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I'm wondering whether to upgrade from my E-M5 to an E-M1 now but a voice in my head says maybe the E-M1 will itself face a successor before long, perhaps at Photokina. Has anyone heard any rumours or got any rationale for supporting a particular release timescale?

BTW my reluctance for holding off is that I would prefer PDAF to cover pretty much the whole frame. While there's no guarantee this feature will be included in a future OMD, given that it's already in the Sony A6000 (which I'm not tempted to buy, for many reasons) it seems to me only a matter of time before the expectation is that mid- and high-end mirrorless cameras match it.
 
Mark B UK said:
I'm wondering whether to upgrade from my E-M5 to an E-M1 now but a voice in my head says maybe the E-M1 will itself face a successor before long, perhaps at Photokina.
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I believe the likelihood of a new top-end body at Photokina 2014 is very, very slim. The E-M1 is only one year old.

Actually I wonder what Olympus will have at Photokina other than new pro zooms.
 
Come on, the EM1 is less than 1 year old and Olympus is updating the firmware for it. It may be 2 years before there is a successor (if then).
 
Probably in about 18-24 months, unless a new much better sensor becomes available. The E-M5 was released 28 months ago and has not yet been replaced. Unless Olympus has changed its OMD line plans, I would expect the replacement for the E-M5 to be released sometime this year (unless they hold off to avoid reducing E-M1 and E-M10 sales).

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but why would you wait that long? "The enemy of good is perfect..." and there is no perfect camera. The E-M1, however, is a VERY good camera that you can buy today.
 
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Come on, the EM1 is less than 1 year old and Olympus is updating the firmware for it. It may be 2 years before there is a successor (if then).
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Exactly, advance models (GH2 for example) don't get replacement on the yearly basis. Sometimes, 2+ years.
 
I think we'll see a fixed lens M43 or 1" camera from Olympus way before we'll see another in the OM-D line. There was a rumor a while ago that Olympus is working on a "Digital Trip," harking back to the very popular Trip 35.

Considering that the average M43 owner buys very few lenses (I've heard the average is 1.3), the Digital Trip makes more sense than another OM-D.
 
mring1 said:
but why would you wait that long? "The enemy of good is perfect..." and there is no perfect camera. The E-M1, however, is a VERY good camera that you can buy today.
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Thanks; I guess the consensus is that a new high-end model this year is unlikely, so I should consider buying the E-M1 now.
 
Mark B UK said:
I'm wondering whether to upgrade from my E-M5 to an E-M1 now but a voice in my head says maybe the E-M1 will itself face a successor before long, perhaps at Photokina. Has anyone heard any rumours or got any rationale for supporting a particular release timescale?

BTW my reluctance for holding off is that I would prefer PDAF to cover pretty much the whole frame. While there's no guarantee this feature will be included in a future OMD, given that it's already in the Sony A6000 (which I'm not tempted to buy, for many reasons) it seems to me only a matter of time before the expectation is that mid- and high-end mirrorless cameras match it.
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September.

EM-2
 
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I don't see it being worth it since you already own the EM-5 and, while the EM-1 is better, it isn't so much better as to drop $1,300 for it. For those who get the reference: It feels like upgrading a perfectly good i7 Sandy Bridge Intel Processor with an i7 Ivy Bridge. Sure, the Ivy Bridge is faster, but is it enough of a difference to spend that money?

I'd wait a few years for the next generation of sensor tech to finally come into play like the organic sensor (along with rumors of the global shutter).
 
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