Author Topic: Even more on the Olympus OM-D (Read 3054 times)

voyager · « **on:** January 18, 2012, 03:11:58 AM »

Below is possibly a photo of the camera.

- It looks like the old OM style, but doesn't use any existing body styles
- Two dial button left and right beside central prism, and another dial button side at the lens release. Another small button on the left of the lens release
- Grip curve looks like Olympus E-P3, but this one continues to the bottom of camera, paste with leather. Leather has also paste at both side of lens mount.
- Two kinds of leather style. black one is more artificial, and silver one is more natural.
- Packed with a GN10 flash.
- Five-axis image stabilizer in body.
- FAST AF and 3D tracking
- Minimum sensitivity is ISO 200 and maximum sensitivity is ISO 25,600 with tweak.
- 610,000 dots organic EL, vari-angle monitor
- Use MPO as file save type.

Do the new specs still make you feel the same way about the camera? Want to buy it?

asterinex · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2012, 03:56:04 AM »

Bring it on baby !

mapleflot · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:13:59 AM »

Come on... that is plainly an OM-1 with the 17mm m4/3 stuck on it to create a talking point.

Having pooh-poohed the photo, I will say that the stars are aligning themselves positively. I have pretty much all the lenses I need now (bar a sports tele-zoom)... and an `OM' body purchase looks likely indeed!

abucci · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2012, 10:10:52 AM »

um, i doubt the om-d is going to have a film advance lever

voyager · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2012, 12:31:37 PM »

The photo is just a visual cue, it's obviously not real :-p.

count_zero · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:19:26 PM »

This picture looks very convincing.

http://photorumors.com/2012/01/18/is-this-the-olympus-om-d/

voyager · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:38:00 PM »

That's a great mockup, nothing else. There's a white shadow on the left side of the lens that shouldn't be there.

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2012, 05:26:39 PM »

I like it also... We shall see how close the real one is.

I would guess the OM classic look will be easily noticed, so, this may be very close

I don't think it is a real leak, the Flash Sync and a few other things obviously from a OM camera

cosinaphile · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2012, 05:29:15 PM »

except the grip is absurd its intruding on the other lines of the camera

voyager · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2012, 11:02:09 PM »

It will probably look fairly similar though.

peterb666 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2012, 11:22:14 PM »

Quote from: voyager on January 18, 2012, 03:11:58 AM

Below is possibly a photo of the camera.

LoL - what's the point of a film advance lever on a digital camera?

adash · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2012, 11:24:19 PM »

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LoL - what's the point of a film advance lever on a digital camera?

Hand-crank the dynamo and charge the battery in case of emergency?

mynameisjonas · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:25:49 AM »

I'm still having a hard time imagining this camera will be that ^ similar to the original OM. For one, it won't have a protruding lens mount because of the much shorter FFD of m4/3. And I hope they've managed to design the viewfinder hump so that it doesn't look like a pseudo-DSLR.

Agent00soul · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:31:26 AM »

And what do you think of the thext "The new seven-point twin cross" in the picture above?
A hint that it indeed will have PDAF?

voyager · « **Reply #14 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:53:12 AM »

That's not a real photo.

asterinex · « **Reply #15 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:25:28 AM »

This is ugly. History is history.
I like retro, but 'modern' retro.

Thy will modernise the body of course.

mynameisjonas · « **Reply #16 on:** January 19, 2012, 03:14:51 AM »

Yes, we should keep in mind that the E-P1 was (according to Olympus) modeled after the PEN F. Far from identical, but in the same vein. That will most likely be the case with the OM-D too.

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #17 on:** January 19, 2012, 06:21:37 AM »

Most of the hump on my G3 is the flash, so, the hump can be greatly reduced if it has no flash.. But, a hint of a hump may look OK.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #18 on:** January 19, 2012, 06:34:49 AM »

Quote from: adash on January 18, 2012, 11:24:19 PM

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LoL - what's the point of a film advance lever on a digital camera?

Hand-crank the dynamo and charge the battery in case of emergency?

nice idea a trickle charge for an emergency 1 or 2 mins of shooting

adash · « **Reply #19 on:** January 19, 2012, 06:47:38 AM »

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nice idea a trickle charge for an emergency 1 or 2 mins of shooting

I was joking.

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #20 on:** January 19, 2012, 08:33:59 AM »

Quote from: adash on January 19, 2012, 06:47:38 AM

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nice idea a trickle charge for an emergency 1 or 2 mins of shooting

I was joking.

BUT, Ricoh did have a Solar Powered Recharge System SLR
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180798484562&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

The XR-S, the world's first solar-powered SLR camera, exemplifies Ricoh's most advanced technology. Featuring 5 years performance without changing the storage battery, quartz-controlled manual shutter speeds from 1/1000 16 seconds and aperture-priority AE, multi-informational liquid crystal display viewfinder
Dual battery system:
Power Source: Solar battery recharges the storage rechargeable battery (Battery-S).
Other batteries usable: two SR-44 1.55V Silver Oxide batteries, or two LR-44
1.5V Alkaline batteries.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #21 on:** January 19, 2012, 09:04:16 AM »

ricoh rocks ...always have

lisandra · « **Reply #22 on:** January 19, 2012, 09:21:24 AM »

Now the gossip says that the sensor is brand new and not the g3's. THAT would be exciting...

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #23 on:** January 19, 2012, 09:40:13 AM »

Some posted specs from Mirrorless Rumors

http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/olympus-counterrattack-super-built-om-camera-coming-on-february-8/

Olympus OM-D specs:
16 Megapixel m43 sensor optimized for High Dynamic Range
ISO 200-25.800
Built-in 1.44 Million dot electronic viewfinder (placed in the middle of the body)
Five-axis image stabilizer in body.
packed with an GN10 flash.
FAST AF and 3D tracking
610.000 dots 3 inch OLED swivel screen
Weather sealed magnesium body in classic OM camera design
two kinds of leather style. black ones is more artificial, and silver ones is more natural.
Two dial button left and right beside central penta part,and another dial button side at release button.there have other one small button in left of release button.
Grip curve looks like Olympus E-P3

tamoio · « **Reply #24 on:** January 19, 2012, 01:32:36 PM »

Quote from: lisandra on January 19, 2012, 09:21:24 AM

Now the gossip says that the sensor is brand new and not the g3's. THAT would be exciting...

. . .well it has to be somebody's sensor.

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