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Olympus new Titanium E-M5II has been made to honor the glorious [shoplink 53326 ebay]OM-3 Ti camera[/shoplink]. Which by the way is a very expensive camera to buy on [shoplink 53326 ebay]eBay (Click here to see the current auction pricing)[/shoplink].
New Olympus stuff preorder links:
7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
8mm f/1.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Titanium E-M5II: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Accessories:
7-14mm Olympus LC-79 Lens Cap at BHphoto.
Olympus PPO-EP02 Dome Port for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus PPZR-EP05 Focus Gear for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus POSR-EP10 UW Anti-Reflecting Ring for 8mm at BHphoto.
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New paint jobs are very nice and all, but what is the word on a PEN update..?
Finish, not finishing! One’s a noun, the other one is the gerund of a verb.
Finishing is also a noun. It’s just like plating, painting, etc…and other types of finishings. You won’t hear a plating shop call a surface a “gold finish” if it gold plated. They call the surface a gold finishing.
Does “inspired” mean “we discovered some old cans of coating and someone remembered how to apply them”? ;~)
Man, I wish! The OM-3Ti coating is something special. You can really see and feel the difference. Tough as nails.
Sorry, the OM3t was an all manual camera. Maybe they mean the OM4t.
Or maybe we mean ‘inspired by’ in the sense of they both take photos.
Other than that, this smacks of concern… in the absence of breakthroughs in sensor technology, can releasing limited edition fashion statements save Olympus?
Olympus Management: “We need no-cost product options to boost sales!”.
OLY Marketing: “We only have 1 lowly video developer that doesn’t know much about video and only 1 firmware developer in the basement complaining about a red stapler” and no development money because it’s going to all the marketing and paying Pro Camera reviewers and bloggers and Sony took all our tech.
Engineer1: “Let’s make a camera body out of titanium to impress consumers with our engineering quality when they carry it proudly and show their friends. We can charge the same price!”
Management interpretation: “Paint the camera titanium, throw in a strap and a business card to make them feel special and charge them more money for it! Muuuuhhaahaha!, $$ eyes, hands rubbing together, great idea, glad I thought of it!”
Engineer2: “Have you seen my stapler? Hmm. maybe it fell in the
Ocean, I’ll work on a new firmware update to help me find it because I’m color blind. Six months later: It’s done, now lets find my stapler!…. Oh I forgot, I can’t swim”. I know!, I’ll develop an underwater housing and wear some scuba gear….
Engineer1: “Weren’t you supposed to be working on some major video update adding 4k and other features the rest of the world was waiting on?”
Engineer2: “Excuse me, I believe you have seen my stapler?”
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So a while ago when Olympus said ‘we want to make an OM3 Ti like camera’ THIS is what they meant?
“Hey look! We made a new, overpriced camera to look like our old, overpriced camera!”. Snooze… Wake me up when something interesting happens.
kick KCShocker70’s head when he is just going to sleep.
You can’t sleep here. Go back to your slum. Ahem.
Wow. Lotta hate. I think all of us roll our eyes at Olympus fashion cameras for a premium price, but the Panasonic fan boys need to dial it back. Olympus has stated they are an optics company primarily, so expecting to see frequent cutting edge camera development from them is not likely. That’s what the Sony partnership is about. Olympus contributes optics, and Sony contributes electronics.
Honestly, it is not about PAN Fanboys, this is an OLY Fanboy model. Sure if I were buying right now, I might consider it just for the color and maybe strap which has nothing to do with wanting OLY to do more. I would be concern for the finish durability, scratch resistance etc. as this is “titanium colored” and not a titanium body. The OLY focus on lenses is understandable but the current tech needs to mature. Other than that, there is no button or added in-camera feature. They could have easily increased any in-camera function, mechanical or electrical.
With Sony, PAN, Fuji and Samsung about to steal other’s lunch, OLY needs to do more with existing models this year than paint. This is not a fashion camera by the way and OLY never said or marketed it as such.
Olympus has not stated they are an optics company. They are a medical technology company. They use the camera business to test camera and optics technology to ultimately support technologies bound for the medical side. “The technologies Olympus develops for cameras are crucial to its medical business, Sasa said.”
The Sony partnership was not about Sony “contributing” electronics. Sony like Microsoft did for Apple, allowed Olympus to survive in the market to they can steal their business. Sony in turn requires OLY to share any new innovations and force OLY to use it’s sensor tech. The goal for Sony was never a partnership with OLY camera business, it was to take market share from OLY for their medical tech business and now including the Camera business as an added bonus while forcing OLY to share its tech and buy its parts.
I remember that quote. It was actually slightly diffrent. Someone high up in Olympust said they are an optics company first and foremost. Yes they are a medical technology company, but the medical tech they do is medical imaging. I don’t know who brings what to the partnership, but I undestand that quote. They built their reputation on optics.
