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(because I feel the lower and middle end line-up is pretty complete with E420, E520, E620 and E30)
like we might expect an E-3MkII

(bigger MP sensor, bigger LCD and some or all of the E-30 bells and whistles (level, filters, ...), but no other physical changes).

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Roel Hendrickx
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UK (+abroad) Olympus Photo Safari Group ( http://www.ukphotosafari.org/ )

E-3 user field report from Tunisian Sahara: http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html
 
May has been the launch the past 2 years for the 5xx and 4xx.
 
Any "I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying" information on WHEN the e-5 won't be here? LOL I'm re-saving toward the e-3 again but I'd rather be saving for what's coming next, whatever it is, that replaces the e-3. Not that I don't think I'd be satisfied with the e-3, but if something better is coming I'll probably be even more satisfied.

Edit: I started this post earlier before the question was answered. When I posted it, I saw the answer but heck, I typed it already so here it is. Thanks for the response, it's almost as if you read my mind. By June, I should be able to afford it if it is in the same price range that the e-3 was originally. Optionally, I should be able to afford 2 e-3's if it's not that much better than the e-3.

Robert
 
That is another big possibility.
A small Weatherproofed camera, like the E-420AW (for "All Weather").

But :

1. I think people have come to expect articulate screen in the "serious" camera : E-3, E-30, E-620.

2. a small weatherproofed 4/3 model might steal too much thunder from Oly's future MicroFT offering (which I really really hope will be weatherproofed as well).

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Roel Hendrickx
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UK (+abroad) Olympus Photo Safari Group ( http://www.ukphotosafari.org/ )

E-3 user field report from Tunisian Sahara: http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html
 
You're always spot on, without saying anything.

I know you're right, but please don't tease us, spare us the torture!

Please post facts, maybe under another nick, but those teasing posts are more painful than helpful.

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please tell me that it is the m4/3....
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No please dont post under a different pseudonym, because then I wont know whether to believe it or not! Please not another low-end camera; these are generally the graveyard of old innovations trickling down from high-end cameras. I suspect that REAL progress will come on the more expensive models.
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that takes full advantage of the 4/3 lens image circle.

Saw it as a rumor on this forum last year and got quite excited, but never heard it back again... Regular 4/3rds cameras have longer registered distance (they can even host porromirrors) and as such are suitable for the new format.

If Olympus made it possible, it would be the ONLY camera on the whole DSLR market. And IMHO this uniqueness would be much more attractive to non-Oly users than smaller & lighter lenses.

It's not the potential more MPs on the sensor I care about (although I'm sure some people will do), it's the square format. For me, framing with a squared VF and cropping to squared format later are two totally different things.

Being a square format lover, my current choices are either Polaroids or Holga/Diana's from Lomography society. Other film 6x6 medium format cameras are expansive and hard to find new these days. (Digital MF cameras are far out of my budget.) It'd be like a dream to use the square format with my Oly gears.

In the end, I know it sounds impossible. The new camera will probably be an E-530/430 or something. But one can always dream, right? :)

Cheers,
Tony
 
If you have a square format sensor, then I suppose it should be possible to select also a normal 4/3 ratio (for composition - and then please with an overlay in the OVF). Square is nice, I agree, but not always.

And while we are at it, if square can be cropped in-camera to 4/3, then I suppose you could also make your choice between landscape or portrait orientation, without having to turn the camera?

And a third thing : if you choose to crop to 4/3 in-camera (for a JPG), then I suppose the RAW file will still contain the full square information, allowing for a repositioning of the crop in PP (maybe with the option that your RAW developer will put a 4/3 box over the whole image to show how you composed.

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Roel Hendrickx
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UK (+abroad) Olympus Photo Safari Group ( http://www.ukphotosafari.org/ )

E-3 user field report from Tunisian Sahara: http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html
 
that the 620 doesn't have?

Or stated otherwise : what would you wish that they leave out from the 620, to justify yet another model with yet another pricetag. (There has to be a difference, right?)

Those two would cannibalize each other in sales, I guess.

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Roel Hendrickx
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E-3 user field report from Tunisian Sahara: http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html
 
Roel,

Honestly I think we have more than needed Oly 4x3 format cameras. Each one is a good one. Even the E-300 which got only recommended rating can produce stunning images, quite oftenly. I was hoping Oly to release only one square format camera for those who love the format. Of course, the lenses would be totally interchangeable or else it wouldn't make sense.

If such a camera would be ever produced, and if you would want to use the 4x3 format on it (cropping without focal length change), I think the sensor needs to be round (or mostly) instead of being square. And I don't think there'll be a way to mask the difference in the OVF, which is quite possible with an EVF/LCD. The LX-3 is a good example.

I don't know if there are Hasselblad, Mamiya or Rolleiflex photographers among us but some of their cameras have squared VF and there were people who liked the format.

Best Regards,
Tony
RoelHendrickx said:
If you have a square format sensor, then I suppose it should be
possible to select also a normal 4/3 ratio (for composition - and
then please with an overlay in the OVF). Square is nice, I agree,
but not always.

And while we are at it, if square can be cropped in-camera to 4/3,
then I suppose you could also make your choice between landscape or
portrait orientation, without having to turn the camera?

And a third thing : if you choose to crop to 4/3 in-camera (for a
JPG), then I suppose the RAW file will still contain the full square
information, allowing for a repositioning of the crop in PP (maybe
with the option that your RAW developer will put a 4/3 box over the
whole image to show how you composed.

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Roel Hendrickx
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UK (+abroad) Olympus Photo Safari Group ( http://www.ukphotosafari.org/ )
E-3 user field report from Tunisian Sahara:
http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html
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RoelHendrickx said:
that the 620 doesn't have?

Or stated otherwise : what would you wish that they leave out from
the 620, to justify yet another model with yet another pricetag.
(There has to be a difference, right?)

Those two would cannibalize each other in sales, I guess.

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Roel Hendrickx
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UK (+abroad) Olympus Photo Safari Group ( http://www.ukphotosafari.org/ )
E-3 user field report from Tunisian Sahara:
http://www.biofos.com/ukpsg/roel.html
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Many people have said this before, but I honestly don't believe in the concept of "cannibalizing each other in sales."

Both camera's would (hypothetically, if the E530 comes out with most of the E620's features) be using the same parts, wouldn't they?

same IS, sensor, processor, internals, LCD, viewfinder..etc. Olympus would be selling the same parts, either through the E620, or the E530.

Te E530, I think, would be geared more towards the traditionalists that still don't believe in rotating LCDs and require a larger, traditional grip. Believe me, we've got a lot of them here in this forum.

Think of it this way:

1- Selling one camera that covers 70% (for example) of the market, but misses out on the 30% that hate rotating LCDs and small grips.

or

2- Selling two camera's that would split the sales 50-50, but would, together, cover the whole 100% of the market, and olympus wouldn't lose much money on manufacturing because both cameras are using the same components.

(Another way of putting it: The combined sales of two cameras would total more than the sales of one camera because they cover larger portions of the market, while the difference in manufacturing costs would be negligible because the two cameras
would use the same components)

Besides, this is a good marketing strategy, because more cameras would mean more shelf space, as well as appealing to more people.

Sony uses this strategy and apparently it worked out pretty well for them (third largest DSLR manufacturer instead of Olympus.)
 
and probably in a new, totally different (and solid) body scenario. I would be more curious to see what types of m4/3 lenses will be released by Olympus.

Oh how I wish Fuji would actively get on board with the 4/3 consortium. Imagine using their new high dynamic range sensor in a 4/3 arrangement. How awesome would that be and what a way to release the micro 4/3 offerings by Olympus.
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