Friday, May 3, 20130 comments

"A week after the launch of a Chinese website show the world the new Olympus PEN E-P5: the heart of OM-D in a body even more vintage"

Now all sources on the network agree: next week will be the turn of the new Olympus PENmirrorless that aims to revive the glory of this series, one of those who launched the success of the compact interchangeable lens. Following the current trend that sees the vintage design as one of the hottest trends and continuing in the footsteps of OM-D E-M5 the new Olympus PEN E-P5should show off a design clearly inspired by the small Olympus PEN half-frame film, one of the milestones in the history Olympus.

From China comes the leaked photos of the new model: the images make it clear reference to the past of Olympus and imply that Olympus intends to try to break the eggs in the basket in a brand like Fujifilm, who made one of the vintage aesthetics strengths of its cameras Fujifilm X. The technical sector should start from the heart of OM-D E-M5 and then the Micro Four Thirds sensor with 16 megapixels, but with some technical updates, including the Wi-Fi connectivity, a sub-updated autofocus system and a stabilization 5-axis even more efficient.