No, you're not crazy. Er, you might be, but not solely because you
just know that Olympus has already outed a camera with an
E-P1 model name. Turns out, the camera outfit decided the shelve that codename and settle on the
E-3, but evidently it's time to bust said moniker back out. If the above image is to be believed, the new E-P1 is a Micro Four Thirds shooter, complete with a 17mm f/2.8 lens. Only time will tell if this thing's really on the way out, but considering just how
infatuated Olympus
seems to be with
MFT, we wouldn't be shocked to see it get the official seal of authenticity here soon.
Update: Seems Olympus is having some kind of Micro Four Thirds announcement
on June 16th. Wonder what that could be for? Thanks, Howard!
posted June 7th 2009 1:22AM
John,
Personally, I do not think this photo has been post-processed at all. You can use several programs to analyze it but does not show any evidence it has been "photoshopped". At least, you can check the EXIF matadata with PhotoMe ( http://photome.de/ ).
This camera would be incredibly handy for me while trekking/climbing/cycling.
I was always carrying a 350D plus a tammy 17-50 2.8 to picture with some quality but the weight is a drawback. I ended up using a compact camera and images are not what really makes me happy by now.
No matter how to put it but I guess I'll come back to oly's territory just for this kind of camera, it reminds me my old Oly that I already have nostalgia :)
This has interchageable lens unlike other cameras in this size group. And a lot bigger image sensor whicjh means a looooot better pictures. If they price it anywhere near Canon G10 pricerange its going to knock G10s out of market apart the die hard Canon users.
This will compete with Panasonic G1, Leica M8 or Epson R-D1/R-D1s. The Leica and Epson have better quality, but cost a lot more. The big thing for this camera is that its the first pocketable camera with interchangeable lens.
Drool...
Will It Blend? That is the question... Olympus E-620 DSLR + Stylus-7000 P&S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zcdoa0XCFo&fmt=18
Plothole,
this thing has no zoom. How many compacts do you see with no zoom and a relatively slow lens like this, where you can't even talk about the angle of view favourably? My point is this is fine for fast primes, and so far there are none. Anything bigger is going to annoy... and most compacts do it better (size-wise).
Beyond the 'fast prime' niche, you've got to wonder if carrying a DSLR is going to be much more of a burden, size-wise.
again, it would help if i responded in the right place :p
You said "especially with a zoom". To me that didn't sound like it's an absolute requirement.
With maybe a few exceptions (the LX3 for sure), F2.8 is about the widest aperture you'll find on a recent compact anyways. In that sense the Olympus with this 17mm (34mm effective) f2.8 pancake would have an advantage, since the larger sensor gives it better ISO performance.
If you want something faster, wait for the 20mm 1.7 from Panny.
tekdroid,
May I ask if you have used any rangefinder camera before? Don't get me wrong and I'm not picking on anyone here. But I just think this "kind" of camera is designed for portrait, scenery, still-life, prime/wide-angle more than action, wild-life, sports, telephoto.
No powerful zoom due to optical / dimensional constraint, perhaps. Not fast enough for some, perhaps. But the f-stop is not an absolute value across different "formats" either. Just wait for Panasonic like Plothole said or even wait until Leica to commit in the micro-four-thirds format.
Panasonic has 14-45mm and 45-200mm zooms for micro 4/3,and will be or has released 14-140mm 7-14mm zooms. You can expect olympus to have similar zooms with the release of this. They have extensive range of optics for 4/3 that can be used with adapter with this one. And the difference with 4/3 and micro 4/3 isnt that great that the regular lenses conversion to native should be pretty simple, need just to shorten the focal length. Probably alf the objective is same, only lens or 2 needed to change in back end.
This is almost exactly what I am looking, a large sensored point and shoot with a prime lens (50mm equiv would be perfect)
I just wish the lens was a little faster,, like 1.8