That it is a Hungarian website (mlzphoto.blog.hu) leaking new pieces of E-M5 images! Those are 100% real images of the camera. That is the maximal resolution available. For the first time you can see the back of the camera and the hot shoe. The hot shoe over the viewfinder looks a bit clunky, or better…like a [shoplink 28709 ebay]Transformer Robot[/shoplink] 🙂
Something else. I am completely NOT suprised to see that the Fuji X PRO 1 (here to preorders) is current most (pre)ordeed mirrorless cameras at Amazon (Click here). As you see innovation pays back. Hope it will be so with the E-M5 too! via Fujirumors (thanks Stefan)
UPDATE: One more picture:
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yeh first 🙂
Well thats shaping up well – looks good so far!
What about 60p and PDAF!… lets see!
Maybe call it Opticus prime 🙂
what about olycus prime
or Olynel
or Ironoly / Olyhide
I’m liking what I’m seeing, let’s hope the rest goes well and I shall switch from NEX to m4/3
Yeah, looks pretty cool. The hotshoe looks a little odd, but perhaps it’s a mechanism for a pop-up flash?
Looks like I could mount my VF2 on top!
+1 Perfect for 3D!
Looks like Marc Newson (Pentax K-01) designed the top end of the E-M5, too! LOL.
There was a SLR Decepticon. He was called Reflector
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Reflector_%28G1%29
Cool! Reminds me of my childhood
PDAF ain’t gonna happen. Might as well get used to it now…
Yes you’re right. This clamor for PDAF is getting silly beyond belief sometimes. With the Panny 16mp sensor, you’d think that everyone would understand by now that this is going to be a CDAF only camera.
Excited!
Looks like classic control and function is back, in a modern suit. 🙂
Looks like it will go well with a suit, too.
The hotshoe does indeed look a bit bulky…
And you can see parts of the flippy uppy screen…
Wow…. Hotshoe looks really ugly!
Want to compare with K-01?!
I would say that is very intriguing…
Good thing you can take it off like on the original OM ? 🙂
hmm, the VF doesn’t seem to use all the space of the Prism-hump and the hot-shoe unit looks removable.
I agree, now I am thinking the prism-hump for what? I do not like that, seems a waste of space.
accessory port
Its funny I thought of a transformer robot before I read what you wrote admin lol.
I am still buying it!
LOL 🙂
Dear Angry Olympus Owner!
Welcome back again!
Your persistent fight for an additional (vertical?) battery grip was successful.
Olympus HLD-6 external battery grip is coming.
Thank you so much.
It’s something that a lot of us have wanted too (as an option). I will be looking with keen interest at this camera’s performance & (honest & sensible) reviews as a possible addition to my E30, which may get left behind mostly if this beauty comes into my hands (finances & wife permitting).
Can’t wait to see the silver. Hey Olympus, offer this in a kit with the upcoming 75mm f1.8! 🙂
Ooh yeah!
Right a 150 mm kit lens
Any idea as to what detail the retouched stripe at the side of the “prism” may hide?
Probably just the name of the website that leaked it. There is one in the lower right corner of the top picture too.
Is the viewfinder an optical one?
no!
The window in front of it looks strangely black, like its polarized.
I am surprised that Oly didnt make the VF circular! that would have looked so much more professional 🙂 like the VF2
Is the evf tiltable?
duplicate
Yeeeeeah, Hungarians RULE! (also) 😉
LOLOLOL and people thought the G3 had a big viewfinder hump
Might be a flash. And at least it doesn’t stick out a centimeter over the LCD, like with the GH2. Was a bit worried about that.
The hotshoe transformer thingie is probably just a weathersealed lid for the accessory connector.
Hmm… I wonder if i can use my vf2 and have dual EVF’s ?
It has the same specs, so it wouldnt bring anything.
In portrait mode you can use both eyes ! Now if they make a 3d lens like the panny only over/under you can have real 3d live view. Im sure this is the epoch VF !!!
LOL i like the idea.
LOL 😀
That’s what I was thinking. Well, not about using 2 EVF’s 🙂 You would still want the accessory port for the mic adapter, macro light, etc
Stereo EVF, maybe that’s the revolution that Olly Exec was going on about!
I hope there is the E-P1/2/3 thumb wheel just out of frame – can’t see it though…
Saying that, with what looks like 3 wheels on the top plate, probably won’t need it.
I just hope they keep a thumb wheel for exposure compensation on the back so can adjust whilst composing.
I want wheels for A/Tv, exp comp and ISO…
What crap this OM camera is generating, if so called leaked pictures are ‘real’ then why can’t they take a picture of the whole camera insteD of the bullshit little poxy snippets
i also hope to see more of it 🙁
Yeah, my feeling is that if these were images “smuggled” out of the comapany we would see full camera shots. These are controlled leaks to generate buzz….
Absolutely
Yes yes we know we’re being teased. Just accept it like you do when watching a movie.
Fn button in the right place. Love it
+1
both are
Everything is! I think i’m gonna faint 😛
I was thinking the same thing this morning (yeah, I’m such a camera geek that I lie around in bed thinking about how I want cameras to work ;-)). Having the playback button at the thumb seems just right: take the shot, press the button to look at the histogram, and push again to get back to shooting, all without moving the camera.
Lol thought i was the only one.
What about Live histogram + loads of info on LCD – minimul HUD on VF.. all real time – non of that press play buisness?
Silver version with silver prime like the12mm would be super sexy. Oly, pls pls pls don’t let us down on the body quality. Pls let it at least feel better than the NEX.
Well, on the real side. I am wondering the overall bulkiness of the cam.
looks like the VF is tiltable ..?
Thats what I think. There’s more to the EVF then meets the eye in these shots. Perhaps you can remove part of the evf for a top-down finder similar to the Nikon F4?
A new macro lens would make more sense to pair up with a tilt-able EVF/LCD. Getting excited!!
+1… vf looks tiltable or removable?/upgradable?…
it will look sexier if it uses circular eye cup instead of rectangular, just my opinion
Tiltable EVF? THAT would be VERY cool!
Yep, had that on my Dimage A2 (2004), was very useful in some situations.
Cheers
Yep, I had that on my Dimage A2 (2004). Was very useful in some situations.
Cheers
I think you are reading far too much into this photo. Remember the silly suggestions of pop up flash or whatever for the VF3 leaked photos just because it had an extra button to unlock it for removal. I think the same is happening here. There is, it seems, a dust cover for the accessories port to take the PEN extras. I’m still wondering if there is a pop up flash similar to the Pentax K01 in front of the hot shoe, but then I might be speculating on something that isn’t there too.
for me this really looks like the whole “pentaprism” is able to “flip” ! Look at the hotshoe! It really looks like you can remove it and then the pentaprism can flip up! So you can use external flash or built-in!
maybe just imagination^^
+1
+1
Yea SOMETHING is going on there …
Hmmm, remember that patent drawing Admin found a few months ago with the pivoting EVF…?
There are two blurred stripes in the pictures: Is it to conceal the source or to conceal a special button/port/…?
It seems possible that the hotshoe be removable. Nice design if so, since the camera would be marginally pocketable.
Perhaps a plug for accessories below/under it?
it looks to me like it articulates
Yep, just like the OM-1.
Hmmm, that viewfinder looks like it may tilt.
Anyway, two control dials, mode dial on the other side, tilting OLED screen, weather sealed. I’ve been waiting for a camera body to entice me fully over to m.4/3 from my E-620 (have an E-PL1) and this may just be it. The rumored lenses are making me so giddy that it feels like Christmas as a 10 year old. I’m excited for the official announcement.
What’s really looking good is that it seems the viewfinder doesn’t make a large protrusion backwards (more than the tiltable LCD) like on the pannies.
I do actually like the protruding EVF on the Pannies, as it helps keeping the LCD free from nose fat and as it permits a much more natural position when looking into the EVF. It’s really an eye-level finder in that you can look straight into it rather than having to incline your head to make room for the nose.
+1
+2
That problem could´ve been solved long ago if Oly finally decided to go with a left-side NEX7 styled EVF instead of a faux pentaprism: No bulges, maximum portability, no nose smudges, both eyes visibility (partially solves the OVF-EVF debate), etc…
I guess they weighted heritage over praticality and decided to launch a OM inspired line to reflect the lineage between PENs and OMs instead of evolving the PEN line itself. I guess that’s a more sound marketing scheme in the long run…I think the only downside to the E-M5 is the fact that it pretty much kills any possibility of a built-in EVF in future PENs
Sweet looking camera. Great job on the build quality Olympus!
Does a flash come out of there?
Is the VF tillable (like VF2)?
Strange design otherwise…
Yup, looks like a detachable hotshoe.
yay! the hotshoe looks fugly. I wish they got rid of the accessory port.
MORE MORE!!!
pictures of the lenses please!
> I wish they got rid of the accessory port.
What? If anything, we need MORE ports, so that we can use more than one accessory at a time.
It could have been interesting if they had added the accessory port to the E5. It has some useful possibilities.
Looks like the Olympus E-5 but mirrorless. I think it will become a success.
Well, they can’t get rid of the accessory port… how else would you expect to use future high tech peripherals with these cameras? The EVF, The Microphone, and the currently imaginary hardware that talks to the camera hardware all need the accessory port.
Honestly after the K-01 Olympus could put a viewfinder on a turd and still get a better reception.
That’s funny, and true. But this turd is certainly polished well.
What?!?! No Accessory Port? I was hoping that this and future 4/3 cameras would have accessory ports to help merge the two systems…
It might be hidden under the rubber.
Yes, considering this IS a weather sealed camera. 🙂
The ergonomics seem to be great. Controls are very well arranged (perfect for using M mode!), and the whole camera looks really top-notch.
