Image of the silver E-M1.
I got some “reasonable” info about the E-M1 firmware update (Thank You source). As suspected there is no 4K coming but more than 20 things got added or fixed. Among them we have:
– new art filters,
– faster EVF refresh rate,
– you don’t lose magnify mode when you focus, same with peaking,
– art filters and peaking get BIG evf refresh rate update.
– tethering.
– Live Composite
And there is a new New O.I. Share app coming as well. Thanks a lot source…also for your patience 😉
And two more info about the 40-150mm PRo lens: The lens hood for the 40-150…it slides back over the lens body! Slick! 1.4 TC will only work with the 40-150 2.8 and the 300mm f/4.
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Any information on E-M5 focus peaking update?
Thank God Olympus added Art Filters instead of 4K. (Sarcasm intended)
4K would probably require a more powerful ASIC. Not everything can be added with a firmware update.
Oh..I never thought that 4K was a possibility. I didn’t care, really as I only shoot stills. I also don’t care that Oly added Art Filters. Does anyone shooting with a camera at this level use Art Filters??? (Other than focus peaking, which I do not think should be implemented as an Art Filter, it should be listed in the focusing menu…duh). Still a great camera, though.
“Does anyone shooting with a camera at this level use Art Filters???”
Apparently, yes. See Athonline’s comment about this elsewhere in this thread.
prob most have their own odd prefs in how they shoot with or without something. I am stillshooter in 1st place too but I dont need an aperture mechanism in a lens. its total useless for me
I love the Aperture rings on the Fuji’s. Comes in handy for real quick adjustments. Love it.
I’ve been used to the 2 control dials on Olympus cameras & it’s quick & easy for me, but the Stylus 1 camera (I take whenever I don’t want a full kit but still want zoom) has a front ring for aperture & I have to remember to use it.
I bet you don’t love it when you accidentally knock it to different position all the time. It’s way too loose on too many of their lenses.
Oh no, the 25p dream looks to be slipping away…
Lumix Panasonic for a life. I wait a fixed m43 from panasonic with 4k slog and GH4 video modes
Why not buy a gh4 than?
cost a lot for me
Than get the Panasonic FZ1000 its $900 has cine profile 4k, 120fps and a leica lens. I don’t think m43 sensor with 4k and lens camera will be any less than $2k if it’s within next year or so.
I found a boogie here, is it a piece of your brain?
Hope Oly will give us a better video, not 4k, but better then the current.
Hope that the fix to peaking will apply also to E-M10……peaking feature is a joke is pure stuttering
“peaking get BIG evf refresh rate update.”
Ohhh thank god!!!
I wonder if Olympus is really going to limit the 1.4 TC to a couple of their own lenses. It would be useful on the Panasonic 35-100 as well. Olympus components not working with Panasonic components sets a bad precedent.
But according to this rumor the 75mm f1.8 is both sharp and fast enough to make use of a TC and will not be supported either.
Maybe it’s a front fitting & not rear. ???
The precedent was set by Panasonic. LOL. The Panny 25 mm f1.4, the Nocticron ,etc. do not function properly on Oly cameras. I guess it is to be expected with two manufactures RRS who are competing with one another.
Hm, so what about the Panny 25 does not work on olympus bodies? Except for the rattling sound, witch does not impact speed or quality, or that the bodies do not correct the lens properly (witch, if you shoot raw is a moot point)?
Having an additional aperture ring that is not supported or a mild noise coming from your lens is nowhere near the same thing as an important accessory simply not functioning. Get real.
The way a guy from Olympus explained it: Panasonic builds their lens corrections on their firmware and then share lens data with Olympus for high-end lenses. Olympus gets the data and tries to apply any corrections possible.
However due to the way they develop each of their cameras -i.e. Panasonic likes to have stronger AA filters in the camera, not everything can be corrected ala the purple flairs of the Panasonic 7-14mm f/4.
Olympus have a history of making converters for specific lenses only, that way they can optimise the performance rather than produce a mediocre fits all type. Example the EC-20 teleconverter for four thirds lenses, when used with my 50mm macro or the 50-200mm zoom, it produces wonderful results, used with the Sigma 18-50mm, it is no where near as sharp, Olympus design their converters for specific lenses for a reason, a very good reason.
