You may read the manual or ask us....
If you have any doubt how to update firmware.

LX3 uses panasonic's lens which passes the Leica standard.

yakah?
What is know is that.....LX3 is using Leica lens that manufacture in Japan.
Leica D-Lux4 lens is made in Germany......The electronic component supply by Panasonic to Leica Germany.

that's why this is the problem , i dont know why sometimes they do it this way , confusing the mind of consumer ..

Who would lug this around with his E-P1?

You dont.

That is the case of you screw the camera to the lens - not screw the lens to the camera hahaha
BTW, Panasonic is releasing its 100-300mm lens next year, along with the fisheye and 14mm pancake.

SO i can bet the 100-300 lens is at LEAST 40% smaller than the equivalent 4/3 lens. And we have yet to see what olympus has store for the system.

But you do?

Lol.

I dont have money to get that lens la.
I am only using the kit-zoom lens.
( but looking forward to find some manual lenses)

good news from olympus malaysia

they will bring in EP1 + 17mm kit set by end of this month

how much?

nice to hear from you...............
Is great news to all E-P1 lover......

hehe i do use EP-1 with 50-200 f2.8-3.5 , and even 70-300 !! but the best one still pana leica 25mm f1.4

Hi, I bought my white e-p1 (kit lense) over 2 weeks ago. can barely afford it.. so I sold my sony alpha and all the accessories. One of the best decisions I've ever made. dslr is just too bulky and heavy for me plus I have a 2 yr old to chase around when traveling... but I can't live without the beautiful pictures so PEN is a great solution.

Anyways was wondering, if I can get the pancake lense separately? Where can I get the filter? How bout the accessory.. like the jacket.. is it available in Malaysia? Sorry, I'm based in Ipoh so a bit clueless with camera shops in KL.

Is the firmware upgrade available? How to upgrade? I've never upgraded a camera's firmware before.. is it like upgrading a mobile phone?

thanks in advance

I don't think that the Pancake is sold separately unless you buy it from another PEN user. At least not for the time being in Malaysia...
UV filter sized 37mm and 40.5mm should be very easy to find anywhere as it's quite a standard size for video camera. Got my silver 40.5mm JVC Japan UV filter in KK, Sabah with ease. Other brands would be Marumi, Hakuba, Keep and Hoya...
The jacket can be a problem as it's quite hard to get except Japan, even Mat Salleh from the States and Europe ordered it through Japan online store. You can try calling and ordering through Olympus Malaysia though...
As for the camera firmware upgrade, do read you included manual. It's stated there and very easy to DIY too...

Just stick to Olympus support on 15th Sep...........
Rumors say that, Olympus will release the firmware update.....

yeah firmware to improve AF ..

I wish Olympus can add the AF assist on the FL-36R & FL-50R

Wow. A 2 year old. Have you managed to capture your kid with the 'slow' AF on the E-P1?



I think you can order from Olympus directly. Your friendly camera shop maybe can help you?
Of course i think the pancake only is only coming end of this month or so.
Even the half-jacket.

The upgrade is due (rumours) to come on the 15th.
You need to use the Olympus Master program to upgrade it.

ok thank you all! Haven't read through the manual cover to cover yet. I've glanced through it and must have missed it.

i know what u mean. I've tried very lowlight indoors.. it is very slow and almost impossible to get good shots.. 2 yr old sitting still is never really still LOL but it's not as bad as my previous dslr with kit lense. Although I do wish it'll be improved with the new firmware. Haven't tried outdoors.. dang.. I need to get out more.

sorry for the very noob q. I'm not a very technical person. for taking photos indoors, is the external flash good enough or should I get a flashgun instead? hmm maybe I should google for pictures taken with the external flash.

Everytime I shoot indoor, I'll pair the PEN with my FL-36R connected with the DEMB Flip-It card.
Works really well for me and I can also comfortably use ISO 400 with 1/25 shutter speed at f/4...