Where is the flash???
That’s no little fake SLR hump,
That’s a freaking mountain of a fake SLR hump. 😡
Just been
Looking at the E-5 to compare. This thing is dainty in comparison!
Much prefer this over the current DSLR shape. Like the others, can’t wait to see the chrome version. Hoping the chrome one has real leather…
Darn, it seems the eyepiece is sticking out a lot on the back of the camera. That’s the biggetst gotcha so far, IMHO.
Maybe the new EVF “technology” is that the built in EVF can rotate up by 90 degrees.
That would be VERY nice. I shoot that way with my VF-2 often.
Olympus, after this… …uhm, could we have our E-System back?
No, you can’t. And don’t you dare complain. Remember, their biggest business is endoscopes, so they know exactly where to stick it.
Transformer indeed. Looks very busy and cluttered; like the designer was overwhelmed by all the pieces he had to accommodate. I prefer when the various components are brought together as part of a unified whole.
However, if the new E-M5 is state of the art in robustness, stabilization, image quality and viewfinder technology it will still be a very attractive proposition.
Maybe evf is very big like the vf in OMs?
That could be the only sane-minded reason to say “Epoch making” to it (as Oly stated).
The VF in the OM1/OM2 were HUGE indeed, lets hope this body inherits that quality.
Maybe the hot-shoe is removable and maybe you can also move the viewfinder upwards! Hope there is standard external microphone input (3.5mm Stereo mini jack) 🙂
Agreed, but XLR and a connections to their pocket track recorder, with sync to the film would be better, but we are talking about a 1,000 dollar camera not a 10,000 camera. So I a 3.5 or even a 2.5 standard connector would be a big plus.
No, just the cover for the accessory socket is removable …
did we lose the little thumb scroll wheel from the e-p1, 2 and 3? I liked that much more than the circular wheel around a 4 way controller.
I hope they’re both gone, as neither of them is anything compared to typical DSLR control wheels, in my opinion.
Not having used the PEN, I would still agree the front & back wheels of the top DSLR’s would have to be the best method.
I look forward to seeing the 60 mm f/2.8, but I doubt it touches the 50 mm f/2.0
Wait and see. Although I agree that the 50/2 is a tough lens to beat.
Yep I look forward to seeing results…
Could the thing in second picture be cover for connection for microphone or other accessories?
@ Admin
Any chance we can tether this camera? Or, use an an external monitor (mini HDMI) for live view? Also, dual slots or single slots? USB 2.0 or 3.0? Ethernet?
Wonderful design!
All this rumour hyperboly has pointed out only one thing,
first company to release a decently small (middle size) camera
with nice build
with fullframe sensor,
optical viewfinder/ enhanced with electronics
with tons of external buttons
good grip
good design
weathersealing
will print money
olympus was very close with this one, but they failed on the sensor and viewfinder
Nah, they are doing great. This camera is looking better and better.
Look, unless you are Doctor Who, you CAN’T build a nostalgia-frame (aka ‘full-frame’ aka 36x24mm) camera that’s “decently small.” The Leica M9 is about the minimum that will fit around that size sensor and still fit in all the rest of the stuff needed to make the camera work. Look at the Fuji X-Pro… it’s only APS-C size and it’s still bigger than the M9 because of the extra space taken up by electronic finder, AF, etc.
i’m just saying, reaction show that clearly there is demand for such a camera, i’m not a nostalgia fart, i’m 100% sure that such a camera would sell boatloads, even at 2500 k without lense, m9 size is fine for me, it’s actually not oversized
Never say never! or can’t…
Olympus would never have made a full frame sensor as they lack the lenses. Plus a full frame sensor would easily push the price of such a camera to $2.5k or more. An FF sensor costs a lot to manufacture because for every FF sensor you make, you could make 4 4/3″ sensors. And that is why a Canon 5D costs that much more than their APS cameras.
Is that wheel around the shutter practical? I’ve never handled anything similar, so I’m curious.
I think if it is a snappy well built wheel it shouldn’t be a problem/in the way of the shutter button.
can’t wait to see the whole thing.
My Canon EF had the shutter speed ring around the shutter button. Even the film advance lever was around the same axis. Very practical.
Yes, wheel around shutter release is practical. The Leica M5 arranged its shutter speed dial this way and it was very comfortable to use. This is a great location for a setting that needs to be adjusted frequently: just slide your shutter finger a few mm off the button, change it, and you are ready to shoot in no time.
Picture of the M5 shutter dial on Wikipedia here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leica_M5_2-Lug_Shutter_Speed_Dial_Detail.JPG
Duarte Bruno @ Look also on Leica R8 or R9.
Thanks.
Except for the VF-2 stability, and a flash, hotshoe is not really needed, so perhaps it could be removable. Or the block under it is a rubber cover.
Not sure of the interest of VF being tiltable. One has the screen, which is. I am very curious to see how the diamond thing is made. I suppose gone is the ring about it.
We don’t really need much else except to know if the WS adapter or camera internals allow PDAF.
And how ‘extended’ DR is achieved. I wouldn’t mind it being an additional Art Filter that can be tweaked – perhaps 2 shots in rapid succession.
Problem with firmware HDR improvement it is often just for jpg, not RAW
Even though I’m not an Oly DSLR user, it would be nice to see you guys get a PDAF adapter. Sony has already done that with the NEX and it would be a nice development for the M4/3 sytem.
I wonder what’s in the top right corner of the eyepiece. There is a square protrusion into the glass surface in the corner. It’s clearly visible and in addition you see a reflection of it in the glass.
Most likely proximity sensor
Its just the top part of the window for the eye sensor. Just like on GH2 but the sensor is set a little deeper at the same lever as the actual eyepiece. Just my guess.
You’re probably right. It just seems funny that it intrudes on the eyepiece glass.
I think no pop up flash.
Then you think wrong. The mock prism houses the pop-up flash as was seen in the earlier pictures of the mock prism.
Exactly.
Do any weatherproofed have a pop up flash?
Olympus E3 and E5
The Pentax K-5 does.
Most of them: Nikon, Canon, Pentax all have weather sealed (nothing is truly weather PROOF) cameras with pop-up flashes.
If you look at the top image there is something visible on the side of the viewfinder. It looks like some sort of switch or button. I don’t think it’s the diopter as that can be seen in the second picture. Also the part just under the hot shoe is curved. This makes me think it might be that you release the finder with the switch/button in the top picture and then pull the finder back so it can swing up to 90º.
Just a thought but I guess we’ll know soon enough.
Button for switching from EVF to LCD and back, most probably.
On the right of the viewer (in the top photo) is a button (left of the back thumb wheel)that looks similar to the Live View button on the DSLR’s & that, I would think, is the EVF & screen toggle switch. On the left of the view finder it looks like it could be a small thumbwheel for the diopter adjustment.
The thing you call switch or button looks to me like an oblong hole that is visible on both sides of the viewfinder pyramid. Maybe you attach some accessory to these holes?
The hole in the second picture is to the front of the camera prism the object I’m talking about in the top picture is to the back of the camera and if you enlarge the picture you can see there is something shaped there like a button. I’m just guessing at what it does but it definitely isn’t just a hole.
I think as T-L said, it is for switch between EVF and LCD manually. On E-5 there is a similar button for switching between live view and OVF.
http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/artikelen/36/review-olympus-e-5.jpg
He is talking about the button in the first picture on the lower side of prism. The holes you are talking about are the microphone holes.
OK, I see what you mean. It looks like a button with a screen symbol on it. Maybe it switches between LCD/EVF or turns the LCD on/off.
EDIT: The E-3 has a button with the same symbol. It’s the eyepiece shutter.
Maybe the holes is for microphone.
Now the thumb rest is clearly seen, as some imagine was a rewind thingy or lever. Also, looks very roboust as the previous e3/ e5 was. Now, I wish I had the money to pre order this beauty, or thinking of selling my lovely & outdated ep3
Or maybe this rubber thing under the hotshoe is the pop up flash. The whole thing including the hotshoe rotates 90 degrees upwards 🙂
What about an optical Viewfinder for the “transformer-port”? For the primes only. And with overlayed cam-displays.
Flip built-in EVF – definately useful if it is what we persume. This is very likely a very nice-to-use camera. Need more info abou IQ/DR before any cheers from my side.
Fuji on top pre-orders: An expensive camera if you sit with a low/medium priced m43, but for those advanced enthusiasts that are the target group, it is not too much, especially concidering decent price levels on lenses.
E-M5, NEX-7, Pro 1X, PanaXXX? – lots of cameras you would like to have…
Looks like K.I.T.T. in super pursuit mode.
now we just need it to packed with David Hasselhoff as a bonus kit
I’d like the VF to be tilt-able, but I doubt it is. I think the reason why the hot shoe is so big is because of the accessory port, and the hot shoe cover/accessory port cover are large because they’re weather sealed.
I have already ordered the Pentax K-01 (white version).
Nice.
What by the yellow.
It still looks really nice, and I want this camera to be worth the high premium.
I’m really torn now between this and a GX1 with an extra lens or two. Can’t wait to see the real thing and a few first impressions and test shots.
how about built in wifi/penpal..but that accessory port seems .. argh.. its so ugly it bothers me!
Then it would be “OMG” for real.
http://m.blog.hu/ml/mlzphoto/image/hirek/2012_01/olynew.jpg
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front image 2/5 of body
Good find. Is it real?
Looks like it is. All the features match !
@Admin: New leak ALERT ! 😉
Whoa… someone actually got the “retro” look RIGHT! Silver tops, black body…. YES.
