF, even if not great, would be a nice feature as well, but likely asking to much given small size.
If the would make it a smaller E-M10 without EVF/Flash at the 500€ pricetag, that would be nice. But that also mean 3:2 screen and twin dials and that is likely not to happen.
Seriously though, all the dimensions are slightly larger, not a lot,though. At least we know (if rumor is accurate), that it will not be an EPL-6 with new software and a new color ring on the lens mount!
Hmm…the height could be big enough for the camera to have an internal VF? Hmmmmmm….
No surprise. I think it´ll be an E-PL5 with added M10 features (except of evf), probably with the new 3axis ibis and the pancake zoom. Price will be around 699 euros with pancake zoom.
I like my EP5 quite a bit but get the feeling that this camera and the PEN line in general, has not sold as well as Oly would like in recent generations.
It also seems that many, many around here would like to see a PEN with an integrated, left side EVF. I’d echo that, along with wanting weather sealing.
Is Olympus just not listening, or are the enthusiasts on the forums not representative of the general audience for this camera? The latter seems unlikely…
Every manufacturer could take a lesson from Fuji when it comes to customer support and LISTENING to user feedback.
The enthusiasts shout the loudest but probably don’t make up the sales numbers.
No doubt enthusiasts are a minority, but the way to make more enthusiasts for your brand is to listen to the ones you’ve got! 😉
The E-PL series is entry-level (although slightly more advanced than E-PM), so it’s not targeted at enthusiasts at all.
well, if they add 5-axis ibis, I would consider this to complement my gh3.
Yawn. Nothing exciting about the specs
No dials, no deal. I wonder who designed this toy.
I see a dial. I guess you’re all excited now.
How many dials do you need in a proper camera? Is one enough?
I see you write many comments, but very little sensible stuff. Are you a professional tosser? No, don’t answer, I don’t need to know…
Someone who wants M43 to fail further 🙂
WHY?
Same sensor will be used for how long and how many different models?
Until somebody invents a better one that Olympus can obtain at a reasonable cost, I should imagine.
This is normal. Look at the 16MP Sony sensor, or the old 12MP sensor used by olympus and panasonic. Even the e620 dslr used it!
A camera is more than the sensor. Look for other features too!
Which ones? No Focus? Funny menus? Tiny sensor?
What are you asking?
Don’t complain people, be glad that your camera won’t be obsolete in a few weeks.
maybe they’ll bundle it with the electronic pancake zoom… (‘see guys? see? it’s a new camera!’)
OMG! Yet another toy camera with a tiny pinhead sensor. Why didn’t Olympus make this one at least APS-C?
M4/3 sensor means unusable compact camera images, APS-C means usable images, FF means fantastic images for real photographers (not hipster loosers, bimbo bloggers and pornographers).
Didn’t Olympus get the memo? M4/3 doesn’t sell. No one buys them. How stupid of them to make cameras that only gather dust in warehouses. No wonder they are losing money faster than any other company. LMFAO!
The only thing tiny like a pinhead is your penis.
You have no real arguments to counter mine, so you resort to personal attacks. Troll somewhere else!
You’re trolling. You didn’t make an argument; you made a series of false claims. That which is presented without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
Show us at least one argument or a link to start a debate. What you did is provocation only, based on false statements.
Admin, ban this moron before you lose viewers. Civil conversation or I’m uninterested. Police the jackasses.
Any idea what “civil conversation” means? You are so lucky you are online, so you cannot get your butt kicked. Loser.
Don’t feed the troll
Cool to see you got up from between your mommas legs for air, loser.
Dear anonymous poster,
It’s pretty easy to answer your crying jag.
Olympus is fully invested in M43, so they’d need to come out with a whole new system to support an APS-C sensor. If you want APS-C there are lots of other options.
Your comment about M43 being unusable is irrational. You’ll find many pros using M43 to supplement or replace their FF gear. If you follow this site you’ll find links to many of them. The stories on why they made the change makes for interesting reading. Go to Flickr or any of the other sharing sites and you’ll seen amazing pictures from M43 gear. Don’t take it from us, go look for yourself.
There’s only one ‘o’ in ‘losers’ and I’m not even sure what a bimbo blogger is. Sounds like you’re a Sony fan. Good for you. Why aren’t you sharing your wisdom on their site?
He does. He trashes SAR even worse than he does this forum. Same tactics, same bullying, same junior-high mentality. No one is allow to speak without a torrent of trash from silly-boi.
