43 Rumors

Could they make the flash uglier? Because I think there’s potential for outright hideousness. Aside from that, looks ok. Regarding the color schemes, I like the white body, but the mole-skin color patch (beige) is not so good. A grey patch would have been good.

But at least they’re trying to do something new (or retro, rather).

A while back somebody mentioned hoping that somebody would make an after market leather, or other material grip that completes the wrap-around retro grip look most of us really want. it could have an adhesive on one side and I could apply it myself. If this existed, I might consider buying one. 17mm for $100 I like that a lot… how much for the viewfinder? $150? ha ha ha

I disagree on the bad design remark. I’m tired of the general SLR/p&s designs that make every single camera look like each other. I still shoot with my Pen FT all the time and you should see people’s eyes when i take the lens off and replace it with another. This is a sharp looking camera that will sure bring back some of the “good old days” of Olympus, as long as the photo quality compares to the other in this class it will be a big seller. I will pre-order the silver/black one the day it becomes available, just need a FT adapter now.

I hope they do a version with a red patch, like Apple has their “edition red” iPods. The 1960s were not beige! Beige is more of a 1970s color. If I’m going to go retro — and I probably will! — I want it to be a fun color, not beige!

The beige/tan patch clearly is to color-coordinate with the natural-leather color of the inner surface of the white leather neckstrap and case. (Talk about attention to styling details…)

White and tan is so hip that it’s featured in today’s post by Paris fashionista Garance Doré: http://www.garancedore.fr/2009/06/15/happiness-is-a-little-white-dress/

“why the f*** are you so f***ing interested in how it looks?”

So you care about what your photos look like, but not what real-life looks like? Huh!

Hey forester. I was the one who mentioned about “skinning” the camera to have black wrap around the design.

I found the website.
http://www.skinit.com/loadCustomizer.php

You can do customized “skins” that stick onto the camera. I hope this is one of their camera options. We should tell them that this will be a big seller for the E-P1. They have some point and shoot Olympus cameras on there that can be customized by “skinning” them.

You could get this look with the skinit skin.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/3614742794_aa1ff5f2ec_o.jpg