Our friends over at Digicameinfo confirmed the specs of the E-M1 cameras that we already posted many weeks ago. And also said the camera would start shipping in early October while the 12-40mm lens will ship in November. Stay tuned on 43rumors tomorrow morning at 5am London time everything will be officially announced!
Olympus OM-D E-M1
– 16.28 million pixel sensor LiveMOS
– “DUAL FAST AF” (Phase detection and contrast detection AF).
– New TruePicVII Image processing engine
– EVF (with new high magnification)
– 5-axis camera shake correction
– Announcement – September 10
– Kit with 12-40mm lens will ship in early October. Kit with 12-50mm lens in late October.
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO
– Linear motor, AF, MSC
– Minimum focusing distance (0.6 times maximum magnification) 20cm throughout the entire zoom range
– Weather proof.
– Late November release
The 40-150mm f/2.8 pricing will be announced later and the lens ship in early 2014!
IN case you missed it. These are the prices in US Dollar and YEN:
Price in USA
OM-D E-M1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera Body $1,399.00
OM-D E-M1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera with 12-40mm Lens $2,199.00
12-40mm M. Zuiko Digital ED f/2.8 PRO Lens $999.00
HLD-7 Battery Grip for OM-D E-M1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera $199.00
LH-66 LENS HOOD $44.99
LC-62D BLACK METAL CAP $12.99
EP13 BLACK EYECUP $19.98
Price in Japan
OM-D E-M1 Body 144,800Yen
OM-D E-M1 12-50mm 169,800Yen
OM-D E-M1 12-40mm F2.8 219,800Yen
HLD-7 19,740Yen
GS-5 2,980Yen
EP-12 525Yen
EP-13 1,848Yen
PFUD-EP11 2,520Yen
PT-EP11 99,960Yen
CBG-10 24,800Yen
CSS-P118 3,480Yen
CS-43 2,480Yen
CS-42SF 6,980Yen
LH-55C 3,990Yen
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO 89,880Yen
LH-66 4,620Yen
LC-62D 1,050Yen
PRF-D62PRO 3,780Yen
PPZR-EP04 7,140Yen
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Dust-proof only?… or dust-proof = splash-proof? like on 12-35
‘Weather’ does not mean ‘Dust’, so there’s a clue.
The rumor mill has previously said *dust proof* + *splash proof* + *freeze proof* (down to ca. 10F.
cannot wait to get this into my hands.
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO —> It´s a PRO lens, but only dustproof and no weather-sealing? Why would that be?
Google translate shows this from the original site:
“Dust-proof drip” so it’s weather sealed, for shure.
The words “防塵防滴” wrote in Japenese,means dust and splash-proof in English. Need no worry about that 😛
The MMF-3 and the 60 mm Macro have printed a cheeky “SPLASH PROOF” on the barrel. My 12-60 mm lens says nothing at all about being sealed, although it is weather-sealed.
The term “sealed” refers only to the outside of the lens, not including the rear of the lens beyond the bayonet seal.
Lenses must be able to displace air internally. If they weren’t able to “breathe,” they all would fog up internally due to condensation, get fungus, and never dry out. You couldn’t zoom a lens with expanding barrels, if the lens were hermetically sealed.
If you ever change the lens on your camera, dust will find its way into the lens, especially in zoom lenses, which move a lot of air when zooming. I once sucked the shutter curtains out of a Nikon F4 by zooming an 80-200 f/2.8 mm lens very fast.
When you have a weather-sealed lens attached to a weather-sealed body, the lens “breathes” through the camera body, which is vented. The vent may well be one-way sealed by a high tech membrane (similar to Gore-Tex).
The ‘Splash Proof’ was probably to discourage people from dunking their camera & lenses. 😉 Remember the E-5 dunking in Iceland? 🙂
Where is the rest of the lens hood and where is the filter window so you can manipulate the filter without removing the lens hood? Pro, indeed.
Can you give the list of Canon and Nikon Pro zooms which have lens hood with filter window? I can help you: there is none.
HAHAHAHA
bousozoku = pwned
Haha…
…, but my 50-200 got one.
What 50 -200mm ???
It’s a 4/3 lens, and beautiful…
The 50-200 ZD is a fabulous lens, I also have one but yet to find a filter window in it.
Only the SWD has the window on the hood. The hood of the non-SWD is therefore sleeker and not so bucket-like like the SWD-hood. I upgraded because of the AF, and saw that the hood does not match in any of the compartments of my Nova AW, where the hood of the old 50-200 had room.