Retro design is all about the functional part of it for me. The ultimate control. And it looks like they finally got it back without it being D700/D7000 or X-Pro1 sized. Been waiting for this forever !
This new image appears to show a neat join at the base of the “hump”. Could be that the hump pops up to become a flash after all…. Like the E-5.
Man, does the E-5 look ugly compared to this!
+1 real!!!
Just gorgeous. I might be changing my mind on this thing, on looks alone! Thanks for finding that image.
Just the shape of the upper part of the body totally speaks out “Olympus”!
It looks OM but the angled lines make it look Evolt/E-system.
NIce find.
X Pro most pre order mirrorless camera in amazon , this explain people can afford expensive stuff as long it provided the IQ up to expectation .
Can’t M4/3 smell the market’s demand ?
As for Oly’s OM , no doubt the design is beautiful but I still prefer to see more reviews before decide to buy or not . I bet OM is unlikely to outclass GX , but to edge it with small margin in image quality . Let’s see how things turn out .
“X Pro most pre order mirrorless camera in amazon , this explain people can afford expensive stuff as long it provided the IQ up to expectation .”
Yes, but nobody actually KNOWS about X-Pro image quality because nobody has one yet, except a few handpicked-by-Fuji “demonstrators.”
I suspect a big part of the explanation is that Amazon lets you cancel pre-orders once the item actually is ready to ship. So people get all excited about a new camera, place a pre-order so they will get an early place in line, and then if it turns out to be disappointing or something else exciting has come along in the meantime, they can still cancel.
Still, lots of X-Pro “early adopters” would be a good thing. It means I might be able to buy one inexpensively on eBay a few months later, after people have found out how small an 0.37x viewfinder really is 🙂
best thing about the new olympus is we re 100% sure that image quality dr and iso will be uncompetitive, we save the suspense like this and can move on
Would be cool if the whole assembly could be used as a bounce flash.
Than again it would be also cool if it were to be detachable wireless flash..
Or a wireless evf that can take shots by blinking very hard… :-/
I guess there will always be good ideas… And no product will ever be perfect for everyone. 🙂
Ok, what happen to the thumb rest? and the bend next to the red button. It transformed. ]
And the pattern on the faux leather covering has changed.
The viewfinder port is metal (to thin to be plastic or a cast) on this picture, cant be good for glass or comfort. Must be missing plastic or rubber piece or something
I am beginning to think we are looking a different prototype pictures.
The most interesting part is the legend on the button on the first picture that is on the right bottom of the viewfinder. Maybe someone with a real monitor can see what it is. Is it a OVF transformation button, or a aspect ratio button?
? I still see the curved thumbrest. And the faux leather was on front, not the back.
You mean the little blue box w four black squares inside? (making a 3×3 grid) Just to the left of the magnifying glass symbol?
That’s the ‘zoom out’ symbol paired w the ‘zoom in’ magnifying glass. Seems to indicate function of the dial directly above. But does it control a power zoom lens, the display in review mode, or both?
No to the left and around the cornor of that mounted on the “pentaprism” housing. Its symbol is white.
sorry, don’t see any symbols on the p-housing.
Maybe it has a pop-up [better: pop-back] viewfinder
That’s what I’m thinking as the viewfinder seems to go back a descent way: goes fully into the hump for portability and then pops out for comfortable use. I don’t see why the the hotshoe has to be so high though.
I’m gonna guess it means the dial let’s you control the level of magnification used for manual focusing.
I doubt it would control a power zoom lens particularly because the power zoom lens already have control switches built in.
I could envision that dial as being a programmable dial so that you can (for example) select ISO with a single action while looking through the EVF.
I’m cooking at the hot shoe on my GF-1 and it is only slightly smaller than the width of my camera, the one here looks like it is half the size of the body, that would make this camera twice as wide at the top as my GF-1. Why? I am still amazed what a tank this appears to be. It appears to be so large compared to the GF-1 or X that it would ruin the single best feature of m43. Size! Oh, well I guess I’ll wait to see what Pansonic does next. That screen is a waste of space as well, more wasted fatness to tilt. No pocket knife attachment?
Small = Pen in Mt. Olympus. 🙂
You can find the correct dimension somewhere in the old posts. Don’t think it’s much bigger compared to Ep-3.
Unless those camera strap lugs are very large, I think you are likely mistaken.
I think the ‘pentaprism’ may just be a cover and flips up and back to give you an elevated inbuilt flash, and that the viewfinder may well do a similar trick
Looks to me like there’s no pop-up flash (I don’t see a seam on the size of the “prism” hump). I’m pretty sure it’s a large cover under the hot shoe for the accessory port. I don’t think the EVF articulates.
The hump has to be fairly large to allow clearance for the EVF above the LCD, and enough clearance for accessories to mount to the port above that, and finally the hot shoe on top. (It does make me wonder why they didn’t place EVF to the left and hot shoe + accessory part in the center as in the NEX-7.) Hopefully they used the space under the hump to do something nice with the VF…
Dear Admin!
Where is the build-in-flash?
Best regards
Paulus
Probably you replace the hot shoe with it.
Maybe it is a slide out from the side or under the OM-D.
It is rumored at Gd 10 so I do not personally want it on the camera, but I understand that you and others do.
Would be perfect if it had a built-in flash.
The 12-50 kit lens is weather sealed?
the bit behind & under the hotshoe flips up into the hot shoe itself as a flash..wanna bet..
also Admin any news of a E7…some of us still like pro quality glass…
I sure hope so. I like to go light and with the minimum amount of extraneous stuff to carry. So a built-in flash is a necessity for me as I only use it for fill flash and for close-in candid shots while out hiking, climbing, and casual use. Hate having to carry around a dedicated flash or EVF and then fumbling to find it, get it on and hopefully the shot has not gone away.
Just my style of gear and shooting, others obviously do things differently.
I’m afraid that the pop up flash for wireless flash control cannot be used simultaneously with a professional flash (FL-50R) connected to the hot shoe of the E-M5 body.
Perhaps this is the reason for the new OM-D FL-600R flash (wireless flash control for additional flashes and professional flash in one gear?)
Wait if you have outside strobes for lighting, why would you want to use a FL-50R?
It’s a weather sealed camera. It looks like it is just the rubber cap to protect the electronic slot for accessories. Hopefully it is physically tethered to the body so you don’t lose it!
If it was a complex flip up mechanism, the hot shoe would likely not be strong enough for supporting larger flash heads.
Exactly… that funky cap is just the electronic port so it can use the hot shoe accessories like GPS and what not.
I’m going to get one of these and put my VF-2 on it. What’s that you say? Your NEX7 only has ONE evf? Lame. Real photogs roll with two evfs!!!
😛
Does any weather sealed ILC have pop-up flash?
Does any weather sealed ILC have a pop-up flash?
Does any weather sealed ILC have a pop up flash?
weather sealed ILC have a pop up flash?
love all the info so far!!
Looks like the EVF and LCD are attached on the same plane, they would tilt up/down together.
Yes, it could be a plug for the 10 GN flash of the E-PL3.
It’s just basic fill up and control for remote flashes. Makes sense.
And people scoffed at the GH2 “fake hump”… What is that thing? 😉
Yeah, the same people are wetting their pants now… funny isn’t it?
the hump is an homage to the OM design. if the E-PENs had a hump then it’s another story
In that new picture of the chrome body, the viewfinder looks like it might be replaceable in a modular kind of way. That would be pretty awesome if the EVF is upgradable.
I thought that with the earlier pics. Maybe a waist level finder/magnifier option?
Everything looked great until I saw the last updated picture. If it’s silver/black combination only, it looks like cr@p. I want a black one and I won’t buy it if it’s only silver/black rubbish look.
There is also a full black version!
I’ll take all black too!-)
Admin, any word on 43 support (i.e. PDAF for FT lenses)?
no. There is no news about that I think 🙁
OK, thanks.
I hope the lenses are released in black finish as well. The silver bling 45mm gets scratches too easily.
Ditto. Black lenses for me too.
Macro is black color, dust/splash proof…
75mm is same design/colour as 45mm…
All this crap about Silver or Black, I want a PINK one.
One image of a Chrome version and suddenly all the images of it in black don’t count ?
Not only camera joshi are fickle when it comes to the prettiness of gear. 😉
Now what is the Japanese phrase for “petulant baby camera enthusiast”? Because it would be very useful on this site.
I believe this may become my stock reply when people threaten to sell of all their camera gear as response to a rumored feature which they don’t like.
I want a gold one, please! Why can’t I have a gold one?
There are more seams to this hump than obvious. I wonder whether it transforms in two different ways?
The first transformation would be for pop-up flash: the front of the hump flips back — pretty standard. That seems likely due to the front seam at the base of the hump going around to the back (visible here: http://m.blog.hu/ml/mlzphoto/image/hirek/2012_01/olynew.jpg). That transforms the front half of the hump.
The second transformation would be from the back. As Shanti mentioned, part of the viewfinder area appears to flip up over the hotshoe (visible in the second pic — the area below the hotshoe has form-fitting holes for the hotshoe). This could provide a flip-up or even articulating viewfinder — and explain the Olympus executive’s viewfinder “innovation” re: the E-M5 mentioned sometime back.
I suspect these two transformations (front flash, rear articulating viewfinder) could not be used simultaneously, but they seem very valuable nonetheless.
That hump is absolutely huge!
It’s much higher than the EVF.
Notice that the picture showing the hump is from the rear.
Are they going to have a changeable EVF?
Is the hot shoe removable? It seems so at least.
the OM1/OM2 had a removable hot shoe, maybe they are going truly retro
Accessory port comes to mind
So how is that hump weather sealed ?
