If you remember during his speech at the CP+ show Mr. Ogawa from Olympus said that they will likely launch a special 80th anniversary camera model sometimes this year. Source “Simon” added some info on that:
As fare as i know olympus will bring the Camera as a 80 th Anniversary-Modell in memory of the opening of the Mizuho Optical Research Center for Lens research in 1935. i don’t know for shure when they will bring it out, but not later than September 2015. the Developer Said in a meeting “Each real streetshooter will Love this Camera”. I will buy it to replace my ep5
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hope for some sort of one handed operable camera with inituitive control, require no screen to operate (still got screen)
Ricoh GR killer? That’s what I was waiting for!
Only I hoped Panasonic would come out with this first. Knowing Olympus, they’ll strip it of EVF. :/
The new RicohGR is rumored to arrive within 2 months, with a 24MP sensor, wifi and hopefully an EVF.
That sounds really really interesting. Hopefully the size stays the same. I’m happy with external view finders if need be. I know it’s a contradiction to the small size, but f/2 aperture would be really welcome, half the year is so damned dark up here that an extra stop of light would be welcome.
Half a year and it’s already dark: where? (Just curious).
Reading the rumors, I was interested in the Leica Q, but it seems it will have an f1.7 28mm (it smells Panasonic, therefore not an M lens coupled to the sensor).
If RicohPentax will manage to put a small f2 28mm on that 24MP sensor, adding a little grip, a nice vf, wifi and most important a weather sealed body, I’ll go for it.
Didn’t the rumors say that the Leica Q is a RX1-like camera with Leica FF 24MP sensor and Leica lens?
From what I’ve read, Leica Q should have an EVF, and a 28mm f1.7 lens. Rx1 has no integrated evf, has a 35mm f2 lens, no DNG files (RAW files are cooked).
Different cameras.
That f1.7 lens smells like Panasonic, and I was hoping for a manual M 28mm fixed lens, coupled to the sensor..
I know, I’m a strange guy. 🙂
http://lavidaleica.com/content/leica-q-type-116-coming-next-month
Maybe f/1.7 sounds “Panasonic” because Panasonic learned from Leica how to build lenses? 🙂
I live in Finland and November through February it’s very dark indeed. Mid winter we get about 3 hours of daylight where I live, move north a bit more and you’re not going to see the sun for a whole month. 🙂
As an owner of a Ricoh GR and a variety of m43 cameras, I found the Ricoh to easily be the best street shooter for me. Olympus will has a challenge here, especially if the Ricoh GR II takes it up another notch. Perhaps a 35-50mm equiv focal length, assuming this is a fixed lens camera to keep it compact, would help differentiate it from the wider angle Ricoh.
Likely this will be a new designed RF camera with EVF attached to rival GX series & a6100 .
An EP5 successor finally but I would remind Olympus , without new generation sensor ,
it still can’t go further no matter how well this camera is perform .
Yun – Sensor watchdog.
Unlikely.
More likely it will be a m43 camera with a very bright fixed lens.
14 or 17 or 20 mm f/1.2 or f/1.4 lens.
A 20mm f1.2 would be interesting. I might like that.
It will be 17mm f/1.0 lens.
Please be a fixed lens Pen with vertical sensor, 25mm Pen-S or 17.5mm Pen-W with f/1 max aperture, weather-sealing, VF-4 or better viewfinder, IBIS, screen optional.
The vertical sensor as in old Pen F would be cool! Paired as you said with a great new lens and I would add an EVF, and it would have my attention.
And put an OVF on the left corner.
Rehatch EP-x in titanium clad with matching lens. Tiny viewfinder instead of popup flash.
And the silent shutter of the E-M5 II
Great news! I hope it will be RF type with big EVF and great control layout:
* 4 Fn buttons
* Iso button on top near shutter release button
* 3 Custom Function modes
* Front and back dial
* Seperated AF-L and AE-L button (AF-L customizable for AF-ON)
* All buttons on the right side of LCD near thumb
* Not too big grip
* Sillent mode
* -4EV for easy low light focusing
* AF Zone with very good tracking
* Absolutely clean 3200iso
* 6-7 DR for 1600-3200iso
* ND filters
* TIFF 16bit file saving in camera RAW converter
Olympus should make for it a special line of primes with aperture ring… than it would be exellent street camera tthat can compete with RF type coming X-Pro2, GX-8 and A7000.
I keep fingers crossed for Olympus to bring true Pro RF street cam.
Could you be a little more specific, please?
🙂
Yes, it should also have exposure compensation dial, a must! 🙂
What’s the difference between exposure compensation and ISO?
+1 exposure comp is not the same as +1 stop ISO?
No, it isn’t! Exposure compensation overrides the exposure meter’s intentions. ISO sets the initial sensitivity. Not the same thing at all.
