UPDATE_3: I now got 100% sure info about that rumor:
The administrator of Lense.fr (Thanks!) said that this is an image of the Olympus invitation for the OM-D announcement on February 8th! The invitation text has been removed to protect the source. While the teaser is 100% real (believe me!) this piece of image is from the [shoplink 28231 ebay]OM-4T/Ti black and chrome (Click here to see that cam on ebay)[/shoplink] and not from the new OM-D! I saw the tetx and it says that a new product will be announced on Feb 8th. In summary: Olympus is sending invitation with an old OM image on it 🙂 At Olympus Global (Click here) you can see the source of that image.
P.S.: Thanks anonymous source for your help on this 😉
P.P.S.: Sorry for the multiple updates but I am currently in a meeting with lawyers and updating the post via iPhone (yep not so funny!).
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Bist du sicher, dass das kein Fake ist? Oder warum FT5?
Was es sein soll weiß ich nicht…
Gruß
OUCHH! Getting G.A.S!
Oly does have a new sensor with better DR. It’s called film!!
Oly is resurrecting the OM line, because that’s the best sensor they could get 😉
But film is not new?
Is it 4/3 PDAF adaptor? 🙂
YES!!!!!
Good catch!
Is the right or left side of camera. ?????
The textured body coverings look different.
The earlier image (with the logo) looks like a repeating, woven texture.
The newer image looks like a more random, leather-like texture.
So, which is it?
Both, the woven texture is the grip, the leather is to cover the rest of the body. Just my $.02!
Mmm, might just be the angle
Possibly DonTom..good thought.
ADMIN is right, it’s the OM4 Ti, plain black version though. G.A.S. has settled down…….
Agreed. The different textures make me skeptical that the new one (or perhaps the old ones) is fake.
On those earlier leaked picture you can see they are CG/renderings. This new picture shown on the top seems like a real product shot.
The is leather like texture on silver version camera.
I agree with Mr. Reeee..something fishy here.
Does this mean FT lenses will connect without an adapter? I thought Olympus was going to make a weather sealed adapter admin?
I think 43 lenses and m43 lenses require different distances from mount to sensor, so either an adapter is needed or the sensor must be moved.
Is it a new lens mounted or the new adapter? It doesn’t look like anything I have seen before.
And the button? down on the leatherette. What can it be?
That button looks just like the self-timer on my OM-4Ti.
Is this a shutter speed ring like in the OM system?
Won’t a “shutter” speed ring need to be behind the mount thus necessitating that the sensor is moved forward? I’d love to see a “shutter” speed ring, but I’m not sure of possible negative consequences.
There is defenitely something engraved around it – so yeah maybe a shutter speed ring! That would be great
Hmm can’t really make much of that pic
like seeing a beautiful woman undress painfully slow
The view must be upside down or something. So when you look at the camera front, what we see is the right-hand side with the lens release button on the mount and an additional button/dial/lever on the body.
Whatever it is, it looks pretty.
No, this doesn’t match the previously leaked images. It’s just a shot of the old OM-4. They can’t fool us!
+0.5 🙂
Looks like an OM-4 to me too.
Maybe the not is a FT3, but more a FT0 rumors. LOL
The top photo is of an old Olympus OM-4 series body – you can tell by the self-timer and the push-button switch for the viewfinder LED.
I see Oly is hyping this up behind the stage day by day.
Admin: You should really be proud of yourself, I bet the traffic has risen tenfold. 😉
But all this expectation is going to work against Olympus if the camera isn’t exceptional. I just wish you don’t suffer the collateral damage because these carefully leaked pictures and specs look too much like a marketing campaign for them not to be reaching you in such an organised manner.
All the best!
Agreed. They could be shooting themselves in the foot a little. This is really getting people worked up for something great, and most likely unatainable.
This is all planned by Oly. Hype Hype Hype
It’s a rumours site, not the New York Times! Keep em coming ADMIN!
The large button in lower left looks just like the self-timer/light on an OM-4 – complete with actuation lever on edge. The button on the upper left was a preview button in the OM series – could be again.
It’s interesting that, like the OM’s and the EPL3, Oly has moved the lens out from the body in front so that the body itself can be thinner (same flange to sensor distance) and accommodate a flip screen. Over all body depth (including flip screen) is comparable to E-P3. This ‘look’ is very close to the OM’s as well. The extension under the VF on the OM’s included a shutter dial, which doesn’t appear here. (Too bad – this dial around the lens, which appears on the xz-1 is a great idea!).
BTW, it could be an OM-4 – that just doesn’t look like the shutter speed dial at the base of the lens…
This is just an image of an analogue Olympus like the OM-4 or OM-4 Ti. Look at the details like the self-timer and also if you adjust levels in Photoshop you can just read the numbers on the speed dial around the lens mount. Also the leatherette is that of the OM-4 and not similar to the one in the other OM-D leaked images.
