Strikeroot

Thanks for the replies everyone. I still think Oly should be pressured into offering video codecs that, at the very least, un-cripple their hardware. Increasingly, people will want one camera that...

Olympus makes some excellent hardware. Why is their video codec so weak? No 24p and a maximum bit-rate of 20Mbps? I know stills are the priority, but with these cameras garnering A+ stills ratings,...

Write Oly and tell them to add 24p and a higher bit-rates to what could be an amazing stills AND movie camera.

For stills, I have and like this camera. For video, I don't know why they hamstring the solid hardware of the whole PEN line with such a mediocre codec (no 24p, wimpy max 20Mbps bit-rate). Sadly, I...

LCD should be full screen in movie mode. For stills, the pics and the LCD are different aspect ratios.

No 24p and the same meager 20Mbps bit-rate. It's so conspicuously missing, as if Sony sold them the sensor on the condition that they cripple movie mode.

No 24p and the same meager 20Mbps bit-rate. It's so conspicuously missing, as if Sony sold them the sensor on the condition that they cripple movie mode.