Preorders, specs and price info (Click on store name to open the direct product page in a new tab):
Silver E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
LH-76 lens hood at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
MC-14 1.4x teleconverter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD62 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD72 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
General links to all new Olympus stuff at Adorama.
ALL new stuff announced at Photokina at Amazon.
Reminder: Panasonic will announce the new products at 14:00 (German time) which is 5:00 in San Francisco, 08:00 in NYC and 22:00 in Tokyo
Press releases:
Robin Wong, Full E-M1 firmware update info at 43rumors, Silver E-m1 and fw info at DPreview, 40-150mm at Photoreview, E-M1 at ThePhoBlographer, 40-150mm at ThePhoBlographer, DSLRmagazine (Spanish), 40-150mm lens press at Dpreview, 40-150mm at SystemKameraForum (German), Silver E-M1 and fw at SystemKameraForum (German), E-M1 at OpenPN (French), 40-150mm at OpenPN (Click here), Fotointern (Suisse), Silver E-M1 LeMondeDeLaPhoto (French), 40-150mm LeMondeDeLaPhoto (French),
Image samples:
First image smaples taken with the 40-150mm PRO lens by Pekka Potka.
Note: Firmware 2.0 for the E-M1 is ocming on September 24! No 4K coming with that update. But the weird thing is that I have images of 4K on the E-M1! Will post them tomorrow after all that announcement buzz. Hope Olympus will explain what’s going on after my “leak”. One of the 4K beta testers is upset with Olympus not releasing the 4K fw yet (Nabil Fathi on Twitter).
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Any news on the firmware? Not that I am expecting the 4k…
Based on DPReview tilt-shift, etc are there. No words on any video updates.
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6900398940/olympus-announces-e-m1-firmware-version-2-0-and-silver-body-version
Thanks, either I missed the press release section or the page didn’t load correctly (seems that the access is spiking and loading the page was a bit odd). I hope for but don’t expect that any of these updates possible for EM5 will be brought in a firmware update. I’m one of the few who would benefit from the digital shift.
Looks much better than the leaked images!
So it’s still no 25p and 50p video? But new art filters instead? Incredible!
They really know their customer.
you misspelled “Olympus” in the title – not “Olumpus”
It happens so often on this website.
shit. sorry.
No usable frame rates for filmakers and higher bitrates, that’s fantastic!
http://tampahiphop.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Blac-Soap-80s-Boom-Box-pics-2.jpg
Will post soem more info about that tomorrow! Including images 🙂
How about telling us now!
Looking forward to that admin, cheers!
Have you guys check the image of 40-150mm at SystemKameraForum?? its looks different than the other picture from other sites, and have OIS
i think they used an image of the new 50-150 2.8 Samsung which was recently announced…
Yup, you are right,that is the new announced Samsung, they mistakenly mixed with Olympus,.thx
I want to see how this collapsible lens hood works…
Me to.
Hopefully we’ll see a video of it soon.
http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/lenses/pen-omd/m-zuiko-ed-40-150mm-f2-8-pro.html
Great! Thanks!
Hard stops for infinity!
760g without collar!
16cm length!
0,21X magnification
I wonder if a 52 mm Diopter with step down ring would vignette at 150mm setting for better macro…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sj4gDABcgio#t=168
He makes a little mistake in the last seconds, the 12-40 and 40-150 and TC14 will cover 24-420 equiv, not 28-420.
Usual lies with wrong equivalences… Usual cons.
Yes, it’s always funny LOL.
It will work like the 60mm macro lens hood does. It just slides back over the lens, but it should be more solid that the 60 would be.
40-150 looks amazing, any idea when it will available?
According the DPReview, in the US, it will be available in November.
So the new MC-14 teleconverter is basically ONLY for the new 40-150 lens?
Looks like it yes. There is the 2x though…
Do you mean the EC-20?
According to the following pages, it is only for Four Third systems:
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/connect/FourThirds_lens.html
http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/accessories.html
You are correct EC-20 is four thirds not micro four thirds (I have one which I use with 50-200 regularly).
