Just like Panasonic also Olympus will have a major announcement on September 15. There will be the Silver E-M1, the new 2.0 E-M1 firmware update and the 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens. Probably Olympus will also update the lens roadmap and reveal some more tidbits. I don’t know if there will be some extra surprise (I don’t think so).
Reminder: Panasonic will announce the GM5 and LX100 on the same day.
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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope
I like that!
When i was young the Pope looked into my eyes.
What I want to know is Oly’s super fast lenses as rumour suggested few weeks ago . Wondering if Oly is the one that break that F1.0 barriers in auto focusing optics .
I would love to see and Olympus Pro answer to the NocticBob Bron.
..that was supposed to be “answer to the Nocticron” ..although Olympus could name it the Bobicron if they want to!!! LOL!
Nice name .
Bobicron , how did you found it ?
Why not Zuikocron .
I would like to see another huge aperture in 45mm or 50mm lens & not 42.5mm FL .
Olympus will release a new line of super fast primes called the “Optimus Primes.” I hear they will be around f/0.88.3.
That is great .
I intend to have one piece of it , provided it have auto focus .
How true is your news ?
Not true at all, but very funny if you are a Transformers fan 🙂
Zuikron or Zuicron… nah, probably not. A 19mm 1.4 would be just fine. Even more than just fine I think.
I will, from now on, be calling it the Noctibob Bron. Thank you.
Olympus asked me (in my dreams) If they could make it Ullicron, they want to introduce their xray vision model for both night and too many clothing scenarios. Ofcourse i said “maybe?”
“NocticBob Bron” is killing me XD
No more details of this major firmware update?
So far we’ve been told:-
– new art filters,
– faster EVF refresh rate,
– you don’t lose magnify
mode when you focus, same with peaking,
– art filters and peaking get BIG evf
refresh rate update.
– tethering.
– Live Composite
And from O
“One other interesting new feature that your source didn’t tell you…
2 control dials will be used for this.
New software.
Forget about those Ks though.”
The Art Filters are likely the new ones in the new E-PL7 (Vintage and Partial Colour)
And it’s also suggested ‘keystone’ feature will be added (using 2 control dials?).
I think Keystone is the ‘other’ feature O was alluding to.
Yes, I think so too.
I don’t care about 4K, but new video modes/higher bitrates would be lovely. Don’t care much about the rest except for the improvement in magnification handling.
Is there any way I can get maximum value for my black EM1? I bought it a year ago, but now that the far superior WHITE EM1 has been released, I need to immediately buy it, and I need to finance that purchase,
Good one…..
Come on Dan. Live it up & have one of each! 😉
How about the GH4 firmware update… any rumors, Admin?
Admin, no rush to tell us what’s in that sodding firmware update. Take your time.
I hear that Olympus is skipping 4K and going straight to 8K. In firmware. 😉
8k so cool lol
And all in firmware. But only for the forthcoming limited edition orange version!
But only on the silver EM1
No, actual new functionality will obviously be reserved for the gold version, and at a substantial premium. The silver version just adds superior selfie support , namely by being able to watch your mirror image on the silver parts of the body.
Or the orange?
Hey, what about a PRO ZOOM firmware update to enable 4K directly in the lens (the upcoming PRO silver lens of course)?
Let me check egami to see if there’s a patent…
Next you’ll be wanting to attach that to a phone. 😉
That’s Sony
FT4: Sony makes firwmare upgrades for Olympus 🙂
It can already shoot 8K footage. All you need is 16 E-M1s, an über computer and roughly a day of editing time per minute of film.
But let’s get serious for a moment. I demand the following features:
1. Voice control. I want the camera to respond to my commands instead of having to touch it all the time. For example: “f/8 – 1/100th – auto-ISO – large super fine plus RAW – focus point #28 small – fill flash at 1/32 power”. It must repeat the command in Japanese accent (german is acceptable too) and execute without delay after confirmation. It must refer to me as Sir.
2. Pain recognition and artificial intelligence. I want the camera to learn from its mistakes. Upon caning on the top of the viewfinder it must add the most recent image shot to a special “cull” library. This action must be accompanied by an explicit apology. Images in that collection must be thoroughly analyzed and an audible warning must be issued thereafter in case a bad photo is about to be produced.
3. Work re-attribution. Every night the camera must automatically connect to my smartphone via WiFi and scan some pre-selected websites. The E-M1 must then import the ten most popular images posted during the previous day and imprint them with its own Exif data. Importantly, the date field must precede the date in the original metadata.
8K is for wimps.
4. An art filter that finally does exactly that. Upon implementation of the filter the camera will not let you take the shot unless it’s an artistic shot.
I’d like mine to brew espressos
It may have been said in jest, but I wouldn’t mind having voice control over the camera. I’d be neat to have a SIRI like button that you press and be able to speak out the command to change ISO speed for example. Having to do everything via voice control would not be practical, but I wouldn’t mind having voice control for certain functions either.
You forgot “bigger sensor”, cause everyone knows m4/3 is only for toy cameras.
You’re welcome, trolls. 😉
That would be telling. You can’t expect a rumour site to divulge details of things that might be forthcoming! Your expectations are too high.
What about the fast ultra wide angle prime from Olympus? Any news?
2015, probably.
Maybe 2016.
Maybe it’s a myth. 😉
I’ll like your comment if its 2015.
A win win win. It either puts to shame P7-14 or reduces significantly its resale value or you have a different lens color to choose from 😉
i wish that there will be an EM5 firmware update, with focus peaking
+1
Me too.
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Right, but that may be the first time with have an article without a irrelevant link to ebay/bhpoto/amazon/dunnowot…
So that’s really new! Enjoy! 🙂
major announcement … Silver E-M1
lol
Most of the majorness comes from panasonic.
Agree, panasonic seems to be more cutting edge. It just sucks that they build IS in lens mostly expect Gx7 and most of my lens are without IS.
If panasonic adds IS in body for video too, I’m ready to switch over.
I still like Oly lens though.
When the EM-5, EM-1, the 1.8/75mm, the 1.8/17 and the 2/12 all came out, the buzz was all about Olympus. For a short period of time, the new 1.8/25 was idealized out of proportion, as if better than the PL25 in all aspects.
And I am sure there are many out there drooling at the new f2.8 zoom.
Momentum is a matter of perception and it just switches back and forth.
Other than video efforts I dont see Panasonic so cutting edge.
Hope this time their evf will not be having any color tearing. That is really annoying.
It looks to me Oly is going to be devoting more of its resources to building a more pro oriented system like they had with 43. Now that P&S market is gone they will build on their good name.
Panasonic looks to be catering to video crowd and for photography they will make cameras and lenes truer to the m43 concept of small size and portability.
I see that as a good concept from both of them, cause in 3yrs time you will have all the pro bidies and pro grade lenses while still having the option of going light and or on a budget while maintaining IQ from your kit.
They are both equally worthless…
“also Olympus will have a major….”
Otherwise I’m excited about the LX100.
sad
Glad that’s cleared up.
Thank you insecure Canikion.
One more tid bit: new m43 TC 1.4x coming to
🙂
The 40-150 pro lens was announced a year ago …. nothing new there. Announce when it will be in the friction shops Olympus !!! This ridiculous trend of ‘announcing’ products we don’t see for years sucks!
Better they will inform even year in advance what is their roadmap, as photographer invests to mount, not to body.
So knowing there is coming X, Z and Y objectives in a year is very nice thing.
But that requires specs are known, focal length and aperture etc. No teasers or “we don’t know yet”.