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Olympus OMD E-M5 II with 5 axis stabilization

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Introduction – Olympus news

Olympus is a Japan based company, and was founded in 1919. They started with fabricating thermometers and microscopes. Olympus started to make cameras in 1936. Olympus mainly concentrate on the Micro Four Thirds system together with Panasonic. The to brand has a same mount this way lenses also can be used in this two camera systems. The sensor size of the micro Four Thirds cameras are approximately 18*13mm, approximately 25% smaller than the Aps-C cameras. Olympus had some Dsrl cameras with a 4/3 sized sensor as well apart from today’s mostly Mirrorless models.

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Just announced the Olympus OMD E-M5 II

The camera has a 16 Megapixel Live MOS sensor, with a True pic VII processing engine. The camera has a 5 axis image stabilization, which is claimed to be as effective as 5 stop according to Olympus. The initial price of the camera is 1100 USD. The camera has a unique feature when the camera can produce 40Mp images from 8 indidual pictures of the camera using the sensor’s shift movement. The camera has a fully articulated LCD screen and built in Wifi as well. The viewfinder has an eye-sensor for saving energy. The viewfinder has 2.36k dots resolution. The camera can record HD video (1920×1080) at 60fps at 77 MBit/s bitrate.

Olympus E-Pl 7 is coming

Seems a new E-Pl 7 camera is definitely coming. Olympus calls it Olympus PEN E-Pl 7. There are not too many technical details yet about it, just slim body, Retro design, Wifi connectivity, eye-cathing look, ultimate image quality, etc.

Samyang 50mm T1.5 AS UMC Cine Lens for MFT Mount

A new Samyang cine lens is coming. In the US under the name Rokinon. In cine lenses the use T-numbers(transmission value) which is more precise, instead of f-stops. The price of the new lens is 549 dollar. The lens is available in multiple mounts: Canon, Nikon, Sony A and E, and Micro 4/3 mounts.
Expected availability: September 05, 2014
The lens is Full frame compatible. The lens design includes one Aspherical and one Hybrid aspherical lens elements. This is a manual focus and manual focus aperture lens as usual up to now from Samyang. The aperture can be adjusted between T1.5 and T22. The minimal focus distance is 1.5′. The lens has UMC multi-coating and de-clicked aperture control ring. The lens has a filter size of 77mm, and features 8 disphragm blades. The lens design included 9 elements in 6 groups. The lens weigts 575g (20.3 oz).

Tamron 14-150mm f/3.5-5.8 lens coming for MFT

Tamron 14-150mm lens is coming soon for the Micro Four thirds mount. The lens are already available for pre-order.

Olympus Sp 100EE superzoom compact – Olympus news

Seems a new feature packed 50x zoom compact camera(24-1200mm equivalent) coming from Olympus in May 2014. The new camera features an electronic viewfinder, an optical stabilizer, ISO range of 100-6400.
Olympus Sp 100EE

Seems Olympus 300mm f/4 lens is coming in 2015 – Olympus news

Olympus has announced a new telephoto prime lens with a 300mm focal length. The new lens will have an f/4 aperture and will be “Pro” grade and dust and splash-proof built. Olympus is also announced a new 7-14mm wide angle zoom with a constant f/2.8 aperture. Both lens is expected in 2015.

Olympus 300mm f/4 mm lens

Olympus micro 4/3 mirrorless camera bodies

Olympus OM-D E-M1 – 2013 – 16.3 Megapixel
Olympus OM-D E-M5 – 2012 – 16.1 Megapixel
Olympus OM-D E-M10 – 2014 – 16.1 Megapixel
Olympus E5 – 2010 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E620 – 2009 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E600 – 2009 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E520 – 2008 – 10 Megapixel
Olympus E450 – 2009 – 10 Megapixel
Olympus E420 – 2008 – 10 Megapixel
Olympus E410 – 2008 – 10 Megapixel
Olympus E30 – 2008 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E3 – 2007 – 10 Megapixel
Olympus E-410 – 2007 – 10 Megapixel
Olympus E-510 – 2007 – 10 Megapixel
Olympus E-400 – 2007 – 7 Megapixel
Olympus E-330 – 2007 – 7 Megapixel
Olympus E-500 – 2008 – 8 Megapixel
Olympus E-300 – 2004 – 8 Megapixel
Olympus E1 – 2003 – 5 Megapixel

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Olympus PEN series camera bodies – Olympus news

Olympus E-P5 PEN – 2013 – 16.1 Megapixel
Olympus E-Pl5 PEN – 2012 – 16.1 Megapixel
Olympus E-PM2 PEN – 2012 – 16.1 Megapixel
Olympus E-Pl2 PEN – 2011 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E-PM1 PEN – 2011 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E-P3 PEN – 2011 – 16.1 Megapixel
Olympus E-Pl3 PEN – 2011 – 16.1 Megapixel
Olympus E-P2 PEN – 2009 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E-Pl1s PEN – 2010 – 12 Megapixel
Olympus E-P1 PEN – 2009 – 12 Megapixel

Olympus Micro Four thirds camera lenses

Olympus Zuiko ED 7-14mm f/4
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO
Olympus Zuiko ED 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye
Olympus 9mm f/8 Fisheye Body Cap
Olympus Zuiko ED 9-18mm f/4-5.6 SLR
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 9-18mm f/4-5.6
Olympus ED 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12mm f/2
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ
Olympus Zuiko ED SWD 12-60mm f/2.8-4
Olympus Zuiko ED SWD 14-35mm f/2
Olympus Zuiko ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R
Olympus Zuiko II 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 14-150mm f/4-5.6
Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap
Olympus M. Zuiko 17mm f/1.8
Olympus M. Zuiko 17mm f/2.8
Olympus Zuiko ED 18-180mm f/3.5-6.3
Olympus M. Zuiko 25mm f/1.8
Olympus Zuiko ED 25mm f/2.8
Olympus Zuiko ED 35mm f/3.5
Olympus Zuiko ED 35-100mm f/2
Olympus Zuiko ED 40-150mm f/4-5.6
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 40-150mm f/4-5.6 R
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 45mm f/1.8
Olympus Zuiko ED Macro 50mm f/2
Olympus Zuiko ED SWD 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 60mm f/2.8
Olympus Zuiko ED 70-300mm f/4-5.6
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 75mm f/1.8
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II
Olympus Zuiko ED 90-250mm f/2.8
Olympus ED 150mm f/2
Olympus ED 300mm f/2.8
Olympus M. Zuiko ED 300mm f/4 PRO