In today’s world there is a certain need to live fully connected, which has not embraced modern gadgets seems to be a bit out of society and has happened even with the most mainstream photographers (like me) who take a little longer to adhere to it. that everyone already knows and uses. Was I one of the last of my class? I have a smartphone, a tablet (this one I don’t use yet, I’m staying with my wife) and suddenly I was one of the first, if not the first, to use a compact camera with built-in Wi-Fi. Somehow I was forced to integrate this new world because today everyone photographs and at the same time already shares their albums with their favorite social networks. The photographic industry is aware of this development and Olympus has created a device similar to the one already manufactured by Sony, the Olympus AIR 001, which is nothing more than a bayonet that allows any lens in the Micro 4. / 3 system to be integrated into a smartphone via wifi and bluetooth. It’s like your smartphone turned into a mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses.
Obviously, all the practicality and compactness of a smartphone will disappear the moment you connect a device like this, so if you are one of those who do not give up having a simple and small camera to play at all times. , this device is not for you. For those who want to combine all the practicality and versatility of a smartphone with the exuberant image quality of a 4/3 sensor and Olympus, Panasonic and third-party lenses for this sensor, the Olympus AIR 001 is for you. . Equipped with a sensor of 16 megapixels and allowing shooting in RAW, you raise the level of photography of your smartphone to a much higher level than it could do on its own because all manual controls are available on the screen of your mobile device that you can control the exposure time (1/16000 to 4 seconds), the aperture (depending on the lens used) and the ISO (200-12800) according to your needs and according to your will?your phone.
- The Olympus AIR 001 also has 81 automatic focus points per touch on the screen.
- Allows sequential shots of up to 10 fps and videos in Full HD resolution with image stabilization.
- There is also a MicroSD card slot and its battery allows you to take up to 320 photos per charge.
- It is expensive? Yes.
- But it is not easy to find something that allows you to shoot with such quality for $ 300.
- It will be available in black and white and if you want you can already buy it with a 14-42 mm lens with a 3x zoom for $ 500.
- And.
- For now.
- It is only for sale in the United States.
- Canada and Japan.