Semiconductor experts Chipworks have confirmed that the image sensor inside the Olympus OM-D EM1 is made by Panasonic. Back in 2012, President Hiroyuki Sasa revealed that the OM-D E-M5 had a Sony imager, causing quite a stir among Micro Four Thirds fans. A few months later Olympus and Sony entered into a business alliance agreement and a capital alliance agreement, prompting everyone to think that all future Olympus CSCs would come equipped with Sony sensors. Apparently, this is not the case with the flagship Olympus E-M1, which - like many previous generations of Olympus DSLRs and CSCs - has a Panasonic imager.

Source: Chipworks via IR

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