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OM-D Should Have Come out 2 Years Ago

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Landscapephoto99 said:
I think OM-D will be a nice camera, good addition to micro 4 3rds, a weatherproof GX1 with IBIS. But having said that, it is another case of Olympus being a day late and a dollar short. Give or take some bells and whistles, there seems to be nothing in OM-D that could not have been done two years ago. Why so long?
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  • Olympus take some time to project and test and make a pro camera
Landscapephoto99 said:
What is their market niche? Sony is consumer electronics, users can be assured of getting the latest bells and whistles. Panasonic is clearly video, no one does it quite like them in a neat package like the GH2. Penetax is the outdoors, rugged system for those who value craftsmanship in their equipment. CaNikon, well no need to go into detail on their brand loyal fans. Olympus????
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SF Photo Gal said:
Looks count. Even if the OM-D isn't cutting edge, if it's at least competitive and it looks good, people will buy it. It's not all about the technical stats. Photography is still an art form and you don't really want to be out there shooting with a computer. You (I) want a camera with some heart and sole.

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  • Heart and Soul, yes, I have some feelings about my cameras and lenses, I always choose them with the heart and mind
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

God always take the simplest way.
 
Olympus and Panasonic guys once they were drinking some beers, have combined, Panasonic launches the first camera the G1, and with built in EVF, and Olympus launches the first Micro 4/3 Pro camera

The only thing is that Olympus took some time to do it

But is rocks :)
sigala1 said:
Olympus made the mistake with 4/3 of coming out with a pro camera first.

This time, Olympus did things right and worked on the technology in consumer cams first.

The OM-D is revolutionary not because it contains some crazy new technology that didn't exist before yesterday, but because they have improved every area of the camera. Better AF, better viewfinder, better SENSOR, better IBIS, weather sealed. This is the first Olympus camera that a PRO using the Canon 7D would like at and think, "this OM-D is BETTER than my 7D".
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

God always take the simplest way.
 
Rriley said:
Landscapephoto99 said:
I think OM-D will be a nice camera, good addition to micro 4 3rds, a weatherproof GX1 with IBIS. But having said that, it is another case of Olympus being a day late and a dollar short. Give or take some bells and whistles, there seems to be nothing in OM-D that could not have been done two years ago. Why so long?
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quite simply the hardware for it wasnt around then
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  • What hardware, good EVF like the one on the Panasonics existed, and the other things, the only think that we might say is, there was no 16 megapixels sensor, the rest was always there
Rriley said:
the one thing Oly have been making a deal out of is the viewfinder, Ogawa used the words 'epoch making'. Ok so bs aside clearly the thing has to be a bit different, a bit better than others in the past. After all, I think the same module is used in VF2, if it werent somehow different why else would it be important
Rriley said:
What is their market niche? Sony is consumer electronics, users can be assured of getting the latest bells and whistles. Panasonic is clearly video, no one does it quite like them in a neat package like the GH2. Penetax is the outdoors, rugged system for those who value craftsmanship in their equipment. CaNikon, well no need to go into detail on their brand loyal fans. Olympus????
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well they seemed to have covered a few bases, without being tiny it is small, its sealed, competitive Mp if you found 12Mp lacking etc. But again it turns to the viewfinder experience as a point of difference, something we cant see without picking one up, but hopefully some reviewer can adequately express.

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

God always take the simplest way.
 
amalric said:
Landscapephoto99 said:
I think OM-D will be a nice camera, good addition to micro 4 3rds, a weatherproof GX1 with IBIS. But having said that, it is another case of Olympus being a day late and a dollar short. Give or take some bells and whistles, there seems to be nothing in OM-D that could not have been done two years ago. Why so long?

What is their market niche? Sony is consumer electronics, users can be assured of getting the latest bells and whistles. Panasonic is clearly video, no one does it quite like them in a neat package like the GH2. Penetax is the outdoors, rugged system for those who value craftsmanship in their equipment. CaNikon, well no need to go into detail on their brand loyal fans. Olympus????
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Such general statements on the basis of early rumors expose to ridicule.

It's not only about not knowing about the ergonomics of the camera, but about the sensor.

Besides the VF, what caught my attention is the contention about the extended Dynamic Range. How is it attained? By redesigning the sensor, or by better image processing? The new Fuji sensor does it in hardware, but pixel sharpness in the early samples is nothing to sing about.

I concur with other above that Oly did well by chosing the bottom up approach, avoiding such pitfalls. I am not even sure that the OM D is a Pro camera - they never contended it, but it might be the step before it, and a good contender against the X Pro 1, at a much more sensible price.

A camera is a bit like a chamber orchestra, everything must play in tune, so it doesn't help to have very good performance in some parts, but lacking in others. Like we saw in the G cameras, lacking both in DR and colour rendition.

Since the OM D has almost double the weight of one of the latest Pen Lights, one must assume that it was put to good use. At least the weight but also the price make the camera compete against mid tier dSLR. So it better be good, even if the smaller lenses will give an initial advantage.

Of course it will compete against the Sony, and the Fuji, and perhaps even against a coming Pentax. Having a strong m4/3 is of the essence. Some here would rather have Olympus ruined by financial problems, that is how miserly they are.

Mirrorless is getting adult, but not all its users are :)

Am.
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  • It is natural, lot's of the Micro 4/3 users are young people, and the others, "old" ones from many systems before
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

God is the tangential point between zero and infinity.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

God always take the simplest way.
 
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