The Olympus Air. image courtesy:DC.watch
Along the E-M5II Olympus announced also the Air Clip MFT camera! it’s going to be sold in Japan only (for now). First real hands-on pictures can be found on that Engadget gallery (Click here) and at DC.watch (Click here). There is also an official video here:
The big question to you is:
The Air Clip specs are:
– 16 MP MFT sensor
– MFT mount
– 81-point AF system
– 10fps
– electrnic shutter with speed up to 1/16000s
– has physical shutter release button and tripod mount
– microSD slot and lithium-ion battery
– microUSB
– Air Clip control via Wifi from a mobile device.
– Art filter support
– Bluetooth
– Come with Open Source Api
– To be released in Spring in Japan
– 56.9 × 57.1 × 43.6mm. Weight about 146g (without memory card, battery built-in).
– Comes in Black or White
– Price: 33,800 yen for the body and with kit lens 14-42mm EZ 49,800 yen.
Image source: Olympus Japan.
New Olympus stuff preorders:
E-M5II in Black or Silver at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus. In Europe at Jessops, WexUK, Namencolor.
14-150mm II lens at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
FL-LM3 Flash at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus ECG-2 External Metal Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus HLD-6P Battery Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8g at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-P16 eyecup at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8G and HLD-6P kit at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Full leather case at Amazon, Adorama and GetOlympus.
Olympus PT-EP13 Underwater Housing at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-860 at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.