OM SYSTEM (the new brand succeeding Olympus) just announced a new OM-1 camera that features a 20.4MP Micro Four Thirds sensor with 5-axis IBIS, fast stills shooting modes, cross quad pixel autofocus, vari-angle LCD, dual SD card slots, and a durable magnesium alloy body. Internally, the camera can shoot DCI 4K video in up to 60fps 4:2:0 10-bit or up to 240fps in Full HD. It also outputs 12-bit raw video via micro-HDMI to Atomos Ninja V and V+ for ProRes RAW up to DCI 4K 60fps. OM SYSTEM also announced new 2-40mm f/2.8 and 40-150mm f/4 lenses. The OM-1 can be pre-ordered now for $2,199. Back in 2008(ish), Olympus used to be at the forefront of the mirrorless camera evolution when the company (along with Panasonic) created the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system. In the years after that, Olympus made quite a few camera bodies and lenses for the MFT system, some of which got really popular for their nice combination of compact size and good image quality along with a really good IBIS. While for filmmakers, Panasonic has always been the more prolific of the two MFT companies, for the last few years Olympus really tried hard to catch up in this regard – they introduced some high bitrate modes as well as an OM-Log gamma curve. The last Olympus camera we reviewed was the flagship Olympus OM-D E-M1X. Even despite having some successful camera bodies and lenses, sales numbers apparently did not look good enough, and so...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 15 February, 2022