The Olympus PEN E-P1 Unboxed (Cameras) Pics
This is a brand new Olympus PEN E-P1 production model, bought from Jessops in the UK, they are now widely available in the UK from most camera stores.
The world's smallest digital camera with changeable lens, it features the same size sensor as other Olympus Digital SLRs (meaning better image quality with all the low-noise benefits of a DSLR), but with a camera body and lens size much more in line with a compact point and shoot such as the Canon G10! It is be available with a compact 17mm lens (34mm equivalent, UK Price with viewfinder £749), and 14-42mm 3x zoom lens (28 - 84mm equivalent, UK Price £699). It's also available with both lenses for £849 (including VAT and free postage) for the 14-42mm Black & 17mm Silver Pancake Lenses & VF-1 External Optical View Finder Kit with Silver body. The camera features dust reduction, a 12.3 megapixel live view sensor, 720p video recording (1280x720) with stereo sound and HDMI out, anti-shake sensor, 3" screen, 3fps shooting, SDHC support, and ISO100 - 6400.
Click for more photos here: Olympus PEN E-P1 Unboxed Gallery
Update: View Olympus PEN E-P1 Sample Photos at DigiCamReview
posted by Joshua at
07:53
17 Comments:
Great. I hope to receive mine shortly.
Sincerely I don't see what all the fuzz about this camera comes from.
It doesn't have a viewfinder! Not even an electronic one!
You can purchase a separate one, fut it's a fixed length, fixed focus one ... you know like those crappy ones you had in your disposable €25 camera 15 years ago.
I don't intend to flame, but anyone that does photography that needs such a good sensor as this camera has (yes, I do believe the sensor is good), will not be able to work without a viewfinder ... you just can't "feel" the photo looking at some LCD 30cm away from your eyes.
I do have a Panasonic LX3, which I think is a very good camera, and yes, it's fine to go along and take pictures at parties and friends, but I took much better photos with even my old Canon 300D ...
Lust...
dont understand the lens pricing - why is the fixed length lens so much more than the zoom - is it incredibly better quality or ? the Pen seems a neat little thing, though its all going to be about the image quality at the end of the day. Hopefully this will wake Canon up to putting a larger sensor (not more Mp, but physically larger) into a compact body. a G10 with the 1D sensor would be amazing.
Did you have to pay extra for it? And would Jessops have more of these to sell?
Yes Jessops (and Jacobs etc) should have stock in most stores now. Didn't have to pay more for it, just RRP.
is ugly, the built looks cheap, oly has dropped their standards since E3
I see... I somehow misread it as "pre-production model" hence my question regarding extra cost.
In reply to narikin, the fixed lengths lens is more expensive because it can do 2.8 aperture (f-stop), that means a more complex lens construction; hence the higher price.
Disagree, supposed to be extremely well built, it is based on the original PEN camera and personally I think the camera has a retro chic that makes it extremely attractive. The small fixed focus prime pancake lens looks great and as a 2nd camera to a DSLR it has to be worth a look.
NeedHelp,
The E-3 and Pen E-P1 are totally different classes of cameras. This is an entry level camera that has a premium attached to its price for portability. Without the size benefit, this would be a $600 camera compared to $1400 for the E3. Also, if you used older film cameras, you'd know this is a retro look.
Well, i'm now officially considering selling off some bulky Nikon equipment. So often I find that it's not about the specs and features (I don't even mind dropping the viewfinder) as long as I can get great IQ at such in a package so portable that I always have it with me. To repeat mr. Adams comment: "Lust..." Now, if only someone could make a MFT-to-Fmount converter:-)
"you just can't "feel" the photo looking at some LCD 30cm away from your eyes."
Do you mean just like you just can't feel the photo looking at the tiny screen of a Hasselblad?
Seriously, many photographers consider this detachment an advantage: the small screen gives you a much better impression of how the photo will look like. That's usually much less impressive than the viewfinder view, and that's a good thing.
Hi,
Tom, many professional photographers and dedicated enthusiast such as myself, lament the almost complete disappearance of the optical viewfinder.
This is because a viewfinder of this type allows you to isolate your subject: the result being that you will have a better impression of the final output. Having said that, I suppose with digital you can check that pretty much instantly ...
However, an optical viewfinder is vastly superior for tracking moving subjects - especially when videoing and also is great for cutting out glare.
I am very glad they did not put a viewfinder on this camera. Better to have a slip-on finder which will be closer to lens and accurate. This camera with a 17mm lens and a slip-on finder makes a fantastic camera that can be used as Leica-M. The power of the fourThirds system is that you can use many different lenses and a built in finder would be a technical mistake.
Olympus was historically very smart about viewfinders. For example the Olympus OM1 with a 50mm lens mounted on it remains the best, brightest one to one viewfinder to date.
no built in flash?!
lovely camera.
It would be great to see more pictures of the backside, and the controls.
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