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Two trusted sources confirmed that Olympus will announce a new High End compact camera in October. It will look like the an OMD (has integrated EVF) but feature a much smaller sensor. The smaller sensor will allow the camera to have a compact 28-300mm zoom. Basically it’s a sort of mini portable OMD…just a bit bigger than the [shoplink 42073 ebay]OMD keychain you can find on eBay[/shoplink] 🙂
I also got some info about a second high-end compact with FT sensor. But that camera could be announced a couple of months later…
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Some of the glorious High End fixed Lens filmcameras from Olympus:
Olympus Trip 35 ([shoplink 35471 ebay]here on eBay[/shoplink] and article on 43rumors)
Olympus 35 SP ([shoplink 36258 ebay]here on eBay[/shoplink] and article on 43rumors)
Olympus XA ([shoplink 37225 ebay]here on eBay[/shoplink] and article on 43rumors)
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FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct
72 Responses
So.. Pentax Q
No, a Pentax Q uses interchangeable lenses and has a feature set from the DSLR class.
Does this camera come with toothpicks and tweezers to help operate the miniscule buttons and dials? 😛
Someone needs to tell Oly that a 24 mm equivalent focal length should be provided. 28 mm is gauche. 😛
Sadly, marketing thing people are more more interessed by big tele number than wide. 28mm is too short, 24 is far better for indoor shooting.
At 24mm you start seeing noticeable perspective distortion that the layman might consider as ‘bad’ distortion. In other words, you take a portrait of a person with a 24mm, if the subject isn’t centre of the frame, they might look skewed. But straight lines will be straight! Perhaps they prefer to avoid this?
Maybe Oly shouldn’t include a long focal lenght. Someone might try to use it for sweeping interior shots and become frustrated. 😛
Merely saying 24mm requires more skill to master than 28mm so perhaps Oly consider their P&S and kit zooms as novice-level lenses and prioritise the tele end?
I’m not saying you don’t understand wide angle photography. ok?
I find your suggestion simply preposterous. Okay?
If this have WIFI, will the be interesting for many. LOL
any new rumors for us panasonic videoguys?:D
Yes. $100 price drop on GX7. Please check old posts. THIS post pertains to Olympus product.
XZ2 sensor and 28-300/2.8 sounds really good http://www.43rumors.com/ft2-some-fake-olympus-high-end-compact-info/
Hope price won’t be too high 🙂
this link about 28-300/2.8 too:
http://www.43rumors.com/ft4-guess-what-both-compact-camera-rumors-may-be-correct-new-xz-now-and-high-end-compact-later/
I’d rather have a digital Olympus Pen (not Pen F) with a bright 40mm (eq) than another super zoom in a faux SLR body.
The question is how small is the sensor ?
Anything below 1″ definitely hard to compete in today’s race . The idea is nice , mini OMD but only practical with the support of a 1″ sensor .
definitely below 1 inch.
sensor size: 1/1.7″ or 1/2.5″?
Lens aperture: 2.8 constant?
Thanks
working on specs. f/2.8 constant aperture would be amazing 🙂
Agree. 1/1.7″ and 2.8 constant will differentiate it from the other compact and bridge superzooms.
The longer reach for a 1/1.7″ camera toaday is Nikon P7800 (F2-4). Then, we have plenty of compact zooms with small aperture and 1/2.3″ sensor, and plenty of bridge cameras with 1/2.3″ sensor size. As some said the closest is Pany FZ200, but is 1/2.3″, and also a bit bigger for me, because of the long zoom.
Thanks, Admin. My wish is 1/1.7″ and 2.8 (constant, or 2.8-4). The later will make it more compact.
compact rumoured on 43rumours forum…mhh
With a zoom range like that, it is probably a 1/1.7″
1/1.7 would be a nice size. Most superzooms have the 1/2.3, so we’d probably get a little better IQ. They used to make more 2/3″ cams, but that’s not the trend these days. The only one out there is the Fuji XS-1 and it’s bigger than some SLRS. For more size reference, look at the Panasonic FZ200- it has a 25-600 2.8 lens, but that’s on a 1/2.3 sensor. The Panny isn’t huge, but it’s still slightly larger than a G6 with kit lens (though pretty similar in both size and shape).
I would guess if you take the FZ200 as a starting point, increase the sensor size slightly (about 25%) and cut the focal length in half, Oly should be able to make it slightly smaller, so it could be a really appealing walk around cam.
I hope, Olympus asked the new partner Sony to take the sensor of the RX 100…
Exactly my thoughts. With older sensors it’s DOA. Only Sony’s latest will make this relevant.
Admin says it will be a small sensor, smaller than the RX100’s. And with such a zoom this is to be expected…
A digital Trip. Olympus’s mini version of the X100S. Sweet.
That would be great! If it had the snap focus a la 12mm, but with zone focusing like the trip. That would be unique!
Sure, because people who don’t know a wide-angle lens may not be ideal for a typical portrait surely know all about zone focus. Brilliant!
It’s not such a crazy idea.
Considering you previous utterance, it is nuts for sure.
I’d like to see a fast dual focal length lens instead of a zoom. Please, save yourself any comment. 😛
that would be awesome, a 35mm equivalent fixed lens on a m43 sensor with a nice evf… but, that’s not what this rumor points to, so I don’t know if an x100s equivalent will ever be in the cards for Olympus.
yep trip35 is nice camera and digital equivalent will be finaly real competitor to fuji x100s …but oly will not do it now ….they rather bring some nice 1/1.7 superzoom compact
This sounds ridiculous.
