Something weird is going on. Some anonymous people keeps leaking images of the new Olympus camera by adding an offensive anti japanese text and send them to all rumor sites. I really don’t know who and why these guys are doing that.
UPDATE: our reader Paniko did the long job to remove all offensive text from the images. So here are the images (obviously you see the part that has been removed). Thanks Paniko!
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_02_zps4df0e5f5.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_03_zps3ebfc23a.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_04_zps3c6e28f6.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_07_zps3c3a7c22.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_09_zps7207dedb.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_10_zps43696ca3.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_12_zps4db7d59b.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_15_zps9f1ad4ed.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_16_zps4711a15d.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_17_zpsd542ca8e.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_21_zps46764ae1.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_22_zpsf2b366d7.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_24_zps5fc4718c.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_28_zpsc46ed460.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_29_zpsbfd04e99.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_30_zps5e52397e.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj524/picrumors/picrumors001/E_M1_31_zps78d85730.jpg
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99 % percent of people reading this post probably won’t understand it anyway, and even if they did who cares? They just want to see the camera
With all the pictures, something still doesn’t look right about the camera, looks like they’re all cgi. The reason why I’m thinking so is it looks different from all angles..weird. Looks like someone has too much time on their hands and is fooling all of us.
As has been mentioned before: if it were CGI, it would look the same from all angles, not different. Also, it is quite common to use CGI renderings in marketing material.
Of course they’re CGI, why wouldn’t it be.
So is this: http://www.sony.nl/product/dsc-r-series/dsc-rx100m2
percentage of visitors according to Alexa.com
Japan 20.1%
USA 15.6%
Italy 6.9%
Russia 5.8%
Spain 5.6%
surprised???
The message is pro-Korean in reference to the sensitive territorial dispute over the Liancourt Rocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks). It clearly says that by showing the images the site and its readers acknowledge that the islands are Korean territory. The translation can be found below:
http://pastebin.com/upJtVHSg
Although I see Admin mentioned that this site in no way supports the message, non-native speakers who understand Japanese are liable to be highly offended.
Do you know about France??
As with the first image with a propaganda message this is done badly.
IMO the source is not related to Olympus. This is remodeled just to abuse our interest to post propaganda.
@anonymous
43rumors has a high Asian readership although they tend not to comment, you can check this via Alexa.com or look at 43rumors Facebook followers and likes….
Take out the links Admin. This site has no business in propagating political messages.
This is kind of on topic admin. I am a US citizen. ..until today I have held back on saying anything..I have been tempted to send you an email regarding the matter. Very recently you have been accepting money running a very large rotating advertisement at the top of the right hand column of the page when I come to the site using my iPad. It is a very large and annoying amount of advertising space. Now here is my beef, sometimes the advertisements show negative images and ads depicting The President of the United States. This ads are paid for by his tasteless apponents and you are accepting MONEY for them, ad allowing them to run randomly next to your rumor posts. Which is worse? The print on the camera body in these photo, or an outrigh ad campaign, filled with half-truths and lies about my President?
I like coming to this website immensely. You do an incredibly tireless job of bringing us tons of info that we love…but….
I really respect my President and all he does and tries to do.
… Why are these dishonest, negative ads occassionally present when I come to a photography website???? I find that you apologizing for the text/print on these on these camera bodies kind of amusing in this context. No?
The ads are different depending where you live and what your interests are, sites you visit etc, so its not the admins fault. It is just reality of the Internet.
Not a very responsible reply.
The ads can be stopped by a responsible party. Shrugging and saying ..”Oh Well, that is just the way it is.”, doesn’t cut it. The particular ads that I am talking about are dishonest, and they can be stooped.
Pedantic and entitled, go outside and breath some air for a while, people need to make a living, complaining about this advertising (which is entirely based on you in this case and not the admin, irony) is way out of line. You feel you’re entitled to an amazing degree, so much you can complain about this is insane, go live your life and don’t let people with actual problems hear you’re pathetic moans.
Thank you for pedantically moaning at Phred, Will! 🙂
It isn’t admins fault, the ads are just based on where the user is located & the type of content related to sites visited.
LOL.