Is that an AF assist light on the right of the last picture or just the WB sensor? Probably just the sensor
Cannot wait to see it, especially the image quality – 6 days and counting…
I’ve seen plenty. Olympus take my money already !
This camera does not look like a winner to me. Way too expensive for a tweaked 16mp sensor in a new body. A disappointment. Again nothing new from the micro 4/3 front. This format will be a dead end if no real improvements are made soon. APS-C has the future, because it delivers the quality that many photographers seek.
apsc is apsc, and m43 is m43. When will people get that ‘photographers’ have more than one camera anyway. If you can’t see improvement in this you are undoubtedly nothing more than a pixel-peeper.
Agreed. Pixel peeping is ridiculous. It doesn’t matter in real world application. If you nail focus and exposure, it’s extremely difficult, if not impossible to tell full-frame to APS-C to m43… Except maybe in extreme situations.
you obviously never shot fullframe layman
This was about m4/3 vs APS-C. No one but you mentioned FF.
Berneck1 mentioned full frame…
seek in vain?
the myth of bigger is better goes on!
Actually i don’t deny that it is better (strictly speaking sensor-size), but when looking for something both small and high-end, there isn’t anything with aps-c that matches my preferences. And i highly prioritize ‘my preferences’ over a slight pixel-peeping difference.
for me…the size thing is a myth. I believe that its al in the algorythm/engine to get good output from a sensor, be it small or big. Ofcourse a 24x36mm sensor is better then a sensor of 2,4×3,6mm
but 4/3, aps-c,aps-h,ff…its all close in dimensions. Reasons for the difference in perceived quality is either that some are better with tuning the engine and/or reserving the better engine for the FF only. If it would be true that it depends on sensor size only then why is it that the output of my E-P2 is the same as the Canon 1Ds? i regularly compare my older 1Ds raw files with the Pen files about same subject style modelsessions in same forest location…same iso….the only difference I see is the better subject isolation with FF which hs nothing to do with objective image quality.
LOOOOL… and god knows I hate LOLs but this is just too funny 😀
So the G3 sensor is a big disappointment and the m43 format a dead-end? 😀
Just name ONE aps-c based camera system with a variety of small bodies AND a variety of small lenses including many pancakes.
Samsung NX? Yeah right 😉
For your information I also own a Pentax K-5. These are different tools for different purposes.
I absolutely disagree!! Why should this format be a dead end? Even the sensors ( at my GH2 or the G3) are at least good enough for 95% of people. And the development will go on and on… Even if there is always a 1 stop advantage in noise or DR, for the most people the output of m43 is way good enough….
And with m43 there is much more room to create lenses like the Lumix 7-14. Show me one lens in more or less equal size, build and IQ that is comparable with this lens. There is none… Or like the Oly 1,8/45, lumix 1,7/20. A system or format is much more than the sensor, and I think now m43 is on a very good way, with this body and the upcoming Lumix 12-35 and 30-100 or Oly 1,8/75.
I think for the future APS-C will have a problem. If someone wants and needs to get really better IQ than m43 offers, one perhaps will go with FF or even bigger format…
In much the same way that the 7D is a more expensive 60D, which is a more expensive 600D. Camera price scales up with features and build quality not strictly with image quality. Those three cameras will give you mostly similar image quality but the first is faster, better built and more granular in its controls, and that costs quite a bit. Personally, if this camera can really operate on par with a semi-pro DSLR like the 7D, I’d say it’s worth the 1-1.2k price tag.
+1 as long as not only features, but dynamic range also, is there
2 stops over my G1 would be perfect for me tbh. But I’d expect it to probably be 1 stop. I myself also tend to use those high ISO settings and the G3 tends to preserve some DR at high ISO from what I’ve seen. But I will likely purchase a GX1 in summer for monetary reasons :p
You are no photographer and your opinions are worthless. If you’ve invested in 4/3 and actually use the cameras, then maybe you’ll have something intelligent to say.
And why will this format be dead end? Is it because of no new sensor release every six months?… Have you read the news a few weeks ago – that tamron, tokina kenko & astro design just signed up for makers of M43?
It’s starting to look a lot like a freshened E-420, in body style. That’s a very good thing!
Rose wrote: >APS-C has the future, because it delivers the quality that many photographers seek.
You mean that bench racers who talk shit like they need for pro spec’s while taking dull over/under exposed snapshots of their local park and their back yard. Your bench is empty right here http://www.dpreview.com
It seems to me that the majority of 35mm format users prefer u43 over aps-c as a secondary system because of its smaller size as aps-c is closer to 35 in size than it is to u43.
Not quite true.
FX (fullframe) has an area of 864mm^2.
APS-C has an area of 329mm^2.
4/3 has an area of 243mm^2.
Not quite correct.
APS-C Nikon, SONY, Fuji, Pentax have an area of 368.16mm^2 (D7000)
ц4/3 has an area of 224.90mm^2 (E-P3)
The advantage of APS-C over 4/3 was pretty big leading to 4/3 being abandoned.
Pei wrote: > The advantage of APS-C over 4/3 was pretty big leading to 4/3 being abandoned.
Yes 143.26mm of extra photographic skill…
Go shoot with a Q or join a church if you don’t believe in physics.
I believe in photographic skill not few missing pixels, or one missing fps, or missing ISO 25K
end user,
I miss my ISO 25 slide film.
Oh, I see you wrote ISO 25K. 🙂
While it is correct that in high ISO situations, APS-C has a slight advantage (much of that advantage is the difference in aspect ratio), in the vast majority of situations, 4/3 is already perfectly adequate.
Below ISO 800, where I tend to use my cameras, be they medium format film, or 4/3, the differences are fairly small. It is unnecessary to capture the extreme white detail of fluffy clouds, yet it is important to capture the white detail of a wedding dress. While four thirds lacks a little latitude in the cloud detail, so does slide film- and landscapes are overwhelmingly shot on slide film.
I have similar issues with E100G and Velvia that I have on 4/3- the need to expose very carefully to capture the most detail in the SUBJECT material.
For this, APS-C, 4/3, and medium format film all have their own strengths and weaknesses. If I can get good results on 4/3 cameras, why would I spend money for the minor upgrade to APS-C when only moving to full frame would provide a significant increase in quality at average print sizes up to 11X17.
Spend less time pixel peeping and more time shooting, and you’ll see the camera is relatively irrelevant. As long as you can manually set exposure and IQ is acceptable for a well-exposed shot, which brand you chose for your equipment doesn’t matter. An uncreative person cannot get stunning results from a D700 , and a creative person can get stunning results from a Rebel, so it’s pretty much a moot point that camera format is unimportant. If you shoot in the dark a lot, though, it is a good idea to get a camera that excels in that area, and 4/3 is not that camera.
Thank you. Already with my lowly Dimage A2 I got better results (after a learning curve of course) than during my slide days. Instant feedback, and recording of exif goes a long way to learn from your mistakes. Since you can to some extent correct your mistakes in PP, you learn a lot more than bringing your stuff to a lab.
Cheers
I consider believe the key word in your message…. This are cameras, not a weird cult of praying on a sensor area altar!
Belive it or not, even smaller sensors than 4/3 actually can take pictures!
Pei,
The history of photograph say other wise. The size of the sensor (film) kept on getting smaller throughout its history. The quality of the sensor (film) has been getting better to allow for this. There are still some fairly easy ways for sensors to get a magnitude (10x) better at least. The needs for better images is not there, if anything the need for quality images is going down, with less magazines and other print media. People seem to be less demanding of images today.
Also remember the sensor is not the camera or even the imaging capture part.
That remark would make more sense if you had an understanding of physics. With you don’t.
The issue is ratios, not total numbers, and the threshold is ~2x. APS-C has a (roughly) 2/3 stop advantage over 4/3’s, in terms of light gathering.
Yes 143.26mm of extra photographic skill…
Garbage, as a club member using E-1 and E-620, I consistently get bettershots than the Canikon users, it’s all about the eye and perception, it seems a lot of Canikon users are influenced by the sellers. I was once told by a guy in Jacobs that 4/3rds was dead before the E-3 was released.
In the updated picture (the fourth one) there is some black on the top right corner behind the viewfinder. I think that is a pop up flash.
I think there is NO pop up flash!
Pop-up EVF then 😀
That would be better for me.
Maybe it’s the inbuilt Pez dispenser that I have previously suggested.
If the Pez dispenser doesn’t have a Batman head option there’s NO WAY that I’m buying it!
LOL!
Maybe pop-up EVF in E-P5. 🙂
You could fit a bright prism in that hump! Still hoping…
forget it!
no room for a mirror.
I think there is, if you look close in the forth immage you can see a line that split in half the top of the VF…
I hope there is…
PS: A big, enormous THANKS to admin and is patient
so this is how all those rumors turn into hypes. 🙂
hehehe…i also notice that crack under OLYMPUS…i hope its for pop flash w/o compromise the use of hot shoe
can i get an ameeenn ??
Really?! That would suck, and probably prevent me from buying the camera. There are times I need some fill flash. Carrying one around is not something I want to do.
Well, I assume there MUST be a way to remotely control other flashes — either a pop-up flash, or some other light signal, or a radio controlled system. Or else the flash name FL-600R doesn’t make sense. Unless it is necessary to lug along an external flash and put it in the hotshoe — which would be a disappointment to me.
Also, the hump looks kind of big and ugly and clumsy… I’m curious as to what makes the hump necessary…
Another thing: the LCD/OLED screen seems to be relatively wide. Is it a wide screen type, included for movies? It seems like there is a “shadow” of a picture on the screen, and this shadow seems to be less wide than the screen…
I suspect it has an articulating viewfinder and the hump os to accommodate that. Likewise, I think the suspected pop up flash will not cover the the hot shoe but slide up behind it.
