Olympus E-M10 Mark II Announced

olympus e-m10 mark ii

Olympus has just announced the new E-M10 Mark II mirrorless camera today, features 5-axis IS and redesigned controls, the price for body only is $649, now available for pre-order at B&H Photo, Amazon, Adorama. E-M10 Mark II will be shipping in early September, 2015.

Features:

• Built-In 5-Axis Image Stabilization
• OLED Electronic Viewfinder (2.3 million dots, 0.62x magnification)
• Silent Mode (disables all shutter sounds)
• 8.5 fps Burst Shooting
• Best in Class Wi-Fi
• Fast Touch AF from Camera or Phone
• Sophisticated Metal Body
• Built-In Flash
• Art Filters (14) and Photostory (5)
• OI Share and Live View
• OM-D Movie With Variable Frame Rate, CLIPS Feature, Art Fade and Movie Effects
• Portable, Lightweight
• Expansive Lens Line Up

Specs:

Body type
Body type SLR-style mirrorless
Sensor
Max resolution 4608 x 3456
Image ratio w:h 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9
Effective pixels 16 megapixels
Sensor photo detectors 17 megapixels
Sensor size Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
Sensor type CMOS
Processor TruePic VII
Color space sRGB, AdobeRGB
Color filter array Primary color filter
Image
ISO Auto, 200 – 25600, expands to 100-25600
White balance presets 7
Custom white balance Yes (4 slots)
Image stabilization Sensor-shift
Image stabilization notes 5-axis image stabilization (yaw/pitch/roll/vertical/horizontal)
Uncompressed format RAW
JPEG quality levels Super fine, fine, normal, basic
File format
  • JPEG
  • RAW
  • MPO
Optics & Focus
Autofocus
  • Contrast Detect (sensor)
  • Multi-area
  • Center
  • Selective single-point
  • Tracking
  • Single
  • Continuous
  • Touch
  • Face Detection
  • Live View
Autofocus assist lamp Yes
Manual focus Yes
Number of focus points 81
Lens mount Micro Four Thirds
Focal length multiplier 2×
Screen / viewfinder
Articulated LCD Tilting
Screen size 3
Screen dots 1,040,000
Touch screen Yes (Focus, shutter release, AF point selection, menus, image playback)
Screen type TFT LCD
Live view Yes
Viewfinder type Electronic
Viewfinder coverage 100%
Viewfinder magnification 1.23×
Viewfinder resolution 2,360,000
Photography features
Minimum shutter speed 60 sec
Maximum shutter speed 1/16000 sec
Exposure modes
  • Program AE
  • Aperture priority
  • Shutter priority
  • Manual
Scene modes
  • Portrait
  • e-Portrait
  • Landscape
  • Landscape + Portrait
  • Sport
  • Hand-held Starlight
  • Night scene
  • Night + Portrait
  • Children
  • High Key
  • Low Key
  • DIS mode
  • Macro
  • Nature Macro
  • Candle
  • Sunset
  • Documents
  • Panorama
  • Fireworks
  • Beach & Snow
  • Fisheye Conv.
  • Wide Conv.
  • Macro Conv.
  • Panning
  • 3D
Built-in flash Yes (Olympus Wireless RC Flash system compatible)
Flash range 5.80 m (ISO 100)
External flash Yes (via hot shoe or wirelessly)
Flash modes Auto, redeye reduction, fill flash, flash off, 1st-curtain slow sync w/redeye, 1st-curtain slow sync, 2nd-curtain slow sync, manual
Flash X sync speed 1/250 sec
Continuous drive 8.0 fps
Self-timer Yes (12 sec., 2 sec, custom)
Metering modes
  • Multi
  • Center-weighted
  • Spot
Exposure compensation ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
AE Bracketing ±5 (2, 3, 5, 7 frames at 1/3 EV, 2/3 EV, 1 EV steps)
WB Bracketing Yes
Videography features
Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (30p), 1280 x 720 (30p), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
Format H.264, Motion JPEG
Microphone Stereo
Speaker Mono
Storage
Storage types SD/SDHC/SDXC
Connectivity
USB USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
HDMI Yes (micro-HDMI)
Microphone port No
Headphone port No
Wireless Built-In
Wireless notes 802.11b/g/n with smartphone app
Remote control Yes (Optional Remote cable RM-UC1)
Physical
Environmentally sealed No
Battery Battery Pack
Battery description BLS-50 lithium-ion battery & charger
Battery Life (CIPA) 320
Weight (inc. batteries) 390 g (0.86 lb / 13.76 oz)
Dimensions 120 x 83 x 47 mm (4.72 x 3.27 x 1.85)
Other features
Orientation sensor Yes
Timelapse recording Yes (Up to 999 shots. Can create 4K / 5 fps video)
GPS None
GPS notes via smartphone