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Martin R. (Mon. 12/26/05 at 19:40 CET)
Olympus "E-3" rumor ?
just copy & paste from that source:
http://fourthirdsphoto.com/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,48/func,view/id,5056/catid,20/
"A few days early.
I was asked nicely to leak what information I had here first, so I will do so.
First, the disclaimer.
This is NOT an official announcement by Olympus. It is something I happened on quite by accident.
There is NO word when it might be released. The final incarnation might be quite a bit different.
On December 8th I happened upon some professional photographers going about cleaning up their raod kits and preparing for the next journey into who knows where. It was a warehouse and several tables
set up with various cameras and gear spread out for refit, repair, cleaning and inventory. Several brands were evident. Nikon seemed to be the boilerplate choice for whomever did the purchasing for this outfit. Most of the stuff had return addresses of a well known Photo Supply house in New York City. The low bidder and nothing else.
What drew my attention was a Oly 14-54 lens attached to a camera that had no identifying labels or nameplates. I was not allowed to remove the lens and I dearly wanted to to see what I could see for selfish reasons.
I asked the nice gentlemen if they would let me pick it up, and I asked nicely as they were armed.
They allowed me to play with it for a few minutes as long as I didn't stray too far and I was also allowed to click off a few pics, which were promptly erased. They would only answer limited questions. I did not root thru the menus until after I popped a few different pictures. It was then that I was releived of the goods as I think they discovered I knew what I was looking for.
The body was as heavy and roughly the same size as the E-1. Very well put together and a nice finish quality. The card door was fastened shut and not openable. Pics could only be offloaded by cable. Firewire or USB. I did not attempt to open the battery door. I am not allowed to say what mechanism holds the battery door or card door closed.
Let me say I am not allowed to divulge certain things here.......take that for what it is worth, but I have to work with and around these folks and I do not wish to cause them any grief. I have spoken to them several times and I am only telling what I can.
Back to the body.......
The various buttons are the same quantity as the E-1..........PLUS a couple.
It focuses in lousy light litening fast. Poorly lit for most of us by flourescent lights.......but blazing fast.
The cable door did have a rubber gasket. The eyecup was round and extended like some of the add ons you see on E-1. The viewfinder was magnificent. Display at the bottom. Big blank spot at the right.
Lots of things in the viewfinder heads up display in two colors. I can't go any farther on this.
It feels good in the hand and I will repeat it focuses FAST. The LCD screen showed the picture after the shutter actuation instantly, but seemed to stay on forever. I would hope this is adjustable. There are buttons on the front of the body, one for sure in a familiar position to remove the lens. I will repeat this once........no adapter was on the camera with the 14-54. There were adapters laying on the table. Screen on the back. Screen on the top. Diopter adjustment was there as usual. No on board flash.
I was told the camera was loaded with a 4 gig memory. It had 299 available shots with empty card(s).
I was told it was set to the highest quality of JPEG. I was not allowed to get too deep into the menus and I am not allowed to divulge what I saw on the menus. Period.
One really interesting note here. Please pay attention and I will not answer any further questions on this matter.........a few years back, Kodak had a means for Photojournalists to offload the pics wirelessly directly from the camera to a PC or Network hub. This was being discussed amongst the folks at the table, but that is as far as it got.
There was a 35-100 on the table and it had an adapter attached to it. I could not see the bayonet.
There was also a Nikon......I think.....large 14-45???.........on the table with a 4/3 adapter on it.
This body was 2 months old or so and it was pretty used. It was in fact beat up enuff to be several years old. That is what the photographers were asked to do with it. Stress test. They did. The 14-54, the body, the adapters, and the 35-100 were all on their way backt to Japan via another country. They were to be IN Japan prior to the 1st of January.
One in three of the photographers had developed a real liking for the test body. The other two were ambivolent. Nikon fans.
As to the buttons, there was ISO, WB, Quality, + and -, Playback, and one on top ala Canon style, but I did not know what it was for, and it was disabled.
In conclusion:
Oly lens mounted with no adapter.
Fantastic build quality.
Great viewfinder.....Optical not EVF.
Prism.
Good button locations.
Good grip. Feels good in my hands but I wear a size 11 glove.
Definitely a high end as opposed to a consumer or advanced camera.
No onboard flash although there was a definite seam around the prism hump.
Dandy top LCD screen.
One LCD light on top that never lit up.
Good tripod mount with a pin lock hole.
Two ecternal caps. Don't ask about these. I don't know.
High Megapixel count no matter how you wish to judge this.
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