The SWD is also quite heavier (something like 100 grams) and thicker – obviously because of the SWD.
Not only 50-200, also all SHG lens except 7-14
Lots of info coming out early, but have the video specs been leaked yet? Kind of important. Also, will the EM-1 come in black and silver?
Video Specs: http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-e-m1-video-specs/
Ages ago Admin mentioned a silver version would be available.
As a fashion accessory.
😉
I hope it’s a new shade of Silver. Getting tired of the old ones.
(not trolling, just poking fun).
I have a silver E-M5 and a few shades of silver lenses. Can’t wait to see the whole announcement, these leaks are KILLING ME! I may have to quit my job just to keep up!
One more day and then – Adorama, here I come with the pre-order!
My 43 lenses can’t wait to connect with the E-M1. Just “one beautiful system”.
the last sentence read as if a adult joking :DDDDDDDDDDD
At least in the USA, the term the kids use is “hook up”. That would have been even better.
There are still some open questions:
* silver version?
* metal 4/3 adapter?
* compatibility with 4/3 teleconverters?
* does it require focus micro adjustment of 4/3 lenses?
* PDAF with m4/3 lenses?
BTW, a minimum focus distance of 20cm would be a small miracle. I seriously doubt this figure (should be more like 35cm or variable with focal length).
Overall I’m impressed. Even the price is about right (if true).
> * does it require focus micro adjustment of 4/3 lenses?
with cdAF and pdAF on sensor this isnt required
There are still some open questions:
* silver version?
You have to be kidding.
* metal 4/3 adapter?
The MMF-3 is metal with an outer plastic covering. However, an MMF-x may have a tripod thread for use with the medium-size lenses like the 12-60.
* compatibility with 4/3 teleconverters?
Should be a given
* does it require focus micro adjustment of 4/3 lenses?
No.
* PDAF with m4/3 lenses?
At least in C-Af mode, PDAF will be used with m4/3 lenses.
BTW, a minimum focus distance of 20cm would be a small miracle. I seriously doubt this figure (should be more like 35cm or variable with focal length).
Not really a miracle. The 12-60 focuses to a pretty 25 cm.
Nope, the 12-60 SWD hat 25 cm minimum focus thoughout the entire range and a max. magnification of 0.28x native, which translates according to the calculation MM* crop factor (same as focal length * crop factor) to 0.56x in 35 mm terms. It achieved in MF mode however a max. magnification of 0.31x (or 0.62x in 35mm terms) according to http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/olympus_12-60_2p8-4_o20/3 with moderate corner softness and low CA. That said, its still quite good, however:
1. its not clear if and how the close-range aberrations are being minimized, most of the HGand SHG have floating focus like any macro lens!
2. 20 cm at 40 mm means for sure a working distance of several cm away from the front element but the 12-60 is the same here, it gives a working distance at the max. magnification of just 4 cm!
What do you mean, “Nope”? I was only talking about the 25 cm close focusing, not about magnification.
I actually answered to the wrong posting, therefore the “nope”
Last paragraph should say, “The 12-60 focuses to a pretty close 25 cm.”
About the teleconverters, perhaps you skipped this important information about the DIGITAL TC:
http://www.fourthirds-user.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12748
Actually it preserves detail so well – as shown – that it is like having a second lens. Ignore at your own peril 🙂
Almaric, have you tried this yourself. Some say there are sharpening defects, have you found this?
I didn’t use it often enough. I forget about it, however when I remember, I don’t see any difference with an original. Perhaps if I pixel peeped?
At any rate a physical teleconverter always introduces a drop in sharpness. I find interesting that O & P don’t sell such devices for m4/3, so they probably consider DTCV adequate enough .
You can also select it from a button, so it’s instant.
I took one today (using the DTC) with the 60mm macro lens & just resized (& sharpened) it for the web.
http://e-group.uk.net/forum/showthread.php?p=248651#post248651
Awesome shot. I’m not into macro, but this shot makes me want to go find some photogenic insects. I might try leaving food out, maybe some roaches will come by.
Seriously though, how do you macro guys get the darn things to stay put while you get close enough for something like this? I could maybe see it with a 300mm lens, but wow!
Excellent detail (and composition too, but that’s another story). I think that the DTC algorithm is based on a fractal method, known for its up-scaling capabilities for quite some time.
