Olympus’ tiny OM-D E-M10 mirrorless camera arrives next month for $700
Olympus has just made an offer that may be too good to refuse for those tempted by its all-metal OM-D EM-1 or EM-5 mirrorless cameras, but who were put off by the $1,000+ price tags. It just launched the much more compact, but equally good-looking OM-D EM-10 for $700 (body only) or $800 with a 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. For that, you’ll get many of the features from the higher-end models: the EM-1′s 16-megapixel, optical low-pass filter-free sensor with a TruePic VII image processor and 25,600 max ISO, built in WiFi, a 1.44-megapixel electronic viewfinder from the EM-5 and 8fps high-speed sequential shooting with 81-point AF (or 3.5fps with continuous autofocus). Unlike the EM-5 or EM-1, there’s only 3-axis image stabilization instead of 5-axis, and the body also lacks the weather sealing of its pricier siblings. To go with the new camera, Olympus also announced another 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 power zoom lens that shrinks to nearly pancake proportions for $350, and a lightweight 25mm f/1.8 lens for $400. If less weight, less money and a feature set only slightly less are sounding good, it’ll arrive by the end of February — check the source for more.
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Source: Olympus
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