I am pretty sure you have a virus
I never saw US president on this site/banner
It comes up randomly…I have only seen it when I use my iPad and it has just been over the last month or so…there was one repeatedly showing yesterday. I have not seen the ad today. It is the ad at the very top on the right column that rotates each time you load the site. …but like I said…I have ONLY seen it on my iPad.
I am in US and visit this site on the iPad, Mac and PC and I have never ever seen what you are describing. It is recommended you use adblock plug-in on your browser and on your iPad, go to Settings-Safari and Clear Cookies and History and Cache.
Ads come up in blocks based on your location. The person responsible for you getting the ads should be shown on the ad. Get into them.
I can see an add on my 43R page right now for Shopsmart on ebay, a short time ago it was for a singles meeting group. That tells me it has nothing to do with what I have been looking at on line.
Maybe if is a quick on then gone its a subliminal ad. In Oz they are illegal.
We in Japan care. Would you mind if anti-American slogans were written in Farsi on it?
99.5% of all Americans don’t even know what Farsi is. They only know how to drop bombs on people speaking it.
99.5% of cowards feel smart, tough and righteous insulting people anonymously!
+1 LOL
We did not drop bombs on Farsi-speakers yet, although they taken hostage our diplomats and let that boob Reagan win (a crime again humanity). Sure our bombs killed a lot of Arab speakers though, as well as Pashto, Dari etc speakers. Well, our military-industrial complex needed to make terrorists out of their relatives, didn’t it? Terrorists are great for fat contracts and total surveillance state.
Funny thing is it is normally the Rebublicans who are the warlike beasts and paranoid of others knowing anything. Especially following a non prescribed path.
Republicans introduced all these things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
“And if they did, who cares?” So It does not bother you, so why should it bother others? Sorry, racism, and ignoring it just does not cut it. Damn, ethnocentric kids everywhere.
Also, 99%? You do know japanese is in the top ten languages? Yes Chinese is number 1 by miles and growing. Number 2 is Spanish and growing, 3 still hindi and English 4 while dropping a little over the last years. Japanese is spoken by 135 million IN JAPAN and more native speakers OUTSIDE of japan, notably in some areas of Brazil. Also, there are many language learners. Not 99%. But, who cares? right?
I don’t agree with the 99% figure, but there’s also no reason to suppose that the readership here is a random sample of the world’s population. I would actually guess that Japanese is overrepresented compared to a random sample due to the disproportional popularity of m4/3 in that country compared to other countries.
What specific racism are you referring to? The messages have been interpreted as political involving a territorial dispute.
Btw, the rest of your post indicates you have been ticked off, trying to set the record straight because of all the “kids” these days. In this way, at least your online persona is becoming the exact opposite of the fictious person you are responding to: you don’t know anything about the poster, yet your harsh interpretation of his/her words and following character judgement apparently dictate a strong response.
Before we get too psychological, I’d say: relax! The original poster could have meant: Hey, it’s just a photography rumors site with everybody speaking English 🙂
Wrong, more people speak English (1.5B, mostly not as a native language) than Standard Chinese (1.3B).
OK, let’s see. Japan has around 127 million people, that alone is already 2% of the world. Then there’s also an amount of non-japanese or japanese people living outside of Japan that understand japanese.
Therefore your estimation is off by over 100%.
There’s no reason to suppose any website’s readership is a random sample of the world’s population, and it is entirely possible that a particular website has a readership in which 0% speak Japanese, or any other percentage.
Not trying to defend the 99% figure; I actually think that for this website, Japanese is probably overrepresented compared to its population size because m/43 is more popular there than in other parts of the world. Just a bit bothered by the misuse of statistics.
Pathetic people, doing this. In this forum we celebrate the Japanese and their ingenuity and certainly we don’t have anything to do with these pathetic people. Using such a joyful event, fruit of hard labor for such a sad motive it’s despicable at best. Meh. Let’s talk cameras please.
Your reply is the wise one. Some people here is just kidding as they are of FB generation. People at Olympus working hard to give us good products anytime
43Rumors is the “bible” for 43 and m43 prouducts and maked is job with dignity and respect for all of us. Stop kidding, start to think positive and with feet on the ground
If you ever buy music albums, get the Japanese Edition, ALWAYS the best. 😀
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I disagree!