Brilliant marketing but it is getting tiring already. Do you guys remember being this hyped about the previous Oly cameras?
Is there a camera that lives up to expectations created by marketers?
Correct, it’s an old OM-4. You can find the original picture at Olympus’ Camera Wallpaper library. Lovely camera, though. Link: http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=228&type_id=7&la=en
Bingo. Well done, Hson.
(I.e., it’s detail from an OM4 pic from Olympus’s site: http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=228&type_id=7&la=en )
Even the crop has the same size as the photo.
Brilliant. They can’t fool this forum!
+1 Nice find.
good job Hson!
LOL, not rumors only hype.
Nice Call Hson.
all of this is originating from here:
http://www.olympusamerica.com/presspass/press_pass_cut/contactus.asp
no doubt!
Jackpot… We can stop speculating…
But still, I would like to repeat the call for a PDAF enabled adapter for 4/3 lenses…
No, the PDAF should be on the sensor and the existing adapters should suffice. The new adapter should be just for weather sealing.
Wow, you found the exact picture! Great Job.
Damn, now I have OM-4 lust.
you’re right, it’s the f… same image
+1
Looks a bit like the GXR modules. Let’s hope it is a FT adapter with PDAF! If this turns out to be true, I’ll get an OM-D.
It looks like an old OM4/OM3, the shutter ring is the same and that silver part is just the rear of a Zuiko lens. Also you can see the characteristic cut in the leatherette upper side and the hole between the lens mount and the pentaprism house.
Don’t think we will see anything much more before Feb. I am not going to play the puzzle game, I am out.
OM4 ti 100%
http://shphoto.eu/bild/18867.jpg
didn’t find the exact same angle… but look at the details… it’s 1to1 the same.
so we can confirm this is a false………teaser image then?
Nope, not the same. Compare the angle of the mirror box housing on the OM-4 and the angle on the OM-X’s respectively. On the latter there’s a right angle. The self-timer button does not look exactly the same either.
YES, it looks like an adapter. Oly mkt. is trying to attract our attention towards it. By the day it points to the camera being fully 4/3 compatible.
Perhaps that was what Tagawa meant by saying crypically that the OM would be ‘m4/3 compatible.
If so, either hte adapter has lenses in it, or the camera has a PDAF system inside the body.
Since the camera is not terribly expensive, I wonder how they achieved that without breaking the bank.
But then they could sell more 4/3 lenses and avoid in part to duplicate them!
Great imagination 🙂
yes, there’s a message buried here,a hint for all of us.. straight from Olympus. Tagawa’s hints seem plausible but..
No adapter, ‘just’ a 90mm f2 macro zuiko. Now if they released a FT or mFT version of that…
The image shows a 4/3rds camera!!
BTW, what happened to the “new and improved” sensor?
Thats a OM4!!!!! Lets wait and see.
Boring…Om 2sp or Om4…give us something real admin….
dats a OM4
That’s not a fake. It’s the real thing. That is to say it’s an original om4!
Looks like an OM4 to me to: same feature on the leatherette, big bulky mount extender, small button on it, and what looks like a shutter ring engravings… Matches the OM-4.
Somebody is playing with us… Maybe Oly will show both OM-4 and a new digital OM in the same slide during presentation, and this is just part of that.
It‘s a Fake. Look at the spot (down left). The texture too.
Compare withe a OM-4.
http://olypedia.de/OM-4
I’m gonna say the craziest thing. I see and adapter, and it isn’t circular.
I think it will have some modular thing, the adapter mount, under the “pentaprism”.
Yes, i know, i’m crazy but with this f… image is what i see.
So just a hoax then? Darn.
Admin, I am counting on you tell me if the OM-D has improved 4/3 support, before you announce it to everyone else : )
I need a head start to rush out and repurchase my 12-60mm and 50-200mm lenses before everyone else drives the prices up : )
One more vote for an OM4!
Could be wrong? Of course it is! Hson already posted the OM-4 pic this was cropped from
He who smelt it dealt it. 😉
Amazing that so many can read so much into so little:-)
When deciding which mirrorless system obviously the rumor site has to be part of the evaluation! Here 43 rumors is the most alive and fun! Fuji rumors f.i. is very slow and less participation. How to balance this with IQ and things?
Yes, this is fun. Sure beats working…
http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-07-16
It’s very similar to OM4TI, but 4TI has curve line, and the photo posted is an straight line
This should likely be a new EVF.
Forgive me if you have already knew it.
http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2011-11-09
It’s an Olympus Full Frame! LOL a few red faces around here!
HEHEHE 😀 i is pink.
I’m just glad I read this post after it was figured out! Otherwise I would have been jumping back on the shutter speed dial wagon!!