+1
this camera is not for me and not for my wife either. I would have preferred a bigger sensor with a 24-60 lens 20th f 2.0 to 3.5 ¨. So we have to wait a couple of months more
Many current Olympus superzooms already look like OM-D. See DPReview database for example…
They look nothing like it … The current design has been aroung longer than the OMD.
They don’t really resemble the E-M5, nor do they have an evf. I doubt it will will happen, but an E-M5 clone, including the weatherproofing, would be a very practical camera.
28-300 sounds like the usual small sensor. Disappointing.
Olympus should put the 5 axis IBIS and make it a bridge camera.
Basically it’s a sort of a Pentax Q
Nope, a Pentax Q uses interchangeable lenses. More like a Canon G15/G16. Or Super Zoom XZ-2
This is probably a straight competitor to the Panasonic LF1.
Look to that camera to see what this one will be roughly like.
uhuhuh does that mean, there will be a TRUE OM-D E-M6? uhuhuh i am excited.
HAVE. TO. GO. FOR. A. WALK.
Mini-sensor, but not mini-camera. With a lens like that it will be as large as the E-M5 with the kit zoom and about the same weight. Basically a retro-styled bridge camera. Lets hope that the viewfinder is decent and that it acquires state of the art stabilization.
Didn’t Olympus recently announce that they were killing off many of their redundant compacts?
Why not skip the “me-too” mini-DSLR thing and do something unexpected, like putting a 1″ sensor and an EVF into the already excellent XZ-series?
Reeee, it would be too easy! 🙂 well, perhaps there’s some kind of agreement between Sony and Olympus on not being too competitive to each others, so a cheaper (less expensive) RX100 branded Oly, maybe with the plus of an EVF, is not possible. While a m43 sensor with fixed lens from Oly won’t disturb Sony’s sales (we don’t know yet how RX10 will look, but it will have an APS sensor and I fear a zoom lens).
Just my 2 cents.
Btw, I’m still waiting for your Voigty 42.5mm photos! 😉 can you upload something on Flickr?
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Olympus – STOP MAKING all those junk cameras and consentrat on making Olympus quality cameras
Excellent !
My wife wanted a pair of earrings for her birthday.. i will buy 2 of these !
Hah! And I thought Panasonic’s crappy cams were bad… Olympus is simply beating its bleeding head repeatedly for another tiny sensor, priced as a DSLR.
What a distraction and waste of time .. and decreasing the value of the OM-D line by associating it with this unneeded product.
Can’t say enough how stupid of decision this. Oh yeah, probably crappy video codecs to boot I bet.
My guess, most latest gen phones will probably take better images then this ridiculous OM-D baby brother.
Is it Sony sensor of rx100?
i hope it’s 24mm wide.
What part of “small sensor” and “definitely not 1-inch” do you not understand?
Try reading before commenting.
Oh, come on guys. This is NOT FOR YOU! This is a very smart marketing move to put out a slick looking superzoom camera that looks different than anything else out there AND will get some new customers to look at the Oly M43s lineup when they upgrade from it down the road.
I mean, really, if you were going to buy a superzoom right now, are there any out there with any kind of style? No, they all look like shrunken DSLR blobs. The Oly will be an unique entry into the category, and I am sure it will also perform well. Not a bad combo if you are trying to distinguish yourself in a tough market….
This may be for me. At last a compact camera with a built in EVF. The Panasonic LF-1 was too low res and the sensor and camera was a bit small.
But a 1/1.7 sensor and an EVF with the reolution of the Oly VF-3 or VF-2 is far more interesting as a everyday carry around camera.
high end compact with 4/3″ sensor is a prime or a zoom?
Almost certainly a prime.
So now Olympus has become fanboys of their own OM-D design. I’m still waiting for a micro four thirds camera the size of the Pentax Auto 110.
That would be swell. However, the screen will be tiny… maybe when folding LCDs become affordable.
Haha. In North America, April Fool’s Day is on April 1st… but I guess on the other side of the world it’s on October 1st 🙂
the FZ300 if came with sensor size 1/1.7, 5-axis stab. and weather sealed then it’ll be unbeatable in its class.
Seeing that propose picture of an Olympus camera, emotionally took me back many a year when I had a camera like that. I pressed the back and water came out of the lens, are they going to make it in “yellow”
Everyone thinking this is a “Pentax Q”- no it’s not. The Pentax Q is an interchangeable lens camera system. This would be more a high end XZ-2 ultra zoom with EVF. Different.
I wish Olympus had gone for a “Fuji X20″ with m4/3rds sensor or at least say 1” sensor. No EVF (but leave it as an option). Too bad.
Unfortunately not expecting something too great due to the lens range they picked. ;-\
ho-hum… waiting for the 4/3 sensor compact…
I thought this was 4/3 rumors, not Olympus or Panasonic compact (non-4/3) rumors. 🙂
Oh dear! I believe 90% of the people here is interested to see what else Panasonic and Olympus are working on. There are also tech in these cameras that could be in use in future m43 cameras.
What? Lowering your standards?
Naturally they have to go with 28mm at the short end and upgrade.it to 24mm in following generations.
Never release a complete product…
could be interesting especially if they weatherproof it.
though the 28mm is a bit disapointing, 24 would be better, with a auto start on 28, making you to have to zoom out for the 24 if needed for the nitpickers.
there are times that i do not want to lugg my e3+12-60/50-200 plus other kit around and just need a reasonable good ps, that is why i have a xz2 as second camera and for underwater a tough which is quality wise lousy on the surface.
But i could use a weathersealed FZ200… Would it be as good as my E-3 nope it will not but i do not expect it to be that, just very usable relative compact and light.
Do not forget that what those small sensors are capable of now is more or less what the bigger ones could do a couple of years back. depending your usage you might find the huge DOF an issue.