🙂
I’d like to see the translation to put this in context, however, my current opinion is to please wait for pics which do not support a third party political agenda. It sounds like you’re being exploited and respect to Japanese people is more important than rumours.
Speaking as a Korean,
The text is in Japanese, but the message is pro-Korean. Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, maybe meant to be humorous, but on a very inflammatory topic.
It’s about whether a few rather useless pieces of rock in the middle of nowhere belongs to Korea or Japan; the message claims that they are Korea’s. This topic does affect fishing rights, and had more significance back when there was a possibility of oil or natural gas being found in the area, but mostly this is a topic that the political class in both countries bring up whenever they need a distraction from a real domestic problem (such as economic or electoral problems, of which both countries have plenty). The nationalists on both sides get pretty quickly worked up about it, so it’s a reliable source of distractions. There is an island that serves the same purpose between the Chinese and the Japanese as well, and there are a bunch of other similarly inflammatory nationalist topics that get brought up like clockwork after every transfer of power in Japan, Korea, or China.
Here is the Wikipedia entry about the islands, which uses a more diplomatic name for the islands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_rocks
So the message is not a direct attack on the Japanese, but hits a very sore, dangerous spot. Imagine if someone posted a comment in Arabic saying, “By showing this image this site agrees that Jerusalem is 100% Israeli territory.” Or vice versa. Or a race joke in English. Dangerous and inappropriate and rather foolish.
What I don’t get is why a Korean would have access to these images, and why they would be foolish enough to leak these images, since they will be easily traced and quickly lose their contract with Olympus or get fired. The cynical side of me wouldn’t be surprised if the Korean and Japanese governments are leaking these images together, for mutual benefit, or if a third party is doing it to damage the relationship between the two countries.
I hope this clarifies somewhat.
Thanks Shin, clear as always!
Thanks!
Younger Asians can usually get past the old problems, but something is always a sticking point like this.
It used to be, every time I met a Korean, (as a Japanese) I apologized for what the Japanese military did in Korea but almost no one cares now. So sad that we fight over small islands now, especially when no one could really use them since they’re not big enough.
I can appreciate that people want to spread their message but the common people rarely have any power to decide such things.
Sorry but most people have the maturity to just ignore it and not be offended. If you get offended you are giving them the victory.
You could write that kiwis shag sheep across the images and I would have the maturity to look past it, I think our Japanese friends are just as mature in this scenario and will do the same.
Mad Korean
Claims they all lie
The truth is only liquor made of shit
“Ttongsul” is a Korean rice wine mixed with the fermented turd of a human child
Soju is better anyways 🙂
Interesting how some Chinese want to “harm” a Japanese company that produces in China… I don’t think the Oly will be “Made in Japan”…
Sounds like you may understand the text, and if that’s the gist of it, unfortunate for both Japanese and Chinese alike. It’s odd as one who understands neither language to enjoy viewing some great photos of an exciting mFT camera from all angles (it is gorgeous and so purposeful looking) all the while knowing they’re somehow blemished by a disturbing text. A shame.
It doesnt have anything to do with China. It’s obviously some Koreans who have written this. I dont understand all that’s written there, but it has something to do with the Takeshima Island(Japanese) / Tokto Island (Korean)dispute between the 2 countries.
Hello gentleman, as a Chinese I claim the text is in Japanese and the only thing I can understand is in the context there are word “S.Korea” and “territory”, so nothing deal with Chinese, just speak of these pictures.
Thanks for the clarifiers, can’t tell Japanese apart from simplified Chinese… But I agree with other posters, maybe 43rumors should refrain from republishing such “propaganda,” even though we have no clue what it means. But some do.
Chinese characters are much denser, Japanese text is clean and simple curves, Korean text has a lot of circles. Simple. 😉
You make it sound like tic tac toe..
Sorry, that’s what i know, and never failed so far. 🙂
What does it say? Camera looks nice….very well done.
If the sensor is good we have a winner here.
so stupid political slogan…
Could it be some disgruntled employee leaking the images and writing offensive messages? Maybe they lost their job at Oly and are taking it out on them?
