Olympus will be showcasing their new Four Thirds standard camera E-A1 at Photokina 2008. Olympus has lacked a dSLR model that would compete with cameras in $700 to $1500 range, like the Canon 40D and Nikon D90. To fill that gap Olympus plans to announce the new midrange E-A1 camera that will ship in late 2008 or early 2009. The E-A1 will have 11-point auto focus, flip and twist LCD, sensor shift image stabilizer, weather sealing and shutter speed up to 1/8000 second. It will also have prosumer focused features like face detection, shadow adjustment and different scene modes.  Olympus has not announced price or launch date yet.
Like Panasonic, Olympus will also show a Micro Four Thirds camera at Photokina. The camera will be aimed at consumers who want to use interchangeable lenses but don’t want to invest in higher priced and bigger digital SLRs. No other information is yet available about the camera.