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Here you will find blog-posts with the latest Olympus related news, rumors and updates published at the main blog. In addition, you can find links to our Olympus related updates on these dedicated mini-sites:

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Olympus dropping basic P&S digital cameras (V series) to focus on Interchangeables, May 17, 2013
A move that was previously discussed during the Olympus financial crisis has now materialized. Olympus is dropping the basic P&S digital cameras from their line-up, their V-series of entry-level digital cameras. It does not say that Olympus will abandon all... Continue

More Olympus E-P5 hands on reports and official JPEG samples, May 10, 2013
Since we finalized last night's Olympus E-P5 announcement round-up, seven more hands-on reports and official Olympus JPEG samples (via PB) were posted. We added them to the aforelinked post, but since most people have better things to do than version-control... Continue

New Olympus E-PL6 m43rds mirrorless camera (Japan only so far), May 10, 2013
In addition to the new Olympus E-P5, Olympus also announced another new Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera, the E-PL6. This appears to be a model for the Japanese market, at least for now. This is not the first time Olympus... Continue

New Mirrorless Camera: Olympus E-P5, the new leader of the E-Pens, borrows from E-M5, adds Wifi [with hands-on previews!], May 9, 2013
The Olympus E-Pens have a new leader today! Olympus has officially announced the new E-P5 E-Pen micro four thirds mirrorless camera! Olympus E-P5 Hands On Video Reports A total of 12 videos with a total runtime of 50 minutes are... Continue

Leakage: Olympus E-Pen E-P5 gets captured in China, May 3, 2013
The Olympus E-Pens are getting closer to finding a new leader. A leakage at the Chinese Mobile01.com revealed a not-yet-released Olympus E-Pen E-P5 mirrorless camera. The situation is recapped at dpreview and discussed in the dpreview comments. Continue

New Olympus VH-520 slim-zoom (14mp CMOS, 10x), March 21, 2013
Spring is the air, and the new camera flowers are blooming! Olympus has announced a colorful new consumer-tier 10x slim-zoom, the VH-520, with a 14mp 1/2.x" CMOS sensor and an easy to remember 26-260mm equivalent zoom range. Press release parade... Continue

Sony-Olympus deal becomes official today, Sony their biggest shareholder, February 22, 2013
The previously agreed upon deal between Sony and Olympus has become official today, with Sony becoming the biggest shareholder in Olympus with around 11.5% of the voting rights. Details at Amateur Photographer UK et al. Continue

Test Scene Duel: Panasonic GH3 vs Olympus E-M5 vs Fuji X-E1, February 21, 2013
Technically it is a duel between two, but it's late at night and somehow "Truel" doesn't sound right :) Regardless, one test scene was the battleground for a 3-way comparison between the Panasonic GH3 and the Olympus E-M5 and the... Continue

DxoMark Strikes Again: Olympus XZ-2 Test Results, February 19, 2013
Dxomark is uber productive these days. Another day, another camera report finalized. Yesterday they evaluated the Panasonic LX7, today they evaluated another compact with RAW with a 1/1.x" sensor, the Olympus Stylus XZ-2 iHS. Here are their detailed lab test... Continue

A denial, a denial: Olympus denies it will stop producing DSLRs, February 13, 2013
Olympus issued a short official statement denying they will stop DSLR production. The situation is summarized at dpreview with discussion starting up in the dpreview comments. Whether this means continue to produce what's already available or produce new products, only... Continue

$100 Lens Deal: silver or black Olympus 40-150mm f4-5.6 R (m43rds) [updated], February 13, 2013
UPDATE (2/13/13 at 7:30pm ET) The B&H promotion ended, but the $100 price is now available at Adorama for either the black 40-150R lens or the silver 40-150R lens. I do not know when this promotion ends... Speaking of discounted... Continue

Olympus XZ-10 hands-on previews at six photography and tech websites, February 5, 2013
The new Olympus XZ-10 is a compact with RAW and a 1/2.3" sensor and a lens control ring and it got lost in the CP Plus 2013 shuffle. But now that we are catching up, here are six hands-on reports... Continue

Olympus will release a E-P3 replacement E-Pen in 2013, February 4, 2013
It turns out Ricoh is not the only one making new product development announcements with empty shelves. Olympus did it too at the CP Plus 2013 trade show and DC Watch Impress (computer-translated) was there to capture it - here... Continue

Interview: Olympus at dpreview at CP+ 2013, February 2, 2013
dpreview has published their second interview from CP Plus 2013, this time with Olympus featuring Toshi Terada. The Olympus dude says Four Thirds products coming this year, both for the lenses (read: camera(s) that can utilize them) and also for... Continue

New Olympus XZ-10 is a 12mp 1/2.3" compact with f1.8-2.7 (UPDATE: it has RAW!), January 29, 2013
Olympus has announced a new digital camera in the XZ-series, along with a white version of the existing XZ-2 digital camera. The new XZ-10 is a smaller and more compact camera than the XZ-1 and XZ-2 and it uses a... Continue

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