Just my thought 🙂
@Vince
Maybe it’s the same folks who leaked the financial scandal to Woodford :p
Woodford wife is Korean. Do you see a link? 🙂
That flash looks awful. 🙂
+1
They’re still not giving up on that stupid addon flash. Well, I’m not parting with my money until they put the flash in the hump or get rid of the hump altogether. In the meantime, I’m going with the GX1…
The hump houses the viewfinder, but instead of making a lump like the nikon v2, they created the angled prism sides like the OM series. you just love bitching about Olympus don’t you?
The hump houses AP electronics, the VF is under it. Hump is there for marketing reasons, there are other ILCs with VFs and flashes built in that have no hump.
I dislike those small useless addon flashes that Oly insists on from E-PL3 onwards and love bitching about them. If this is the E-5 successor, why are GN15 flash and articulated LCD thrown out? Why there has to be a couple of downgrades in each new model? Apart from that, I think E-M1 is an excellent camera if the rumored specs are true.
Haven’t you just realized that the set distance between hotshoe and plug is needed by Oly accessories, including flash?
And that when mounted the auxiliary flash sits in a vantage point so that the lens does not make a shadow?
If there were no hump, you would need 1 cm additional between the hotshoe and the plug inside the body of the camera, and you would miss the room for the 5-axis sensors and whatsnot. Do you have any proof that rooom is wasted in an OM-D?
Were you ever blessed with a modicum of commonsense? Or are you still enjoying the Neanderthals’ savannahs?
One more clever comment from Amalric, packed with dictionary English and sweetness.
LOL!
BTW This forum has become a big party with the last releases of our great system.. Pity for the video guys on Oly though.. Our last frontier of whining
Absolutely Miroslav, some of the best mirrorless out there (NEX 6, 7, XE-1) have both corner EVF and built-in flash (super useful too in case of the NEX ones) and no ugly hump ;)The E-M1 has a bad case of acne, but some people need control cluttered cameras to feel in charge, eh eh…
Guess you don’t need control functions when you use to camera in full automatic mode. Spray and pray hey?
You are wrong.
http://www.ephotozine.com/articles/olympus-pen-e-pl5-vs-olympus-om-d-e-m5-20278/images/highres-olympus-omd-at-photokina-3_1348501127.jpg
OK, most of the hump, everything above Olympus inscription ( http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusEM5/images/intro.jpg ) – more than 2/3 of it is taken by hotshoe and accessory port electronics, not the VF. Built in flash is way more useful than AP, but AP brings more money to the company ( they can sell various AP addons ), so the flash goes out.
Give me E-M1 without AP and with decent flash and I’ll live with the hump.
Personally i ‘m happy there is no flash ,one of his strenghts.
I agree about the fake pentaprism. You meant GX7 right.
I actually like it. Looks like a mean robot pointing at you..
Japanese loves mecha warrior, not a surprise their camera looks like a gundam 🙂
And where do you put the flash capacitor, the largest part of an in-built flash ?
Anywhere in the body, wherever there’s space.
Think of it like a Canon ST-E2 or Nikon SU-800 flash controller that also has a little fill light added in. In that case it’s actually a very effective add-on. It’s about as powerful as anyone’s pop-up while not adding bulk to the camera when you don’t need it. I’m surprised how everyone always focuses on high ISO performance for available light shooting, then turns around and complains about lack of a built-in flash. Nikon D4 and Canon 5D MkIII have no built in flash.
Now don’t forget the Canon 6D or the Canon 1Dx etc, and a several other modern cameras along with the hundreds (maybe thousands) of hand-held cameras that never had built-in flashes. Built-in flash for me is a convenience item that is usually produces sub-standard results. Would rather take a moment to slide-on a good, flexible and powerful flash then use a sub-standard built-in one. But that is just me.
The thing with m4/3 is that it is meant to be small and convenient.
Having the clip on flash attached to the camera makes the camera bigger.
Carrying it separately is inconvenient.
The E-M5 with a Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 is coat-pocketable.
If you add the clip-on flash, it no longer is.
Actually those offensive words were probably written by Woodford.
Can someone please translate? I unfortunately don’t speak any of the Asian languages.
@Jshaw6000
Why would you want it translated, do you want to take sides?