I was a doubter at first too but as you see on page 2 of that thread I enlarged crops of the moon with the Digital TC & an up-sizing equivalent from the RAW (in Olympus Viewer 3 to match the same size). You can see how smoothly the Digital TC can up-size & isn’t just a crop (if you can see through the enlarging effects to see it). The only down side is it only applies to the JPEG.
I am a Jpeg shooter and luckily I use the LSF by default, so I met the required conditions.
I think that it is a remarkable feature for us Jpeg shooters, especially for those like me who use primes, and avoid bags.
in an emergency it’s like having twice the lens. The upsizing seem to be done with a refined algorithm, so I don’t see any reason to snub it.
Oly introduces all the time digital refinement that go unnoticed by people who are stuck in the era of film.
But you are free to try to reproduce them in RAW 🙂
Thanks Admin for all the great info the last few weeks… Kept me so excited!
Does that effect the kit? Meaning does the kit ship in November as well, or in October and the lens only package in November?
Clicked the link and saw the specifics…
What I was told was the body should be in stores by early to mid Oct., kit w/ 12-40 by mid Oct. to early Nov., and 12-40 only by early to mid Nov.
No news about a possible “mmf-5” ?
How I would love to see one day a Panasonic DMC-G8 as a modernized G1 with all the functionality and wheels of the G1 but modern sensor etc. At the former price of the G1. That would address the needs of the m43 community more than a 1400$ body.
and still without IBIS…..
What’s wrong about the G6? It doesn’t have the latest sensor, but that’s about it.
As I said ‘No IBIS’, as well as which I hate the handling of the Panasonic jelly mould shape.
You will know what I mean as soon as you compare the G6 with the G1 side by side and play with both for a couple minutes… The G6 is not a bad camera at all, but the handling of the G1 is just so much better IMO. Same for the GF1 vs. all the later GF’s, which is the reason for the GX series.
Having seen E-P5 annonced in 8 May and “shipping in late June” and actually late July, I prefer belive E-M1 will actually in shop to christmas.
I would love a a silver version too
That sounds great – just in time before my holiday, so I can replace my E-3 😉
just check the size with battery grip bigger than aps-c fanboys wish that eye cups and bottons dont fall apart like the em-5
there you got bigger camera small picture quality oh 16mp 43 is on top of resolution
I’m a combat photographer and use an OM-D in some situations. I have yet to have buttons break or fall off. IMHO combat photography is a pretty darn good test of how tough the OM-D is. But then again some douche bag that calls himself ‘full frame’ and posts comments in FT forum, showing his inadequacy may know better, I doubt it though.
what kind of combat? barbie doll one ? really my omd bottons and eyee cup need to bw replaced i used for paragliding i sell it and buy the gh3 was going from bad to worst
Dude, my D600 had twice oil on the sensor and my D800 focus probems!
Its not always greener on the other side.
And if you are too dump to handle a cam so that parts break off I guess its your problem and yours alone.
thats why i use canon
Jon bon jovi use canon too, but he is old now.
Bill, now i am getting curious, you use an omd as a war reporter? would be interesting to make ablog about that?
Yes your right it would be an interesting read. The fact the dust filter is so good makes it ideal for a start in combat situations.
I will blog about it when I’m out 🙂
btw I don’t exclusively use an OM-D, primarily I use Nikon…
The OM-D setup is my goto for situations where I need to carry higher ops loads so need to cull camera weight. It performs quite admirably considering how little it weighs.
Sorry missed part of your question. I’m not a journalist, the army actually employ photographers as a combat role. We carry a camera and a rifle, if needed we drop the camera and switch to our rifle. Most of our shots are used in Defence newspapers or media releases. Wouldn’t call myself a journalist though, that should be left to more impartial perspectives.
Well said Bill. I imagine you will be quite keen to check this camera out as it looks even more solid than the E-M5. I can remember the E1 use to get used for combat photography due to it’s build quality and from the photos there is a hint of E1 ruggedness in the design of this new model.
Definitely will be looking at the EM1. looks like it is similar in size to the EM5 with grip, which is a fantastic size.
welcome back troll.
Oh look, it’s the Panasonic onanist – aka Panker – hiding his fanboism behind his name.
@full frame:
> just check the size with battery grip bigger than aps-c fanboys wish that eye cups and bottons dont fall apart like the em-5
One could get the impression that you don’t really own a full frame camera. What other reason could there be that you apparently don’t have a clue as to the relative size of the em-1 with battery grip and that of a full frame camera?