I thought they did that to prevent people from using a TC with lenses that are not good enough optically to withstand getting magnified by at TC, not because it was matched to certain lenses.
Back when I owned a 43 SLR i bought a 2xTC from a man that bought it to use with his 70-300 and was disappointed with the results with his “600mm f11” lens. It worked great with my 50mm f2 which is what I bought it for. I finally had enough working distance for macro and it was still very sharp and contrasty.
With the high pixel density of a m43 sensor it takes a LOT of resolution to make a TC work well. My 100-300 does not make the cut but but the 75mm f1.8 would. I can see why Olympus would not want people to use the TC with the 100-300 and then go all over the internet complaining about how bad the TC was. But that would not be true for the 75mm. If it only worked with the 300mm f4 I would have an easier time believing it was specifically designed for that lens. But I suspect the 35-100 and 40-150 have much more in common optically than the 40-150 and 300mm do.
Using a EC20 with the 70-300 lens was just wishful thinking! It doesn’t even go all that well with an EC14, although the lens can produce some lovely results itself. The lens needs to be bright enough (& good enough optically) so a fast enough shutter speed is possible & that is where most disappointments come from the ‘unknowing’ when using TC’s.
Not concerned about 4K anyway, leave it to Panasonic.
PERFECT response. There is so many people in these comments that are looking for some godsend update to turn their camera into a GH4….Just get a GH4 if you want video.
So not just no 4k, no update to the 1080p frame-rates, bit-rates or codecs either. Oh dear. I had hoped this update would put the EM1 on my wish-list. But no. There’s so much right about the EM1, but I’m not going to pay for a ‘top-end’ camera that has video quality worse than some compact cameras.
The frame rates and bit rates might actually be coming. The list is only for a few of the 20+ fixes/improvements the firmware should be bringing.
Please, this is Olympus we are talking about. Not only will they disappoint with the lack of 4k, they will likely continue the trend of no further updates to video, even the most basic of them. If history proves correct, 24/25p is a fantasy, much less the move into 4k.
Bro just get a Panasonic GH4 and cool it. Jesus. Did you really think they were going to do 4k – are you really disappointed. Jesus.
Somebody calling me?
So get a GH4 dude, problem solved. Jesus Christ you people are such babies expecting some godsend upgrade to a camera that was not even touted at the beginning for good video. You guys are expecting miracles….
Admin: Are there any video-related enhancements in the firmware?
Looks like a decent overall update. Bummer that video will prob still not see improvement.
It looks like a nice update & the Live Composite will be a nice addition.
Not loosing magnification during focusing is really welcome fix, original implementation was rather stupid.
“The lens hood for the 40-150…it slides back over the lens body! Slick!”
Just like the 60mm macro lens, only better, I hope (but I’m a cheapskate & using a JJC hood).
The lens hood is included with pro lenses. Normally…
Yes & it should be even better (I hope) than the 60mm macro lens hood, but I guess it would be using a similar principle.
i don’t know why they bother with Art Filters on a Pro camera. 99% of buyers are probably using Photoshop
I was thinking the same thing, until I went to an Olympus workshop in London. Some of the “Olympus ambassadors” aka award winning pros who use Olympus gear, use the filters in their “daily” usage.
Went I asked about them, how comes they use them over PS, one of them said “Why use Photoshop? For me photography is spending time with the camera out not spending time infront of a screen” and showed me quite a few ways to use the filters effectively.
Similar arguments with Art Filters can be said for mono (B&W), HDR, panorama scenes, etc.
So the pro’s shoot JPG’s?
Unlike most other manufacturers, Olympus lets you use art filters in raw mode too. The camera saves the settings as metadata, and the raw file is intact in case you regret using the art filter afterwards.
Yes, depending on what the target output media happens to be. I went to a workshop in NYC where the focus was digital and new media. There was someone on the panel who was an editor for a cell phone blog, 100% of the photos everyday come from a Nokia 1020 phone. The website TheVerge only uses jpegs. I am sure print media still uses RAW but far more pure straight JPEG is being used if the target is digital only.
thanks for the update. I shoot Raw for the improved exposure lattitude
Olympus “Pros”
Yeah. Figure it out.