A7R doesn’t even qualify as a bully. A bully has to be in some position of strength which he/she doesn’t posess. Just yelling at strangers for attention I guess. It’s a shame.
Nothing like an American education, right?
Many pros using M43? LOL many stupid amateurs you should say. I only know one M43 guy and he is a pretty crappy photog. The samples posted here are also lame. But go ahead, it’s funny!
Mr. SuxDix,
I’m sorry that you know only ‘one M43 guy’ that is a ‘pretty crappy photog’. You may remember from statistics class that a sample size of one doesn’t make for a good study.
To help you along in your analysis, here’s a group in Flickr dedicated to M43: https://www.flickr.com/groups/micro4thirds/
The good news is that these photos contain “EXIF” data which means you can’t be tricked into looking at photos made by equipment you don’t like. Cool, huh?
Please have a look and report back. I’d also ask you to share what equipment you shoot with and to link us to examples of your work. G-rated only, please 🙂 .
PS – I will defend your right to ‘suk’ as many ‘dix’ as you like. No bullying in this forum! Regards.
What is this new style? Fake-polite and patronising? Look, I am the one who knows stuff here, you are the noob / liar, keep that in mind.
Your spelling has improved tho, I am actually surprised.
Dear Mr SuxDix,
Actually I’m very polite. Note that I haven’t call you a liar or a ‘noob’ or a ‘looser’. That last one kind of took the wind out of your spelling comment, didn’t it?
I have to move to your other comment because you actually made a comment that involved photography. That is huge. See you there.
I think you lost, loser.
Hey Sux. Lost what? And don’t you spell those with two o’s?
🙂
That was someone else twattie. Can’t you see?
Hey SuxDix,
Of course it wasn’t. It’s one of your many, many names. Or personalities. See you under one of the others.
‘Twattie’? That’s a new name. Sounds like something an adolescent boy would say. Are you an adolescent boy?
Didn’t you type this on another thread too Sux? My answer is still the same, Don’t be silly, it’s all you. Angry, bitter red-face you. Seeya ’round
Exactly, go look for yourself. You will see that proper photogs rarely use M43, and only when they are in a pinch. That’s when I use Nikon 1, for example.
You are so desperate to make your point and stand up for your “employer”, it tickles my sadism.
As long as there are liars, there will be someone putting them right, or just annoying them for the fun of it. I am one of those.
Dear Mr. SuxDix,
There were some great shots on that link. Please take the time to go look before commenting.
Do you mean ‘professional’ when you say ‘proper’? If not, what is a ‘proper’ photographer?
I can assure you that I’m not employed by any camera company. What would make you think that?
And that’s the second time you’ve called me a liar. I’d like to see where I’ve lied to you. Admittedly I do like making fun of your whining and carrying on, but that’s not quite lying is it?
Now for the exciting part. You actually talked about photography!
You use Nikon 1 ‘in a pinch’. That opens up all kinds of questions.
Why do you prefer Nikon 1 over M43? What do you use when you’re not ‘in a pinch’? How exactly do you get in a photographic ‘pinch’? How can you wail and gnash your teeth about the M43 sensor size when your N1 sensor is even smaller? Since you’re a Nikonian, aren’t you bothered about them preventing independent camera shops from servicing their equipment (that’s one of the reasons I left Nikon).
I’m really curious about why you carry on here since you obviously have no interest in M43. I occasionally go check out the Nikon rumors site, but I wouldn’t dream of name calling and yelling at the people there. Most of them seem nice enough and they’re sharing with others about their hobby and their passion. What would be the point of it? Why don’t you spend time ‘putting people right’ over on a site where other people share your hardware preferences.
I’m sorry, that’s a lot of questions but I’ve never seen you actually comment about about photography or equipment.
I like that you’re sharing a bit, but please stop name calling and making false accusations. It’s childish and I assume you’re not a child.
Don’t forget to link us to some of your work.
You really must stop spamming this site. People might even end up thinking M43 has a point. But no worries, I am here to counter the crassest lies.
Mr SuxDix
There’s really good questions there. You actually opened up a bit. Don’t regress.
Shut down your anti-M4/3 trash for once and allow people who care about this camera to talk about it without your input. We get it dunce. FullFrame FukFreeks just BUTT OUT.
Nobody cares about your imbecilic, stuck-on-stupid interference. We got your revelation some thousand posts ago. NOT one person is persuaded by your childish repetitions of anti-marketing. It is aimed at 7th graders like yourself and is but noise to adults. You are the pinhead here. If your dim-witted antics are Canon’s best hope then FFisDead.
