Hi, I'm Richard from DPReview and I'm here with Eric from Olympus who's going
to talk us through the E-M1 Mark II. Thanks for having me
So, yes, we did a development announcement this Monday on the E-M1 Mark II.
As far as the camera itself, obviously it's a replacement to our other flagship model
so we can still discuss you know mobility as far as one of the major
claims with micro four thirds is just the fact that I have this incredible
equipment speed and performance at a fraction of the size and weight.
So, you know, as a working professional less wear and tear myself and also allows me
to bring more gear with me
So as far as the product you're looking at a 20.4 megapixel camera
One of the major upgrades that you're going to find is going to be in the realm of speed.
So this is capable with the we'll start with electronic shutter
this is capable of 60 frames per second
now that's at full resolution and Raw so you know to the two SD cards
especially if you had a UHS II you know high-speed card in there you're talking
about a lot of frames being captured at 60 frames per second with autofocus so
with continuous autofocus tracking on you're talking 18 frames per second so you
know putting that in it you know into the market and then what you're getting
for something this size and weight quite a substantial increase you know over its
predecessor and then even then it's like okay so we talked about 60 we talked
about 18 let's talk about the mechanical. The mechanical shutter is 15 frames per
second and if I turn that on
you know even with this microphone
let's say just open this
so even in this dimly lit room course this is our new 1.2 lens which certainly
does help but it's exciting to talk about the fact that we get 60 with
electronic but also still be able to say 15 frames per second
you know with the mechanical shutter. And what is the camera capable of in terms of
video because if you can shoot 60 frames a second with the electronic shutter
that's got to up and open up opportunities for video hasn't it?
Without question so obviously we've had a steady progress towards the you know
working videographer and what their demands would be this now will be cinema
4K so that would be at 24... 24 progressive as well as a bit rate of 237 megabits
per second so as far as the capabilities there
this is a powerhouse for video as well as for video you're also you know as far
as the HDMI output so with HDMI output that is a clean-out but there are
numerous settings for that so even if you know you weren't going to be
recording to you know a higher speed card inside the camera recording
directly to an SSD through a third-party product is obviously an option as well
so videographers will be extremely pleased with this. And can you continue
to use the camera stabilization when you're shooting video?
Yes and that actually would segway into the five-axis sync image stabilization
so currently are 300 millimeter had an image stabilized element inside the lens
well this monday we OPRed the 12-100 so this 12-100 IS Pro has that same
you know technology of image stabilization inside the lens when
that's paired and the two are in sync with the five axis inside the E-M1 Mark II
you're talking about 6.5 steps of stabilization without using a tripod
when that power comes over to the video
for the movie image stabilization you know this is removing most of the need
for you know any type of studying device or third-party expensive pieces of
equipment for that so yes the you know the image stabilization especially with
a lens like this being a 12-100 F4 in a pro in weather-resistant the entire range of
the lens is high-quality, sharp and usable so yes.
One of the things we've heard from a lot of manufacturers at this show are the challenges of
dealing with this much data and the you know the cost to batteries and the heat
that gets generated by throwing these large amounts of data around and how do
you handle that on this camera?
Now with this camera obviously the new battery so
new battery
thirty-seven percent more power but as far as the actual processing there's
actually a dual quad cores so there's actually four processors or four CPUs
and then four processors just for handling you know a separate one just
for autofocus a separate one just for handling of image data so it's just the
the circuitry of this camera and the processors, CPUs, they're all... and they've made it
twice the amount of ram as its predecessor really it's just a powerhouse
so we we had to really engineer that problem into the camera as far as
being able to overcome that.
When the E-M1 was launched it was very much promoted
as being the micro four thirds camera for existing four thirds users.
The M1 Mark II seems to move an awful way an awful long way beyond that
what kind of customers to have in mind when designing this camera
this would be
you know everything from a photo enthusiasts all the way up to a working pro
even as far as pros in the sports category as far as being able to get
that rate of fire to get that speed of autofocus the ability and the different
options for tracking and also our new options as far as autofocus limiting so
saying I want from this distance to this distance and then having that be
assignable to lens function buttons like on this this this camera's ready for the
working professional regardless of you know which genre they work in that
That sounds excellent
we really look forward to getting one in to be able to have a go reviewing it and
trying to think up challenges to try and put it through its paces
Thanks for your time