A shame they could not have included an zoom optical viewfinder in the design, even it it could not show any information.
perhaps that will come in a later model.
It looks a stunner.
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It's difficult to gauge the size as I've never seen a Pen but it looks like it's a similar size to a Trip? The Trip dwarfs my LX2. I'd probably still take a look at this new camera though it is a shame that there's no optical viewfinder.
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I think it looks good as a first stab at the format. It'll appeal to quite a lot of people I suspect.
the price seems high at £700 but that is likely to be less once it hits the shops. (hopefully!)
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Is that what they're saying? £700? Without a lens?
I think I'd rather have an LX3.
Edit - Just see that it'd come with a 14-42mm lens, even so the price looks steep.
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Warehouse Express have them available for preorder here.
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Nice to see that the price has dropped from £700 to a very reasonable £699.
Alan's defence lawyer claimed that "Booze played no part in his typo's."
Scroll down here for comparison with E-450 and LX3.It's difficult to gauge the size as I've never seen a Pen but it looks like it's a similar size to a Trip? The Trip dwarfs my LX2. I'd probably still take a look at this new camera though it is a shame that there's no optical viewfinder.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympusep1/
From the front it doesn't look that much bigger than the LX3 (and looks smaller than my Trip,) but I suspect that with a lens attached it'll be significantly more bulky.
I wonder how it'll handle, with a zoom lens and no optical viewfinder.
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The adapter for OM lenses opens up some interesting thoughts.
Look on the bright side. It might make Sigma think about dropping the price of a DP-2. Ok, the DP doesn;t have interchangeable lenses, but as long as the Oly offering(one 'l' in Oly for Barney) hasn't got a choice of primes the Sigma looks like the better bet.
Seems somewhat overpriced - £700 will buy a full size DSLR (with a strap) and £300 will buy a decent panasonic/canon compact which will also have an optical viewfinder for those who want to travel "light".
Where do the folk who design these cameras go on holiday? LCD screens are useless in sunny environments - even with one of those lid thingy ma doo das (I've tried them.
Not for me.
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Agreed in all respects. I note that they do supply an optical viewfinder for the fixed focal length lens, but apparently not for the zoom.A shame they could not have included an zoom optical viewfinder in the design, even it it could not show any information.
perhaps that will come in a later model.
It looks a stunner.
28mm equivalent is a tad long at the wide end of the standard zoom, but maybe the reduced lens to sensor distance makes the design of wide glass tricky.
The combination of a reasonably large sensor with a sensibly restricted pixel count will hopefully mean good, if not excellent, IQ. This could make a fine camera for use in combination with cycling, but, given the price, I will probably continue to lug my heavy gear around with me.
You could buy one of these:Agreed in all respects. I note that they do supply an optical viewfinder for the fixed focal length lens, but apparently not for the zoom.A shame they could not have included an zoom optical viewfinder in the design, even it it could not show any information.
perhaps that will come in a later model.
It looks a stunner.
Panasonic have released a m4/3rds lens that is 7-14mm. This should be 100% compatible with all m4/3rds cameras!
I'm sure Olympus will have a few more lenses in the pipeline as well. A m4/3rds version of their excellent 9-18mm would be popular.
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Lets hope the other manufacturers take notice from this, in particular Nikon.
The P6000 is aimed at the 'Megapixel / Nerd' race. 14Mp on a piddly little sensor and 5" for a NRW file to write. C'mon Nikon.
Give us an FM3A chassis with FX sensor (12Mp is plenty thank you), no gadgets or screens. NEF or NRW fixed from the factory in 'Neutral', I mean everyone has the software theses days to choose the WB etc.
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Indeed, but it is rather pricey.Panasonic have released a m4/3rds lens that is 7-14mm.
To be fair, any lens, on any format, producing a 114 degree field of view is not going to be cheap.Indeed, but it is rather pricey.Panasonic have released a m4/3rds lens that is 7-14mm.
This is why I hope Olympus release a scaled down version of the 9-18mm, it's a superb lens with a very reasonable wide angle.
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I take your point, but the Cosina Voigtlander 15mm has always been well priced. I'd prefer to see a similar style ultrawide prime than a zoom, purely because it fits in better with how I imagine I'd use a camera such as the E-P1. I had originally wanted to see a 12mm for the E-P1, but given that it is being launched with a 17mm, I'd possibly want something wider, say a 10/11mm f4 (or even F5.6 if it helps to keep it compact) prime to pair with it.
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