OLYMPUS DEVELOPING NEW FLAGSHIP COMPACT CAMERA WITH BUILT-IN ZUIKO® LENS
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., September 20, 2010 – Since 1936, photographers have appreciated Olympus’s critically acclaimed Zuiko® lenses for their innovative design, high quality and superior reliability. Today, Olympus is pleased to announce that it is developing a new flagship compact camera that will be its first digital compact camera with a built-in Zuiko® lens. Olympus expects to introduce the camera in the first quarter of 2011.
Like the Olympus PEN® E-P2 and E-PL1 cameras, the new camera will include an accessory port so photographers will be able to expand its versatility by attaching optional accessories like the SEMA-1 external microphone adapter set.
A prototype of the camera will be displayed this week at Photokina 2010, the world’s largest trade fair for the photographic and imaging industries held September 21 to 26 in Cologne, Germany. It will also be on display from October 28 to 30 at the 2010 PDN PhotoPlus Expo in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
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