{"id":1122,"date":"2009-05-07T04:40:46","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T18:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2009-05-07T06:09:57","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T20:09:57","slug":"olympus-announce-their-1st-revolutionary-micro-four-thirds-camera-will-be-available-mid-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=1122","title":{"rendered":"Olympus announce their 1st revolutionary Micro Four Thirds camera will be available mid 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympus has placed a teaser on their websites<\/a> indicating that their 1st revolutionary Micro Four Thirds camera<\/a> will be available in the northern hemisphere Summer (mid-2009) and you can sign up to be emailed when it is announced.<\/p>\n

Will it be like the Panasonic G1 or video-enabled like the GH-1<\/a>?<\/p>\n

I am willing to bet that unlike the Panasonic’s optical lens-based image stabiliser, it will have a built-in image stabiliser, and it is likely to have the E-620 style flip out LCD and art filters and 12mp sensor.<\/p>\n

Will it have the Panasonic electronic viewfinder, or will it have a rangefinder-like optical viewfinder?<\/p>\n

How revolutionary will it be given that Panasonic GH-1 is quite revolutionary already being the only still camera with interchangeable lenses which is optimised for video with autofocus – and face recognition to boot?<\/p>\n

I just hope they bring out a wide aperture portrait lens such as a 50mm f\/2 macro designed to work with contrast detect AF, as then, that is about all I would need with Panasonic’s 14-140mm and 7-14mm lens, although a sharp 16mm f\/2 or f\/2.8 lens optimised for street photography (giving 32mm eq. focal length and with easy to read focus distance for zone focusing) would be nice.<\/p>\n

The rumours at 43rumors.com<\/a> suggest the Olympus MFT camera will be 12mp with built-in IS, with Leica m like shape, no built-in flash and a 17mm f\/2.8 lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Olympus has placed a teaser on their websites indicating that their 1st revolutionary Micro Four Thirds camera will be available in the northern hemisphere Summer (mid-2009) and you can sign up to be emailed when it is announced. Will it be like the Panasonic G1 or video-enabled like the GH-1? I am willing to bet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[18,14],"class_list":["post-1122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","category-photography","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-olympus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t