Umm…maybe because I am curious as to what it says? I could care less about someone’s misguided political agenda (if that’s what it is). But I still want to know what it says.
Dear Merkin, please learn to use the Queens English properly, its ‘couldn’t care less’…let David Mitchell explain it you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw
French will be a better universal language…
We only need to know it is offensive & translating it is only helping the perpetrators.
It says in Japanese that the disputed island between South Korea and Japan is south Korean’s territory. There were quite few incidences of south Korean athletes making political claims during international games . For example, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/sports/olympics/south-korean-soccer-player-park-jong-soo-denied-medal-over-politics.html?_r=0
@admin
Those images would be near impossible to clean up 🙁
I fact quite possible. I suggest a japanese reader who can type these text, the same size and font, and make it a mask in photoshop, you can adjust the brightness to make them disappared.
It looks really nice, even if it doesn’t have any built-in flash.
I just wonder what are the two round buttons close to the lens mount.
Any guess?
user defined buttons maybe. So you can put any fonction on it for direct access.
It says the Liancourt Rocks belongs to South Korea. This has nothing to do with China.
I wish Olympus had the capability to compete with Panasonic when it comes to video specs- in pretty much every other way I prefer Olympus. But video is important so I’m stuck with Panasonic, and no 5 axis IS. 🙁
But if my only interest was photography, I’d definitely go with Olympus.
I’m pretty much in the same boat. Just native 24 fps and some higher bit rates is all I”m asking for. Until then I kinda have to stick with Panasonic.
+1
Me too
The ergonomics of the battery grip appear to be very good. Any of the professional shooters here can give their guess on handling?
A little bird says. As sweet as it gets, and even more.
Thank you little birdie. I look forward to holding and handling the body on one of the UK events.
Looks like the tripod socket is offset again. =:-(
I don’t think I’ve seen a single image anywhere which the screen articulated… which seems a little odd. Is there any definite information yet about whether it’s fully or only partly articulated?
Since there’s no hinge on the left side, I think it’s only tiltable. Otherwise, Oly would have used a non-standard hinge design.
It is an typical pro design.
If you attach the horizontal grip to an E-M5, you get a centred tripod socket, so I would guess that if you attach the vertical grip to the E-M1 you will get a centred tripod socket.
Looks alot like a DSLR to me.
It’s a DSLR retro design VS rangefinder design of the GX7. Oly even imitate the rewind wheel, but it’s sad they don’t put an arming lever 😉
Do you guys know if EM1 has electronic (silent) shutter alike my Panasonic G5? It is a terrific feature, I have it permanently on.
They mentioned something like that in the previous rumors, for the HDR feature. I guess we have to wait for more detials or the announcment.. It is not going to be a full fledged electornic shutter though, there will be some limitation a la Panasonic.
Korea is just one of those things that Orwell predicted in 1984 (1949). Goverment tells the people to hate some other people and they’ll blindly obey. Sad times.
Are we talking North or South Korea? Sad if the South is aping the North’s heard mentality. Anyway the hopes around the EM-1 are far more exciting that disputes over some unknown lump of rock – remember Rockall!!
Sadly I’m still dreaming of a square sensor to make the most of the image circle, with e-switching for 4:3 landscape / portrait and the ability to same the full information in RAW, and no need to reorientate the camera.
Really? I mean, is this so important to you, among all the other improvements possible? Just curious, not derogatory. It never occurred to me such a need. I do a lot of landscaping, and I become a “stitching ninja”, no need for squared sensor, at least for me.. DR, that’s another story.
To Admin,
Please consider a vote to ask readers if they’d prefer doctored images to be published or not.
a copyright notice.
If I were admin I would not publish them.
Everybody already saw the camera.
Just my 0,02 EUR
Koreans are cheater and liar. They’re just good at lying.
I m a Bit disappointed about the batterygrip-I was hoping for a duplicate 2×2 switch plus b-fn1 on the back of it. So the main controls world be the same in portrait orientation.
The idea of a round sensor is great! You wouldn’t need a batterygrip at all, and even better you could leverage you pictures without losses. The only problem about it-as oly doesn’t produce sensors, I world be a special order to get them produced.