Plenty do who are working to a deadline
Thanks too. I have a play with the Art Filters on occasion & always save JPEG (LSF) +RAW & then I do that horrible thing, & try other Art Filters on my computer (in OV3). It is good if the effect can be obtained at shooting time & the RAW (when saved) is always there for alternative treatment if desired.
I thought the same thing, but then I realized that I do use JPEG files a lot. I use a wireless card to stream JPEG files to an iPad while shooting, and a lot of those images go up onto social media long before I have time to tweak the raw files in Lightroom. I probably should start using the art filters and JPEG-only adjustments more.
Just curious as to why you use a wireless card on the E-M1 to upload to your iPad? The O.I. Share app is certainly not the best, but it works reasonably well with the camera’s built-in WiFi. Are you using another app that’s better?
Is EM1 the only model that gets a firmware update this round? How about the improved focus peaking for EP5 that the admin told us before the last update?
– faster EVF refresh rate,
– you don’t lose magnify mode when you focus, same with peaking,
– art filters and peaking get BIG evf refresh rate update.
– tethering.
All of them are features that would be very nice to have in the E-P5.
As the E-M1 essentially has the same EVF built-in as the E-P5, I’m crossing my fingers and hope for a corresponding firmware update.
So no video improvements at all when it comes to video quality?
Or is it that admin didn’t post the whole list from this source being unsure what is correct
after getting contradictory intro from other sources?
Admin could give us more info about this.
FT4 only. Keep hope 😉
bye bye E-M1
selling it after the firmware confirmed without 4k
Why did you buy it in the first place?
+1
the 5 axis stabilization
gotta sell it because i am only shooting in 4k now
Perfect answer.
In y’all face, fanboys.
More and more shooters are using 4K then down scaling to 1080p. Quality is crazy.
Sure, cause 4K without 5 axis IBIS renders camera shakes better :o)
Many filmmakers use a miraculous invention known as the tripod to prevent camera shake.
Or, you know, just use OIS lenses.
The great thing about IBIS is: it works without tripod, even on lenses without OIS.
I understand that. I’m constantly waffling between an Olympus vs. Panasonic upgrade for my GX1, largely because of the IBIS. But even 5 axis IBIS is not going to work as well as a fluid-head video tripod.
Relax and keep cool… Didn’t you notice the smiley at the end of my comment? :o)
It’s only camera talks you know…
MrALLCAPS . . . Puuhh-lease! I usually try to sympathize with your viewpoint (or at least endeavor to understand), but this is over-the-top stirring of the pot. It appears you are using this to take a cheap shot at Oly-boys. Nice.
I find it somewhat questionable that mr. “moviemaker” hasn’t stated what camera he is using to shoot exclusively 4K video. Sounds “fishy”. Anyone genuinely interested in 4K had to seriously question the whole “firmware upgrade to 4K.” If he were actually shooting 4K exclusively, what would it matter if Oly introduced a half-assed me-too 4K through a firmware upgrade?
moviemaker is trolling. He has never shot 2 clips that he could combine into a movie.
Really? Are you serious and now all of a sudden 1080p is not good enough. “I am only shooting 4k now” – seriously. From your comments i’m drawing the conclusion that you are a “sunday shooter”. You’re not serious at all.
Why did you buy the E-M1 for video at all? Even with 5 axis IS, its still awful for video, even if you only want 1080p.
Methinks you are trolling. Why would you sell a camera because they didn’t add a feature that was never included or promised?
(edit) Makes me wonder why he would have bought it in the first place…
Your big TV set has a quarter of the 4k resolution. Do you care? Probably not that much.
Did anyone on earth actually believe that a *software* update was going to magically create 4K video on a device that didn’t previously have it?
Bro, do you even logic?
Tethering !!!!! this is a great news !!!!!!! finally
One other interesting new feature that your source didn’t tell you…
a hint? 🙂
Don’t tease us! I guess we won’t have that long to find out though & thanks for the teaser (I think).
2 control dials will be used for this.
New software.
Forget about those Ks though.
Thanks.
“you don’t lose magnify mode when you focus, same with peaking,”
I hope this one eventually comes to the E-M10 too. The way it works today makes no sense.
New art filters! Awesome!
Boo hoo hoo no 4K!!! Oh come on guys, seriously??? Buy Panasonic then. They specialize in video. Olympus specializes in photography.
