This is the new Olympus E-PL8!

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Olympus has one more PEN coming soon! Those are the first images of the entry-level E-PL8 camera. It will be announced soon along the first Olympus Action Camera. Specs are yet unknown but I guess it will use the same 16MP sensor used by the E-M10II.

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Images via Digicameinfo.

The next camera announcements: Fuji X-T2, Sony A5300, Panasonic entry level MFT and Olympus E-PL8 and Action camera.

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To recap what you can expect to be announced as next here is the list:

  1. Early April: New Panasonic entry level MFt camera (no G nor GH)
  2. Early-Mid April: New Olympus Action Camera compatible with all Go PRO accessories. New E-PL8.
  3. May-June: New Sony A5300 entry level E-mount camera
  4. June: Fuj X-T2

Both Canon and Nikon are expected to announce some more “advanced” mirrorless system camera during the second half of the year.

That’s fast from Fuji: X-PRO2 firmware update coming this week!

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Fujirumors reports that Fuji will release a new firmware udpate this week to fix some of the current X-PRO 2 bugs.

In the meantime Sony released a firmware update for most E-mount cameras to add the new GM lens support:

A7rII at eusupport.sony.com.
A7r at eusupport.sony.com.
A7II at eusupport.sony.com.
A7s at eusupport.sony.com.
A7 at eusupport.sony.com.
A6000 esupport.sony.com.
A5100 esupport.sony.com.

Matt Granger shows us the weakest point of the Sony mirrorless system…poor service!

Sony, it’s all nice and good what you are doing now with your camera and lens tech. It’s exciting and finally also a real serious competition to the Canon-Nikon dominated PRO world. But there is one annoying and very major obstacle to Sony’s success and it’s their very poor PRO service. As Matt Granger explains you in that video the issue is so big that no PRO photographer can seriously think to use Sony gear. Let’s hope Sony will finally recognize that photography is not just about tech, but also about supporting photographers!

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