I love the features and size, but low ISO is kinda underwhelming.

And color rendition seems so-so, DSLR overemphasis on certain tones and such all present.


Does Olympus' interface still suck?

Eeeek. I guess I'll import the DP2 (~RM2400) instead.

No comparison inside the link lol.

If the E-P1 price goes down to 2.6-2.7k alone with the 17mm F/2.8 + OVF, it'd be a sure buy for me. The zoom lens seems extremely kit-tish if you know what I mean.

Under no circumstance will I pay 3k+ (keyword) for a compact that is nice but doesn't do any crazy things.

Same for the Sigma DPs irregardless of features (2.5k below or GTFO) because the image quality is there.

July 4 in Singapore, list price 1300SGD (RM3,152.01)

At least we get to see the street price soon lol.

1300 SGD is the zoom (kit) lens. Ugh.

Looks like they're not selling EP-1 + 17mm together in ASEAN. People like their f***ing zooms here >_>

Oh, full Singapore prices out. Saw it on Hardwarezone.sg.

1299 (14-42)
1499 (17 + VF) ... wtf
1599 (14-42 + 17 + VF)

I just saw this and I'm getting very appalled again. WTF is this love-hate relationship with the E-P1...


"Watanabe explained the extent to which the company has gone to minimize size, including automatic correction of distortion: "We are doing distortion corrections. Panasonic is doing this and likewise we're doing the same to allow us to make the lens smaller."

LX3 redux? I want to puke. These people need to learn from either Ricoh or Sigma, just STFU and make proper optics.



p/s: If they forgo correction for the 17mm they're forgiven.

This post has been edited by X.E.D: Jun 21 2009, 03:44 PM

Technically the Panasonics weren't APS-C. They were both 4/3.