Temper, temper… Did your mama teach you the abc of human relations? Or was she too busy with her “job” in the ghetto? LOL “job”.
Actually, with the light leak issues the A7r mount has, my guess is it would be a big hit with hipster “loosers” (sic)
I think this person is trolling. None of this has facts so it’s not real.
OMG! LOL OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!! The only pin head here is you. Olympus won’t make an APS-C camera for a good while yet if ever, they are fully committed to their 43 lens line.
If what you are saying were TRUE, ( That nobody buys m4/3 cameras etc ), then you are the lamest loser of all. What a tremendous amount of time and effort you spend flaming away at a non-threat. Of course it’s only a waste of YOUR time (which obviously isn’t worth very much).
You are the ONLY simple-minded, stupid, pornographic, dust gathering, unusable, hipster-wannabe, “LOOSER”, pinhead on this forum. lol
LOL so true, and look how much time they waste to answer to you. Look at those geeks struggling to find arguments. Superb.
I was hoping you’d enlighten us on how many dials are necessary since you didn’t notice the one in the picture.
And thank you for taking the time to read my posts. Sorry you aren’t understanding them. Smaller words from now on.
Admittedly this post was making fun of your (I assume you’re the same person) gibberish post. It appears you are excited after all.
You may also notice that I have the courage to use the same name rather than posting anonymously. Take a break from sukkingdix and try it sometime. You’ll feel better.
You write angry rubbish in poor English; a colonial “education” I’d say. How is anyone supposed to heed you?
Mr. SuxDix,
It’d be much easier if you’d keep the same name. And I have yet to write an angry word to you. You’re exceptionally entertaining. A bit like going to the circus. Please see my response to you on the other thread under another of your aliases. All the best.
That is more like it, keep it chill now.
Atta boy SD. I knew soothing words would calm you down. See you on your other angry threads.
Nerdie, I said “keep chill”. This is the net tho: even rats roar.
Oh dear. That was short lived. See you on the your other threads and other names.
LOL you really want the last word ratman?
It would appear you do Mr. DixSux. See you on the big thread.
I think you lost, loserboy.
See the response to your similar nonsensical comment Sux.
LOL why not go to bed 800something? People have enough of that…
Hey Sux. Thank goodness you’re here to once again represent the people. By the way, enough of what?
You guys keep writing how it has the same sensor as the EM10. That feels misleading since the the EM10 has the same sensor as the EPL5. So the sensor is unchanged. You should say that.
Same sensor as the E-M10, which is the same sensor as the E-PL5, which is the same sensor as the E-P5, which is the same sensor as the E-M5, which was the first camera to use this sensor. If these are the specs, to be honest, they sound very disappointed and not much of an upgrade. I really wish Olympus would included a ‘silent mode’ w/ an electronic shutter similar to what Panasonic does. That is a very useful feature that I think gets overlooked (by every mirrorless manufacturer other than Panasonic).
Dudes….if those dimensions are correct..dat is higher than the GX-7 and could definitely have a VIEWFINDER built in. Youza!
The dimensions of the E-PL7 seem wrong. They don’t match the E-PL5/6, they are larger. But the dimensions do exactly match the E-M10. So the camera is the same design as the E-PL5/6 but just happens to be the exact same size as the E-M10? Sounds like the info got mixed up or was copied and pasted incorrectly.
Hmmmmm….that sounds like a viable theory!
Yes weight must be wrong too even with a battery.
For gods sake Olympus! Please provide a pocketable E-PM3 before I go away for the summer.
I’m starting to feel these cameras are getting too samey and too frequent. Didn’t even know there is an EP6 already on the market.
It’s the E-PL6. (Released only in Asian Market). I ordered mine from Hong Kong. There is no new successor to the E-P5, yet.
I am a bully. I stand up for truth and against brainless ranters like you twattie.
Hey SuxDix,
You may want to read that again. Go slowly this time. You have to be in a position of strength or authority. You don’t have either. You’re just screaming into the ether to the amusement (me) or irritation (everyone else) of others. I can’t wait to see the rants or lies you accuse everyone else of. Seeya under one of your other names.
Hey again SuxDix,
You may want to read that again. Go slowly this time. You have to be in a position of strength or authority. You don’t have either. You’re just screaming into the ether to the amusement (me) or irritation (everyone else) of others. I can’t wait to see the rants or lies you accuse everyone else of. Seeya under one of your other names.