As has already been rumored in advance, Olympus has today unveiled the digital version of the OM camera system. The mirror-free e-M5 OM-D with a dust and spritzwassergeschuetzten housing made of magnesium alloy based on the Micro Four Thirds standard and features in addition to 16 MP photos and full HD video at 60i in MOV format (MPEG-4 AVC / H .264, at max. 20Mbps). The 16.1 MP Live MOS sensor with sensitivity up to ISO 25600 (photo), according to DPReview is in video mode, however, read with progressive 30 fps. A model for PAL frame rates of 50i with European standards, it does not seem to give, after specifications are also available in German only be executed 60i; 720er in the data sheet 60p mode possible. The maximum Cliplaenge AMOUNT like always about 29 min (22 min at 20Mbps). Admission is(Eye-Fi compatible) to SD / SDHC / SDXC cards. In addition to a PIC1 seems to aperture and shutter priority mode is also available in video mode, a manual to give, as this is work in practice remains to be seen of course. The internal microphone records in stereo in linear PCM at 16 bit, 48 kHz, an external microphone over, the optional SEMA-1 Microphone adapter kit to connect (3.5 mm mini-jack). A headphone jack does not seem to be on board, an audio level is not mentioned. To assess the image additionally a folding 3 "/ 7.6 cm OLED touchscreen display (610 000 pixels), an electronic viewfinder with 100% coverage and a resolution of 800x600 (1,440 gross-MP) are integrated,. Exit pupil 18 mm A tone curve can be attributed to the Viewfinder Display. The new image processorTruePic VI is working with several mutually independent image processing cores for the recorded image and the live-view display, which among other things. The speed display is intended to benefit. Also, the autofocus will work very quickly. A Fine-Detail Processing technology is executed, with the E-5 is to reduce MoirEffekte and false color. Another new feature is the 5-axis image stabilization system that moves along the horizontal and vertical axis rotation and balancing movements. The OM-D is compatible with all MFT lenses from Olympus, over a suitable adapter can be used E-System and OM lenses. As the kit lens M.ZUIKO Digital ED 12-50 mm 1:3.5-6.3 DC is supplied. Two additional lenses are under development: the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm 1:1.8, and the dust andspritzwassergeschuetzte M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 60mm 1:2.8 Macro. The Olympus E-M5 OM-D comes in April for € 1099 (body only) or € 1299 including kit lens on the market. Optional two-piece can be obtained are the battery grip HLD-6, the Four Thirds mount adapter MMF-3 and the electronic Blitzgeraet FL-600R. From July / August followed by a PT-EP08 Unterwassergehaeuse, waterproof to a water pressure equivalent to 45 m. We are excited to see how they will fight compared to GH2 ... Are first reports with the OM-D is found in DPReview and pen-and-tell.blogspot.com/2012/02/oh-my- goodness.html read (here). u003cimg src=