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Started Jun 21, 2014 | Discussions thread
Anders W
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Re: E-M5 firmware update
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Pete_CSCS wrote:

Anders W wrote:

All we know at present is that the E-M5 has not yet been equipped with 0-second AS. Whether it will or will not and what the reasons are (business decision or technical impediments), we don't know. It's not yet three months since the E-M1 got 0-second AS. It's one and a half month since the E-P5 got it. It's about a month since the E-M10 got it. I see no reason at this stage to rule out that the E-M5 will get it too.

Olympus may be waiting to release an E-M5 successor, so people rush out to buy it and then announce a firmware 0 second update for the E-M5. If they did it in reverse order, there would likely be less sales early on for the E-M5 II.

Just a thought.

While everything is conceivable, I doubt that the E-M5 II sales will be much affected by whether the E-M5 already got 0-second AS or not. I also hope that Oly is not too short-sighted in their thinking about this issue. To my mind, it's a matter of manufacturer credibility of a kind that builds (or not) loyalty and confidence. If Oly doesn't bring 0-second AS to the E-M5 although it is technically feasible (which we don't know for sure but which I find pretty strong reasons to suspect), I think they miscalculate market reactions.

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