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p.6 #1 · Olympus Pen E-P1

Lotusm50 wrote:
I guess it's just another opportunity for Cosina to sell its Voigtlander viewfinders.

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This viewfinder does not appear to be an existing Cosina model. It actually looks more along the lines of the square/better Zeiss finders in design. Either Olympus has contracted the building/design of an entirely new finder from Cosina OR they have produced this themselves.

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:29 PM

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p.6 #2 · Olympus Pen E-P1

The announcement is expected to be made tomorrow afternoon in Japan.

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:30 PM

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p.6 #3 · Olympus Pen E-P1

That looks tasty...

Lets hope for the low end of the price spectrum so that I can actually afford one!

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:34 PM

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p.6 #4 · Olympus Pen E-P1

Tariq Gibran wrote:
Lotusm50 wrote:
I guess it's just another opportunity for Cosina to sell its Voigtlander viewfinders.

This viewfinder does not appear to be an existing Cosina model. It actually looks more along the lines of the square/better Zeiss finders in design. Either Olympus has contracted the building/design of an entirely new finder from Cosina OR they have produced this themselves.

I wasn't suggesting that the new Olympus viewfinder was an existing Cosina model, rather that people will see an opportunity to save money by buying the equivalent Cosina viewfinder (which, by the way, is exceptional).

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:36 PM

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p.6 #5 · Olympus Pen E-P1

Lotusm50 wrote:

I wasn't suggesting that the new Olympus viewfinder was an existing Cosina model, rather that people will see an opportunity to save money by buying the equivalent Cosina viewfinder (which, by the way, is exceptional).

And has the wrong framelines ;-)

35mm 3:2 VF isn't going to be a great replacement for a 34mm-e 4:3 VF. Hopefully the Oly finder will be priced similarly (or less than) the CV one.

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:42 PM

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p.6 #6 · Olympus Pen E-P1

More info:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/06/15/olympus.micro.four.thirds/

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:48 PM

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p.6 #7 · Olympus Pen E-P1

This body with the Panasonic 20mm lens would rock. Assuming that it has in body IS there's a decent low light kit. Now that there are EOS to micro 4/3 adapters so I can use one adapter to mount all my alt lenses, I reckon I'm sold. Looking forward to carrying a camera almost everywhere I go.

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:54 PM

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p.6 #8 · Olympus Pen E-P1

EOS20 wrote:
More info:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/06/15/olympus.micro.four.thirds/

Uhhh... why would it have a "3 CCD" system? Sounds like bs to me.

Jun 15, 2009 at 02:58 PM

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p.6 #9 · Olympus Pen E-P1

...and $101 for the 17mm sounds pretty low as well.

Jun 15, 2009 at 03:04 PM

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p.6 #10 · Olympus Pen E-P1

Sam Bennett wrote:
EOS20 wrote:
More info:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/06/15/olympus.micro.four.thirds/

Uhhh... why would it have a "3 CCD" system? Sounds like bs to me.

More of this doesn't make sense. It says, "The EP-1 should be available in white and black when it launches soon in Japan, with prices set at the equivalent of $917 for the body only or bundled with a lens for $1,222 to $1,324. Standalone lenses will be available, with a 17mm, F2.8 priced at $101 and a 14-42mm F3.6 costing $356"

If the body costs $917, and the 17/2.8 lens costs $101, why would the kit with a lens cost $1222? Even if you assume that it includes the $170 viewfinder, it doesn't make much sense.

The prices, as others have noted are high. It's spec is probably equal to or lower than the $700 E-620 and costs less to make (no mirror box, no prism and no viewfinder at all), so it is clear they are building in a large margin. I would probably price it the same way, at least initially, to capture pent-up demand for a camera like this and becuase there is no effective competition. As a consumer, I'm not thrilled with that, but prices will almost certainly moderate over time.

Jun 15, 2009 at 03:33 PM

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p.6 #11 · Olympus Pen E-P1

Sam Bennett wrote:
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More info:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/06/15/olympus.micro.four.thirds/

Uhhh... why would it have a "3 CCD" system? Sounds like bs to me.

If this camera really does employ a 3 ccd sensor, it will be unique and possibly Foveon like. A 3 ccd sensor employs three separate sensors for red, green and blue. The light is broken down into the color components by a prism and diverted to each separate sensor. This would result in greater resolution and require a less powerful or no AA filter because the system would not be using the normal color filter array to generate color (and all the issues that come from that). This is sort of hard to believe that Olympus has done this. If true and each sensor is 13MP (and that figure is not the combined MP of each individual sensor, like what Foveon does), this camera would be amazing.

Jun 15, 2009 at 04:09 PM

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p.6 #12 · Olympus Pen E-P1

Don't video cameras use 3CCD chips?

Jun 15, 2009 at 04:26 PM

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Tariq Gibran wrote:
Sam Bennett wrote:
EOS20 wrote:
More info:

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/06/15/olympus.micro.four.thirds/

Uhhh... why would it have a "3 CCD" system? Sounds like bs to me.

If this camera really does employ a 3 ccd sensor, it will be unique and possibly Foveon like. A 3 ccd sensor employs three separate sensors for red, green and blue. The light is broken down into the color components by a prism and diverted to each separate sensor. This would result in greater resolution and require a less powerful or no AA filter because the system would not be using the normal color filter array to generate color (and all the issues that come from that). This is sort of hard to believe that Olympus has done this. If true and each sensor is 13MP (and that figure is not the combined MP of each individual sensor, like what Foveon does), this camera would be amazing.

Extremely hard to believe as 3CCD video cameras use sensors much smaller than the 4/3rds format.

Jun 15, 2009 at 04:35 PM

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p.6 #14 · Olympus Pen E-P1

I will not believe it until I see it!

Jun 15, 2009 at 04:52 PM

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http://43rumors.com/more-leaks/

Jun 15, 2009 at 05:51 PM

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p.6 #16 · Olympus Pen E-P1

The rear is a bit ugly to my eyes, particularly the two tone bronze color scheme.

Jun 15, 2009 at 06:03 PM

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p.6 #17 · Olympus Pen E-P1

Shame the strap lugs are so obtrusive. Still, nothing that a bastard file can't fix in two minutes.

3CCD seems highly improbable.

Jun 15, 2009 at 06:07 PM

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p.6 #18 · Olympus Pen E-P1

It's a 12.3MP Live-MOS sensor, there typical one.

Here some info I don't like!

Screen size: 3", 230k pixels!

If they want us to use the LCD screen for composition, why not give us 920k resolution!? High end P&S are giving us 420k screens and higher. IF it turns out true, this is a joke.

Edit: above info was gotten from 4/3rumors

Jun 15, 2009 at 06:15 PM

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p.6 #19 · Olympus Pen E-P1

I don't know if I'd call it a "joke," but it would definitely be disappointing. I'd be more bummed out having to wait until after launch for a black version (or there being none at all.)

I'm really hoping it comes priced with the 17/2.8 for less than $900, to hold me over 'till the 20/1.7 comes out.
$700 or so seems completely reasonable considering the tech, but at the same time I'd buy it anyway, so that's probably what Oly is banking on.

Jun 15, 2009 at 06:26 PM

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p.6 #20 · Olympus Pen E-P1

It's not really an "exciting" looking camera. I understand the retro idea, but it seems it was not taken far enough. I was hoping for more of a "5050" look

Styling set aside, the 230K screen is worrysome but Oly screens on their DSLRs sport the same resolution more or less.

Jun 15, 2009 at 07:35 PM

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