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Lee Yuan Sheng
09-14-2010, 03:23 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dcresource.com/news/newsitem.php?id=4187' target='_blank'>http://www.dcresource.com/news/news...tem.php?id=4187</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Olympus today rolled out the long-awaited replacement to their professional E-3 digital SLR. Not surprisingly, this camera is known as the E-5. The E-5 is more of an evolution of the E-3 than something totally new, so don't expect anything radically different here."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1284468265.usr15670.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>An update it is; the main changes are a new 12 megapixel Live MOS sensor (Live MOS sounds dated now that just about every DSLR does live view), a new processing engine dubbed TruPic V+, the now*ubiquitous 3" LCD screen on a swivel arm, 720P video at 30 FPS (limited to 7 minutes though), and a SDXC slot dumping the xD slot (finally!). The rest of the camera is pretty much similar to the E3, including the 11 point AF system, sensor shift stabilisation, and oh, Olympus's Art Filters for those of you who can't be bothered with an image editor for special effects. Priced at US$1700 and will be out in stores next month. Photos of the back and top of the camera after the break.<MORE /><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1284469275.usr15670.jpg" /></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1284469255.usr15670.jpg" /></p>

marlof
09-19-2010, 10:18 AM
May be the biggest change is the weaker AA filter? The E-PL1, the consumer PEN, gives the sharpest images of all using that sensor, just because it has a weaker AA filter. I'm not in line to upgrade, but if the first end user experiences are in, I might get in line.