Yes and it is for MFT
Information I have picked up on states the 1.4 TC is also for 300mm lens, I know it is still a bit off only for two lenses but is still a good deal if purchased with a lens.
To maximize the quality without compromise, it is only to those two. If you want worse quality, get Panasonic or other teleconverter.
What other teleconverter?
Exactly….
Not even 24p? 🙁
For anyone else in the UK:
$1499 = £922
€1399 = £1114
My guess at UK price is £1249 (or $2048)
Yep, probably right (unless they just swap the symbol as is often the case) – no wonder the grey market is so often used over here
I hate being wrong… £1299 on Amazon UK. Or a little over $2100. It’s £200 more with the TC which seems fair.
Now they’ve killed the grey market by discontinuing the worldwide warranty, I’m now forced to pay these prices in the UK. However, correct me if I’m wrong, but can’t I just buy it from Europe (eg Amazon germany) and still get the euro warranty plus £185 saving?
Yes!
Unless you vote the wrong way next year and you exit the EU (part of which is the single market).
http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/lenses/pen-omd/m-zuiko-ed-40-150mm-f2-8-pro.html
Still no details on the filter size? cant find the specs in the press release
http://www.adorama.com/IOMPRFD72.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=rflaid67913
Look at the images: ø72mm
Perhaps this gives a clue: PRF-ZD72 Z protection filter
Damn,.. the MTF chart posting by photo rumors compared with Little Tuna F2/150 SHG 43 lens is even better and sharper at 150mm.
Is it really true that this lens is better than Both SHG 35-100 F2 & Little Tuna F2 /150mm??
I must save more money from now on
This also suprised me, looking where to get the money too 🙂
All great stuff, price is not too bad either, if what I’ve read about this lens is true. I don’t care about the lack of video upgrades in the firmware, I didn’t buy my e-m1 for video. Tethering is a very helpful addition for still shooting.
One point of critique: selling an $60 lens hood separately from a $1500 lens is an unnecessary hassle and feels like a rip off.
Perhaps I spoke too soon, it looks like the hood is included. The link above for buying just the hood threw me off.
Admin loves adding many links on his pages. Sure it’s misleading, but it gives him more bonuses… 😉
Lens hood is included afaik
Really Olympus? Do you not realize how many people want better video.
Well, they realized it. That the demand of video is far less, than the whiners here try make everybody believe. In comparison to still photography, video (and even more so 4K) is a niche!
Becoming less niche all the time, largely due to the technology progression.
880 grams!!! The Panasonic 35-100 weighs 360g! Buyers had better get used to feeling like they have bought their old DSLR system back.
It’s a good thing that you have a choice. You can buy the Panasonic or the Olympus (or neither). Because of this lens the Panasonic 35-100 doesn’t disappear from the market.
Or you can even buy the Olympus 40-150 f/4-5.6 for $150, which is the tele lens that seems to make the most sense on a compact camera system and on top of that it has great IQ.
Most sense if that is all you want! Try taking indoor shots at low ISO & achieve stellar sharp photos (without a flash). You have to spend the money for brighter, better lenses. That’s just a fact, no matter which make of lens.
But then, you will be better served with a Canon or a Nikon, and pay less. Nobody seems to think of money here, it’s like a forum of rich thrifters.
Yeah, sure. Go get a Canon kit lens instead. It seems like a compact camera would suit you instead!
“Nobody seems to think of money here, it’s like a forum of rich thrifters.”
You need to understand, Pro quality lenses just don’t come cheap. Sure you can pick up some 3rd party primes that can be rather good at some good prices, but photography isn’t just about smart phone snap shots & just because a system is called Compact System Camera it doesn’t mean every lens for will fit in your pocket. If you don’t understand that then just go back to your entry level kit or smart phone & just enjoy it.
And if you need proper stuff, pay less and get yourselves Canons or Nikons. Gotta love that freedom!
Ah you mean the plastic kiddy toys, you need to send in to get calibrated each time you buy a lens?
No, those are the Fujis, another photographic con…
Sure, but who wants an EOS-M or Nikon 1?