But if you insist, there’s lots to boo hoo hoo about. For starters, boo hoo hoo my Harley has no air conditioning. Boo hoo hoo…
Very soon it will be? Watercooled engine on it’s way 🙁
no..buy a Yamaha for water-cooling. (Panasonic, if they made one! :-)).
– tethering.!!! YEEES!
Tethering is a big deal. I hope they’ll have new companion software for it, as the old version is pretty clunky. Or better yet, an embedded server as on recent Canon models…
They seem to work on this for quite a while so I would hope it’s a good solution. Someone teased/mentioned it a little bit about half a year ago.
I think this is also important for Olympus itself because it helps on presentations and demos a lot. It would just make sense so close before the Photokina happens.
Maybe another ‘Olympus Studio’ purchase software package?
I didn’t expect them to actually do this, but it’s a headline feature for some pros who have dismissed the E-M1 on this alone. Now, let’s see if they implement it well.
Why I lose magnify on one of my em5 ? One I lose it (silver em5) and on the other not why (black em5) ? Very hard with manual lenses ……
Finally my prayers were answered! Brand new art filters everyone!
So EM1 video will continue to be behind Sony and Panasonic?
And Canon
And Leica
And Fujifilm
And Pentax
And 90% of the phones released this year
And Nikon
Olympus really squandered a golden opportunity with the 5 axis- a videographers dream.
Does it actually utilize 5 axis stabilization in movie mode? I’m wondering, because video stabilization in E-M10 seems to be purely software based (the field of view gets cropped when you enable stabilization).
Same with the e-m1, so that the active sensor area stays within the image circle.
Well, that might be the reason, but if so, wouldn’t that have to be done for stills as well? And I can’t hear the humming of stabilisation when filming as well. So it definitely works differently than in stills mode. I was always wondering what’s going on there under the hood there.
It’s not just that it might, it is! For still the stabilization can “reset” to the center either before taking the picture, or from time to time. Not possible in video so the range of stabilization has to be larger. The response to your original question (does it actually utilize 5 axis stab. in movie mode) is definitely yes.
Thanks for the clarifications.
Is that they squandered it three times already. With E-M5, E-M1 and E-M10. This is going to be the fourth one. And still no competition in this realm for two years. From any one! Seems like nobody cares. This is a crazy world we live in.
Perhaps GM2 will step up.
Panasonic did put IBIS in the GX7, crippled for video mode and then not at all in the GH4.
My 2¢ is that if advanced video could take it, IBIS would be all over the place.
If it doesn’t have 25P, I’m buying a GH4 tomorrow.
You probably intended to do that anyway, but some people also love to just ‘spit their dummy’ due to a rumour too.
Don’t think so. I’ve been holding out on a purchase with the hope that they would add useful video to a body with 5-axis. This firmware announcement was the best chance. If it’s not there, I’ll buy a different camera. Perhaps the GH4.
BUT IT’S NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT! It’s still only a rumour of some leaked info.
A rumor about a firmware announcement. Hence the announcement being the focus of our posts. Tranquilo, good sir.
I don’t blame you. Shame on Oly for not providing any substantive video updates. Oly video mode and features are rubbish side by side with just about every other recent cam in this segment.
If its video you want, nobody thinks that the EM-1 is a firmware away from closing the gap.
I have an Em-1 and i do think that a firmware update that delivers an option of user selected frame rates such as 25p or 24p ontop of the 30p that’s already there and suits few people would not only significantly close the gap from the outer planetary orbit presently occupied toward the less infant level features of the GH4 which is a direct competitor. Olympus are basically insulting their user base with the woefully crippled video mode of this camera. No-one expects them to outdo, or match, or compete with Panasonic on video. But for gods sake at least respect us enough to allow us to match our shitty video to the frame rate of the geographic region we happen to live in.
How do we know there’s any firmware update coming at all? There’s been a lot of BS lately. It looks to me like there’s an online trolling campaign against Oly users. Maybe that’s just another piece of BS to get people’s blood boiling?
All are rumors, for it is a rumor site. If you expect it as truth then you fail yourself and you invite your own BS. Look into the mirror man!
Scroll up & look at comment from ‘O’.
