Martin Kuivenhoven
Member
Finally it has been revealed, after a long marketing campaign, the Olympus digital Pen, the E-P1.
Launched as Olympus first micro Four Thirds camera and the answer to a cry of the Olympus lovers for a digital version of the Pen F
Source: dpreview, http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympusep1/
It sports a four-third sensor but then in a very compact body. Made possible because the mirror-assembly had to go. In effect the camera is only slightly larger then a Panasonic LX-3. Further it has almost the same specifications as the Olympus E-30 including the in body IS and Olympus claims further improvements and a new image processor TruePic V
The micro-Four Thirds format allows all kinds of high quality glass, i.e. Leica M, to be mounted via adaptors. And it will be very interesting to see if production camera's will be able to have focus confirmation (with 11 af-points) and maybe even IS (claimed up to 4 stops) with these lenses.
To boot the camera supports HD movies (720p) and linear PCM sound recording.
It is supposed to hit the shelves coming July. More info on the official Olympus websites and the likes of dpreview.
I am certainly looking forward to seeing the first production sample pictures..
Regards, Martin
Launched as Olympus first micro Four Thirds camera and the answer to a cry of the Olympus lovers for a digital version of the Pen F
Source: dpreview, http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympusep1/
It sports a four-third sensor but then in a very compact body. Made possible because the mirror-assembly had to go. In effect the camera is only slightly larger then a Panasonic LX-3. Further it has almost the same specifications as the Olympus E-30 including the in body IS and Olympus claims further improvements and a new image processor TruePic V
The micro-Four Thirds format allows all kinds of high quality glass, i.e. Leica M, to be mounted via adaptors. And it will be very interesting to see if production camera's will be able to have focus confirmation (with 11 af-points) and maybe even IS (claimed up to 4 stops) with these lenses.
To boot the camera supports HD movies (720p) and linear PCM sound recording.
It is supposed to hit the shelves coming July. More info on the official Olympus websites and the likes of dpreview.
I am certainly looking forward to seeing the first production sample pictures..
Regards, Martin