Off course you can fool yourself and do that.
With the same sensor/mount, better optical quality means more glass means heavier. Isn’t it great you can decide what’s best for you? Lighter and smaller or 50% more reach with more sharpness.
It’s great, I am not going to buy Olympus products. Yippieee. Must love that freedom.
Canon 70-200mm 2.8 is half a kilogram heavier as would be any of the bodies you’d be using such a lens with. So not really…
The equiv Canon is the 70-300 5.6. The cheap one of course.
Not if you want to shoot at @ f/2.8 brightness – the equivalent lens would be another f/2.8 brightness lens…
And I bet you think that adding the TC will still be f2.8 brightness right? Because a f2.8 lens is a f2.8 is a f2.8?
Well, no, not quite. With a 1.4x You lose a stop – to think otherwise would be wrong. So it’d more like 4.0 is 4.0 is 4.0. But, if you want me to put it another way, please show me a way to get that 5.6 lens to shoot at a brightness of f/2.8 – because I can show you how to do that with an f/2.8 lens 😉
And how do you lose that stop? Is it because the extra glass is less transmissive? Or because you change the effective focal length without changing the physical aperture so your 40-150mm f2.8 becomes a 56-210mm f4?
Exactly, that’s the way a teleconverter works, it changes the focal length of the lens while maintaining the same aperture diameter. But a crop sensor is not a teleconverter. It simply limits the view angle while maintaining the focal length of the lens. Because the focal length is unchanged, so is the aperture. The narrower view angle only makes it appear like an image from a longer focal length lens. It works exactly the same if you taped over the edges of a larger sensor. The image is cropped and the view angle is narrowed.
So does the lens transmit less light or just over a larger area (part of which now no longer falls on the sensor)?
Less total amount of photons, but still the same amount per unit of surface area. Same light intensity -> same exposure. Aperture number is not a measure of total light gathered, it is simply an exposure parameter that tells what shutter speed can be achieved at what ISO. So, this lens is f/2.8 as far as exposure is concerned. All the other properties of the produced image are a different matter.
Yes, they are a different matter and, all together, make a 70-300 F5.6 on FF @ ISO X equivalent to a 35-150 F 2.8 on M43 @ ISO X/4.
Indeed, but that still does not make this lens f/5.6. F-number is relative to exposure only, it is not a measure of DoF or any other property of the resulting image. Likewise, ISO is not a measure of noise, it is an exposure parameter only.
With smaller sensors one has to accepts the fact that ISO400 means higher noise levels than similar tech larger sensor at ISO400. One also has to accept the fact that the narrower FoV results in larger DoF at any given aperture, if the framing remains the same.
When one accepts these compromises, all this equivalence bullshit no longer means anything. So, pick your poison but know what you are getting.
True.
A conclusion is missing tho: a larger sensor does not punish you, neither with size (few exceptions for extreme sizes), nor with quality. On the contrary, it is always more flexible than a smaller one, and obviously better.
And let me add a corollary:
Given the prices of these new Olympus announcements, nobody sane and half competent would buy that cr_a_p. The manuf need to cut those prices, or keep failing.
Again with this myths? The net is full of information, go and educate yourselves.
And when you crop an FF image to 43 the aperture changes retroactivly? Woha!
When you crop, you create a different image, which is not an equivalent image for sure.
Why would you want to “shoot at f 2/8 brightness”? What does that mean? Why should you *want* to do that? I am serious, learn the basics before you throw away your hard-earned cash. Get a photography handbook you like.
Well, an f/5.6 lens does not allow for you to shoot at f/2.8 brightness. This is useful especially if you’re shooting in lower light situations. In fact, against an f/5.6 lens, by shooting at 2.8, it would allow me to select the same shutter speed but give me 2 stops (4x) more light. Perhaps you need to read a photography handbook before you throw away your hard earned cash on f/5.6 lenses. You Muppet…
Equivalent is 80-300mm f/2.8. From where you going to get that and how much it is by price, weight and size?