Nicely timed leaks, Olympus. Creating buzz without giving us any real info just as Sony and Panasonic prepare announcements.
Without any video improvements to the om-d line, my hope now rests in the GM2.
5-axis, weather seal, small body, and decent video. Is that too much to ask?
If it’s as small as the GM1, or marginally bigger, then it won’t have 5-axis IBIS or weather sealing. Especially not with a built-in EVF.
Anywhere between GM1 and GX7 size would do. EM-1 and GH-4 are too big.
E-M5
Decent video?
Yeah.
http://vimeo.com/61704305
I just wanted a higher bit rate (35+ Mbps). A beautiful scene goes super muddy as soon as a pan starts. Oh well.
What, not a single improvement for videography? What are you doing Olympus, why? Not even 24/25p.
The firmware update Olympus made to the E-M1 to improve audio level control becomes even more confusing if they don’t improve the video capture. I’d settle for 24/25p and a higher bit rate. I would think that it’s possible given that the sensor is a variant on the same sensor used in the GH4. It would also help sales since the E-M1 is probably only about mid-way through it’s life as the flagship model. I also see that one of the sources of the 4k leak is back-tracking a bit on Twitter now.
Hi Olympus and everyone. I bought a E-P5 based on this official commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVZABJ-lzeA
But how can i activate 120fps/240fps video mode, have no idea how to setup this camera after days of using it? Please help!
Fake, troll or both? :o)
Nowhere in that video does it mentioned the E-P5. Video must just be mislabeled. And this video describes a backlit sensor.
tethering is nice…but do I really need art filters…unless there is something really groundshaking I think I’ll skip the update
The EVF refresh rate should be reason enough, but there seems like there are a few niceties in it & if you don’t update, that’s your choice.
I love the filters. Most of the time i don’t need any tweaking anymore. Save a lot of time ☺
My next body might be Panasonic if Pany adds IBIS in their cameras for videos. I’m losing hope on Oly for videos. Even a better codec will help. Movies look blocky in high motion.
WHAT!?!? No firmware update to make my E-500 shoot 4k and have 5 axis IS?!?!? DROPPED.
wifi function in omd-10 stop working in lot cameras any new firmaware for m10?
Lol. so we’ve gone from 4k video being the headline to an updated feature list that kicks off with “new art filters.” Really thankful they’ve been burning the midnight oil at Olympus HQ to deliver that one to us, I know that personally a lack of a more comprehensive set of art filters is the one thing holding my Em1 from being a real money earner.
Seriously, whats the bet we won’t even get 24/25p?
Olympus hasn’t even announced a firmware update yet, why are you even expecting one? ‘Cause some guy that runs a website says he got an email claiming that there will be on?
No because a guy that runs a website that often seems to get it right before official announcements regarding m4/3 gear got an email saying that it will get one and therefor gives it a highly likelihood given the past statistics.
Its a rumor website. Why be disappointed and angry with Olympus for not delivering something that some troll email to the Admin?
Im not angry and neither is any of the others you have replied to. The only one that seems angry is you, so why do you come here if you hate rumors and they make you angry?
I predicted new thrilling Hello Kitty art filters (Face detection stamps a Hello Kitty icon on every face, this feature can not be turned off) last week instead video improvements. Seems I was pretty close … :-/
Oly has great engineers, but the (marketing) guys who decide which features to implement are nuts. Even more, they are doing everything they can to get rid of long term Oly customers. But still, I resist…
I wish Fuji would have gone into 4/3 …
Hey, every 6 year old would love miss kitty art filter 🙂
Agree, if they are putting effort in developing art filters over better video support, there is something seriously wrong with Olympus. Let’s see what they bring.
The staff who would be working on art filters probably wouldn’t know how to work on improving the video. They may only have a couple of people who work on video stuff, and it may be taking them longer to finish their work. I just wish Olympus would come out and say either : “Yes, we are working on more video options. Give us time.” or “No, we are not focusing on improving video in our cameras.”