Eye-cups fall apart?? The rubber band around the em-5 EVF may fall *off*. I don’t think anyone has experienced that it falls apart. In my case, it started to get loose. It never fell off. The problem was simple to solve: I used super glue; I have never had problems since then.
I have never heard of a single report where the buttons fall off.
Sorry my grammer is so poor 🙁
And I’m a real @sshole…
I would worry more about my character than my grammar if I were you.
ppl is trolling me 🙁 hey bill i hope your omd dont fall apart in your cat fights
lol!…..yes indeed. This fullframe butthead is more concerned about his grammar than his character or manners.
I wonder if this guy even owns a camera and I doubt he’d know how operate the basics if someone handed him that d800 he keeps dreaming about.
Mr fullframe understand that some people participating in this forum have spent more than enough money to own a fullframe 35mm system if they wanted but they’ve chosen something else. Some may be using both and all this mine is bigger than yours is meaningless garbage.
🙂 shure the waste of cash in crappy system english not my mother language so i dont care about grammar this website is just for fanboys wannabes
We understand that your mother language is Gibberish!
the fact that you have some sort of desire to come into this forum and troll is quite sad, you should consult a psychiatrist or help.
so much fun to tell the truth to fanboys
The max magnification in the 12-40 is 0.6 – that’s great! works for macro in a pinch! better than the magnification on the 12-50.
For sure in 35 mm terms, which means 0.3x native. Otherwise it would have a higher max. magnification than a 1:2 macro, which would be a sensation for a zoom. the only one I can think of is the Sigma (Olympus) 70-300.
early october? i might try to be an early adopter then!
I usually wait a year before buying a new camera, but this time I’m in urgent need of a new body. My E-620s are getting long in the tooth, one just broke again, and my E-PL1 is just a point$shoot. The price of the E-M1 is fine, especially because it seems to meet all my requirements. I ahve been waiting and eaiting for this camera, the “OBS.” Shooting a few portfolios will pay for it in no time, and I use my cameras for a long time anyway, so I don’t mind spending the money.
According to dealsrunner.com, amazon.de briefly leaked the 12-40mm, with a price of 999€. If true, I guess Pana will lower the price on the 12-35mm. GX7 + 12-40 might me a nice combo.
I think western europe will be ripped off again with dollar prices directly into euro. ($1399 == 1399 euro).
Yes, but at least doller price is without tex and Euro price is with tex and 2 year warranty, and what’s more you can pay sympathy to your neighborhood on the island coz they need pay the same in GBP.
That’s been done over and over, US prices are without taxes and duties, EU prices include them, US prices come with a very limited warranty and consumer protection, EU include a 1 to 2 year warranty… in the end, both in $-€ conversion and purchasing power equivalencies, EU prices are equal or lower to US prices.
The only ones in Europe getting shafted are the British (even the Swiss get pretty reasonnable deals), but they’d rather have that than become part of the Euro zone…
The British seem much more at ease with grey imports than continental Europe. I suspect that this is done with firms that have a dual identity, one in HK and one in England, and succeed in paying v. little tax.
Another thing they do is break kits into separate cheaper parts – so if one is patient, one can find v. good buys at ebay.uk.
I am sure that in a few months from now it will be possible to have the 12-40 for 20 or 30% less.
yes Im sure this could be possible
HK do the same thing in Australia too
which reminds me ….
I have grabbed a 50-200SWD deal on a firm in UK at 800 euro new, they are imported from USA.
Taxes are not nearly as much as the difference between the euro and the weak dollar.
Too bad olympus has been so slow to give us the 12-40 f2.8 and 40-150 f2.8…Now I already have the panny 12-35 f2.8 and the 35-100 f2.8, I’m happy with the IQ and size but I’d like to have had the choice and I don’t need that OIS on E-M5. I also Wonder:
– How good will be the 12-40 compared to 12-35 ? I’s bigger but has 5 mm more at the end which is nice
– How big and how good will be the 40-150 f2.8 compared to 35-100 ? And how expensive will be such a beast ? I presume at least 1500 euros but maybe more…
I can’t wait to see 12-40 reviews and 40-150 pictures !!!
I am right here with you and your curiosity, but fortunately I will haven’t start my m43 journey yet. I will wait for some reviews and the decide on either the Pana or the Oly. Since I will get an E-M5 and therefore its IBIS, the OIS of the Pana is less tempting than those extra 5mm. The Oly also has that click MF ring. So right now, I prefer the Oly, but we have to wait for reviews. The Pana has already shown its quality! 😉
You’re right I forgot that pretty nice mechanical MF ring (with distance scale ??) on the oly that I’d like to have for night / very low light shots…
There is a red line on the front of that lens, but I am not sure how scale focusing is supposed to work on a zoom lens.