There’s no way you could tell from these images how wide the screen is. Also it’s common that the ‘glass’ extends further than the actual screen. Gives it that modern look. The E-P3 actually has the same thing.
A pro model w/o a pop up flash for 1200 €.. The IQ better be darn good ..
I think so, too.
The hot shoe seems to be detachable, giving room for the swiveling EVF once the hot shoe is removed.
Or replaceable with a small flash.
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Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
Why there is an old name on the latest picture. Strange…..
What do you mean by ‘Old Name’?????
it’s the series name “OM-D” on the front right (like “PEN”) and the model name “E-M5” on the top (like “E-P3”).
You’re absolutely correct Axel, I was waiting for a silly response. I’d suggested a few days ago that is what would happen.
Dont know if anyone has taken this guess already (not going to read all previous posts).
I am guessing that the plastic “lid” that is hinged to the edge of the hotshoe, flips up to reveal a second window into the VF. The view is shown via a simple mirror. The EVF flips the image to show the right orientation to the eye (ie.e not mirrored upside down).
In this way, Olympus has provided a vertical view into the VF, something many will applaud. And it is “innovative”.
Maybe it’s much more simple. Maybe the EVF can be “hidden” away for transport/bad weather or when the rear screen is used.
Balls, think you’ve got it. Cover folds up 90deg, and then metal arm and cover fold down 90 deg to cover viewfinder.
Come on guys, be realistic. This is just the grip to reveal the accessories port for the add on flash, like E-PL3. Probably a second EVF can be attached there (VF-2).
I guess it’s just the same port like E-PL3. As well as same flash. E-PL3 can also controll wireless flashes with this small add-on unit. There will be nothing new.
I don’t care what that thing is, I could be a secretive compartment to store your extra sd card, it could be a 3G, 4G receiver, or it is just a port cover…point is, the whole thing looks awesome.
Silver one for me, where is the pre-order link?
This is what I have been waiting for all these time, I’m putting my GF1 on eBay next week.
Al,
Hold off on that, wait till it least ships.
still to early to tell, but looks like the design is overdone again.
pana and oly should look more at fuji and at the traditional design.
timeless things are timeless
No please no. Fuji cameras overdo the retro look to the point that it looks unappealing. I want a very futuristic looking camera. The GX1 heads in the right direction for me as does the Nikon V1 and even this cam looks cool enough that I can see where it is inspired from without feeling like I’m using a 50 year old brick. I’m sorry, but I’m too young to use such a retro design :p
Unfortunately very few “very futuristic” designs last, so far only apple is getting it right,
my 1st gen iphone still looks great
There is a futuristic option out there. New Pentax K-01.
But that’s not the future you grew up believing in. Today’s 15yr old are imagining that sort of future. Brainless drones with toy cameras. 🙂
Meh that camera could have been nice if it wasn’t so thick. And I still think function is ahead of form but doesn’t mean form is tossed to the side. In any case, I am glad that there is at least one retro looking option in the market with Olympus toeing the line between retro and classic. However, it would be cool to see someone bring about a revolutionary form factor that doesn’t just change fir the sake of change.
I expect NO inovation from Olympus. Faster AF is NO option to me. Actually I think tehs just stiched an EP-3 with a viewfinder together & a kind of nice design. Not even a flash or remote control or other cool features of an NEX 7.
This shows the financiel status of this company!
I’m wondering what’s the point of having that huge prism hump if the EVF is clearly lower than that ? I can understand this for an OVF but the EVF doesn’t need such space. I really hope they did something useful with that space, if not, then the faux-slr body is a really big joke (going with a pentaprism bulge in a mirrorless camera when there’s no pentaprism nor mirrors).
This camera looks nice and all but I really hope it doesn’t go against the whole point of mirrorless and ends up taking the same volume as a dslr, that’ll be dumb. The only option I’ve ever considered as an upgrade to my e-pl1 was a evf equipped Olympus camera, I always thought they would continue to evolve the pen line instead of going faux slr so I really hope the e-m5 stays compact or I’ll have to wait for a built-in EVF PEN, if they ever release such a camera.
Without a flash I will not buy it…
Really? A small under-powered flash is the last thing on my wishlist.
Whether or not this has PDAF that works well with my 12-60 will determine if I buy it.
Sometimes I need a flash (mabe for about 1 or 1/2 percents of my pics), and the internal flash of my E-PL2 is good enough for me in this rare situations. It’s not so bad as many people write 😉 But if I buy a small and leightweight cam for travelling (last year I was 10 weeks in Russia and Ukraine by train, ship and bus) I don’t want to carry an external flash always with me only for a few pics.
What I never will understand is that E-PL3 has no built-in flash, that’s nonsens. But somebody with relations to Olympus wrote that there are also people working there that don’t understand this.
Remote flash control (standard with most pens) makes a built in flash mandatory unless you plan on buying multiple flash units (an expensive exercise) and dont mind hanging a flash off the top which can unbalance the camera.
I can walk around with an FL36R in one hand( or sitting on a bench or tripod somewhere) and the camera is free to take photos with only the little inbuilt flash controlling it. This is a very nice feature that I would hate to lose, especially in a more advanced camera.
Lovely.
OM-4 + Transformers = OM-D
I’m loving it 😉
Same here…looks like the most exciting oly product in a long long time! At least design wise
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BATMOBILE!! AWESOME!!
Seems to me there is a new sort of accessory port, on top of the viewfinder. One in which you can slide the hotshoe (as seen on the picture), or you can take that off and put something else on, like the new flash and other stuff coming.
The big black hump under/behind the hotshoe is for stabilisation and covering the accessory port.
makes sense, why limit yourself to at hotshoe when you have endless possibilities when you make it removable?
to be honest..that blurry picture of the chrome/silver version reminds me of the crappy OM-10………….
No no no, more like OM-4Ti. 😉
Awww, I like my OM-10
sorry Joe! 🙂
I have both OM-2 and OM-10 and it is not as bad as you think. OM-10 was just made to be cheaper. Its not as pretty as the OM-1,2 but not ugly either. I actually prefer the LED meter display on OM-10 over the needle of OM-2.
ofcourse its a matter of taste. I started photography with an OM-1n; the clean design of the 1/2 is much better then the 10……3 years after the 1n got the OM-3, good design too but not as good as the 1/2.
My remark about the new OM body was purely based on the fuzzy picture. I am sure it will look better when finally see full view and hiquality picture. But again…it wont be near as good as the original design was. That doesn’t mean I won’t like it.
They were good till they broke. Not bad for the money and if you took care of it.
I think many people are letting their imagination run loose and are setting themselves up for disappointment.
I see nothing in the pictures to suggest there is *any* built in flash. And certainly no removable hot shoe or tiltable viewfinder. The contraption between the viewfinder and hot shoe is probably just a rubber cover (weather proofing) for the accessory port.
m4/3 shooters are looking for something that can compete with NEX-7 and that’s why all the rumors got carried away. There are still people here wishing for PDAF and 4/3 m4/3 hybrid mount.
The price is steep for what’s offered so there is a lot of wishful thinking going on. Once the reality hits they’ll hold on to their 4/3 or PEN and pine for the next one.
@Pei, well put.
Why not go out and take a few pictures with your great NEX-7? Or are you just trying to convince yourself you bought the right camera?
I use both a D90 and an E-PL2 Olaf. I picked Olympus over SONY because NEX was too new at the time with 2 bodies that lack features and a few lenses. SONY has step up the game and if you don’t see that, that’s your problem.
This camera is aimed at NEX-7 and if it fell short, Olympus has to rely on lens lineup again but that advantage is quickly diminishing with SONY and 3rd party releasing new lenses.
In anycase, I am still shopping for an upgrade from E-PL2. I’ll wait after DP reviewer E-M5 to make my decision. You don’t have to sound like there is a chip on your shoulder, DP’s ц4/3 forum is already full if that.
Treated my OM10 rough for 20 years and it still works like the day I first bought it. At the risk of sounding like my dad, cheap back then wasn’t like cheap today. There was no planned redundancy in the OM line.
Comment was meant for ulli
Did you use a winder? I believe that is what caused some problems. You are right about quality, those old SLR were made so much better.
Unless there are a lot of surprises hidden in the design, it looks like Olympus may have put too much OM form ahead of function.
The question for me is: Will E-M5 have significantly better raw image quality than GH1?
It starts to be ridiculous for a popular system like m43 not to have any positive development for IQ in almost 3 years. (For me JPEG engines and pixel count do not matter. Dynamic range, video, high iso noise and minimum low iso do).
So please (someone) release “NEX7m43” already. Price does not matter – build quality does.
Thats the million dollar question. We have the best lenses line up of all mirrorless systems, pretty decent camera bodies, but we still dont match the dynamic range of aps-c cameras of two or three years ago…
GH1’s sensor has best dynamic range of all 4/3 sensors which is whole EV/stop better than that of overhyped G3/GX1 sensor. (also SNR is higher)
And that difference stays just like dynamic range of Olympys cameras has stayed same untill now all the way from E-30 of 2008 which was first body with that 12MP sensor.
Thats what worries me. If there is one major issue of our system is that highlights get clipped way too easily, and it is difficult to retain rich tone gradations in many real world situations where aps c cameras would do waaaay better. Its a pity, because we have grrrreeeeat lenses
Looks like the autofocus is really bad, only one photo in focus out of four.
good one!
Must of used a Fuji to take the picture then. 🙂
Must “have” 😉
That silver looks really nice.
Silver for me.