Welcome to the world of marketing. We at Philips Hue still try to understand the marketeers, alas to no avail…
Better focus peaking at least is a step in the right direction.
too bad about no 4K.. not really a surprise, but it would have been great if they had slipped it in and it work well just to stick it to the naysayers. oh, well… probably down the line.. if no 4k now, at least get some more frame rate options… perhaps there might still be that chance in upcoming big update for the e-M1.
new art filters?.. meh.. can’t say most of them are of much use, so hopefully these new ones will be more useful and cooler that will actually temp me to use.
the refresh rate in the EM-1 is no slouch already, so even faster EVF refresh rate is even more awesome…. and that goes for use with art filters and especially focus peaking since it is noticeably laggy right now.. hope it will be up to there and really be “BIG refresh rate update”!
Yes! Live Composite! Been waiting for this update and feature to come to the E-M1 ever since the E-M10 was announce and has this. This will definitely be very useful, especially for long exposures.
Tethering… very cool, not sure how well it will be implemented, but this will definitely help make the E-M1 ever more of a pro camera if it can actually tether to computer for shoots.. provided it can do this well and smooth.
Please let the new O.I. Share App fix the bugs in it… for me, that especially means having a reliable wifi connection with my android phone.. it always gets cut off within seconds?! This goes for Galaxy S3 (I’ve tried on 2 separate units) as well as my newest HTC M8. O.I.S. seems to work well and holds connection with Apple devices such as my iPad2 as well as IPhone 5 & 5S. So, as of right now, O.I.S. is all but useless for my most portable device, my smart phone with Android OS. Hope this new O.I.S will resolve this issue so I can have solid connection to share and especially for remote control of camera.
Pretty jazzed about the better refresh rates, especially with focus peaking. And retractable lens hood? Awesome! That was one of my favorite features on the Canon 300mm f4 and 400mm f5.6. Would be great if the upcoming 300 f4 had it as well.
Sweep Panorama?
Hyperfocal distance scale?
Timelapse?
But tethering would be great.
An in viewfinder/LCD hyperfocal distance scale! Brilliant! I’d like to see that.
The Ricoh GR and Fuji cameras already have it 🙂 Super useful for street shooting, as is the nearly silent leaf shutter on some models.
I wouldn’t mind a silent leaf shutter or maybe an electronic only shutter in a silent mode. Perfect for theaters, few museums, libraries and stalking. 😉
That’s where the Stylus 1 with a leaf shutter is so good (with sound off).
have a nikon dslr, was considering of buying a olympus for travel. With no 4k, that wont happen thou. Oh well, gonna wait until sony releases a cheaper camera with 4k (since I trust they will, A5100 alone looks amazing, maybe 7xxx)
Is anyone else tired of hearing this 4K mantra?
A few hours ago, my son successfully installed 3G firmware on his LG G2 phone. One feature of this is that it gives you 4K video on the G2. I said lets see if it works… and then I wondered what I could view the resulting video on and realized there was nothing.
Not my 15″ Macbook pro Retina, nor my 50″ Panasonic Plasma TV, nor my son’s gaming PC with 3 1080P monitors and a video card that heats the room… nothing.
Even if I had a 4K TV, I would need an 80″ screen for my viewing distance of 3m, and that’s the minimum size.
Sony have a bargain 79″ for $7,500. I am so tempted, imagine how great my shaky, wobbly travel videos would look on that – wow!
lol, LG G2? Try 4K on GH4, not LG G2 phone??
Then you will notice the difference.
No I wouldn’t. Can you figure out why?
You downsample the 4k to 1080p . It will be better than native 1080p. That’s why it’s such a big deal for people, it gives them more ability to edit their content, just like the 36 megapixels of a nikon does with cropping.
If you buy a D800 for cropping, you have the wrong hobby…
You have no idea how helpful the extra pixels are in wildlife photography. But whatever floats your boat
extra pixels give extra reach. that’s crop.
yup booooring, but i never do video ok maybe i will try to film my parents dog for the heck of it as soon as i get more familiair with my em-1, or tomorrows people mud meadow race definitely a good challenge for focussing…
I Have a UHD (4K) 28″ display, but I would take gladly 4k if I would need to do some video footage as I could pan and zoom video in post. Or really stabilize video in 1080.
But I am happy of I could get 25fps for electricity grid reasons. Just that.
We heard the same junk when it was focus peaking. “Olympus is junk without focus peaking!!!” as if that one tiny feature negated everything else about the cameras.
Now it’s 4K. “Olympus can’t compete without 4K!! they’re ruined!”
