Olympus E-P2 tap keeps leaking, new viewfinder now on show

Now this is how you build up anticipation for a new product. Start off with just the name accidentally popping up on one of your corporate websites in order to get our imaginations flowing, then leak a teeny tiny image of the optional viewfinder. There's actually a good bit of info here -- you can tell the new attachment (titled VF-2) seems to be vertically adjustable, something missing from the previous generation, but there's also the bogus news that it'll fit only the forthcoming E-P2. The silver lining to that knowledge, though, is that the body we can only partially see must be the as yet unannounced E-P1 successor, which means the new Micro Four Thirds shooter will at least have the option of a black body... which some people care about. Deeply.

[CJ Posted Oct 30th 2009 10:17AM]

Good luck getting THAT past airport security.

"...no no, it for my camera, CAMERA, what do you mean hands u- OH GOD, OH GOD!"

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2009 10:36AM]

Photo of E-P2 on the China Olympus site.

http://www.olympus.com.cn/product/prodetail1.aspx?redirection=final&res=646

[jdripper Posted Oct 30th 2009 12:39PM]

That's a link to the E-P1. It says so, right on the left

[paultakeda Posted Oct 30th 2009 2:56PM]

@ j.d.: The E-P1 only came in silver/black and white/tan. The link goes to a page with three camera bodies. The third camera, in black, is purportedly the E-P2. Notice how the black model's flash mount is taller than the other two models.

[RichyS Posted Oct 30th 2009 10:44AM]

So, that'll be an electronic viewfinder then, unlike the EP-1. And it communicates via a small port on the back of the body, beneath the hotshoe. Just like the Lumix GF-1. And tilts, just like the GF-1.

Now, where's that flash...

[potato Posted Oct 30th 2009 2:35PM]

Honestly, if it's a GF-1 in the EP-1's body, I'm already sold. I'm a whore for sexy-looking gear.

[Stick Posted Oct 30th 2009 11:32AM]

also, clean up those menus, and for the love of God, make it snappier...

[keithwwalker Posted Oct 30th 2009 3:40PM]

The viewfinder is 800x600 so 2x the resolution of the GF1 VF.

Problem is, it seems that Olympus slaps a a bunch of accessories they should of released with the roll out of the EP1, onto a slightly modified EP1 body and they call it a new camera - lame.

Lumix can come back with a higher res VF and level the playing field within a month or so...

[paultakeda Posted Oct 30th 2009 4:34PM]

A bit early to call something lame, given the lack of detail. What if the E-P2 also sported a tilt/swivel LCD in the back? Would this still be a slightly modified E-P1 body?

[GearheadGeek Posted Oct 30th 2009 6:30PM]

Viewfinder? Mmmmmm.... I already wanted a digital PEN, this just makes it worse, though it appears to be electronic so it kills part of the benefit of a viewfinder since it'll still use some power.

[Gadgety Posted Oct 31st 2009 7:09AM]

Good improvements. Still doesn't make up for slow autofocus in my view.

[KirinIchiban Posted Oct 31st 2009 3:16PM]

What I want to see is a big optical viewfinder with zoom, so you can set your focal distance to match whatever lens you are using. It wouldn't be completely accurate but useful and no power draw. Great for use with all those old prime lenses in the closet.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 2nd 2009 8:51AM]

The ep2 should sport a articulating LCD. They should stick with their guns forget the evf and bring on the evolution of the articulating veiwfinder. With the evf they might as well put on a pentaprism and lose the reference back to the Pen's of fifty years ago.

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