Rumor: Olympus E-M1X camera automatically adjusts focus area to subject

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Olympus’ upcoming high-end system camera, the E-M1X, uses artificial intelligence for the autofocus system. This automatically adjusts the focus area to the shape or size of the subject. At least that is what the website 43rumors states based on sources.

According to the rumor website, various sources have confirmed that the autofocus automatically adjusts the focus area. In practice, this AI autofocus would make it possible to recognize and track the helmet of a motorcyclist, for example. Also, the number of focus points and the shape of the focus area would automatically adjust according to what is being photographed. For example, if a basketball player is photographed, a focus area of ​​five focus points follows one another.

The E-M1X would have the same 20-megapixel sensor as the OM-D E-M1 Mark II released at the end of 2016, without, for example, the addition of a global shutter. The already good stabilization of this high-end system camera with microfour-thirds sensor from 2016 would have been further improved with the E-M1X; the new camera would offer up to 7.5 stops of compensation.

Furthermore, the new device would have a kind of pixel shift function, which makes it possible to make images with a resolution of 80 megapixels from the hand up to a shutter speed of 1/60s. The E-M1X would have a built-in vertical grip and would be significantly more expensive than the OM-D E-M1 Mark II, which came on the market for 1999 euros at the time. Most likely, Olympus will unveil or announce the new camera in January.

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