It's not really rumor, the head of Olympus' digital division announced it
last spring:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/988379360.html
Tom
From: "Jim Mueller" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<snip>
> Below is a post of a similar rumor about Olympus releasing a Digital SLR.
This
> rumor was a posting on rec.photo.equipment.35mm in April by Tony Spadaro,
who is
> usually a very reliable source of information.
> The news is exciting but I was hoping that the new lens mount on the new
Digital
> SLR would be compatible
> with existing Zuiko lenses.
>
> "Olympus, has announced they are developing a new interchangable lens SLR
> system based around the Kodak 5.1 megapixel chip. The lens mount will be
> designed new specifically for the camera. They say that there will be 4 or
5
> lenses available for the mount by the time the camera is released - 18
> months from now. Here's the part that sounds like an error but is not -
> Projected Price: 1650.00 US. They do say pricing is only an estimate at
this
> point so don't be surprized if it's higher when the thing is finalized.
> They also mention they will continue to support their current digital
> SLR, the E10. This indicates to me that it will be dropped like a hot
potato
> the minute they have the new camera in production. There was no mention of
> the OM, one way or the other."
>
>
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