Maybe when the minimum focus distance is the same, then they can have the same focus positions for different distances? I don’t have any idea. :S
So nothing to be said about the monitor? Swinging? Touchable? Who cares.
For sure capacitive touch-screen – why would Oly move away from the touch screen, and I hope with a better implementation than the one in the E-M5! Say like the one in the recent Canons.
Side-hinged hmm, no idea but it does not look like this – pity! Hopefully I am wrong, since the one on the E-M5 and various PENs isn’t may favourite – no pissibility for face-in storage, and so on..
no confirmation yet about full info for the display i think, probably tilt only, probably touchscreen same as the E-M5.
I don’t understand:
999$ VS 999 euro.
This is crazy!
Come on people. Euro prices are always including VAT, US prices don’t include taxes.
999 USD = 750 EUR + 25% VAT = 950 EUR.
25% VAT? Not where I live. And even if, there is still a difference left.
Even if I repeat, normally 999 $ = 999 Swiss Francs, and in Germany about 1199 Euros… When the E-M5 came out you could buy the kit in Switzerland for 1500 Swiss Francs while the price was 1700 Euros in Germany…
Why is it Admin keeps posting these pornographic images and no one asks him to cover them up?
😉
tiny sensor tiny minf tiny ?
tiny brain of yours tiny minf tiny ? 🙂
Nothing is mention about the wi-fi feature hope that it can tether to the computer via wifi. or even better yet a tether plugin for lightroom
wrong : Kit with 12-40mm lens will ship in early October. Kit with 12-50mm lens in late October.
correct : Kit with 12-50mm lens will ship in early October. Kit with 12-40mm lens in late October.
Olympus OM-D E-M1
– Place the image plane phase difference AF sensor 16.28 million pixel sensor LiveMOS new development, the 37 point
– The image plane phase difference AF combination and contrast AF AF is “DUAL FAST AF”
– Greatly improve the tracking performance of the C-AF in combination image plane phase difference AF
– 6.5 frames / second maximum, continuous shooting of 10 frames / second maximum focus, exposure fixed at the time
– 200-25600, LOW ISO range (ISO100 equivalent)
– The shutter speed -1/8000 seconds 60 seconds
– Image processing engine TruePicVII new
– Adopt image processing technology “Fine detail II”, magnification chromatic aberration correction, Moire Reduction
– High magnification 2.36 million dots of 0.74 times 35mm conversion, EVF is 0.029 seconds time lag
– 1.04 million dot 3.0-inch, movable, touch panel LCD monitor
– 5-axis camera shake correction
– Video Full HD (1920×1080 30p, 24Mbps)
– Low-temperature performance dustproof drip-proof, of -10 ℃
– Wi-Fi Built-in
– Dimensions: 130.4 x 93.5 x 63.1mm
– Weight: 497g (including battery media), 443g (body only)
Announcement – September 10
– Kit with ,12-40mm early October is late October kit with 12-50mm and the body is released
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO
– Linear motor, MSC mechanism, AF The inner focus
– Manual focus clutch mechanism
– 20cm minimum focusing distance (maximum magnification of 0.3 times, 35mm equivalent 0.6 times) throughout the entire zoom range
– Dust-proof drip
– I squeeze seven feathers (circular aperture)
– Filter size: 62mm
– Total length: 84mm, maximum diameter 69.9mm
– Weight: 382g
– September 10, announced late November release
That’s interesting, the E-M1 vs E-M5 is 9.4mm wider, 3.9mm taller, 21.9mm deeper and 43g heavier
– Adopt image processing technology “Fine detail II”, magnification chromatic aberration correction, Moire Reduction.
I’m wondering if it’ll clean ca from all lenses it recognises or something specific only, anyone?
Still no exact info concerning size and weight ? MMmm.. This doesn’t bode too well. I fear that it could be quite bigger and heavier than the E-M5.
I’d like an E-P5 with integrated VF.
Go up a few comments to Real Stig, only 45g heavier and still smaller and 100g lighter than GH3 according to camera size.
http://camerasize.com/compare/#289,381
And the lens is 200g lighter than the 12-60
Oops I just saw the post disclosing it all ! Thank you !
MMmm it is getting a little big, although still nice compared to traditional DSLRs..
