Category Archives: Olympus

DPReviewTV: Olympus E-M1X Video and Photo Review Plus Q&A

DPReview released the photography review below on launch day followed by a Q&A and most recently their video review. It sounds like the Olympus OM-D E-M1X is an all-around improvement over the Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark II, but it is disappointing that Olympus didn’t enable 4k 60p since the chip inside is capable. It also should […]

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Olympus Elija Shirota, Tetsuo Kikuchi, and Hisashi Yoneyama Interview With DigitalTrends

Digital Trends sat down with General Manager Elija Shirota, Team Leader and autofocus expert Tetsuo Kikuchi, and Senior Supervisor and deep learning expert Hisashi Yoneyama for an interview about the company and the Olympus OM-D E-M1X. Below are excerpts from the interview: Olympus wants the Olympus OM-D E-M1X to be the most reliable camera around The dual […]

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Olympus Once Considered Releasing a Medium Format Camera

CameraJabber is reporting that Setsuya Kataoka (Olympus Division Manager, Imagining Product Development) said that the company once considered developing a medium format camera like Fujifilm did with the Fujifilm GFX, but decided against pursuing the larger format. Olympus is very focused on making the smallest/lightest camera system they can and m43 is perfect for that goal. […]

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Olympus Workspace Replacing Olympus Viewer 3

Olympus Workspace image management software This new image management software delivers authentic image viewing and editing functions. RAW processing preview speed is now faster to streamline the post-shooting workflow. The rating function has also been improved for speedy selection of the best shots from large collections of images. A multi-window environment is now supported along […]

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Olympus OM-D E-M1X Submersion Testing

Olympus is known for having some over the top weather sealing, but fully submerging a camera with a lens is something that shouldn’t happen often. The above youtuber decided to push his Olympus OM-D E-M1X beyond what any reasonable photographer can expect from their camera and the E-M1X handled the testing flawlessly. I highly recommend you […]

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Olympus Released Firmware Updates For The E-M1, E-M1 Mark II, E-M5 Mark II, PEN-F And More

Olympus released multiple firmware updates the other day to support the Wireless radiowave commander FC-WR and fix bugs. You can download them here.

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