An extremely fast Olympus: 18fps continuous focus full RAW. No need for continuous, like panning with the subject, 60fps full RAW. Think this will be fast enough for a pro?

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

18fps continuous focus full RAW. No need for continuous, like panning with the subject, 60fps full RAW. Think this will be fast enough for a pro?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

wdross wrote:

18fps continuous focus full RAW. No need for continuous, like panning with the subject, 60fps full RAW. Think this will be fast enough for a pro?

More info, please?

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

wdross wrote:

18fps continuous focus full RAW. No need for continuous, like panning with the subject, 60fps full RAW. Think this will be fast enough for a pro?

Just what Olympus camera are you talking about?

Desert Gecko Loc: desert southwest, USA

Enquiring minds want to know!

Of course, the OP could be talking about a new Sony camera. Unlimited RAW (no buffer barrier) is said to be featured on Sony's next cameras.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

He's talking about the Olympus O-MD E-M1 in development with EXPECTED release "later this year".

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

https://www.dpreview.com/news/9740173952/olympus-announces-e-m1-mark-ii-development

Interesting specs

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

Desert Gecko wrote:

Enquiring minds want to know!

Of course, the OP could be talking about a new Sony camera. Unlimited RAW (no buffer barrier) is said to be featured on Sony's next cameras.

Nope!
This is the one:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2016/09/19/olympus-news-live-from-photokina-2016

Desert Gecko Loc: desert southwest, USA

Morning Star wrote:

Nope!
This is the one:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2016/09/19/olympus-news-live-from-photokina-2016

Sounds like a nice little camera. I've always been partial to Olympus, having shot with an OM-2 for many years, then having owned several Oly P&S cameras before going to the new innovation leader, Sony, for my DSLRs.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

burkphoto wrote:

More info, please?

This what I was able to see from Photokina on my fifteen minute break. The focusing system is phase and contrast together and interlinked between each other. Focusing covers 80% of the viewfinder. And the viewfinder is 120fps and the lag is only 6ms. This is suppose to be selling in October. I wish my break had been longer.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

wdross wrote:

This what I was able to see from Photokina on my fifteen minute break. The focusing system is phase and contrast together and interlinked between each other. Focusing covers 80% of the viewfinder. And the viewfinder is 120fps and the lag is only 6ms. This is suppose to be selling in October. I wish my break had been longer.

The focusing interlink is between the areas in that 80% coverage and can help distinguish between background and subject for focus.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

I want to step into this new world

https://youtu.be/V5LXNHnbOew

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

wdross wrote:

18fps continuous focus full RAW. No need for continuous, like panning with the subject, 60fps full RAW. Think this will be fast enough for a pro?

Most pros have little use for that kind of frame rate. Food photography, architectural photography, product photography... what would such a photographer want with 18fps? Even most portrait photographers get by just fine with less.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

wdross wrote:

18fps continuous focus full RAW. No need for continuous, like panning with the subject, 60fps full RAW. Think this will be fast enough for a pro?

Never heard of a Pro using Olympus, so guess NOT!!!! LoL
SS

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

SharpShooter wrote:

Never heard of a Pro using Olympus, so guess NOT!!!! LoL
SS

http://www.jaydickman.net

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

rook2c4 wrote:

Most pros have little use for that kind of frame rate. Food photography, architectural photography, product photography... what would such a photographer want with 18fps? Even most portrait photographers get by just fine with less.

I know of no Canon or Nikon pro camera that shoots less than 10fps and most can, given the right setting and circumstances, shoot as much as or more than 15fps. If what you say is true, and for other than sports it probably is true, how come Canon and Nikon make sure their cameras shoot over 10fps? Wildlife and sports photography require speed and the E-M1ii now has speed.