At least easier to carry than DSLR and PEN looks so cool XD

oo mai..PENS look so nice.. and cool

Noise seems extremely acceptable. I'm not surprised by the LPF, BUT i do wish it were removable as i prefer sharpness over Moire protection. Long bulb mode is pretty awesome. 3 FPS is also quite good if you ask me, but the 10 shot RAW buffer is small by my count.

Shall buy one tomorrow from Brissy

this camera handling is slow, not responsive, and not intuitive. hence, not suitable for street photography.

Well, its not going to have D300 performance. But from other forum, the handling is better than expected due
to earlier preview that AF is slow. Due to low expectation, people are actually feel happy with the E-P1 performance.
It's definitely faster than P&S. Street photography is ok. But not sport photography.

Anyway, E-P1 has now achieve 19.3% market share in Japan and is growing:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e...%3DSF2%26sa%3DG

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Added on July 10, 2009, 2:51 pmanyway, are you dgrebel? long time no see man.

This post has been edited by gogo2: Jul 10 2009, 02:51 PM

My colleague bought one just now and i manage to test it for a while.

The silver body is looks nicer than expected or in brochure.

The 14-42 kitlens very small, smaller than G1's due to built in IS in G1's kitlens.

AF is up to my expectation, it is a bit slower than G1 but as fast as DSLR with those 3rd party lens like Tamron if not faster.
AF hunting abit weird though when close to locking the focus of the subject.

Overall, the AF is fast. I'm sold

One more thing, the EVF is rubbish like a toy

This post has been edited by harrychoo: Jul 10 2009, 03:54 PM

how the pancake?

It's cheap, compact, has low noise and above all it doesn't look like i spent a gizillion bucks on it and thus people assume i'm a dumb tourist.

Everything has it's flaws i guess, but this seems like the best compromise for digital street for now.

The pancake is good, it AF faster than the 14-42.
Sharpness wise i'm not sure as i play a while only, lol.

Now i'm wonder how it fair against the 25mm f2.8 fourthird pancake.

G1 kitlens will focus faster than E-P1 kitlens on E-P1 body.

I am going to watch Tour De France in a week time, do you recommend this camera when I take pics of the cyclists zooming past me? I dont want to bring a big SLR camera as I will cycling for two days to follow the Tour. Dont want to carry heavy items, sakit belakang nanti...

For video wise, I will be using my iphone 3gs and tweetreel application to post my video. I just need a camera to capture the cyclists face when the climb tough Mt Ventoux aka Mt Baldy..

thanks for the feedback..is ok i think i will stick to pana leica 25mm f1.4 if i get this EP1

Your colleague bought from Excel ?
I was there if so

Sharing some shots on the announcement day. sexy little device =)

definitely leica 25mm la, i wish too if i got moolah

how is the zuiko 25mm pancake performance anyway?

still cant find it at low yat. saw one at 1u but still in the box.

woah, the 3rd photo.
terus can see the mesmerizing blue green metallic sensor.

kinda dangerous wei

Depend on situation. If the cyclist zooming towards you and you want to have focus tracking with high speed shots, then it might not do the trick.
But if you manual focus and high speed shutter, yes, I think you'll be able to take those photos.

Easier to clean sensor with cotton bud

enjoy this

I applaud the creativity of that ad above Very nicely done.

25mm f1.4 tested on pen and the result is faster AF on EP-1..donno why..but it is faster