So when Olympus teased they’re releasing an OM,
They really meant they’re releasing an OM.
OM-4mg circa 2012. Cool. 😮
This should be WTF-0
EDIT: This reply was for Paul below!
The angle had me fooled as well. However, Hsan has already posted a link to the original image from which the “fake” was crafted.
It doesn’t look like a 4ti to me and I have one in front of me which I still use. The mount extension is square as Javier says and the 4ti one curves both top and bottom. The chrome band also looks a bit wide to me and the shutter ring doesn’t look right for a 4ti, mines black but its smooth and in this teaser it looks knurled. Leather looks right as does the self timer but the dof button seems too big and a little high. Not sure what this teaser image is but the mount extension rules out a 4ti.
Paul
well thats one source you take off your list
haha nice one 😀
Ho-hum. Think I will come back in a week.
In reply to “TheEye”, yeah I’ve seen the link but the strange thing is if you go to ebay or anywhere else the OM 4/4t/4ti they all have curved mount extensions, I’ve not seen one square like the one shown in the link. This is a bit strange as on the UK site both the 3ti and 4ti are shown with curved mount extensions and I can’t see them changing this for an OM4, it just wouldn’t make sense.
Paul
I compared the picture to my OM4, and it seems to be pretty much the same.
No, it’s a black OM-4T. Here’s a link to the same shot of my non-black OM-4T: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wbeebe/6761156541/in/photostream
OM-4
http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=228&type_id=7
I suspect I would be the only person who greatly prefers even the high-grade plastic (like G3) over the retro-styled fake leather-like texture.
Yes you are
Well the OM-D isn’t rumored to be made out of “retro-styled fake leather-like texture” is it? I remember reading that we could expect a magnesium body.
If that turns out to be true, yes, I would prefer that over a plastic body… regardless of whether you called it high-grade plastic or super-duper-grade plastic. JMO
Yep
I don’t want any leather styling either. I like my G3. But I will buy the OM-D no matter what (if it has at least PDAF or a much better sensor, preferably both).
Better bet on the same G3 sensor + no way PDAF and you’ll be less disappointed.
So looks like there are two of you who prefer that.
And my wife, so three.
Hi Admin,
Video capabilities are nice but I’m more interested in the photographic capabilities of this new camera. Are there any real life pics that shows improvement in DR,IQ, and Low Light Capabilites? Thanks!
https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=2316258641004&set=a.1016043336434.1547.1685618835&type=1&theater
http://www.svensktmodellflyg.se/users/2120/P1250067.JPG
I think this will get it’s digital companion 😀
http://www.pohrani.com/f/v/Mo/21QZ07mD/omruka.jpg
It is an OM-4. Someone already posted this link before. Its the exact same picture.
http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=228&type_id=7&la=en
Good Admin, Olympus start “The OM story”. 😉
2 weeks? Can’t wait… That’s only because of this site… 😉
Damn, where is my flux capacitor?
Olympus must love rumors sites! It is supplying lots of material for them in small doses.
http://www.svensktmodellflyg.se/users/2120/OM4-D.JPG
http://www.svensktmodellflyg.se/users/2120/P1250067.JPG
Ha, shows what I know and I have the camera in front of me, must be the angle. Thanks for the clarification Admin!!
A bit off topic here but all the OM-4’s I’ve seen had a rounded camera body mount area rather than the square one in this image. Thomas S said it looked like a Ricoh GXR. That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this square body mount. Given the image is certainly an OM-4 based on the official Olympus website photo, there must have been at least two body versions of this camera.
I see an FF sensor, it s under the cover and its a Sony!
My two bits is this is different from the OM4 given the right angle configuration. One possible explanation is this is an the 4/3 to m4/3 adapter with square frame and the m4/3 mount is flush with camera body. Reason is Oly has more than one model in mind ie the 4/3 E6 just remove the back part of the adapter and mount a OVF prism over it, ie it is modular? The extents that Oly appears to have gone with this model strongly suggests that indeed it does have PDAF for the 4/3 lenses.
It’s just a matter of the perspective. As others mentioned earlier, here is the original image:
http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=228&type_id=7&la=en
Sorry to my eyes even if this source is supposed to have come from Olympus it has been photoshoped as the OM4 prism is quite different from that shown and other discrepancies as noted by others. Likewise I do not believe that the bits of photos already released are fully correct as again partially photoshoped to keep everyone guessing.
Hi admin. With two weeks to go before the official announcement, i think the OM rumours might run outof steam. Can you see if you can get any information from your sources about other new m43 or 4/3 products that are coming out soon? Especially any new lenses on the immediate horizon?
Admin, I hope your lawyer meeting goes well. I also hope its not about this site. Meeting with lawyers can be quite messy. I wish you well.
