Author Topic: Olympus will launch an OM alike Micro Four Thirds camera! (Read 936 times)

Em5 Pete · « **on:** January 09, 2012, 05:08:11 AM »

An OM style Body is next... FT4
with a high quality build!

Olympus will launch an OM alike Micro Four Thirds camera!

shaan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2012, 05:39:50 AM »

very very intriguing, I loved my OM-2. it will certainly be interesting to see what they and Panasonic do in the face of the Fuji

adash · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2012, 05:57:55 AM »

I LOVE the build quality and the shutter sound of OM2n. If Oly could make such a camera with m4/3 mount, hm, I may even go back to digital

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2012, 06:06:19 AM »

I too am exited by this fairly certain rumor. I owned 3 OM's in the 80's.. OM1n-MD, OM2n-MD, OM4... I really liked the ergonomics, and even though it was a smaller SLR body, controls where well placed, and sized.

asterinex · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2012, 11:50:05 AM »

Isn't it sort of a new PEN ?

I'm very curious and hope it will kick the competions ... ?

Handheld · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2012, 12:20:09 PM »

Quote from: M5-User on January 09, 2012, 06:06:19 AM

I too am exited by this fairly certain rumor. I owned 3 OM's in the 80's.. OM1n-MD, OM2n-MD, OM4... I really liked the ergonomics, and even though it was a smaller SLR body, controls where well placed, and sized.

I also used the OM system for around 20 years and still have it. Great cameras and lenses for their time. Olympus already converted the form factor into digital with the smaller E-series models, so the latest news may just be a stab at nostalgia with a few tech enhancements thrown in. I hope it is more than that. For example, it's possible (not likely) that the new viewfinder could incorporate a revolutionary display interface.

I would like to see a vastly improved control system that combines the mechanical elegance of the OM with a modern interface--and I don't mean a miniaturized version of a messy computer menu like everyone has been using. Digital cameras have become so complicated to operate that the human interface has become very unfriendly. I think that is part of what drives people to want rangefinder-style bodies with simplified controls. If Olympus could crack the interface barrier then they could have a hit.

count_zero · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2012, 12:52:29 PM »

I'm sure it will have the same touch screen OLED display as the E-P3 with fancy AF tracking. Doesn't get much easier to use than that.

voyager · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2012, 01:59:41 PM »

I would be so tempted to buy this camera.

Olympus will launch an OM alike Micro Four Thirds camera!