Camera rumors in 2025: what cameras are coming, officially and otherwise!

Olympus / OM System rumors 2025

Technically "Olympus rumors" are "OM System rumors", but old habits die hard! Even though we've had years to get used to the new name, and the last ever camera to bear the Olympus logo (the OM System OM-1) has now been replaced (by the OM System OM-1 Mark II), it's a habit to break.

After a quiet 2024, OM Digital launched the monumentally well-received OM System OM-3 – and followed it up with the still warm, but less enthusiastic reception to the OM System OM-5 Mark II.

So what does the rest of the year look like?

OM System OM-10

Despite being the next most obvious product that the brand could release, I'm not hearing much promise of an OM System OM-10.

The camera would make perfect sense, following the transmogrification from the Olympus E-M1 and E-M5 series to the OM System OM-1 and OM-5. And especially given that the still-current Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV (released in 2020) continues to be a popular seller.

However, the launch of the OM-3 has disrupted the hierarchy in a big way. Previously the flagship E-M1 sat at the top of the tree, followed by the midrange E-M5 and the entry-level E-M10. Now, though, the OM-5 has been usurped by the OM-3 – and the manufacturer has used language referencing the OM-5 as "entry-level".

It feels like the OM-10 is now the odd man out, and perhaps the role it previously occupied will instead be occupied by a new generation of PEN (see below). Still, now that everybody knows Taylor Swift uses an E-M10, perhaps that's reason enough to launch an OM-10!

OM System PEN

Despite confirmation that the PEN line of cameras would continue, that has yet to actually happen.

Under the Olympus regime, there were two tiers of interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras: the OM-D series of SLR-styled performance cameras (with an EVF), and the PEN series of rangefinder-style, fashion-first cameras (typically without an EVF).

While the OM-D series (now the OM range) was aimed at a core photography crowd, the PEN cameras were geared towards creators, street shooters and entry-level users… with the exception of the powerhouse Olympus PEN-F, which was a prestige camera and has become a cult classic (and indeed, the PEN-F has been succeeded in spirit by the OM System OM-3).

PEN cameras were (and, in fact, remain) blockbuster sellers in Japan, but never found much success in the US. Indeed, the most recent camera – the brilliant Olympus PEN E-P7 – wasn't even released in the States.

"In Japan and Asia we continue to sell PEN E-P7," OM executive Kazuhiro Togashi told DP Review. "The E-P7 is small, with compact bright lenses, making it highly advantageous for travel photography. Therefore, we’ll reinforce such products in our lineup in the future." Which gives a glimmer of hope that we might get a new PEN sooner or later.

OM System Trip 35

I've no idea where this rumor started, but it certainly jibes with the wishlists of people I've spoken to at OM over the years. Following the cult-like popularity of the digital Olympus PEN-F, Oly employees often said that they hoped the beloved Olympus Trip 35 would follow suit.

Well, mention of a mirrorless revival in the form of an OM Trip 35 has recently hit the web. And this certainly makes a lot of sense, given the rampant popularity of compact cameras recently, as the original Trip was one of the most popular compacts ever made.

If OM were to release a modern version, with an equivalent of the fixed 40mm f/2.8 lens (which would be a 20mm lens, assuming that OM sticks to its Micro Four Thirds pedigree), this could be one of the biggest cameras of the year.

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