That’s exactly the point. I always thought it a shame that the EM-5 needed the additional battery grip. This way the camera can remain small, AND it is far easier to achieve for 4:3 than APS-C which gives the system another competitive advantage.
Well, I guess that ends any debate about whether or not these leaks are deliberate. I kind of doubt Olympus marketing would go so far as to include anti-Japanese political quips to “cover their tracks.”
One source of the leaks I suspected are the local factories and repair centres which receive documentation in advance.
For instance one Portuguese photog. always had advance information because he had a good friend working at the local repair center.Oly having one of its main European factories in Portugal.
Thus factory designs and photos could easily be maipulated and circulated by the employees themselves.
Wow!!! I am Portuguese and didn’t know about that. ..and I checked online and the factory is close to my home, Coimbra! Hmmm I will need to ask around then.. will let you know if I can get to some info..
-m43rumors man in Portugual
Excellent! The family is growing.. bwawhawhawha
Now we need a guy on Panasonic.. Any chinese to help out here?
What about E_M1_18.jpg? 🙂
Extremely offensive text :D.
Inner diameter of m4/3 is 38mm. On this photo http://s11.postimg.org/ii2ah91tv/E_M1_03.jpg it’s 130 pixels.
The body is 410 pixels wide (without the strap lugs), which means it’s (410/130)*38 = 120mm.
The inner dia. of the lens mount might be 38mm but the throat (major dia.) of the camera mount is 41.5mm (approx. or the outer dia. of the face is 54mm) & I calculate the body to be 129mm wide & 92mm high, (I measured my E-M5 & lens) so that makes it 8mm wider than the E-M5 & 3mm higher (approx.).
yeah I made it 130mm based on the LCD size
so thats about the ball park
no in build flash no buy-> EM1 (even Nikon 800 has in build flash)
no in-build EFV no buy-> EP5
I would pay it!
+GN15
The D800 is a large DSLR whereas the E-M1 is a compact design & to keep it compact & within the OM(-D) design, this is what they can offer or if you want everything shoehorned into a box, try the GX7.
@ Admin,
I think you should delete this post, or at least the links. Some images of a new camera should not be used for political statements and it is not good for the credibility of the site. Or you support the message, or you do not show it…
Iwert
This is what Olympus really needs:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103310937571662022059/posts/5Br3hhBA3Xx
Open API for full WiFi control of the camera.
The options are unlimited.
I agree. But they shouldn’t forget about cable tethering. That is so cool for macro setups or studio shootings. And you have much quicker response. I would always prefer cable setup over wifi, if it is possible.
Thankfully, I do not speak Japanese, so I am grateful to whoever leaked the photos enabling me to have a better view of the upcoming camera 🙂
@admin If you don’t have the time to remove the writing don’t post anything. Clearly as evidenced by the discussion here it is obvious that the message is providing more discussion than the camera. You are playing right into the hands of the racist providing the images at the expense of your own site. The inclusion of those links make you look an incompetent amateur.
How do you know the messages are racist? Or do you mean some politically-correct, catch-all, good-vs-bad racism to hit people over the head with? Please substantiate.
+1 Doesn´t look good, when every image is covered with and used for political propaganda with racist tone. Now it´s political, it could as well contain other hate messages.
@Admin
Especially since they sent it to with the purpose of making a political statement that is inflammatory. And as has already been said we have seen enough photos
The translations I have seen imply the statement is political, not racist. I think Admin should leave the images there, unless some alternatives are provided because I think anyone taking offence at this site because of them is clearly not mature enough to have an internet connection.
I think it is perfectly clear from Admin’s statements that he doesn’t support the message and would preferably publish images without it, but he doesn’t have any so has to take what he can get.
@admin I suggest a reader who can type these text, the same size and font, and make it a mask in photoshop, you can adjust the brightness to make them disappared.
It’s about this island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks
the political aspect do not care much, but understand it a bit. Overhere (holland) any german being here during a german dutch soccer match takes a risk, crazy enough the young people not the older ones causing that. but would not park a german plate expensive car near any bar in that time..
I hope oly can make a more compact type of flash folding over the pentaprism and hooking up to the acc port making it easier to keep it all time on the camera.
