i'm wondering if olympus overpriced their camera since it's first and only kind of camera of its size in the market as for now.. if competitors came out with similar cam, then i believe price will dropped drastically.. so waiting waiting waiting for end of year, early next year

sry no news on the canon or nikon on coming with PEN or slr size sensor camera in a compact body..better luck in year 2011

This post has been edited by hellfire8888: Jul 14 2009, 09:48 PM

Samsung NX will come out soon with 1.5x crop sensor. So noise should be better controlled?

this little thing has caught my interest since its intro...
but only now i noticed...it reminds me of my ex-M8!

this is not a good sign!

i can use back my fav lense...Summilux-M 50!

but but but...

can anyone help me regarding the focusing?
is there a way to do manual focus on this little baby?
i'd do anything to have M8 performance...on a cheaper body!

Some one did use it:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/sho...?threadid=76608




This post has been edited by gogo2: Jul 14 2009, 10:17 PM

it's not overpriced....
it's priced to rival the potential contender...G1....another micro 4/3 adopter...

pricing may change in the future to reflect the current situation of micro 4/3 cams at that time...

*dreaming on*
a micro 4/3 Leica M!
*dreaming off*

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Added on July 14, 2009, 10:22 pmgogo....
thx for the pics...

but i m not asking for pics...
i can get that from Mr. String

but i'd like to know how does the E-P1 handles manual focus...

This post has been edited by xandman: Jul 14 2009, 10:22 PM

manual focus not sure..but here is the list of cons for PEN

http://lucifer-doom.blogspot.com/2009/07/o...-and-lousy.html

You should read dpreview for the leica lenses info
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1041

Because i have read people using zeiss, leica, volt, nikon AND canon lenses on the E-P1.
Manual focus apaprently is a dream on the e-p1

Thanks. I can finally say I've found the lowest denominator in the human evolution cycle. Simply put, he's an idiot.

No review this time around string?

This post has been edited by gnome: Jul 15 2009, 01:59 PM

Hey string - some question.

Where did you get your camera from?
how many shots are you getting so far with one battery?
How long the battery needs to recharge?

would you please clarify your statement? most noob here would not know the real con of this PEN and i just share those info..so what the matter with that? unless u are not smart enuff to diff between fact n fiction between those line from my blog.

I think he is just joking. He really wants to buy E-P1. But other side of him tell him not. So he try to find
reason not to buy E-P1.

I think he thought the blog is someone else. If he know its ur blog, I'm sure he won't comment is that way...

Cool guys.... E-P1 is just a camera...

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Added on July 15, 2009, 2:21 pmdream means what? Its good or bad? Hehe.. I can read it as "dream on la if you want to manual focus with E-P1".
But for so many thread I read, Manual Focus is one of the best out there for E-P1.

This post has been edited by gogo2: Jul 15 2009, 02:21 PM

ok chill ...anyway ordered mine not yet got stock..plan to use it with leica 25 f1.4 muhahaha

hopefully those con will be fix in EP2

Nope. The trolls here will tear my post apart if I do that. I'm happy with my Zen at the moment.

YL Photo. Around 300 shots.I left it charging overnight. There is some residual charge, but the amber light turned blue at less than 2 hours. I left it charging nonetheless. May be buying spare BLS-1 battery for those overzealous moments.

Your supposed "con" are contrived and trivial to me. To keep the E-P1 within its form factors, some of the things you posted there, needs to be sacrificed. But not to a point where it encroaches and impacts the usage and performance of the camera itself. Your post at that blog sounds more like excuses you are making for not wanting to buy the camera.

Anyway, THIS is the reason why I'd rather keep things mum, than anything else. I left my BLS-1 battery pack to charge my posting power back at home, so I don't have the energy or interest to deal with things like this.

well i did not mention tat the con will impact the overall performance and usability of the camera....

Then you shouldn't have tagged the title of that blog article as "Bad and Lousy" unless you are fishing for angry responses. I usually dont response to these "baits" but it was posted here, and it was my mistake to even click the link and continue reading it.

If it is meant as your own personal "deterrent" to not get poisoned into getting the E-P1, then I totally get what you mean, but it should be labelled appropriately on the title. But if it is meant as a "bait" to fish angry responses, well...I rest my case.

This will be my last response to this, I dont want to drag this further. The thread is about the E-P1, not about trivial arguments between two strangers.

Cool guys, i think hellfire just being sarcastic in his blog.

It is ok to state pros and cons as long as it is fact.

Let me analyze hellfire cons based on my own opinion and usage

1. No Auto focus assist light... -> this is really a pain of a$$ for me and the biggest doubt to my purchase
2. No build in flash.. -> it is important whn go clubing or yumcha, but if go out for travel, it doesn't matter as i'll use FL36 anyway. if street shoot, i won't use flash. Understandable due to the size reduction of EP1
3. No viewfinder.. -> I can live with it. If i want it, the only reason is to reduce power consumption from LCD
4. No remote wireless commander.. -> not an issue for me, i dun shoot wireless
5. Not much m4/3 lens available.. -> not an issue for me, no $ to buy anyway i'll buy that panny 45-200 or just use back my 45-150 MK1 FT
6. No matching pouch at the moment.. -> dun like use pouch, love to let it naked
7. Not cheap -> True, i think fair value should be 2200-2300, if too cheap will eventually kill their own entry E-series DSLR
8. Resolution of LCD not the highest in industry.. -> higher is good, but sometimes higher made the picture in LCD looks much nicer than on PC, i admit that I fooled by nice LCD from the DSLR i have previously If i want to request, i would rather have rotating LCD instead but it will also increase the size of EP1
9. No build in GPS.. -> not even in my mind at all
10. No buildin wireless card... -> not even in my mind at all

the more i stay here...
the more i want this PEN.

argh!

O Stringy One (Stringfellow).
Poison me with your pics.

Heh.
Thank god you didnt go to the olympus user group meetup then.
I was already poisoned since last year when olympus showed the mockup.
Then the leaks started to get out a couple of months ago.

By then i was already almost committed.

Then Olympus did the E-P1 meetup.
Habis.

Now just waiting for my money to come in to get the camera.

Also stringfellow: do you hang your camera around your neck or you have a small bag for the whole kit?