Olympus Japan has announced the ‘Air’ – a new camera which clips onto smartphones in much the same way as Sony’s QX-series products.
The Air features a 16MP Four Thirds sensor behind a Micro Four Thirds lens mount, a physical shutter release button and tripod mount. Inside you’ll find a microSD slot and lithium-ion battery. The Air has an 81-point AF system and can shoot at an impressive maximum rate of 10 frames per second. We’re following up with Olympus to see if there will be Raw support.
The Air is controlled entirely via Wi-Fi from a connected smart device, which gives you access to the usual Olympus features such as Art Filters. Olympus has hinted that the Air will support adapters for other lens mounts, and uniquely, the camera will be released with an open-source API, allowing developers to come up with different applications and explore the potential of the new platform.
There’s no word yet on pricing, or whether the Air will be available outside of Japan, but we’re looking forward to learning more about the new camera next week at CP+ in Japan.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.