Posts about 'Olympus'

We didn’t think that secret would keep, well here you have it, Olympus have officially announced the new all-black E-P2 micro four thirds camera today, along with 40-150mm and 75-300mm lenses.The new E-P2 EVF Edition kit comes with a 17mm 1:2.8 pancake lens (also in black), and the VF-2 electronic viewfinder, in black too. Also ... read more
August 31, 2010 in News by Joanne Carter

No secret is safe anymore including the latest cameras coming from Olympus, that’s if 42rumors.com are to be believed and it certainly looks pretty believable.The new E-P2 kit + 2 new MicroFourThirds lenses will be announced tomorrow August 311) The new E-P2 kit with black 17mm lens and black external flash.
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August 30, 2010 in News by Joanne Carter

Olympus posted new firmware updates for their Pen series Micro Four Thirds cameras that promise faster and more responsive autofocus in continuous AF and Video modes. This should come as a very much welcomed update to all Pen camera owners.
Press Release:
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Olympus Firmware Update Improves Autofocus Performance for Pen Series Cameras: E-P1, E-P2 and E-PL1
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April 16, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Damn Apple, if you were trying to show us that you’re working hard on Aperture then job well done. Two major updates in two days? Fresh on the heels of the 3.0.1 update comes Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.1.The update, available now via Software Update provides support for the Hasselblad H3DII-50, Leica M9, Leica ... read more
February 25, 2010 in News by David Schloss

I found this interesting snippet from CES on the NY Times website. Eric Taub is reporting that Sony has finally seen the writing on the wall and is embracing the SDHC memory card format in addition to its own proprietary Memory Stick format in new consumer electronics devices. Both Memory Stick and SD have gone ... read more
January 7, 2010 in News by John Omvik

Panasonic has a fairly heavy-going promotional video on YouTube, but if you can get past the background music, and dead-pan delivery (sounds like it’s directly translated from Japanese), there’s plenty of info here. It’s also interesting to compare it (artistically) with the really rather excellent video commissioned by Olympus for the rival E-P1. Olympus always ... read more
November 25, 2009 in News by Kevin Carter

The Panasonic GF1 is the company’s foray in to the Micro-Four-Thirds market and it’s quite a hot camera. Akihabra News has a review up with sample images from the camera. This is one of their sample images, and they’ve got the full-res downloads of all their shots available.We’re impressed with the sharpness of it (as ... read more
November 21, 2009 in Reviews by David Schloss

As well as getting touchy-feely with the E-P2, the journalists present at the Olympus event on Friday (11/13) were also shown the forthcoming TV adverts (UK only) featuring stalwart supporter of the Arts, actor and director Kevin Spacey. The essence of the advertising campaign was outlined to those present by Julian Borra of Team Saatchi. ... read more
November 15, 2009 in News by Kevin Carter

We were invited to the London press launch of the Olympus E-P2. Mark Thackara, National Marketing Manager for Olympus cameras in the UK, gives his view of the future of the new mirror-less format cameras, including a lens road map, and details of the the differences between the E-P1 and the new model. Perhaps the ... read more
November 14, 2009 in News by Kevin Carter

As reported earlier, Olympus has announced the expected update to the original PEN E-P1, called, unsurprisingly, the E-P2. Available in a discrete black finish the E-P2 outwardly follows the same lines as its predecessor and borrows the same 12-MP resolution sensor, however, the new model adds an optional electronic viewfinder, AF-tracking, a color boosting i-Enhance ... read more
November 5, 2009 in News by Kevin Carter