EVF, Panorama-Stiching & HDR !!!
Olympus pls explane me why not. Just because of marketing issiue ?
In camera panorama isn’t a feature I would cry about: it drains a lot of power, takes many seconds to acheive, and the result is often better on a computer using free software like Hugin… ( http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ )
The E-M1 has HDR and an EVF.
Great job, Admin. I really look forward to these little 4/3 tidbits.
bigger as 7100 perform like point and shoot
Really?
http://camerasize.com/compare/#289,440,
It only weighs twice as much.
O.3 magnification througout the range, weather sealed, fixed f2.8, fast af and as one poster pointed out it’s 200grams lighter than mu 12-60!…I’m very impressed indeed.
And that beautiful em1 is 496grams with battery and card compared to e3 or e5 at around 892grams!!!
This is what I’ve wanted for some time.
When I want the camera to be big I can add the grip and off it goes when I’m not using the 50-200swd. Why does the camera have to be the size and weight of an e3?
Em1 + grip can handle any lens and we have the option of a light weight rugged body.
Now the waiting part, oh the pain…lol.
More like shipping down then toilet. You could by a newish car for the same price as this overpriced junk.
You’d have to be out of your mind to waste so much money on something that delivers so little!
(and I used to love Olympus)
I guess your proirities are different to mine James d800. I don’t need to spend $3000 on a psychiatric fees so I’ll sp3nd it on Olympus gear with tiny 43 sensor.
The only thing you have ever loved is yourself.
So James d800e and Full Frame, and all other trolls in here. Please explain one thing! What do you get out of your writings on here? Is there a purpose? What amusement do you get? Does it make you feel good?
I’m curious because to the rest of us you just seem like sad losers……
I’m so sorry for having views different from yours. Please accept my humble apologies.
yeah that is not an answer to my question;
If you have no interest in m43 then why do you waste your time on this site, and waste our time with having to read your words?
Say something constructive or even amusing and that would be great! Otherwise, please enlighten us as to why you bother coming onto this site when you appear sensor size obsessed, and not to care about anything else?
Are you actually interested in m43 and hoping someone will prove you wrong? or are you simply here to troll?
No need to apologize, just go away.
camera soon to be forgoten :*
I am in for a long wait, because I love my E-M5, but not the form factor – or rather I’d go for an E-P5 FF with built in EVF.
I would even accept a built in VF-3, since EVF changes my way of shooting. I also discovered a way to make both screens black, so that battery life doubles – the OLED is a monster of avidity.
Despite their retro appeal Pens are more original than OM-D i find, and are more pocketable. Some of the features of the E-M1 will trickle down., like CA correction. That is v. important for using Panny lenses.
When I have the Sun in the frame my 14/2.5 can make suddenly everything purple! So this was a long awaited feature…
Should we interpret E-P5 FF to “E-P5 Form Factor”? I guess so 🙂
Yes, as we know all our m4/3 cameras are Half Frame (HF). They have different Form Factors (FF). So you can have a HF FF 🙂
Pen in fact is the original HF while OM was not, so going retro is not always true to tradition 🙂
As we discovered however, Digital wiped out most of the differences, unnoticed by trolls, that ignorant breed…
And look at how far that eyecup justs out!!
And with all the complainig of the GX7’S VF, biased much? lol! !
“ALL” the complaining? I remember a few people doing it, so what? 99% of people here probably didn’t even notice. But you seem to think the entire site was out-to-get-you.
You know what? We ARE!
Yes, at last. An eye cup for eyeglass wearers. Perfect. High resolution, fast EVF, Good eyepoint. I think they really thought this one out. Yes, that eyecup will do just fine. Wont’ have to smash my face against the camera just to see inside and can keep my glasses on without any penalty. Thank you Olympus.
And as to the GX7 viewfinder, I’ve not seen many real complaints at all, though I see a few odd folks talk about such complaints. GX7 EVF is very good. eye point might be a little better and it is a little less magnification but it is still much better then most. But the GX7, as wonderful a camera as it is, doesn’t fit me as well. Nice to have choices though and positive competition. The more I see and learn, the more it feels like Olympus has designed in the E-M1 a camera that really fits my needs and my style. Final test will be when I can actually handle one.
I think that must some accessory eye cup. But, if nothing else, it will keep your nose odd the screen.
12-40mm M. Zuiko Digital ED f/2.8 PRO Lens $999.00. Panny will need to drop its 12-35 f/2.8 MSRP to compete with Oly’s M43 pro zoom.