This is 40-150mm f/2.8 and sensor crops the view giving equivalent angle of view to ~30-8.2°
@disqus_fUfvPB7etP:disqus, according to your bs equivalence there are plenty of superzoom compacts that meet those criteria and are cheaper, lighter and smaller.
Stop BS.
“Equivalent is 80-300mm f/2.8”
Really ….Are you sure? in terms of what?
To replied Canon L.
Yes and no. In theory 40-150/2.8 is physically equivalent to a full frame 80-300/5.6 in terms of the resulting image and DoF. Of course one lens might have better IQ than the other. The Otus 55/1.4 costs over 10 times more than a cheap Nikon 50/1.4, but you still aren’t being ripped off with the Otus now are you?
On the other hand, when the fanboys start talking about brightness (light gathering), you need to look at the T-stop, not the f-stop, and then you need to take the sensitivity of the sensor into account. Talking equivalence there is a pile of horse shit.
And the price mate? The price is surreal. Happy bankruptcy Olympus!
Try shooting with something other than a kit lens. You’ll like it mate.
Considering this lens basically saves me a $500 macro lens purchase due to its 0.42x macro capability, its a steal. I’ll be getting one.
Boring!
the “upset” source could leak the firmware with 4K.. it would be nice 😀
he is going to do that maybe 🙂
He promised to do so, so hold your hats…. 4k is coming from him….Check out @nabilfathi15’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/nabilfathi15/status/510559323286933504
Video shooters hacking their camera’s to get the video its capable of but the manufacturer refuses to unlock- nothing new there. But Olympus looks certain to the the first to write the hack for us, sounds like they have done a brilliant job too. Look forward to installing the unofficial Olympus 4k video hack on my Olympus official Em1. What a joke… are they just ideologically opposed to doing the right thing by their customers because “video” is a dirty word or something?
Ever think maybe that that is the plan? Increase sales because people can easily ‘hack’ an E-M1 to do 4K etc (with some caveats) and Oly don’t have to provide any warranty or support.
I actually do think that is the plan, and its really pretty generous of them to put their own engineers onto it rather than leaving it to the community. Cheeky devils 😉
Well, I would say that would have to be a pretty ingenious plan to me! A fantastic way of saying “I’ve written the FW for 4K, but use it at your own risk & don’t come crying to me if anything goes wrong!”. 😀
That sounds scarily possible. We’ve been duped. They’re geniuses. Maybe evil geniuses but still.
Well said. If that beta gets out, they’ve Magic Lanterned themselves in the ass.
While I want it, or more I want to have 24p with a higher bitrate I wonder of this guy is under an NDA. Surely he wasn’t supposed to say anything about it anyway? It will be the last time he gets a call for testing I expect whatever he does. Would he legally get in trouble?
Only about mentioning it would get him in trouble.
Publically threatening Olympus to release something is as well terriblely stupid if having anything to do with Olympus.
Just looking the person twitter and sites, you can get own opinions about the guy.
Well, the silver E-M1 looks mouth watering. A pity that I’ve already got a black one.
Amd the 40 150 2.8 is a must. Gonna buy it as soo as it’s available.
Been desperate to buy this 40-150 since the day it was announced, the wait has been agonising. But if it eventuates that Olympus decide for some reason not to release video improvements in firmware 2.0 despite clear evidence that 4k firmware is written, beta tested and ready to go, they will not get another cent out of me ever. Can’t stand this crap these Japanese companies pull with their iterations. The Em1 was 5 years behind the times at release due to its embarrassing video implementation, if they think they can hold back basic video features for a future product so they can get more money out of me it’ll be unfortunate, because Sony will already have that money.
“clear evidence that 4k firmware is written, beta tested and ready to go”
Now wait a minute – written, BEING tested, no evidence of it being “ready to go”.
It’s existence doesn’t mean it works well, or doesn’t break other parts of the camera, or doesn’t cause higher hardware failures, etc.
Let them get it RIGHT, not just implemented half-assed.
