As expected, OM-1 II, SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-600mm f/5-6.3 IS Lens and 9-18mm f/4-5.6 II lens will be officially announced on January 30th. Here is the first info list.
OM-1 II specs
- be priced 2,399 euros
- Rebranded to OM SYSTEM
- 2x buffer
- IBIS with an effect of 8.5 steps
- 14bit RAW for high resolution mode
- Person AI recognition
- Addition of computational ND filter
- Better AF system
- Improved ergonomics
- Products to be announced at 6am London time on January 30th
150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 (2,699 Euro)
The retail price of the current OM-1 is currently 1,885 euros on German Amazon and 1,989 euros on French Amazon, so if OM-1 II is 2,399 euros, the price is about 400 to 500 euros higher than the current OM-1. It’s a setting. However, this is the initial price, so once the price becomes stable, the price may settle down to the same price as the current OM-1.
As for the 150-600mm F5.0-6.3, Sigma’s 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN, which is believed to be the base, costs 1,439 euros on Amazon in Germany and 1,378 euros on Amazon in France, so the OM SYTEM version of 150 -600mm is 2,699 euros, which is slightly less than twice the price of Sigma.
Although the 9-18mm F4-5.6II has a new lens barrel design, you can see that the filter diameter and minimum focusing distance remain unchanged from the current model.