Microsoft propped up Apple only to head off anti-trust issues with the government. If it werent for that, I’m sure they would have been happy to see Apple fail. There was no sharing of tech between the companies. Whatever the Sony/Olympus partnership is about, its not the same thing. And Oly is not forced to use Sony sensors. the EM-1 (a post partnership camera) uses a Panasonic sensor. FWIW, Sony has a history of investing in camera companies (Konica/Minolta) taking their tech, and eventually absorbing them under their own name.
The issue with Olympus Panasonic is, didn’t that partnership existed first? The Sony relationship including most recently changes, you would expect under current partnership agreements, that Sony will push Olympus to use its tech which we see in the E-M5 series possible others. The original PAN and OLY joint was to enter in the M43 market. That partnership likely is over, with final parts ending later this year. Likely Olympus already made the Panasonic E-M1 sensor deal before Sony. We’ll see moving forward but I “think” that any new E-M1 Mark II sensor will be Sony. Keep in mind that Sony also has patents for organic sensors:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/also-sony-is-working-on-new-organic-sensor-tech/
Yep aware of the Microsoft/Apple anti-trust or Microsoft monopoly really. The same with Sony/Olympus. The reason it was not as clear here comparatively was because Olympus had 70% percent of the medical tech scope industry and Sony had a percentage. If Sony would have just bought Olympus, there would be an anti-competitive issues leading to anti-trust approval and claims by other companies across the globe. Therefore, Sony did the smart thing as Microsoft/Apple and created a partnership to avoid the regulatory process through stock purchase, tech sharing and requiring Oly buy its products. Therefore you won’t see Sony absorbing Olympus, just milking them for all they have.
http://www.insidemedicaldevices.com/2013/05/15/medical-devices-merger-suggests-global-antitrustcompetition-reviews-can-be-time-consuming-even-without-direct-competitive-overlaps/
@Wonk “There was no sharing of tech between the companies”. FYI if I recall, it was well known that there was sharing between Microsoft and Apple as a result of their several deals. You can probably search on that old history. Office on Mac is one example, Java is another. I believe a version of DOS or at least a file system I believe was another. Netscape on MAC. There was a bunch of forced sharing.
Does Olympus have flexibility to use the PAN/Fuji organic sensor versus Sony senors only? Time will tell. I found a quote from Olympus stating that they receive better pricing from Sony on sensors (of course they do) and one reason to stick with Sony with shrinking profits.
The Panasonic/Olympus relationship is that they are both parts of the m43 consortium (along with Kodak, JVC, BlackMagic and others). They share a common standard. There is no partnership aside from that. Any sharing or purchase of tech (sensors for example) is a separate negotiation the same way The manufacturers and suppliers negotiate deals for The dials, switches and all the other parts in the camera.
There was zero tech sharing as a result of Microsoft investing in Apple. Their investment was a strategic legal move. Nothing more. Office is a Microsoft product. They port their software to Apples OS the same way Adobe or any other company does. It is completely independent of Apple. Java is a product of Sun Microsystems and has nothing to do with Apple or Microsoft. Neither does Netscape.
The Sony/Olympus antitrust issues are the exact opposite of the Apple/Microsoft situation. Microsoft propped up Apple so they would continue to have competition and not be a monopoly. They did it to avoid government regulators investigating and possibly taking action against them.The Sony/Olympus deal was delayed by regulators in China and Eastern Europe because they were concerned the merger WOULD form a monopoly.
I’m going to stop responding. All of this is easily available on the Internet, but you are currently very uninformed.
It’s a nice looking camera. The extra $100 also seems fair considering the extras and it’s a limited production model. If I didn’t already own a black EM5II I’d consider one of these.
I also don’t get the hate for the titanium version. Olympus has been consistently one of the most innovative camera makers along with Sony and Fuji. They’re saving the big gun (new sensor) for the next EM1 model. Meanwhile the EM5II is a damn great camera with a killer lens selection. And for a special edition this titanium version is fairly priced IMO and looks nicely done.
Interesting perspective. The common consensus I see in blogs and commentary is that Sony and Panasonic are by far the most innovative. Not that Fuji and Olympus don’t make fine cameras, and I’m not saying they don’t have occasional creativity, but what innovation have they brought to cameras? IBIS technology has been used for years in video cameras, and using sensor shifts to create high MP images was done by Hasselblad a while ago. Fuji has a unique sensor, but that’s pretty much it.
A partial list: Sony has innovated FF mirrorless, FF fixed lens P&S cameras, and makes a wide variety of sensors (for Sony, Nikon, and low end Olympus models). Panasonic has innovated DFD, silent shutters, integration of touchscreen to move focus points while using the EVF while the screen is off, large sensor P&S zooms, (LX100), consumer 4K, and the make a wide variety of sensors (for Panasonic and flagship Olympus cameras).
I would really like to hear what you (or others) think Olympus and Fuji have done to make them one of the most innovative camera makers.
Crickets…