After much speculation and buzz over the past few weeks, Olympus will be launching, worldwide, their new micro four-thirds camera today. It is believed to be the new OM-D/E-M5 (speculated price: SGD1,600 or JPY100,000).
The widely anticipated Olympus launch event
I’ll be attending the Singapore launch later on today. For now, this is what the rumour mills out there speculate. We’ll see how close to the truth later on today.
Front view of the anticipated Olympus OM-D E-M5 (Photo: 43Rumors)
The OM-D/E-M5 is believed to be a micro four thirds mirrorless interchangeable lens camera based in design on the retro OM-series of film SLRs from Olympus.
The camera is expected to have a 16 megapixel sensor, five-axis image stabilisation, an ISO range of 200 to 25,600, a hot-shoe for external flash, and a 3-inch 610k-dot OLED-based touch-screen, as well as a built-in 1.44-megapixel electronic viewfinder.
It’s supposed to have superfast auto-focus and 3D tracking, burst shooting of four frames per second, shutter speeds between 60 and 1/4000th of a second.
Rear view of the OM-D E-M5 (Photo:43Rumors)
Body dimensions could be 122mm x 89mm x 43mm (4.8 x 3.5 x 1.7 inches), weighing 369 grams (about 0.8 pounds).
Two photos of the camera were leaked and withdrawn on Amazon Japan, but not before 43Rumors downloaded them and posted them. The pictures show the camera with a battery grip.
Lens-wise, two new micro four thirds lenses – 75mm f/1.8 and 60mm f/2.8 macro lenses – may be launched in conjunction with the camera.
Some believe it’s a higher end PEN E-P3 in the class of E-5.
Tags: micro four-thirds, MIL, Olympus
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