New Oly-E20 with 5.2MP rumours

Leon Wittwer · Aug 30, 2001

Fully agree regarding the ccd. I also suspect that the E-?? will be significantly faster particularly with the writing, reading, and display functions. Olympus will improve, if possible, those little nits that the E-10 has. It is possible that they could work the focus problem with the split optics thing. In any event, the fixing of the nits will likely preclude a simple upgrade of the ccd only.

Peter Vaktor said:
Jono Slack said:

Hi John
My sentiments exactly - but I'd be sad if they then made the front
element bigger . . . . so that the add on lenses didn't!

Otherwise . . . . . . more predictable focusing in low light . . .
. . . faster preview . . . . . bigger buffer . .

Actually, to be honest, if they just made the lense 28-140 with the
same front element and 5.2Mp and kept everything else the same, I'd
be pretty tempted.

But if they spoilt the ergonomics I wouldn't be interested,
whatever they'd done to it!

kind regards
jono slack

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Jono,
Judging by the past I suspect that the E-20 will turn out to be
exactly the same as the E-10 except that they will just insert a
5.2 Mp imager in it. I think that the 5+ Mp CCDs floating around
have the same 2/3 in. size as the one presently in the E-10, so
physically it is an easy swap. Olympus has done this in the past
with their upgraded "new" cameras. It makes perfect sense to use
the existant R&D, tooling, and accessories to breath new life into
a very successfull line. I also suspect that the E-10 will have a
significant drop in price at the same time and will still be kept
inthe lineup. Now, what would be really incredible and "consumer
friendly" is if they also offered an "upgrade" path to present E-10
owners by swapping the CCD for the 5.2, for a certain price of
course. But then again, I must be on drugs to even contemplate such
a thing!
Peter

brian47964 · Aug 30, 2001

Bernie said:
Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

Olympus has already announced that they will use a 4/3" sensor in their upcoming camera. The blurry photo of the camera that you can see by following this Japanese link indicates that the new camera will closely resemble the E10. Scroll down to the news flash item dated 2001/07/11, and then follow links to your heart's content. The starting point is in English, but it turns to Japanese very quickly.

http://www.digitalcamera.gr.jp/html/HotNews/index-e/index-e010701-0731.htm

Brian

Peter Vaktor · Aug 30, 2001

brian said:
Bernie said:

Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

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Olympus has already announced that they will use a 4/3" sensor in
their upcoming camera. The blurry photo of the camera that you can
see by following this Japanese link indicates that the new camera
will closely resemble the E10. Scroll down to the news flash item
dated 2001/07/11, and then follow links to your heart's content.
The starting point is in English, but it turns to Japanese very
quickly.

http://www.digitalcamera.gr.jp/html/HotNews/index-e/index-e010701-0731.htm

Brian

Brian,

This I believe refers to the "interchangeable lens SLR" that Oly and Kodak are coming up with next year. The E-20 is going to be something for now, just a slightly upgraded version of the E-10.
Peter

Jukka Jarnberg · Aug 30, 2001

If you dig deep enuff this you'll get that article in english ...
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There is a method of using the English translation service of the Internet
if you need the latest English version.
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http://www.excite.co.jp/world/url/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalcamera.gr.jp%2F&wb_lp=jaen-ATL

brian said:
Bernie said:

Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

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Olympus has already announced that they will use a 4/3" sensor in
their upcoming camera. The blurry photo of the camera that you can
see by following this Japanese link indicates that the new camera
will closely resemble the E10. Scroll down to the news flash item
dated 2001/07/11, and then follow links to your heart's content.
The starting point is in English, but it turns to Japanese very
quickly.

http://www.digitalcamera.gr.jp/html/HotNews/index-e/index-e010701-0731.htm

Brian

brian47964 · Aug 30, 2001

Hi JJG:

Thanks for that. The translation is about 10 times better (though still far short of completely understandable) than the one provided earlier on this forum.

Brian

jjg said:
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/url/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalcamera.gr.jp%2F&wb_lp=jaen-ATL

brian said:

Bernie said:

Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

Click to expand...

Olympus has already announced that they will use a 4/3" sensor in
their upcoming camera. The blurry photo of the camera that you can
see by following this Japanese link indicates that the new camera
will closely resemble the E10. Scroll down to the news flash item
dated 2001/07/11, and then follow links to your heart's content.
The starting point is in English, but it turns to Japanese very
quickly.

http://www.digitalcamera.gr.jp/html/HotNews/index-e/index-e010701-0731.htm

Brian

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John Mankos · Aug 30, 2001

My sentiments exactly. The ONLY way I will consider the new E-20 is if A)Olympus improved image quality at higher ISO's(with more options here also), AND b) Has a 6X zoom.

I'm not gonna bother upgrading unless these two are addressed....because the jump from 4.1 to 5.2 megapixels alone is just not worth it if you ask me.

Zack Arias said:
Ich bin auslander und sprechen sie nicht gut deutch! Did I
slaughter that one as bad as I think I may have?

Rumors, rumors. If you can't love the one you want, love the one
you're with. Loving my here and present E10.

Cheers,
Zack Arias

http://www.usedfilm.com

Rolf44124 · Aug 30, 2001

Hmmmm,
Wonder what happend to the Olympus Info on
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Doesn't seem to be there [anymore]....????

Rolf

Bernie said:
Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

Chris57405 · Aug 30, 2001

You're right, it's gone.

First they changed it slightly only speaking of e and c models and now it's gone completely.

Rolf said:
Rolf

Bernie said:

Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

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Peter Vaktor · Aug 30, 2001

Rolf said:
Hmmmm,
Wonder what happend to the Olympus Info on
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Doesn't seem to be there [anymore]....????

Rolf

Rolf,

It's probably gone because someone originally goofed and the news item should never have been leaked in the first place as they were probably under a non-disclosure agreement. They are doing damage control by removing it now from their site. (Sort of like closing the barn doors after the cows have gone.

)
Peter

mike29723 · Aug 30, 2001

I have been saving $250/mo since the E-10 was introduced first. I knew there would be a bigger successor and now I can talk the talk with cash. I'm ready Olympus.

SI Mike said:
SI Mike

Bernie said:

Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

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dgrogers · Aug 30, 2001

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1018&page=1&message=1464008

I bet at least one of those is made by Oly.

Tony Lau said:
Quoting without permission ;-) from the first part of his IFA report:

"You may have noticed that Olympus aren't on this list, that's
because they didn't have a stand at the actual exhibition halls but
they may well have some announcements to make towards the end of
the show."

Hmmmm....

Tony

Robert58536 · Aug 31, 2001

Bernie said:
Hi
This photo-store in germany has some news of the new Oly-E20 with
5.2MP. A presentation only for VIPs was today on the IFA 2001.
http://www.foto-erhardt.de/index.shtml
Regards
Bernie

Bernie,

Where was that information on the e-20? I can not find it on the link you supplied.

Thanks in advance,

Bob

Rolf44124 · Aug 31, 2001

Bob,

See the 3 links above your own.

Regards,
Rolf

Robert58536 said:
Where was that information on the e-20? I can not find it on the
link you supplied.

Thanks in advance,

Bob

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