Then don’t leak the info and participate in creating expectation if you can’t meet the deadline. Maybe its not perfect, probably it isn’t. But fact is no product is ever released today without some issues, its all about the rush to deadline. Hence firmware updates.
At this point I don’t care just give it to me, or open some sort of public beta, or tell us whats happening so we can make decisions such as do i or don’t i move to another system. I’m not on here simply to troll Olympus for the sake of it, i own and use their gear and I want some kind of indication where the company and system is going, if its a constant and indefinite guessing game i’d just as soon- with regret- jump ship and go with a company who has their act together a little more.
Where do you see that this is a product of Olympus leaking info and trying to create expectation? There’s little chance of them doing so if they are not actually going to meet that expectation.
These leaks seem to be coming from beta testers who are getting a bit too excited and leaking information they should be keeping confidential. They don’t seem to be from official sources. I don’t know why they would tease features they are not willing or able to upgrade via firmware, it makes no sense to me.
I don’t get it, if 4k is so important to you why didn’t you buy a GH4? The best thing about m43 is you can buy the 40-150, buy the GH4 and your good to go.
I don’t really give a rats about 4k. Hence why the word 4k wasn’t referenced in my original post. My issue is with a lack of “video improvements”
The 1080p the camera does is a joke, actually an insult. They have time to write into this official firmware a video ‘art’ filter that mimics vintage film, yet 25p or a higher bitrate codec are omitted? When its the worlds worst kept secret they have written firmware that goes far far beyond that. The expectation of modest improvement to a feature of the camera that is essentially broken, when the ability to do so is clearly there, is wholly justified.
Telling Em1 owners who expect better video they should be driving a GH4 is about as useful an argument as telling a lambo driver who’s car only works in 1st gear they should of bought a ferrari. No! Actually Olympus should just man up and meet the not unreasonable expectations of their costumers.
Why are you expecting better video though?? If you have specific requirements around video why purchase a camera body which you knew this wasn’t the case. Yeah a Lambo driver shouldn’t complain if it was sold with only 1 gear.
This is an overpriced Lada, not a Lambo… With all the lies they tell, consumers do and will be upset.
What lies?
Do you work for Crapasonic or are you particularly thick? What does your teacher say?
His teacher says don’t trust shills that change names every post and still manage to say absolutely nothing.
That’d make your Canon a 2002 beige Camry. Enjoy.
This point comes up a lot and I think it’s the case that people’s needs develop. I bought an EM1 (two actually) for stills and with no aspirations for video. As I built an appreciation how good the sensor, ergonomics, weather sealing and (crucially) IBIS are, playing with the video showed me the absolutely enormous potential of the system, and actually inspired me to start shooting video. Further down the line and building my own knowledge and understanding of why people are requesting different framerates and codecs, I can see absolutely why those features really should have been there from the start, and would love for them to be in the equipment I already own, love and use professionally without having to buy a different camera. It’s basic.
You don’t need a “vintage video filter” as you only need to shoot video in one of ~70% world countries and see how video flickers and causes a epilepsy to viewer. 25p would have fixed that.
You don’t have any idea about “ready to go”.
It might be written, it might be tested, but that does NOT mean it was “ready to go”.
Maybe there are technical issues with the CPU, overheating, whatever…
Don’t be disappointed. Do you own an E-M1? Then you NEVER bought it with 4K in mind because Olympus never said there will be 4K in the E-M1.
Maybe you should not visit rumour sites if you can’t leave with the fact that the rumours might be wrong from time to time.
Yes, I own am EM1 and 12-40 and 75 1.8 and have eagerly awaited not just the 40-150 but also the 7-14. Please don’t lecture me about what not having a right to expect a better product from Olympus because they never promised xyz.
I chose Olympus and did so knowing that Panasonic have an edge in video and are more interested in giving their customers a more robust feature set despite the 2 companies basically sharing identical sensor technologies.
I happen to prefer Olympus overall, I prefer the superior bodies and superior glass.The Em1 is very very good in the hand and the 75 is a modern marvel of optical engineering. There is something about the Lumix system that feels on balance to me an inferior system. Except of course in video.
