[Imaging Resource] Olympus CEO identifies sensor supplier for flagship mirrorless cam

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[/URL]When Olympus [URL="http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/02/07/history-reinvented-olympus-om-d-e-m5-announced-previewed"]announced the flagship (http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/omd-em5/omd-em5A.HTM) OM-D E-M5 compact system camera last February, rumors immediately began (http://www.mu-43.com/f92/olympus-e-m5-sensor-allegedly-completely-new-21412/) swirling (http://www.fourthirds-user.com/forum/blog.php?b=532). With an effective resolution of 16.1 megapixels, the Olympus E-M5 (http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/omd-em5/omd-em5A.HTM)'s imager sets a new high tide mark for the company, offering the greatest resolution of any Olympus mirrorless model to date. Which sensor supplier, though, was the source of its image sensor? Perhaps understandably, some identified the sensor used in Micro Four Thirds partner Panasonic's Lumix GH2 (http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DMCGH2/DMCGH2A.HTM) as a likely candidate, its output resolution being identical. Others suggested that the more recent sensor used...
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