You left out a decent user interface.
Two possibilities:
– new PEN (with integrated EVF?)
– fixed lens (with fixed focal length? This would build on the appeal of the fuji x100, but it’s also quite limiting and you cannot really compete with LX100, RX300 …)
RX1 killer would be something 🙂
But seriously, I don’t expect anything interesting.
Considering the new RX1 should arrive in June, I doubt it will be its killer..
And, price apart, I’m more interested in the Leica Q.
For sure the Olympus will be much less expensive than the new Sony RX1…
That’s a point, but I would bet they are simply different cameras. Rx1 was/is an expensive camera, compared to what you can find around, but quality is top. I don’t like Sony lack of firmware updates and cooked RAWs, and I don’t see this changing.
I’m more interested in the next RicohGR and Leica Q.
Will this be MrALLCAPS’ new favorite camera?
I think he doesn’t like Olympus.. 🙂
Wow… I feel special… Honored, really…
Don’t know if it will be his new favorite camera, but even MrALLCRAP is surely going to like it…
Admin. You might want to fix the mistake in the headline.
I’d like to see olympus deliver on this, but we cant really hope for anything more exciting than a P5 with the new 17mm lens and the old optical viewfinder in a fancy box.
Maybe a monochrome sensor, but I wouldnt buy it.
Street Photographer == Snapshotters
Street Photographer needs just point and shoot camera with manual focus ring and scale.
Everyone is street photographer.
Yes! I am tired for street photographers promoting themselves above everyone else and others needs!
Your logic:
– “Everyone is street photographer”
– “I am tired for street photographers promoting themselves above everyone else”
So everyone is promoting themselves above everyone else?
LOL
Well, that’s exactly why street photographer needs need to be addressed. Since everyone is a street photographer or pretends to be one, that is the largest population. Catering to specific niche professional photographers is a money losing proposition for Olympus because there aren’t enough pros that can support a camera company these days except for Canon and Nikon.
No, the street photographers are the minority, yet the loudest.
And you like “Mentalist” below didn’t get the point, everyone can do street photography while even most never do. You don’t need special camera for that.
A 300mm f/4 can be used for street photography but 12mm f/2 can’t be used for wildlife in same manner. Yet you don’t see people doing so.
trip-D with 4k to go against the LX100 maybe? Add in 5-axis stabilization and I’d be all over this camera.
Only advantage I see here if true – the E-P5 will finally sell for less than $500-600. Olympus is surely going to repackage the E-M5ii with no viewfinder, add the anniversary designation and price it at $1200 while giving you photos no better than a $200 E-PM2.
I see plenty of E-P5’s for less than that.
New?
yes, new E-P5 for AU$431 (us$330) on eBay Australia. Just do a search. Some even ship internationally.
Australia? Hell no. A scorpion might sneak into the box.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Olympus-PEN-E-P5-Black-Compact-System-Camera-Body-Only-/191587565666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item2c9b824062
trading of exotic animals is forbidden 🙂
then again the occasional bug does slip in, but that is in manufacturing, in China
PEN with built-in OVF?
If they’re going to spend another 10 years developing it, it should be awesome.
With modern high tech, development cycles must be much shorter than that otherwise product is old by the time it comes out.
You missed the point I was making (the hint was in my username). Read the headline, read the article, then do some simple maths.
Sounds like it will have the same essence of the Lexus LF-A
A bit like how they said they wanted to bring out an OM3 Ti alike camera… look how well that turned out…
Confused…
Then it is 80th or 90th Anniversary?
80th. The research centre opened in 1935, which is 80 years ago, as per the article. It’s only the headline that is wrong.
My guess: RF style camera with 28mm/F2 lens (FF EQ) and well estabilished Sony sensor.
Guessing a evf ep5 without on board flash. Hope it’s jacket pocketable mind you so that the evf doesn’t protrude and fixed.
An EP5 with a fixed 17mm lens and optional OVF or EVF at a lower price if bought as a bundle. It will be a low cost alternative to any such creature out of Leica.
I bet it will be the same as the E-M5 II but in a PEN shape. I do hope there is an EVF built in, if it is going to be a worthy street shooting camera. I don’t mind if it has a fixed lens, provided it is better than the 17mm f/1.8. That should not be hard to make, as that lens is so mediocre optically speaking. Somehow, I suspect that the X100T is still a better camera for the traditional street shutter.
Still waiting for the 300mm f4.0 lens…………..
Just gimme the XA-D already! 😀
It’s a PEN line not a PEN. Interesting.
A special edition E-PL7 or E-P5 if we are lucky…
OMD isn’t where it’s at kids. It’s the PEN. I hope this thing is gold plated.
PEN with an EVF? Yes please!