Articles on Olympus

Olympus announces E-600 dSLR - Aug 31, 2009

Crave Olympus has just quietly announced the E-600 dSLR, a scaled-down version of the more robust E-620. From the specifications sheet, it appears that the new camera shares the same chassis ... Read story »

Olympus E-P1 firmware update improves autofocusing - Sep 17, 2009

Crave The Olympus E-P1. Olympus released firmware updates on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, for the Olympus E-P1 camera and two lenses, the Zuiko ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 as well as the Zuiko ... Read story »

Olympus unveils roadmap for Micro Four Thirds lenses - Nov 5, 2009

Crave The M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4-5.6 (left) and M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm F4-5.6. Today, Olympus not only announced its second Micro Four Thirds camera, the E-P2, the firm also disclosed ... Read story »

Should you get an E-P2 over the E-P1? - Nov 6, 2009

Crave The Olympus E-P2. When Olympus announced the E-P2 Micro Four Thirds camera yesterday, I could almost hear E-P1 owners scream injustice in unison. It's not surprising if you consider that ... Read story »

Olympus E-P1 and Panasonic's GF-1 get underwater case - Nov 27, 2009

Crave German company 10bar has developed an underwater housing for Panasonic's latest Micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix DMC-GF1. Made of aluminum and acrylic, the 1.1kg case can dive to depths ... Read story »

Make your E-P1 even more retro - Sep 21, 2009

Crave As we know, the Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera, the E-P1, is based on a retro design which the original Pen shooters sported. But now you can make it even ... Read story »

Olympus announces new Mju Tough camera - Jul 17, 2009

Crave The Mju Tough-6010 will be available in red, grey and blue. Olympus today announced the Mju Tough-6010, a refresh to the rugged Mju Tough-6000. Upgrades are incremental, with the Tough-6010's ... Read story »

Olympus m:robe - Oct 4, 2004

Crave Olympus wasn't kidding when it described its mysterious m:robe as minimalist in design. Showcased at the recent Photokina 2004, we're still wondering if this multipurpose digicam even comes with a shutter ... Read story »

Fancy a phone made from cypress wood? - Sep 30, 2009

Crave The Touch Wood mockup (top) and prototype based on the SH-04A model (bottom). If you don't think plastic is fantastic, here's some good news: Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has created ... Read story »

Speculation: EVIL cameras for 2010 - Dec 17, 2009

Crave The Samsung hybrid camera system. No, EVIL cameras don't mean that the shooters are nasty, but rather the acronym stands for Electronic Viewfinder, Interchangeable Lens. Good examples are the Panasonic ... Read story »

Olympus Pen creator Yoshihisa Maitani, 76, passes away - Jul 31, 2009

Crave Yoshihisa Maitani with the Olympus Pen F. Yoshihisa Maitani, the man who created the popular Pen series of cameras for Olympus, passed away last night at a hospital in Tokyo. ... Read story »

Fujifilm to join Micro Four Thirds consortium? - Sep 29, 2009

Crave The F70EXR uses the company's acclaimed Super CCD EXR. The Micro Four Thirds camera war has, until now, been a two-horse race between Panasonic and Olympus. There are now whispers ... Read story »

Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera announced - Jun 16, 2009

Crave The evolution of the E-P1. It's been almost one year since Olympus first showcased a mockup of its Micro Four Thirds camera at last year's biennial imaging tradeshow Photokina in ... Read story »

Olympus E-P1 pricing announced - Jun 18, 2009

Crave The E-P1 with the 17mm lens and the optical viewfinder. Olympus recently introduced its first Micro Four Thirds camera, the E-P1, and only today made its pricing known. We've mentioned ... Read story »

Micro Four Thirds adapters for Nikon F and Pentax K mount optics - Jul 15, 2009

Crave Japanese camera manufacturer Cosina Voigtlander has introduced Nikon F and Pentax K mount adapters for Micro Four Thirds cameras. This adds on to the many third-party adapters available for use ... Read story »

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