Olympus E-P2 black kit and E-5 12MP tipped imminent

Olympus’ new Micro Four Thirds plans have been outed, and you won’t have to wait long for the fruits of their development to arrive. �According to 43rumors, on Tuesday August 31st the company will announce a new E-P2 kit complete with a black 17mm lens and matching external flash, together with two new lenses, while on September 14th there’ll be a new 12-megapixel Olympus E-5 to drool over.


The E-5 will apparently use Olympus’ TruePic 5 engine and have 11-point autofocus, various art filters, a 3-inch, 920k LCD and a microphone jack. �It’ll also be able to record 720p 30fps HD video.
As for the two new lenses, due for announcement tomorrow, the first is the M.Zuiko ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 tipped as the world’s smallest 600mm zoom, just 11.6cm long and allowing for “nearly silent” HD movie recording; that’ll be $899.99 when it goes on sale in December. �Second is the�M.Zuiko ED 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6, shown below, which will arrive in November for $299.99.

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