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Olympus developing 7-14mm F2.8 and 300mm F4 ‘Pro’ lenses

12 Feb

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When Olympus announced the high-end OM-D E-M1, it promised that it would be making a wideangle zoom and super-telephoto prime in its matching ‘PRO’ line of lenses. Now it’s given a few more details for those products. The M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm 1:2.8 PRO shares many design features with the current 12-40mm 1:2.8 PRO, while the M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm 1:4 PRO offers a 600mm equivalent angle of view. Both lenses are dust- and splash-proof, and will be available next year. Click through for more details and pictures of the lenses

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Olympus releases OM-D E-M5 firmware version 2.0

30 Jan

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Olympus has issued a firmware update for the OM-D E-M5, adding two new features that owners should welcome: an extended ‘Low’ ISO setting and smaller AF points. The ISO 100-equivalent setting promises lower noise, and enables shooting of fast primes at closer to maximum aperture in daylight, but comes at the cost of earlier highlight clipping. Also being added to the E-M5 is the ability to select smaller AF target points for more accurate focusing. Get the update

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Olympus launches Stylus Tough TG-850 iHS underwater camera

29 Jan

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Olympus has announced the Stylus Tough TG-850 iHS, the next generation of the company’s mid-range waterproof camera. The TG-850 has a super wide-angle 21-105mm 5x optical zoom lens and now includes a LCD screen that flips upward 180°. It’s waterproof down to 33 feet (10m) and the 16-megapixel back-lit CMOS sensor can shoot 1080/60p HD video. Learn more 

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Olympus announces Stylus SP-100 superzoom with dot-sight

29 Jan

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Olympus has introduced the Stylus SP-100 superzoom, a camera with built-in dot-sight technology that enables you to easily track moving subjects while the lens is zoomed in. The dot-sight pops up just above the high-resolution electronic viewfinder.  Users can also choose the focus range used by the camera via a focus limit function. The SP-100 combines a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor with a 24-1200mm 50x optical zoom that captures 1080/60p HD video. Learn more

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Olympus reveals 25mm F1.8, compact 14-42mm, and 9mm F8 Fish-Eye

29 Jan

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Alongside the OM-D E-M10, Olympus has also announced three lenses. First up is the M.Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8, a relatively inexpensive fast normal prime, that looks specifically designed to complement the much-loved 45mm F1.8. Second is the 9mm F8 Fish-Eye Body Cap Lens (which Olympus technically considers an ‘accessory’); this offers a 140° angle of view in a tiny plastic body. Finally there’s a new ‘pancake’ kit zoom for the E-M10, the M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ, which features an electronic zoom. Learn more

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Olympus OM-D E-M10 brings E-M5 down to size

29 Jan

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Olympus unveils the OM-D E-M10, a smaller and budget-friendly Micro Four Thirds ‘Digital OM’ with many parts borrowed from the E-M5 – including its 16 megapixel sensor. It also manages to snag a few features from the flagship E-M1, like a TruePic VII processor and built-in Wi-Fi for image transfer and remote control. It falls short of its siblings with ‘3-axis’ image stabilization rather than the ‘5-axis’ system in the E-M5 and E-M1, and doesn’t provide an accessory port, but these concessions help nudge the E-M10 to its attractive $ 699/£529 body-only price point.

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OM-D on a budget: Olympus E-M10 First Impressions Review

29 Jan

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The Olympus E-M10 wraps much of the E-M5’s feature set into a smaller, more compact body. It retains core OM-D features like twin dials, a built-in EVF and a 16 megapixel Four Thirds sensor, but manages to fit them into a body that’s more Stylus 1 than ILC. It sits below its E-M5 and E-M1 siblings in terms of both price and specifications, but with features borrowed from two very strong predecessors it’s potentially a very impressive camera in its own right. Take a look at our first impressions and sample gallery.

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Carnivorous plant image wins Olympus BioScapes competition

22 Dec

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The open ‘mouth’ of a floating humped bladderwort plant (Utricularia gibba) took first prize in Olympus’ microscope image competition. Igor Siwanowicz, a researcher from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, took the winning image of the carnivorous plant, beating more than 2,000 entries from 71 countries. See gallery

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Adobe adds color profiles for Olympus cameras to ACR and Lightroom

13 Dec

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Adobe’s latest versions of Camera Raw and Lightroom contained a pleasant surprise for Olympus owners – color profiles for image conversion. The company says the addition is a response to ‘a long standing customer request.’ We’ve re-processed one of the images from our Olympus OM-D E-M1 sample gallery to see how closely the profiles match the camera’s ‘Natural’ setting.

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DPReview Gear of the Year Part 3: Olympus OM-D E-M1

29 Nov

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A lot of equipment passes through our Seattle and London offices, everything from high-end cameras to inexpensive accessories. A lot of it gets reviewed, but we can’t cover everything. In this series of short articles, DPReview staff will be highlighting their personal standout products of the year. In part 3, Andy Westlake talks about his personal favorite – the Olympus OM-D E-M1.

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