Just checking

I looked into specs on the eM10 mk.IV to see if, seven years after my eM1 mk.I was introduced, the OM range had finally beaten its specs for a tilt-screen camera.

Nope.. but it's close.

The most recent eM10 has the 20Mpx sensor, newer chips inside, 4k shooting and its own flash. Nice updates! But no weather resistance, no audio jacks, and pretty much the same battery life and stabilization. The new body is smaller in every dimension, but to achieve that it has no grip to speak of.

So that's the good news: nothing to buy here, even if the OM-10 comes out to bring a price drop! 

The sad news is that neither Oly/OM nor Lumix has released a tilt-screen body with wx seals in the last ten years - until very recently, with the Lumix GH6 and its tip+flip design (used by their S1 36× 24 bodies, and some Fujis). The GH6 is their latest and most expensive body, packed with top-shelf photo (and especially video) features I'd never use.

Makers of μ43 bodies are absolutely convinced that "advanced" bodies need flipout screens, and expecting that to change is a sure sign of insanity.  So we'll chalk that up as another saved expense = good news? 

Further note - the em5.iii is a 'tweener' model with wx seals, the em10.iv 20Mpx/4k imaging, and an audio input. But then the flip screen comes into play, which still conflicts me.