I don’t buy an Em1 with the intention of making a living from it shooting video. Or expect it to be able to shoot a feature film. But I do expect where all things being equal that they do owe it to me as a customer who invests in their top of the line camera body and their pro glass that they will not ignore the fact that video is important to me.
When they share the same sensor and ask the same price or higher for the product you should be entitled to expect competition. Olympus simply don’t compete. The difference between Em1 and GH3- let alone GH4 video is unacceptably huge. Illogically immense.
And yes, if they are able to write firmware that matches GH4 video and it become’s public knowledge that that firmware exists- as i believe it is- and they fail to subsequently pass those improvements onto users as a matter of urgency then absolutely I should consider aborting they system, because that level of contempt for customers is untenable.
I’m with you, ATJS. But, I will say that the fact that they’ve announced NO video updates, even what we’d imagine are the easy ones not relating to 4K, is perversely encouraging. They know it’s an important feature and I suspect they may just want to get it right.
“beta tested and ready to go”
That’s the point, the only one who really knows if it’s ready to go is Olympus – obviously it’s not.
Firmware 2.0 still not online on OLY update service. When is it supposed to go live?
Sept. 24.
Thank You. I suppose there is a slim chance that they may still surprise us with a few video enhancements, by the release date then.
Nope, according to their own download page tomorrow. On 24th they’ll release the tethering software.
Holding back firmware “3.0” can be coupled with a new product. E-M5 mark 2 perhaps?
Its a choice Olympus have to make. No doubt their hardware performance is capable of higher FullHD framerates and 4k video…
What about the lens road map? Any news?
MARKETING AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE – THE ESSENCE OF GENERATION Y……
when you look at the two pictures of the 40-150 at amazon you can see that the lens changes its length . . . . i thought it is all internal focus/zoom ?!?!?
Lens hood!
It’s not changing the length in these images. The only difference is the focus ring in manual position.
The lens zooms fully internally.
That 40-150….think i’m gonna sell my FT 35-100, 50-200swd, and 150F2 to help funding that lil’beast + converter
Rip off British prices again, £1300! You can buy the nikon or canon ff lenses for £1600. Just not worth this amount of dish.
Dosh…
it’s dishwater proof
Well if you were in the EU you could buy it from countries that are in the EU if their prices were cheaper.
You can wait to see if digitalrev sells cheaper, my last 3 lenses (100-300, 42.5 and 17.5) were bought in Japan. The high street camera shops in Britain have been shutting down one by one, I guess they have done this to themselves.
The 12-40/2.8 was released at £900 in UK in Sept. 2013; by Jan. 2014 it was being offered by Amazon ES at £675
In addition to IBIS, Oly should consider IS in lens so that Pana’s user can enjoy using this tele lens as well. Although 35-100 is really nice, but longer focal length is interesting.
I would be disappointed if Oly added IS adding cost and weight just because Panny users may be interested in purchasing. How about Panny include IBIS.
Oly will never add OIS…so it is silly to discuss.
Please buy Olympus body………..
No way. Videography of Pana body is much much superior to Oly. It’s even better my previous canon bodies.
Nonetheless it would cost Olympus less to add missing video features than including an OIS, which is useless for their own users anyway.
Dude..the 5-Axis IBIS is better than the Panasonic in-lens stabilization.
I turn that off on my Panny lenses. Get your facts straight.
oh..sorry Henry..I am still photographer..Oly is the only way to go for me.
Panasonic should integrate an IBIS as well, like the’ve started to do with the GX7. IBIS makes much more sense on a system that’s compatible to such a huge variety of old lenses.
So…I think that the silver EM1 is pretty cool looking. …The 40 -150 looks like an incredible lens too….I won’t be buying….I still retain a complete FF system…can’t beat the image quality..and my EP5 and EPL6 and all my primes still have the the same image quality as this body…and are much much smaller…so I am hanging tight until a new, greatly improved sensor arrives.
This is good in one way…My EP5 is still a great camera!!!