Yikes… it looks too retro for my tastes. And as has been said: that hump looks huuuuge. The looks of it belie the overall width specs rumored weeks go.
Maybe the hot shoe is removable. I see a bracket (clamp, frame) right before the eyepiece. With this bracket disengaged, maybe the viewfinder can swing up, if the hot shoe has been removed?
My guess is a tiltable EVF. There seems to be a kind of spring or screw or thread just below the hotshoe (in between the lighter parts).
But why have a tillable EVF when the OLED panel is tillable? I would kind of like it, but I would be surprised to see that on any camera. It would just add to much to the cost and make the camera more prone to breaking, to justify it for most.
Removable would be better, think of all the replacement EVF they can sell when we loose them.
Perhaps a telescoping VF? Pull it forward then possibly tilt up? the blurry box could be hiding the release switch? Give me 6 more days of staring at it and I can probably think of even crazier ideas… love/hate the rumors right now.
I see an ugly camera in the last pic. If you go retro, go 100% (like the x100), If you go modern go 100% modern (like sony’s NEX series).
I really dislike the upper plate: too messy, too much shapes. The Original OM has this simple sharp angled and horizontal profiled upper plate. This one looks like those ugly Pentax DSLR’s. Don’t even mention “”the transformer”” VF.
Really dissapointing.
Yes – I agree. They should have stuck close to the OM-1 or OM-2 design – very low profile prism. I sincerely hope it’s a fake picture – cause I think it looks too big and clunky like every other DSLR out there. I thought that one of the main objectives in Micro 4/3 camera design was to keep cameras small. I WAS very excited about this camera…..
Oh god, it must be very difficult to be “really disappointed” so easily.
Andrew – Oh god it must be very difficult to offer an intelligent response…..
Ho, ho, ho! To be fair, I’m only making fun of this guy because every other person on this forum seems ready to jump ship at a moment’s notice and give up photography for rock collecting if they don’t get their way about something.
+1
With any of its lens the 5n is an ugly camera, there are better things to pick from.
Ouch. From some angles, that thing looks very chunky and downright ugly. Personal perspective of course.
But oh, the irony. All this time people have looked at the hump on the GH2 and said, not for me. But now the hump on the E-M5 makes the GH2 look elegant.
Now if there is additional functionality hidden in the hump, maybe Olympus will get away with it.
But it really does look like they built it from the parts bin, as some mean people have suggested earlier.
Unless it performs superbly, I’m predicting a harsh reaction from the non-Oly fans.
Olympus, if you are reading this forum, bring on the Pen 4s. (Or next time, try to copy the NEX7).
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It looks like the hotshoe is swappable or the viewfinder can tilt- or both…but even if that is not the case…I’ll still buy this immediately.
What’s the matter with you people? this is the nicest looking digial system cam that’s ever been created, actually based on a proper camera, not an oversized moulded plastic glob!
Also I’d hazard a guess at saying the hotshoe looks like it plugs into the accesory port perhaps?
I would like to try it now!! WOW
Hmmm… if you look at the height of the eyepiece, most of the hump is above the top of it. There must be a reason for that. There must be something in all that space. If not a pop-up flash, what else?
I said the very same thing some posts above (nobody cares to read, too exited building expectations). Unless there’s some magical mumbojumbo going inside all that space within the faux pentaprism I see no reason for going this route instead of making a NEX7-esque camera (just too many downsides: hotshoe too high, increase in volume, nose smudges, no ability to use both eyes while composing, evf and flashes on the same location,etc)
I personally don´t think there’s any flash on this camera unless that humps really pops up and reveals a tiny flash but that would be an unfathomable waste of space for such a weak flash unit. We need a complete top view of the camera, that will tell us the pocket-ability (or rather portability) of this camera
GPS maybe?
GPS would be awesome, especially if it didn’t consume too much power.
Maybe they are using or planed to use their focusing patent that this rumor site had a flew months back. This would give it tracking.
Well, i was thinking that too…until I realize…
Olympus has better colour (IMO) that any other camera
The built quality SEAMS far superior.
Lens portability and LENS ROADMAP (cmn: 24 mm f2, 35 f2.8, 40 f 1.7, 50 f 1.4 60 f 2.8 (sigma), 90 f 1.8, 90 MACRO 2.8, 120 Macro 2.8, 150 F 1. fucking 8 PLUS, power zooms, water sealed zooms, PROBABLY f 2,8 zooms ecc)
Except for the few ones who print 70×70 m4/3 quality is ENOUGHT
And last but for me not leaast DESIGN!
Accessory Port!!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THING!!!!!!!
I think that between the hotshoe and the view finder, there is a AP-2 Conector for the last items, like Penpal or external microphone(sema-1)
So i think that there is a plastic rubber over there and can be removed.
Regards
…and it does not have eye sensor for the EVF. The on/off button can be seen on the side of EVF, first pic ( in the evf shadow).
Overall it looks like a really nice camera for me. I have GF1 – upgrade is coming…:-)
We can’t see if there is a proximity sensor there or not & you would still want the switch there anyhow (as other cameras do).
The website’s author says he got the images from some asian photography forums.
The more I see from this camera the more I want it. I once thought after selling my GH1 that I won’t ever come back but this seems like a really capable and sturdy camera with a beautiful design. Fast AF, articulating screen, EVF, good IQ, stabilizer, Olympus colors, weather sealing, … It has everything a great camera needs. Accompanied by the 12mm and 45mm lenses, only a 20mm or 25mm Oly lens is what I miss. Oh and I hope the shutter’s not too loud.
That hump appears to be at least 1.25″ (3.17cm) above the top plate. That’s one big hump for just an EVF. Olympus better have something hidden up there otherwise it is just a “look pro to be pro” camera. Kinda like how X1 Pro is the size of a M9 with plenty of empty spaces inside.
Then the hump is bigger then the OM-1 and OM-2. I just hope form follows function and their is a bunch of stuff in there.
I am as excited as anybody on this site for this camera to come out, but honestly, the teeth gnashing is ridiculous. Fuck it, Dude, let’s go shooting.
did anybody notice the buttons PLAY cursor and FUNCT1 look awfully like the ILLUMINATED ones from the E-620, fantastic if true, i’m holding my breath
olympus is back, a killer camera around the corner
Has anyone seen this? It is probably fake – but who knows???
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=olympus+om-d&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=894&tbm=isch&tbnid=NJaIMZ_Ie5VZ-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rashbre/6800658863/&docid=4ngScVEO2M54yM&imgurl=http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6800658863_aa706f9858_z.jpg&w=640&h=419&ei=pvQqT9fHIcXViAL45qTZCg&zoom=1
It looks like all the other images I’ve seen, I wonder why two model names? The fact that it doesn’t vary from the latest renderings, at all, as far as I can see. And the fact that it has ad copy written to the left, makes me think that is the real deal.
OM-D is the series, and E-M5 is the model.
I think it is fake though, but very close to what we will get.
Looks like the photoshop stitching job as posted here on 43rumors a few days ago, only with a few additional adjustments added.
Wow, that looks like the brochure page that the leaked images have been taken from!
Strangely enough, the mount base looks slightly asymmetrical around the lens mount.
Looks legit to me btw
Fake, the guy who did it forgot to remove the Hyphenates in the text… nothing from olympus could have been published like this…
If you look at the grip, it’s not the same as the grip in the silver and black OM-D E-M5 posted above. I’d say this one is a fake generated from the previous release of images (before today).
I think this camera looks well made. We are seeing and look carefully at enlarged pictures so ever seam and nick looks big. These IMO seem to be pictures of prototype cameras and some of the seams will not may not even be on the production versions.
If it has a magnesium cast and/or carbon fiber reinforcement it will be an exceptional well built machine; there are advantages of being small when it comes to strength of materials. If so expect the next couple of OM-Ds to share the basic shape, as it is costly to build a body that way compared to plastic.
I’m not fond of the GF3 size (too small), but this one looks a bit too big for a E-P3/GX1 form factor camera.. Probably, due to EVF..
Surprise Surprise!!!
E-M5 is smaller than E-P3
Same width and much higher. How do you figure smaller?
The thing on the back of the viewfinder pops up for angled viewing.
http://e-p1.net/the-rumor-bin/more-leaked-photos-of-the-e-m5!/
So what is the link for ?
That’s just a theory, which I personally think is wrong.
I see loads of speculation with regards to the EVF/hump/pop-up flash. Let me break the suspense:
– EVF same resolution as VF-2
– NO pop-up flash. Dust/splash proof flash included in the box.
– Hump is Hot Shoe + Accessory Port + EVF, nothing else!!
– EVF does not tilt or come out or sing or dance. As fixed as it gets!!
– ‘Revolutionary EVF’ technology is to do with the capabilities of EVF.
‘Revolutionary EVF’ technology is to do with the capabilities of EVF.
Well i would hope so ! Super fast response time please, and no eye strain by looking at it like looking at a monitor too closely.
There is definitely some kind of bracket or something holding the EVF down. The hinge or locking mechanism has been pixelated to obscure the view.
Hi God,
You seems to know quite a bit…I thought there was suppose to be a Non Disclosure agreement? I am not saying anything,but all 5 of your points are true.
Regards…Jim Bob.
From this and the other pictures published I see that both th Fn buttons are marked with a tone curve diagram. Does this means that Olympus has added a camera HDR function? Or maybee its for selectable tone curves? Or perhaps its just a cute symbol on a function button? 🙂
i believe E-PL2 had a (not too spoken) feature to adjust tonal curves… search for that in youtube. dont have it so I cant say for sure.
Well, obviously, there are two Fn buttons (the one on the pic is labelled Fn2).
