There has been much said since the EP-1 came out about pricing, and even more so with the EP-2 announcement. While the specs of the EP-1 and perhaps the EP-2 performance are in the range of cameras are in the range of cameras from other companies that are in the range of $500 to $600; the build quality is much higher IMHO. When is the last time we had a camera with a metal body in the DLSR type range at the $800 price point with a lens as with the EP-1?
As to the EP-2; if you look at the GF1 at $900 as a kit - and then add the lack luster EVF at $200 - you are at the price of the EP-2. But with maybe what is promised to be a higher res EVF.
Right now the M4/3 systems are in their early phases. Both Panasonic and Olympus have taken the "middle road" of early adaptors with the GF and EP series. Early adaptors are a driving force for others to follow.
As an EP-1 owner I see that when I go out shooting with it. Folks love the size of it; even more so they love the quality of the images afterwards. Just hoping that Olympus in particular has not slotted themselves with this Digital Pen idea - so that there will not be a small camera with an EVF. I found that the G1 and GH1 cameras a bit "large" for my tastes.
Full disclosure here; I work in a camera shop. But the folks looking at the new M4/3 cameras are liking the idea of a smaller/lighter system. My EP-1 kit includes the standard lens, the 17mm, the FL-14, the MMF1 adapter, the 40-150, the 9-18 - all in a Crumpler 5 Million Dollar Home bag that weighs just about 5 pounds!
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There has been much said since the EP-1 came out about pricing, and even more so with the EP-2 announcement. While the specs of the EP-1 and perhaps the EP-2 performance are in the range of cameras are in the range of cameras from other companies that are in the range of $500 to $600; the build quality is much higher IMHO. When is the last time we had a camera with a metal body in the DLSR type range at the $800 price point with a lens as with the EP-1?
As to the EP-2; if you look at the GF1 at $900 as a kit - and then add the lack luster EVF at $200 - you are at the price of the EP-2. But with maybe what is promised to be a higher res EVF.
Right now the M4/3 systems are in their early phases. Both Panasonic and Olympus have taken the "middle road" of early adaptors with the GF and EP series. Early adaptors are a driving force for others to follow.
As an EP-1 owner I see that when I go out shooting with it. Folks love the size of it; even more so they love the quality of the images afterwards. Just hoping that Olympus in particular has not slotted themselves with this Digital Pen idea - so that there will not be a small camera with an EVF. I found that the G1 and GH1 cameras a bit "large" for my tastes.
Full disclosure here; I work in a camera shop. But the folks looking at the new M4/3 cameras are liking the idea of a smaller/lighter system. My EP-1 kit includes the standard lens, the 17mm, the FL-14, the MMF1 adapter, the 40-150, the 9-18 - all in a Crumpler 5 Million Dollar Home bag that weighs just about 5 pounds!