So by all appearances, the tripod ring/foot are non-removable. Does that bother anyone else? For a system that is supposed to be largely about small size and manageable weight, it seems odd that the lens would include a non-removable feature that is intended as weight relief. It just adds to the weight and perception of weightiness.
No, that’s surely removable by the nut on the side. It looks just like the tripod mount for the 50-200mm, and that is removable in the same manner.
It’s removable.
Olympus gives the weight with and without the tripod foot, so it’s obviously removable.
In the market for a new body. I’ve waited weeks for this announcement. If Oly had a flash with useable video I would have bought an OMD today. Such a shame we can’t have 5 or 3 Axis IS with a normal codec.
Looks like if will be the GX7 or GM5 for me.
Same with me
Pity about the video. But i am not really constrained by the em5 anyway.
But the lens is where it is at!!
when will we know for sure if the firmware will or will not have the video features with? and i am refering to this ver 2.0 that is supposed to be released on 24 of sept.
See DPReview.com, we already know the answer is no. Maybe Firmware 3.0 but defiantly not 2.0
ok then, i was thinking maybe they skip the video part of the firmware, they were voices talking let’s wait for the official release.Anyway i am really mad on olympus letting these stupid roumurs playing around. it is not fiar to play with the consumer and let him thing he’ll have some candies on the plate at the end of this day. And 43rumors should be blame also. Do you realise that playing this stupid market game you fucked up some guys who were really waiting for this huge update. you made them belive in it and dream of it. it’s bad karma and it’s going to come back on you some day. just telling you in my bad poor english.
You will never probably see a 3.0 firmware.
Maybe 2.1 or 2.2 but at that time there is new models and E-M1 is abandoned.
It tends to be, especially when people throw in comments like yours, which is a pile of horse manure. Sorry mate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT4xZ2XNGqw
Video gives some idea of the size
Jesus, it does look huge
The silver version is very good looking and the new 2.8 tele zoom is a real monster! Can’t wait to see some reviews/tests.
http://photobyandrei.wordpress.com/
The silver model problem is that everyone spots it at streets so it is bad for street photography and even for weddings etc where you want to be discrete. And in wildlife photography it is as well spotted very easily as it shines and reflects light.
Stylish but not good (as any silver body).
Yes, I have pointed out all these problems before on forums but some people don’t seem to think it matters—for whatever reason. Black bodies simply tend to mitigate attention and are preferred by me for that very reason.
Wear a silver shirt (you’ve still got some from your disco days, right?) and shoot from the hip.
So the keystone feature is just software and not sensor based? Disappointing that you can only get a .jpg out of this function
That silver EM1 looks awesome! I may be adding it to my arsenal after all.
This 4K E-M1 nonsense needs to stop.
Agree. Wishful dream but nothing else.
40-150 looks so sexy!!! But it’s almost the same size and weight as Canon 70-200mm f/4 IS.
It will need a silver battery grip to match it…
I would never use a silver body for all the cons, but I still think it is a very nice and sexy camera !
Really, people complaining about the size of the 40-150 really never used a 70-200 F/2.8 with any aps-c body… The 40-150mm will definitely be a better package, and less expensive too!
The 40-150mm will be a very popular lens for wildlife and sports photographers. Even if you got the DOF equivalent of f/5.6, you still got a really bright and wide zoom-range. With the 1.4x teleconverter it offer lots for the bucks… Could be a real good reason for other pro to switch. None of the older FF guys will ever complain about the size of this lens as it is smaller than any 70-200 F/2.8 (and they got an extra 100mm)
Here is an excellent video by Mr. Muttonchops going over all of the features of the 40-150mm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj4gDABcgio
It is a very well thought out lens.
I love how the equivalence gurus complain about the descriptions but hate real comparisons. This lens is par for the course. It is well sized vs ff 70-200 f2.8 lenses and compares well vs high end 70-300 f4-f5.6 lenses such as the canon L lens and is priced competitively to boot.
One of the pleasures of this growing system is the choices. And choice is exactly why i bought it. It is modern at its very core, supported by a fleet of manufaturers and keeps getting innovative gems such as this 40-150.