2 weeks is too long, please give us details now Olympus / admin….PLEASE
What we want to communicate with the image of Olympus?
I think the new OM-D looks similar to OM-4 and not as OM-1.
http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/fun/wallpaper/camera/dl.cfm?id=228&type_id=7
Hey Admin,
the meeting with the lawyers is because your blog is going to be shut down by the FBI ?
Regards
serves him right for showing us all this camera porn 😛
The implications of this image are appalling. A camera company couldn’t be bothered (or couldn’t afford) to hire a decent photographer to take a product shot for them before a new release, so they had to crop an old shot of an old product that looked roughly similar. Whoever made that decision should be sacked along with the rest of the board. Sad.
an invitation to the unveiling and first showing of a new camera isn’t likely to have a pic of that camera on its invite…but yeah your right, a cryptic macro shot of part of the real cam would have made sense.
I guess it is their way of telling us it is a OM-D5. Olympus seems to have kept a tight lid this Product, but they are good at keeping secrets, well at least for 15 or 20 years. 🙂
I am sure they will release many product shoots next month, kind of want to see it. More importantly want to see shoots it took.
Or perhaps you missed the point.
Admin, perhaps instead of “100% real (believe me!)” we need a FT6 rating? 🙂
So the OM-D will be a OM-4 feel and looks… that not bad but if this are leaks im not buying it …. more rumors pls
“P.P.S.: Sorry for the multiple updates but I am currently in a meeting with lawyers and updating the post via iPhone (yep not so funny!).”
OK. First, kill all the lawyers! Then update the post.
😉
Just kidding!
The Bard’s advice is not too good for us lawyers.
😉
so exactly why is this called an OM camera when it doesn’t have an OM mount?
I can smell an déjà vu in 3 acts
Act 1 : huge build up, huge anticipation. People can’t wait. Too much for their own good.
Act 2 : Upon release, deception is huge. Immolations everywhere, bye bye Olympus, Bye bye m43. This is no NEX-7 killer, we were fooled once again by a global conspiracy.
Act 3 : Sales picks on, reviews shows it is a great camera after all, even Kai loves it, and people start to swear by it.
people (me included) usually interpret these kinds of rumors and ‘leaks’ the way they want to, so “act 2” is sort of mandatory.
first, they build up a hype, to get everybody interested and looking forward to it. after the release disappointment is sure to follow, no product can live up to the hype around it. But, and this is the but that we all hope for, if it is a good camera, then people are going to recognize it for that, just like you said in “act 3”.
an another note: to calm my nerves I could sure use another piece of the puzzle…
I hope Kai doesn’t like it at all. He trashed my E-PL3 for a few laughs but it’s turned out to be a great camera for me and many others.
+1
It’s about time we saw some real skin.
Olympus… you shy girl.!
we are counted on you ‘admin’ for getting the full spec list, price, and images for this camera before the actual annoucement date as usual 😀 your assignment due date is < 31st Jan 2012 😀 lol…
Cannot wait anymore common…show us the whole body.
With OM-D, the end of DSLR is comming soon.
Oh no, too retro. What happened to retro industrial design instead of just retro? This looks like a film shooter with that protruding lens mount.
Nevermind, didn’t realize it is the OM-4Ti. Real picture please.
As so many allready remarked, the pic is an OM-4
Hope pana will wake up… GH3 is better to be a revolution…
Admin, no rumors about panasonic ?
no. admin now sides olympus rumor and no time with panasonic 😀
If its plastic again, forget it
A hundred comments about the article photo being of an OM4 yet very little speculation as to why Olympus would do that when marketing a new camera?
I suppose they want to draw some kind of a parallel between the ethos of the OM system and the new wunderkind, but optimism has me wondering if that is the only connection.
My GH2 died when filming killer whales in rainy conditions. I need to replace it with a weatherproof cam: GH3 or OM-D. My hearth is with OM-D if:
1)really weather proof
2)equals or beats Gh2 on film quality (same frame rates/ 25p/60p and 30 min filming).
3)drives 4/3rds lenses perfectly
4)IQ (RAW) should be better than on E-5 and GH2. E5 is noisy at low iso in certain conditions.
5) when AF works with 4/3 lenses, we need a baterygrip (large 4/3rds lenses like 35-100 and 300/2.8 need power)
GH2 killer whales http://youtu.be/Cc2tNVrhAUA
GH2 North Sea natural wonders http://youtu.be/zSRpC3MfiM8
I hope Olympus did everything right with the OM-D!
Liked your first film on the Orcas. Sorry about the G2.
Melvin, I think…
We will got it All with OM-D E-O1 🙂
No a new retro type filter…
Yep, looking at my OM-4 here it really is a picture an OM-4.
I have been waiting over a decade for a digital OM-4 and I am hoping my dreams will get answered soon 🙂