Next year, something else.
Just take good pictures folks. That’s what the camera is for.
If you want to complain about the quality of the current video modes, and that higher bitrates are needed, and different frame rates, sure, I hear ya. Those things would be great. But 4K? Come on now.
Olympus seriously needs a mid-life kicker for the EM-1, because there is not really any place to go from there. Not that it’s not a fine camera anyway. But they’ve already shown an inability to go beyond 16mp, so what could they possibly improve? Does it really make sense to bring out a new model that is just a teeny bit faster or steadier or whatevier, and ask people to spring for another 1500?
Their best bet: Bring out a new EM-6. Only the EM-5 model so far fulfills the real dream of micro 4/3- a svelte, lightweight, diminutive body. Give it the speed and features of the EM-1- I think it will be a decent seller (certainly not a hit, because no Olympus camera since the EM-5 has beat its image quality in real life, and Olympus has peaked in the image quality department).
Give people a chance to walk away from the porky EM-1 behemoth, it size the same as the XT-1 or A7 but with a little sensor and precious little miniaturization to show for it.
Then that will be it for Olympus. Peaking early, unable to pierce the 16mp barrier, we hardly knew ye.
I don’t think that you understand the point of the E-M1. The point is that it IS larger, more usable for long periods, more comfortable for people who prefer larger bodies. If they did what you are asking for, they may as well discontinue the E-M1.
Also, Olympus doesn’t make their own sensors, they rely on Sony and Panasonic for this. Sensor tech is a slow, long advancement. Not too long ago people were saying that 4/3 would never be able to pass 8MP. Now we have 16 MP 4/3 cameras with several more stops of ISO performance than the 8MP ones of yesteryear. In five years, we will probably have 20-24MP with 1-3 stops more of ISO performance. We may even have the mythical organic sensor with nearly infinite ISO performance, and full frame vs M4/3 will simply be a battle of borkeh and size.
As a former user of FF cameras, it’s the em1 that brings me to the m43 world. I see the other m43 camera too small for my beefy hands… People who said that em1 is big or the new coming 40-150 is huge never use a classic reflex camera… My old D90 with grips and 70-300 was about the same size as the the 40-150 with em1 according to the specs announce…
The E-M1 is actually about the same size as the E-M5 with the top part of the grip added. It’s hardly a “porky behemoth” as you call it. I never cared for the E-M5 without the grip unless I had a tiny prime attached. I love my E-M1.
I’ve photographed several weddings, families, and magazine cover shoots with the EM1 and I think it’s the perfect size for longer type shoots. If you’re an occasional weekwnd shooter then yes, maybe its too big. The Panasonic GM1 is the best bet for you. But for the photographer that uses it to earn a living its just about the perfect size. Just my humble $.02.
You earn a living with m43 stuff? You mean, they pay you to write stuff in forums?
Porky Behemoth? You, never had a e-3/5 or Canon 5 in your hand i guess? Hmm if i keep it next to my XZ-2 i am realy tempted to get a 14-42 ez/12-32 (or a fast prime) as a pocketable (not skinny jeans, well might fit in my case lost some weight duhh) night city walkaround setup. Would love a fast small weatherproofed prime for this. My XZ-2 would go to my mum….
imho they should make a E-6 with pdaf for 43, yes it will kill sales of the em-1 (i might have taken that route if available) but there are loads of people out there not able to splash 1/3 to 1/2 additional to the sticker price of a EM5/EM10 but want or need (budget wiste) to make those lenses sing. If they list it around 1000 (EM-1 is 1500 euro overhere) it will sell.
Admin. It would be helpful to have the updated day (or approximate timing) for the new firmware above.
agree, would love to have it before end sept
Grinn just got a em-1 always happy with improvements do not care for the video part (much). It is a bit overwhelming at first even coming from a e3…
no announcement
Yeah, what gives? I thought it was today.
I want motion detection!
Any news yet?
I was just told that Olympus will not be announcing firmware updates today.
I’m waiting for a firmware upgrade for my old E-5 to do 1080p. LOL
lol…. I wish that were true… I am sure they could if they spent a little money for a team to work on the firmware . . If they wanted to that is… too bad Oly is ignoring their old E-volt consumer base..