According to Japanese new magazine Itmedia, Olympus manager said that new PEN and OMD cameras coming soon, Just few days ago we have already published that the Olympus E-PL7 and new OMD series camera (possibly E-M1 or E-M5 successor) will arrive soon.
Olympus OMD E-M1 or E-M5 Successor Coming Soon || Olympus EP-L7 Camera is Coming Soon
A quick reminder – The upcoming E-PL7 camera will feature a advance 81 AF system and the rumored OMD camera will feature advance Phase detection AF sensor (sensor with active phase AF pixels inside it).
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so more likely a OMD-em5 update as it is the oldest of the bunch –
Olympus needs to a model to compete with the A6000 that is selling well – partially because it is Sony but also it has faster focus on moving objects etc –
the EM5 really needs an update to the buttons – the display button is way to small for example – more Fn keys and complete Touch LCD like the GX7 –
Panasonic seems to be coming out with an update to their GX7 soon as it is being discontinued at some sites – Panasonic likewise need to up their game on the GX7 to match Focus Speed on the A6000 – although the GX7 has very fast focus just not on moving objects –
I find the GX7 the most fun to use of the bunch – next to the OMD-Em1 but it is priced quite a bit higher and Panasonic need a model to compete with the OMD-Em1 and the Fuji X-T1 –