Oh My Goodness (digital OM)

gavinlg said:
Also, this is meant to be a photo of a guy holding one... http://forum.olympusclub.pl/attachment.php?attachmentid=59486&d=1328273704 - TINY!
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I like it. The mustache really suggests a stoic, central european sensibility. Strong jowls indicates a personality with great dynamic range and indefatigability. It's a great retro design, a la Romanian telenovelas from the 1980s. Olympus designers did a great job.

One question: why does his arm end in a dark, blurry mess?
 
dreilly said:
I like it. The mustache really suggests a stoic, central european sensibility. Strong jowls indicates a personality with great dynamic range and indefatigability. It's a great retro design, a la Romanian telenovelas from the 1980s. Olympus designers did a great job.

One question: why does his arm end in a dark, blurry mess?
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LOL well done
 
umcelinho said:
looks good, but I don't see how it differs from another medium sized sensor camera with an evf... the higher top area that in slrs is needed to make room for the prism is not needed for an evf - look at the x100 & xpro1 - and it's making the om-d bigger. if it's the same mount as the other OMs then it could be interesting for OM owners to use their lenses without an adapter, but so far i'm not getting the "reason to be" of this camera... yep, it looks nice, but it's not bringing anything new (despite weathersealing maybe).
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Totally agree. Have Olympus run out of innovative ideas? A camera that looks like an SLR simply to continue their retro line? (If indeed this is what the camera will look like)
 
gavinlg said:
I think I'm proud to say that with the addition of the om-d series, m4/3s has finally come to be a solid system for the serious photographer.
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well you know Olympus had two pro zooms, a pro macro etc. for regular 4/3 and very few pros/serious types bought into it.

for small cameras with EVFs, will the OM-D represent a serious alternative to the new Fuji system? the IQ from the x100 was pretty good; shouldnt we expect the new camera to be equivalent?

and the really serious big IQ/small camera people are using Leica bodies, at least presumably.

I just dont see what this will offer over the competition; especially since it is aimed at a target audience that Olympus believes will want quick access to art filters.
 
the other caveat would be the wide prime equation with Olympus. has always kept me out of the Olympus digital camp.
 
If this camera is indeed weather-proof, has fast AF, and the VF isn't tiny and dim... and is priced right... I will probably pick one up. I've been wanting to photograph in heavy rain and snow and am too much of a wimp to do it with my other cams.
 
While I decided a 4/3 sensor is just too small to be competitive, I applaud Olympus for giving people a camera they will enjoy.
 
well, OM cameras were built around simple but powerful concepts
- smaller than competition
- better viewfinder than competition
- ergonomics - one hand operating shutter speed, focus and aperture
- in OM3/4, very versatile approach to light metering - spot + highlights/shadows control; in manual mode one can see scene dynamic range and shift exposure to whatever side
I am yet to see what concept is behind all new OM-D series; if it's just retro look I will save for fuji x1 pro.
 
gavinlg said:
Pretty much having a conversation with myself here, but possibly that middle 'section' between the grip and the (what seems to be the) camera body is a spacer - which would make the camera nicer to hold with larger lenses - like 4/3 lenses for instance... in which case the 2 lock dials would make sense..

Any other ideas?
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The middle lock is for the front, vertical grip. The bottom one is the extended battery/grip. Two separate options.
 
redisburning said:
well you know Olympus had two pro zooms, a pro macro etc. for regular 4/3 and very few pros/serious types bought into it.

for small cameras with EVFs, will the OM-D represent a serious alternative to the new Fuji system? the IQ from the x100 was pretty good; shouldnt we expect the new camera to be equivalent?

and the really serious big IQ/small camera people are using Leica bodies, at least presumably.

I just dont see what this will offer over the competition; especially since it is aimed at a target audience that Olympus believes will want quick access to art filters.
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The x100 is great - I have one. But no interchangeable lenses, and it has its own quirks - like being difficult to use at night under strong streetlights (flare), and the sony sensors color rendering sometimes doesn't gel with me (which is a personal thing).

If that picture of the guy holding it is real, it looks smaller again than the x100 - even with the prism hump, which is significant considering the interchangeable lenses/viewfinder thing, and the x-pro1 from Fuji is quite a bit larger than the x100.
 
kanzlr said:
14/2 not wide enough for you?
well, it is "just" 28mm, but everything else is very wide or ultra wide.
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actually, 28 is fine by me. i didn't know they had a 14mm f2 for 4/3's. i thought it was for micro 4/3's?

there is a very good chance that i am confused.
 
wblynch said:
You might think you're clever but those models were all Full Frame and natively accepted all the wonderful OM Zuiko lenses.

It is impossible to distinguish a photo taken on one of the lesser OM's versus any other. It's all in the lens.

The fact remains the "OM" in OM-D is a cheap marketing gimmick, nothing more.

Just like thinking the Cimarron was a real Cadillac.
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Oh my, lighten up, will you?

Some of us are fans of the OM series as much as you are, but
we are realistic in accepting that the old system is complete (not dead) and new successors are in the wings.

Grips, weather-sealing, improved In-body IS, improved AF (personally I don't need it) and the availability of good lenses, I think the spirit of OM is coming back.

And I for one am glad.
 
nighstar said:
Olympus_OM-D-E-M5_front.jpg

http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-first-full-size-pictures-of-the-e-m5/

it's the battery grip that dwarfs the camera, not the lens imho...
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Thank you for linking it here, Crystal.
Why the fake lens, though, what are they hiding?
 
emraphoto said:
actually, 28 is fine by me. i didn't know they had a 14mm f2 for 4/3's. i thought it was for micro 4/3's?

there is a very good chance that i am confused.
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Hahaha... yep it seems so :p

This camera is a micro four thirds camera. Four thirds is pretty much dead in terms of development now - m4/3 has taken over as the new '4/3' system.

So for m4/3s on the wide end, you have:

Panasonic 7-14mm f4
Olympus 9-18mm f4-f5.6
Olympus 12mm f2
Panasonic 14mm f2.5
Olympus 17mm f2.8
Panasonic 20mm f1.7
 
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