Olympus has this week unveiled
its new OM-D E-M1X MFT camera aimed at professional photographers and priced
from US$ 3,000 for the body only. The Olympus OM-D E-M1X MFT camera will be
officially launching next month will be available in late February 2019 to
purchase.
The M1X camera is equipped with a 20.4 megapixel
Micro Four Thirds (17.4 x 13 mm) Live MOS image sensor combined with two
TruePic VIII image processors. Offering photographers an ISO25,600 sensitivity,
60 frames per second in AF/AE Lock continuous shooting, or 18 fps with AF/AE
tracking engaged. The M1X records to two UHS-II SD card slots, wireless
transfer of photos to a computer can be undertaken over Wi-Fi, and users can
expect up to 870 stills per 2 hour charge of its dual Li-ion batteries over
USB-C.
Other features include a 121-point contrast
autofocus system, the M1X rocks 121-point all-cross-type on-chip phase
detection autofocus. Four element 2.36 million dot electronic viewfinder – with
0.83x magnification, 120 fps progressive scan and latency of 0.05 seconds for
the promise of responsive, distortion-free scene framing “right up to the edge
of the viewfinder” – or in Live View on the 3 inch vari-angle touchscreen
display, explains the New Atlas website.
– 20.4MP Live MOS Micro Four Thirds Sensor
– Dual TruePic VIII Image Processors
– Integrated Vertical Grip, Dual Batteries
– 2.36m-Dot 0.83x Electronic Viewfinder
– 3.0″ 1.037m-Dot Vari-Angle Touchscreen
– DCI 4K/24p & UHD 4K/30p Video Recording
– 5-Axis Sensor-Shift Image Stabilization
– 15 fps Shooting and Expanded ISO 25600
– 121-Point All Cross-Type Phase-Detect AF
– Weather-Sealed Construction
For more details and full specifications as well as
details on bundles, lenses and more for the Olympus OM-D E-M1X MFT camera jump
over to the official Olympus website.