With my system i can shoot pretty much anything i like. It blows my mind how i can move from dedicated video bodies, to dedicated still bodies to a travel body or at the park with my kids and i have one set of lenses for them all.
Do a little dof put me off… nope. Does a little f0grain in my images put me off… nope. But why not? Well be ause the advantages and innovations in this mount outweight it dramatically. From the IBIS, colour corrector and tone curve in my olympus, to the wifi controls and modular grip systems… the class leading video in the panasonic and black magic products for their pricepoint, the unique VL super fast prime lenses, the gems scattered throgh the lens line up… all modern, all designed for digital, all showing unique strengths….
Brilliant.
Agreed – I bet the Nikon DX crowd are envious of the wide range of mFT primes and zooms available
Same as ever, $1499 in US 1399,- € here in my Country, I think 1199,- € would be fair ^^
I wish Olympus and Panasonic cameras would tie a metering option to their excellent face detect feature so that I could spot meter as well as focus on a face automatically.
That would be a great firmware update and more useful to me than most, maybe all, of what is included.
Nope. You would likely get wildly inconsistent exposures as skin luminance can vary from bright white to black and of course every shade in between.
The multi-spot metering from the OM series was brilliant, but I have to concede, that matrix metering, live view and the exposure compensation dial do as well with greater ease.
Not sure I agree. It would put me quickly in the right area, and a little exposure comp would do the trick. But agreed that the current metering is quite good.
Well with exposure comp, you can meter just about anywhere, so yes, that would work. I am speaking from years of using an OM4-Ti and using it’s multi-spot metering extensively. No luxury of live-view with film. A single spot reading of a face was a guaranteed way to blow a shot with fair skinned Caucasians. Hair and clothes were usually a much better target if you could only do one spot but hair, face and clothes multi-spot usually gave good results.
Some darker skin tones worked with a single spot reading.
Ok…….This combo looks quite nice.
That thing is beautiful.
Yeah. Right.
Let’s stop this. for 4k, UHD, please buy GH4. Robin from Olympus said there was never a 4k FW, this is possibly a photoshop. Till now, everyone is talking about these photos but no one is publishing the FW file, why not just put the FW file to prove this FW exists?
Not possibly – It is a photoshopped image. Let’s just hope that all of this will push Olympus further into the video arena. They have consistently ignored opportunities to add killer video features to their cameras. I’m beginning to believe that they may not have the engineering chops to create advanced video features, or even simple ones like 24p, higher bit-rates, etc. Photography is a passion of mine, but the internet world is trending away from still and towards motion.
Youtube has a 50 billion dollar evaluation because people are spending a huge amount of their time watching videos online. If you want to stay in business as a technology company for creative individuals you’ll need to create flexible tools that solve their biggest problems. Sony is way ahead in this respect and that is why I’ve invested in an A7S and a ton of sony lenses. I would have loved to spend that money with olympus, but they haven’t properly addressed the pro, or even prosumer video market.
Perhaps they have been testing the waters with video pros behind closed doors. Given their competition and financial position I’d encourage them to move faster in this direction. They have the framework to build upon with the current E-M1 and it’s 5 axis stabilization. Olympus its time to put the pedal to the metal.
Maybe the market is not big enough, look at Nikon. Their video support sucks but they are doing fine without it.
I’m actually excited about LX100 and i might sell my OMD EM5 and get that. it looks good, has image stablization (not 5 axis) but better than nothing, does 4k, nice lens. i wish it could change lens but i i’ll keep my EM1 for that 🙂
And a bad one. You spent 1min with it?
Olympus has missed many just because video. But we can see there is low-end cameras from Olympus that has better video than OM-D offers.
And Olympus has high speed cameras and had 4k before people even had HD.
Regarding the whole 4K thing, has anyone considered that the FW actually exists, but the internals are different and the EM-1 body is being used only as a test mule?
The whole history of Olympus has been incremental changes. video is more than likely important, but probably will not be available until the next iteration of the OMD.
I have no doubt that Olympus gets it, but the EM-1 was probably not designed with that consideration in mind.