Luckily the review button is easily accessible. Just what I always wanted. Top rear wheel might be a bit of a reach, but who cares.
Oh you’re right, it’s the accessory port cover.
Looks beautiful… all the naysayers should go back to pixel peeping their D7000 and 7D files. Olympus finally have a camera which looks like it is much greater than the sum of its parts. Just the right size, built to a great standard, with a now very appealing line of lenses in the format (come on Panasonic, give us those fast zooms!). I still own the OM-4ti, and having used many brands, got to say it was one of the best user experiences in 35mm land. Here’s hoping the new camera provides the same magic as the old single digit OM line – if they do my plastic is coming out in a big way.
On the last picture – on the front right on the picture, there’s a small white “dot”. ……. External white balance sensor as in the E-3/5?
Yep, but more likely an AF assist light. The white dot for w/b on the E-3/5 is larger than that.
Guys I love that silver camera
If it can focus 4/3 lenses quickly and accurately, I’ll look further into it for continuing the lifespan of my 4/3 products. Also, it is crucial for the camera to have much better battery life than current m4/3 products. I am very excited to see what this camera will be like once it is officially announced.
However, I feel that it will still be an attention grabber publicly. I’ve been considering getting the Fuji X100 for its inconspicuous look and extremely fast flash sync speed.
I agree it looks good.
Everyone buy this so that I can buy the E-M6 with a decent sensor funded from the sales of this boat anchor. 🙂
LOVE IT 🙂
It’s not a one or the other deal-zero sum game between camera systems.
Olympus is not ignoring physics, but rather balancing it with their products as art forms. There was a guy who ran this big company that said it was the intersection of technology and arts that yields great products. Bigger faster and 24MP doesn’t equate to just getting the opportunity to get out and take pictures and enjoy the moment.
Olympus deserves a lot of credit for the E-P3 and OM-D/E-M5 for infusing newer technology with a design that remains true to their heritage.
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT….
Look at the first immage…right side…there’s something wrong…don’t know if it’s only the light…but i don’t think so…
Seams a commercial…
BUT I DEFFENELY AGREE WITH YOU!
It’s the watermark on the image blurred out.
Also:
the second immage is “censurated”
But in the same place where the second is censurated the 4th is not…what’s happening?
AND
the second and the 4th image are VERY different in the upper part of the camera : the second is “transformer” style like the previous leaked, the 4th is ROUND and bold…there’s something WRONG
Why is the hump on a silver pic “rounded” “curved” on the sides, while on the black picture (the one with evf part, hotshoe) look slanted at a straight line??
It looks completely different!?
http://e-p1.net/the-rumor-bin/more-leaked-photos-of-the-e-m5!/
It looks taller on the silver one…
What? No Death Star accessory? How shall I rule the galaxy then?
Read my comments
I looked to the previous leakes very close, here’s my opinion:
The three images out of focus are FAKE
Think about it:
There’s no point in giving out of focus immages (not blurry, out of focus)
They didn’t completly match the other leakes
The light in the first immage is VERY strange
it’s a compleate different way of leaking part of the camera: not artistic nor “suspance”.
Can’t fegure out why, The only stupid, craz idea i have is it could be a pre-production 3d rapresentation, not the real camera, this would explain the out of focus (for not beeing fucked) and the difference between the leakes.
Ps:sorry for the bad english, I’m from Italy (no,please, no Berlusconi nor Schettino…)
Just wait 5 days and we’ll see the actual camera. No need to stress about real or fake then 🙂
I have to find the crypto key. :-/
Ha! With every new camera release we get a new piece of E-M5 puzzle :). This one’s a response to Pentax K-01.
As for the back of the hump – that’s the accessory port cover. Still hoping for built in flash.
People expect the OM-D to be an egg-laying wool milk sow.
Has to be the brochure, no?:
http://rashbre2.blogspot.com/2012/02/olympus-om-d.html
I wanna say something. I’m gonna put it out there; if you like it, you can take it, if you don’t, send it right back.
I want to be on this camera.
Seriously though, if it has the GX1 sensor, everything is going to be alright. I mean, look at what he E-P3 pulled off with that 4-year-old 12MP Panny sensor!
If the camera turns out to be like it is in these leaked photos, what with all the buttons and dials, and Oly keeps the Super Control, I am already S-O-L-D.
If the viewfinder is at least as good as the VF-2: I’m buying it.
If the sensor is, in fact, at least as good as the GX1’s: I’m in like Flynn, baby.
At this point, the 4/3 & m4/3 native and compatible lens line-ups is already second-to-none. As in, how about more legacy glass than anyone knows what to do with and a *complete* lineup of zooms and primes (4/3 and m4/3 combined).
I would be happy to just put my Canon FD 1.2 on there and go shooting. I’m already almost 100% satisfied with my E-PL2 (a ridiculously underrated camera, by the way).
Geez, there’s SO many people complaining about the sensor… it’s half full frame, what are people expecting, anyway. Oh, and I don’t want to hear it about the Nikon V-J cams… there’s some heavy preprocessing going on there before the pictures even make it to RAW.
OK, I’m rambling.
Thanks for the rumors, Admin!
It’s got nothing to do with the size of the sensor, it’s the fact that it appears to be made by Panasonic that is the issue… just about the worse sensor manufacture out there. People were hoping Olympus would move to another company because it is the one thing that is holding the format back from what it is capable of producing. I would imagine though Panasonic are desperate to keep on making sensors for them as if they went else were it would hit Pansonics own camera sales.
Have read and really appreciated the coverage and comments , cheer’s ya all!
Just another thought for the thread re. the EVF…am wondering if to balance the “fact” that it is based on / using technology (EVF2)then prehaps the whole EVF ‘module’ is somehow removable / replaceable as and when the tech / product development allows? Truly then, a transformer!
I really like the suggestions by others that it might be articulated, like the existing Oly EVF accessory…however the modular idea I’m suggesting here is just another thought from the thread, but one that maybe in keeping with the earlier design ethos for the Pen line of bodies…i.e an EVF was not included in the body as the EVF tech was not quite there?..Release the rumours!.
Nice looking camera. My big question is whether I can get it into my jacket pocket with the 20mm lens. Too much on top? What do you think, Admin?
Looks really small to me and that would be a good thing as far as I’m concerned. If I need a bigger grip I have the choice to put it on for larger lenses.
Looks like an E-620 made to look retro. Nice. Too bad it won’t have rangefinder styling.
multi-spot metering?
Hi steve,
Totally agree with what you have to say. For me it’s all about the IQ,and this baby won’t dissapoint.
Believe me, you’ll be surprise at the sensor stuff, for it’s a *** sensor.
Thanks Jim Bob.
Image quality is secondary. Body, it’s handling and the lens line-up are first.
I frankly can’t make heads or tails from the picture of the EVF for this E-D5 viewfinder contraption. Seems incredible after all the hundreds of complaints by Oly fans of the small G3 DSLR hump how suddenly this huge Oly hump is a work of art? Looks pretty clunky to me (even if it proves to be very functional) and more like a transformer as early commentors noted. Given the number of posters or responders to these rumors maybe Oly may have a lot of early purchasers. Given the apparent size of this E-D5 I will be inclined to keep my Kx DSLR a little longer and will wait for the GF7 if it is a rangefinder style with built in EVF.
Please have adapter that fully support FT lens. I don’t want to sell them away eventually. Those lens are beautiful and pleasure to use. It would be a waste to leave to with incompatible camera body.
However, looking at how four-thirds.org is promoting mft, by saying bad things of ft, there seems little hope that Olympus will do anything for FT users.
Wow, what a phenomenally poor site (four-thirds.org) — infinite loop home page + flash. Junk.
Yea. Suck for IOS device.
Seriously?
I’ve never had a problem visiting that site using Firefox and Chrome under Vista and Ubuntu.
What’s a Vista and how did you get under it ?
Better you don’t sell your good FT lenses if you don’t have to, even if I don’t think that they will be 100% supported with this new cam, but I think that will be possible in about 1 or 2 years. I hope so…
E5 is already there and so will there be a E7. Why sell the Glass if you can take excelent pictures with it!!!!
I doubt if there will be a E7. Check out four-third.org. The advantages of mft highlighted clearly is saying that FT is a failure in the FT site. And Ho is the leading organizer of the site? I think is Olympus.
They bring out the MFT greatness by comparing to FT. How sad? Since Olympus would imply FT is a bad design, I doubt they will make any FT adapter that work well for mft.
Doubt is about E-50 come, not about E-7 come.
If a E-50 come, so will maybe the have EVF.
E-5 is no real option. Too expensive for me and for what it does. OK if you already had SHG lenses, but not OK if you’re replacing an E-520 or E-620 with some HG lenses.
You can think on use HG lens on E-M5 if you have HG lens by blue ring, so 12-60mm SWD, 50-200mm SWD and 14-54mm MrkII.
Seems that with every new camera release, we get a new piece of E-M5 puzzle :). This one’s a response to Pentax K-01.
That thing on the back of the hump is accessory port cover.
I’m feeling the styling, and I’m ready to buy one if the weather-sealed spec holds true and the size is kept smallish. Can’t wait for the official unveiling!
Just from the sheer number of haters, looks like this one is gonna be a hit for Olympus, even with a maligned (but decent in actual use) Panasonic sensor.
The issue isn’t whether this is a _reasonable_ sensor or not. The issue is that this is yet another update to a whole string of m43 cameras that do not ever step into the lead in terms of image quality.
If you want to pay 50% more for a waterproof G3, go for it.
In fact, please do. I’ll buy it off you for $600 on ebay in 6 months, that’s about what it is worth without the sensor that should be in it.
You’ve got a serious attitude problem.
