Insane - nobody needs an E-PL7 which is not really better than an E-PL5. They are just jeopardizing the E-PL5 & E-P5 sales. Instead they should work on FW updates for E-PL5 & E-P5!!
What I would love to see is an improved sensor with lower noise, higher DR, and better/faster continuous AF tracking.
The E-M10 has an updated sensor (still unknown if its Sony or Panasonic) with the 81 point AF & updated jpeg engine. Chances are it will also bring all the goodies found in the em10 like Live Comp, Photo story and many others... I think Oly just has to get the rest of the line up-to-date with the rest of the new bodies like the E-M1, E-M10 & E-P5...
That was my understanding as well, maybe m43 meant it has the EM10 engine.My understanding is that all the Olympuses save the E-M1 use the same sensor. What differs between the E-M5 and the E-M10 is the ASIC (chip) that does the processing. That's how you get CA correction and more AF points and whatnot on the newer cameras. But the actual CMOS imaging sensor is essentially identical.
The E-M10 has an updated sensor (still unknown if its Sony or Panasonic) with the 81 point AF & updated jpeg engine. Chances are it will also bring all the goodies found in the em10 like Live Comp, Photo story and many others... I think Oly just has to get the rest of the line up-to-date with the rest of the new bodies like the E-M1, E-M10 & E-P5...
I suspect Olympus wants to rethink the EP series. I also suspect that the EPL became "top PEN at a reasonable price" for many. One upgrade I would welcome in the PL7 would be the three axis IBIS of the EM10. That might be enough to evoke thoughts of upgrading for many. What else is there? WiFi? It's not like they are suddenly going to stick a built-in EVF in the PL7. There may be little features we all would like, but none of those are the "killer app" features that will move the camera off the shelves. I really liked my E-PL5 but was often disappointed by micro-blurring that I attributed to the sensor shock problem. Maybe I should have just turned off the IBIS.
I've always felt there should only be 2 PENs. A mini and the flagship. The Lite never made sense to me even though it seems to sell well due the fact the EPx is always like $200 overpriced.. I think the Mini needs a bit of cleaning up while the EP5 is near perfect.. so not sure other then weather sealing, better battery life or some type of electronic shutter option what could be added to it that cant be done via Firmware updates - unless better video codecs need some type of chip improvement. So for me.. disappoint that Olympus continues to focus efforts on the EPL series.. vs. dropping the price of the EPx line and cleaning up the mini a bit more.