Though the small black flash does not look bad on top imho.
A bit of shame are the strap eyelets to the sides, i hoped they would be removable; i use a sling strap so i can do without things sticking in my hands.
The horizontal grip looks great, but going for compact and light so i am likely to skip it, will try one though, could make a big difference in handling that 50-200
hmmm can those copy paste boys not paste a shot with a 12-60 combo, or is someone handy enough to make some now all the angles are present?
Blind Olympus fanboyism, I guess??
I thought the same thing. However, I dropped by B&H this week, and when I saw the E-P5 and handled it with the viewfinder, I found it to be a bit combersome and odd looking. It looked so out of place next to my E-M5. Olympus really should have integrated it into the body.
I feel that Olympus is missing the mark by not integrating the viewfinder into all of the m43 cameras. Until they do, these cameras will be perceived as expensive point and shoots.
+100
@Berneck
point and shoots,bride cameras, DSLRs with viewfinders are hardly setting the world alight, with mft you have choice…
I agree. I guess my concern is that I would like to see the format flourish and survive. I feel like comsumers are largely confused by it. While you do have choice, it also adds confusion.
Is it a souped up point & shoot? Or is it a miniaturized dSLR? I think Olympus and Panasonic need to lean toward the latter, and get the message out!
I live in New York City, and work a block from Times Square. I see hundreds of people daily, who are definitely not pros or even enthusiasts, lugging around dSLRs ranging from entry level to pro level, with heavy glass and camera backpacks. If they only knew what the m43 format was, I’d bet they’d ditch that gear in a New York minute!
Olympus did integrate the finder, they called it the E-M5. Why does this ‘Pen should have an integrated viewfinder’ plaint just go on and on when it would then be near indistinguishable from an E-M5?
If you are talking about the E-P5, you are wrong. The hump on the E-M5/E-M1 is much smaller than the EVF on an E-P5.
It is also securely attached to the body. No risk of breakage, snags, loosening, etc.
I for one, am a little surpirsed that you would post links to the images with the offensive text. Perhaps I could understand if it was the very first time we are seeing the camera. However, it’s just not important enough that we see 50 other angles of the camera.
These pics are all over the web. There is no way to hide them.
Thanks for the pics ! (this is what counts)
there is sifference between ‘hiding’ and not showing… but at the moment you are spreading a political message you do not understand… i suppose you wouldn’t link to images wit txts and comments referring to ww2 for example? keep it political neutral or stand behind what is shown?
I prefer to see this message ,about a geopolitic conflict we on’t know… that’s more interesting
than see Satanic Miley Circus everywhere on the media.
who’s miley? and why is she satanic? this is the problem when you don’t watch television. you miss everything.
Its everywhere but you have a choice not to be part of something you don’t understand. Are clicks more important than reputation?
I am not a person who will get the shot at any cost…sometimes at least to me it is better to let the shot go….yes these images are on the internet elsewhere…but that doesn’t mean you need to contribute in dispensing of these people or person’s message…like many others have said…we have seen this cameras images before…I do not understand any Asian languages…but if these are offensive writings and this were my blog I would not have posted these images…at any cost
+100
Admin, please come to your senses and remove these photos, you are risking the alienation of a very influential part of your audience….
Can’t be bothered with E-M1 after announcement of video characteristics. Hope one of Olympus fan boys, just to keep Olympus afloat, will buy two cameras, one for himself, and one that now I’m not going to buy because of lame video capabilities.
You are being used. Pull your links. Keep your credibility and integrity.
I agree this links should be taken off. It not wise to spread malicious propaganda. Its similar to computer viruses, you may not be the creator but theres many others who will get affected.
Real propangada it’s about always tell to people :
“close your eyes,your ears,your mind and your heart”
We know nothing about the world but we must trust “the single thought”
@kl
admin is probably at work, maybe admin(Andrea) at SonyAlphaRumors can do it for him if someone was to message Andrea and explain…
SAR Admin was taking the day off.