Why does this latest image sport a OM-D logo when we know it’s now the EM-5? Is this a photo of an early prototype? Is it photoshopped? Nevertheless, it’s my object of desire.
haha.. the front of the camera looks classic while the back is ‘transformer modern’. The ‘hump’ is definitely not looking sexy, elegant, discreet, (you adjective here).
wow, I like the all-black. What could be the function of those two dials on the right? The bigger one looks obtrusive. I hope Olympus will include the function to enable those dials into a zoom control for the powered zoom lenses (make it customizable) ala point n shoot and hope there is an accessory that can be plugged in to accessory port to control the powered zoom lenses. This could appeal to videographer. Cheers
OM-L (Lego) WIth predictive clicking.
Reportedly all these pictures are real but if you compare the top view on previous pictures there is no overlap of the top dials while on this latest top picture there clearly is an small overlap? That makes me suspicious of just how accurate the rest of the pictures are?
Previous leaked images have the 2 dials overlapped too, if not closely.
safaridon…. the overlapping dials were evident from the very first picture… if you couldn’t see that then you probably shouldn’t have any sort of camera….maybe a white stick 🙂
The pictures are all real… no prankster would design something that good looking and yet believable
To my eye the huge hump with hotshoe does not contain a built-in flash however it is detachable. It should be just the hotshoe with wireless ttl parts(?) in the huge hump.
Once detached the camera should look smaller with the EVF as a small hump. Just like nikon j1? or n1? i don’t care 😀
I just hope that the back of that hump is implemented in a solid way. Just getting a sour impression of it being clunky. I hope i’m wrong.
Damn, that hump really does look big… 🙁 It looks at least as tall, if not taller than my GH-1 hump. At least the GH-1 houses a flash. Apparently the E-M5 doesn’t even have a flash in there.
The saving grace might be if the EVF doesn’t protrude too far off the back of the body. I can’t quite tell from the pics, but it looks as though it might be quite slim. As far as practical size goes, I think the protrusion on the GH series is more of a problem that the height of the hump. If the EVF was just a little more flush with the camera, it would make it much easier to put into a coat pocket, etc. Here’s hoping the E-M5 EVF doesn’t protrude much.
Why would they keep the hump for the prism assembly? Is it so hard to make a digital rangefinder-like camera in the $1000 and less range? A viewfinder in the middle of the body leaves no room for your nose, don’t you know. The wait continues……
sheesh,,, don’t you get it….. the hump is there to make it look like an old OM……lots of people in the target market have a strong affinity for the old OM… first ‘real’ camera etc…the OM was a pretty significant camera in its day…if you ever get a chance to hold one… and some of the lenses then you might just get what this is all about
if you don’t like the hump… then hump off and find another solution…. personally I am looking forward to holding an Olympus to my eye
I own an OM-2. I have ZERO nostalgic feelings about the hump. Those who believe that a hump with the only purpose of feeding nostalgia is a good idea, are wrong — that will not sell many cameras; quite on the contrary. Any hump, and in particularly a big hump, must serve a purpose. And if a pop-up flash is not included, the only acceptable excuse is the weather sealing — or that the sensor is of D3S/D4 quality — in my view. Of course, if a weather sealing is used as an excuse, how to explain any movable external “things” with electrical connection? (tiltable screen, movable EVF, etc?)
Even though the VF is E, it still takes room for the optics. And if you take a look at the Olympus PDAF patents, you’ll note that they require some room above the sensor cavity…
+1
explain to me then, how does the NEX 7 achieve its slim profile and yet its considered one of if not THE best evf in the market right now !? I’m not defending nex in any way, I wouldn’t touch that system with a 10mt stick but I’ll give kudos where kudos are due, the nex7 dares to achieve something which m43 has had the potential to do since day 1 (G1’s viewfinder could’ve easily have made it into the GF-1 if not a proper GF-2). Sure the VF-2 uses nice optics to achieve its great quality but that doesn’t explain the HUGE pentaprism hump. I pray that olympus had time to implement its patent but I doubt it. As some have said already, this humps seems to be there for style’s sake and little more.
Sony’s EVF is OLED if I remember correctly, which is much more slim then ordinary LED. So, that’s a large part of it.
Not significantly, and besides, that’s just one component (and the least space hoarder I’m guessing). What uses most of the VF-2 volume is the glass, hinge and acc. port, most of which isn’t needed in a built in EVF, so that’s no excuse. Oly or Panasonic could’ve easily done what Sony did with the nex 7 LONG ago, it’s not a matter of capability, they just decided otherwise and they must have good marketing reason (although they totally escape me). Perhaps they thought that if they were going to finally implement a built-in evf they also needed to make a big impression on the market so they went with the nostalgia factor once again (I’m actually fine with this) and decided to add a new OM line to complement the PEN line.
LONG ago ? lol, pre-orders and promises ‘s all they’ve got.
What kind of giant nose do you have that you can’t put your face against the camera?
Pinocchio’s nose
A viewfinder in the middle of the body leaves no room for your nose????
Are u sure that it is the point? Millions of DLSR bodies also have viewfinders in the middle of its bodies, and I’ve never heard anyone that complains about this.
Is this going to be a plastic hump, like the 410?
you are aware that this is a €1100 weather sealed body ?
Since the new camera line is called the OM-D I will hazard a guess that they will try very hard to make the body look and feel just like an OM-4. Or as close as possible. Plus, I will predict that the close Olympus comes to duplicating the look, feel, and most importantly function of original OM/series cameras, the better they will sell.
PaulB
I think that’s a real image: http://rashbre2.blogspot.com/2012/02/olympus-om-d.html
To me, the price VS performance of E-M1 (correct?) is a bit inferior to Fuji X-PRO1. It’s hard to make a decision which one I should choose. but it seems that X-Pro 1 is more attractive at this time.
If the water-seal ability is same , or better then the E-5 , then I will consider it. I’m a canon user , but really looking for a camera which is highly water-seal , even at the heavy rain… I really love to take photo while heavy raining. But canon’s camera’s weather seal is not very good…… The E-5’s Weather seal ability is very impressive , I even think about to bought a E-5 for heavy rain , but after knew the dim future of 43 , I hold my step….
If this E-M1’s weather seal is as good as E-5 , able to resist the heavy rain with just a camera and water resist lens , then I will buy it for sure. Really looking forward to watch for the camera preview…..also hope OM could provide some water Resistant test…..
(Just a hope only , Don’t LOL so loud…..)
the hotshoe comes off and the VF can tilt up 90deg…that’s my bet…alot of space between if its waterproofed??
If the camera is both small and ergonomic it will win and so would the user If they could take a great photo via the finger and it would truly open a creative window even if the sensor was five years dated. Is that not the end game of M43 and the next thing to come? Was that not the intent of this system? If you believe in shooting candid works of people and the like, or the freedom to create, then a fast lens and a small body are a creative object of large beauty. In time, the lens will be the housing and the body will be an afterthought. Too much focus is placed on the crutches rather than the tools that enable creative freedom. Zoom out, see the forest no mater who plants it.
Nice to see somebody else who gets it :D. Death to the pixel peepers ! 😛
A new photo from a magazine has been leaked!
http://e-p1.net/the-rumor-bin/e-m5-brochure-leaked!/
Yep, just saw it.
Pretty exciting!
why ?
The same image is also linked above/before at the flikr site!!!
Must be a fake. The image looks like the composition from the leaks and the copywriting is terrible.
Already in this thread.
Not sure why Admin didn’t post it?
Well, the leaked images came from somewhere, why not this brochure?
i really wanna buy this if the price is right
admin we want it
it will be expensive at first, no doubt about that. and we already know the msrp.
The full front image looks great.
A Korean beta tester also commented IQ is better than EP3 with the same lense.
Looking at that image, I just can’t beleive that it’s the same width as the Pen. It definitely looks wider. I would say around a centimeter wider.
So no built-in flash?
I expect this will be the biggest disappointment ever on u4/3, unfortunately.
Hope I am wrong !
Yes, for pixel-peepers.
“share” – this means Penpal is now integrated?
Compared to this, the Pentax K-01 starts to look interesting, at least personal 🙂
The inspiration for the new Pentax!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diana_camera.jpg
What does that mean ?
Nice!
Considering the look of E-M5, suddenly in my eyes, it does look old-fashioned, but not in a positive way. Not retro, not modern… of course when the really official images are published, anyway this image might not display the real thing:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6800658863_6cac7c5d93_o.jpg
Somehow the K-01 looks more promising, even if weird 🙂
Well i’m glad for Pentax that there are at least some folk crazy enough out there 😉
The front of the camera looks so good, so elegant, I’m struggling to believe that the same design committee accepted the set up around the back of the hot shoe!!!
WOW 487 comments! I feel like on Nikonrumors talking about D800! LOL!
Oh man a D800 with E-M5 would be a perfect kit to get around whether you wanna look like the pro, or play inconspicuous.
Still no image “leak” yet from the whole back view of the om-d. Im still guessing the controls layout & if the thumb wheel of the ep1/2/3 will be used in this cam
I’m spotting a nice ‘menu?’ button right next to the titly screen where the image is cut off. I wonder if there is an additional clicky-wheel around the main 4-way buttons because there are plenty dials already and in the right places imo.
Did anyone notice that magnify icon below he main dial in the first image ? How does that work, is the black thing below the dial actually a button which activates the magnify after which one can use the other front dial -where your pointy finger is- to zoom in and out ?
that picture is fake… i bet
I still think there is a flash under the hump! Check out the second image it looks like the front cover is designed to rotate. Also like the design of the old GH1, it is possible to keep the stereo mic and the flash at the same place…