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Olympus Pen E-P5: A Retro-Styled Mirrorless Camera Made Amazing

Olympus has been teetering on the edge of nailing mirrorless camera design for years. In fact, many would argue that last year's retro-fantastic OM-D E-M5 bordered on perfection. Aesthetes fell in love with its looks at the same time that real, serious photographers were amazed at its spectacular image quality. Read More >>

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Rumoured First Picture of Olympus E-P5 Continues Vintage Design Trend

The very first picture of what is purported to be Olympus's upcoming E-P5 mirrorless camera has surfaced, and has more of the retro touches we have come to expect know and love. Read More >>

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Olympus E-PL5 Review: Top-Notch Guts in an Awkward Body

Olympus has seen great success in the mirrorless camera world with its PEN series. The line's latest iteration is the E-PL5, a micro 4/3 camera that shares a few details with its more expensive brother, the OMD-EM5. It shoots beautifully—so what's the catch? Read More >>

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Olympus PEN E-PL5: Touchscreens Make Micro-Four Thirds Better

Last year's Olympus micro four thirds cameras were very good. Well, now Olympus is bringing touchscreens to two of the cameras from the line that should make them easier to use than ever. Read More >>

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Are These Olympus’ Latest Micro Four-Thirds Cameras?

According to 43Rumors, the cameras pictured above are the Olympus E-PL5 and E-PM2, which would serve as the successors to Olympus' diminutive, entry-level Micro Four-Thirds shooters, the E-PL3 and E-PM1. Read More >>

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Pac-Man Ghost Salt and Pepper Pots Are Your Retro-Kitchen-Essentials Deals of the Day

Take a look at your dinner table. Pretty mundane isn't it? Sure, there are knives, forks, spoons, and a few plates and that – but is there anything to remind you of vintage arcade game Pac-Man? No, no there isn't. Read More >>

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Olympus’s New 40X Superzoom Camera Will Let You Snap Long Distance Myspace Poses to Your Heart’s Content

Maybe you're trying to creepily snap spy shots of someone across the street. Or maybe you're unhealthily obsessed with photographing planes in flight. Either way, the measly 3X zoom on your point-and-shoot might not be enough. Maybe Olympus' latest superzoom, with 40X optical zoom and 1080p video capabilities, will suit you better. Read More >>

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Olympus’s Google Glasses Competitor Is Really Nothing Like Google Glasses

If you thought Google Glasses looked bad, Olympus's augmented reality specs will make you want to drop dead. The company today announced an awkward, wearable display prototype called Meg 4.0, although it's nothing like Google's version. Read More >>

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Olympus TG-1: Tough Cams Want to Snap Beautiful Photos Too

The Olympus TG-1 is the company's latest rugged camera, the successor to last year's TG-810. And though the rugged aspects of these cameras may have hit an innovative plateau, there's always room for improvement when it comes to image quality. That's why Olympus packed a lens with an F2.0 aperture into this durable 12-megapixel beast. Read More >>

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Sony and Fujifilm Preparing to Bail Out Disaster-Struck Olympus

Sony, Fuji and several other companies have made offers to team up with battered camera maker Olympus, with the Japanese giant said to be considering offers of partnership deals with its local rivals. Read More >>

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Olympus and Three Former Execs Charged With Falsifying Financial Reports

The ongoing public explosion of Olympus has taken a new turn, with Japanese authorities now charging the company and three of its former big cheeses with compiling fake financial documents. Read More >>

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Olympus: Nokia’s 41-Megapixel Camera Phone is “Nonsense”

Lots of people have been either excited or baffled by Nokia’s 41-megapixel beast it’s slapped into the 808 Pureview. Firstly there’s Symbian, don’t get us started on that; then there’s the why? 41-megapixels in a sensor that small is just ridiculous – utter nonsense in fact, at least according to Olympus. Read More >>

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Olympus Scandal Results In Top Executive Death

The long running Olympus corruption scandal that saw ties with the mob, hiding loses and executives leaving left and right has taken another sad turn with the apparent suicide of one of its top executives, Tsutomi Omori in New Delhi. Read More >>

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Olympus OM-D E-M5: The First Micro Four Thirds Camera Aimed at Replacing a DSLR

The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is crammed full of impressive features: the fastest autofocus among interchangeable lens cameras (or so says Olympus). The E-M5 pushes a ridiculous 9 frames per second of 16-megapixel RAW photos. It's the first mirrorless camera with a magnesium alloy body—weatherproof and dustproof, yo!—and packs the world's first 5-axis image stabilisation. That's up from 2-axis in the PEN E-P3 and the E5 DSLR. But what does any of that mean to a regular person? Read More >>

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Gorgeous Full View of the Olympus OM-D Leaks

Camera nerds have been aflutter for weeks about a new Olympus mirrorless camera that's supposedly set for announcement any day now. The latest rumour is a full-body view of the retro-styled OM-D. If the rumour is true, the camera is going to be beautiful. Read More >>