Can you provide us a link to your videos? I would like to see why you need more than what the em-1 provides. 99.99% of the videos I see around the Internet are boring, sleepy pieces of junk that require no more than a web cam. The worst panorama to me is when my friends invite me to watch their vacation videos (filmed with D800, 5d mk3, 6d or whatever camera) just to spend an hour or more seeing boring scenes, including a change of focus from a candle to his wife face to see how good his lens is, all without any content at all. Any video camera serves that purpose, an iPhone is an excellent tool for that to.
The above message is to MyName
I think you’re a bit rude with that candle…
Hmmm, you are right.
Sorry, admin, but you just lost one reader, who was checking your site every day.
Why this happened?
Photorumors did care and blurred out the insulting messages. I’m not japanese or korean. But I am ABSOLUTELY SURE, that NOT ANY photography related website should tolerate ANY kind of insult, especially towards a whole nation or community.
In the best case it looks like being too busy, you couldn’t find time to do the same as the photorumors did.
But the traffic to your site is very important to you.
Sorry, you have just disrupted the balance of business ethics.
Bye. I really enjoyed your website. I hope that, you will start caring more in the future.
Anche io penso si la stessa cosa riguardo il corpo macchina indotto da parole dure e mezzo per la E-M1
Asians in general need to get over their butt hurt attitude towards each other. The greatest threat to Pan-Asian unity is western imperialism. I would like to see all U.S. military bases abolished from the continent forever. Asia for Asians.
Fuckin’ Korean!
Dang! LINKS ARE VIRUS-INFECTED!
that´s right, Dokdo is korean, diaoyu is Chinese
It doesn’t matter what they write. All the Asians except the Japanese understand that Japan started the World War II and never truly admits its wrongdoings.
Sure about that?
I still don’t understand why anyone would want a professional-looking camera that’s got a M4/3 sensor inside. Enlighten me please?
Could you provide me a link to your photos, to see how good or professional they are?
I’m not a professional photographer, just a keen amateur. I’m just interested in the buzz around these pro-looking m43 bodies. What advantage does this sensor bring over, say, an APS-C? Just curious.
The main advantage is size and weight. m4/3 cameras and lenses are considerably smaller than their APS-C counterparts while still providing excellent image quality.
The X-Pro1 is a small body with the APS-C sensor though?
But the Fuji lenses are a lot bigger, which negates the advantage of the small body. (Same with Sony).
M43 cameras are used by many professionals, a lot of them as a second camera system when they want or require to travel light. Many have been asking for a more professional camera than the OMD-EM5, which is the camera I have and that I will not exchange for the em1. The em5 is good enough for me. I’m not a professional photographer to.
In case you want to know, I have an Epson 7880 printer and do prints for my friend and for myself. Up to 16×20″ you don’t see any difference between prints from the OMD and any from any full frame camera, in using the top d800 and 5d mk III. In 24×36 prints, the largest size I can do, there is a slight difference favoring the karger sensor cameras, which you appreciate sticking your nose in the print. So, depending on the size you want to print, a M43 third camera can be used by professionals, and they have to be served with professional equipment. Up to some size prints, the sensor size is irrelevant, unless you require to shoot over ISO 3200-6400.
diversity of supply means there are high end bodies for video and stills, and there are lower end but more compact bodies for more regular photography. The lens range is extremely broad and far surpasses APSC from simple kit lens to expensive Zuiko SHG, and then there is the ability to adapt a wide variety of other MF lenses from external resources.
It’s not just professional look, it is a professional camera and is less heavy. I do not know where you leave, but for me living in place which the weather can be quite hot, it is a pleasure to use less heavy camera and lenses.
Damn ugly. Not pro. High price. No buy.
Congratulations: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/6/4700702/korea-japan-island-dispute-spills-onto-camera-blogs
Is that dust on the sensor?
Uh no, it’s not a Nikon 😉
@admin, I am afraid someone is playing you for a fool. if you follow the new links to photobucket and click to the next pictures you get the original images with the script.
I’ve sent the pics to the Admin via mail, so nobody is playing him fool.Maybe he did just a mistake publish some of the wrong ones.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/6/4700702/korea-japan-island-dispute-spills-onto-camera-blogs
I would like some people explain me how two civilized countries can have a dispute over those two rocks emerging from the bottom of the sea, that look no more than a place for the seagulls to take a shit
The message is pro-Korean, not anti-Japanese;) Get your facts straight!!!