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Olympus OM-D retro beauty – full specs, more photos and pricing details

February 9th, 2012 10:00am No comments

Olympus OM-D SLR photos leak out - and it looks fabulous

We got all excited about the leaked photos earlier in the week, and now Olympus have officially announced their new retro-styled Olympus OM-D camera, and served up the all-important spec sheet.

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Olympus OM-D SLR (EM-5) photos leak out – and it looks fabulous

February 4th, 2012 9:55pm No comments

Olympus OM-D SLR photos leak out - and it looks fabulous

As long-time Olympus OM SLR fans, we’ve been very excited by rumours of a forthcoming high end Olympus OM-D Micro Four Thirds camera.

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Olympus teases and tempts with talk of a new, high-end Olympus OM-D camera

January 20th, 2012 4:00pm No comments

Olympus teases and tempts with talk of a new, high-end Olympus OM-D camera

If you were to ask us what our favourite camera ever was, we’d have the answer in a jiffy: the Olympus OM2n.

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Olympus E-PM1 PEN Mini – pricing announced for Micro Four Thirds compact

August 25th, 2011 4:07pm No comments

Olympus E-PM1 PEN Mini - pricing announced for Micro Four Thirds compact

Olympus has divvied up the pricing details of its tres compact Olympus E-PM1 Micro Four Thirds camera, which also regales under the name of the PEN Mini.

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Olympus E-PL3 (PEN Lite) compact camera – pricing and full specs announced

July 21st, 2011 12:43pm No comments

Olympus E-PL3 compact camera - pricing and full specs announced

We’re very much liking the sleek, shiny lines of Olympus’s new E-PL3  12-megapixel FourThirds format camera, and if your wallet has been making involuntary convulsions in its direction, we can now reveal the all-important price.

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Olympus PEN E-P3 Micro Four Thirds touchscreen camera looks a beaut

July 1st, 2011 12:40pm No comments

Olympus PEN E-P3 Micro Four Thirds touchscreen camera looks a beaut

Busting out of Chez Olympus  just in time for summer  is the company’s new top-of-the-range Olympus PEN E-P3 Micro Four Thirds system camera.

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Olympus LS-20 PCM digital recorder packs dual mics and HD movie recording – full specs

May 4th, 2011 9:45am No comments

Olympus LS-20 PCM digital recorder with HD Movie - the ideal music lovers companion?

Looking rugged and tough enough to survive gruelling field trips and repeated trips into the mosh pit is Olympus’s new LS-20 Linear PCM digital recorder recorder, offering  HD movie recording and “recording studio sound quality.”

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Olympus XZ-1 compact camera snaps prestigious design award – LX5 killer?

March 25th, 2011 11:24am 2 comments

Olympus XZ-1 compact camera snaps prestigious award

The high-end Olympus XZ-1 digital compact camera has scooped the prestigious international Red Dot award, which honours outstanding design quality and trendsetters.

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Big boy lens maker Carl Zeiss signs up for Micro Four Thirds

February 7th, 2011 11:23am No comments

Big boy lens maker Carl Zeiss signs up for Micro Four Thirds

There should be some  joyful whoopin’ and a-hollerin’ coming from owners of Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Third cameras with the news that lens making maestros Carl Zeiss have joined the gang.

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Olympus XZ-1 compact gets reviewed, torrents of love follows

January 31st, 2011 9:45am No comments

 Olympus XZ-1 compact=

We were pretty much stoked the second we clapped our eyes on the sleek lines of the Olympus XZ-1 compact camera, and the first review posted has declared the enthusiast snapper to be a real winner.

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Olympus XZ-1 high end compact goes for the LX5 and S95 cameras

January 6th, 2011 4:48pm No comments

Olympus XZ-1 high end compact=

Olympus have rolled out their flagship compact digital camera, the Olympus XZ-1, and are hoping that it will catch the eye of keen amateurs and professional photographers looking for a second camera.

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Olympus PEN E-PL2 Micro Four Thirds camera keeps the retro vibe alive

January 6th, 2011 1:00pm No comments

Olympus PEN E-PL2 Micro Four Thirds camera

Olympus has released its new Micro Four-Thirds camera, the PEN E-PL2, which adds a slew of improvements over the original PEN E-PL1 while retaining its pleasing old-school, retro looks.

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Olympus rumours: black E-P2 compact kit, new lenses and E-5 dSLR coming up

August 30th, 2010 2:31pm No comments

Olympus rumours: black E-P2 compact=

Currently sizzling away on the 43rumors site are some hot rumours of a mini-flurry of new Olympus camera-related launches coming up.

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Olympus updates E-P1, E-P2 and E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds cameras

April 15th, 2010 10:47am No comments

Olympus updates  E-P1, E-P2 and E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds cameras

We’ve loved the look of Olympus’s stunning E-P1, E-P2 and E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds cameras for yonks, but one of the factors that nudged us towards getting the rival Panasonic Lumix GF-1 compact was focussing speed.

Although the Olympus snappers weren’t exactly slouches, the slightly faster speed of the Lumix could be the difference between a great shot and a nearly-great shot. And no one remembers the one you nearly got.

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Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera offers flash and tempting £350 price tag

February 2nd, 2010 5:39pm No comments

Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera offers flash and cheaper price tagOlympus has released another Micro Four Thirds camera, the PEN E-PL1 and aggressively priced it at $200 cheaper than the earlier E-P1, while still packing in the high end features.

The new PEN camera will offer the same 12.3-megapixel sensor and 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 zoom lens as its predecessor and also come with a built in flash – something that’s been sorely missing from their earlier Micro Four Thirds cameras.

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