Comments on: (FT3-FT4) Olympus E-P2 rumors summary

By: katsun

katsun — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:26:04 +0000

WTF! I was planning to buy a e-p1 for my wife’s birthday coming up in less than 2 weeks. And now e-p2 rumor??? What to do??? Should I just get her chocolates instead?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:44:33 +0000

Back when the Olympus concept was known as the “carrot cam” or M-1 / M-1000… they had been expected to release two versions of the camera. One was supposed to be a consumerish model, the E-P1, I presume, and the other one was supposed to be aimed at more professional use, with a weather sealed body, 1080p video capability, external audio capability, and other pro features. It is quite possible that this E-P2 is simply that model, having always been on the Olympus roadmap and not specifically a reaction to the GF1. It also makes sense then, that it is not designed to be price competitive to the E-P1, as it may not have been designed to “fix flaws” with the E-P1, but to introduce a camera that was at a much higher level of performance, more video capable, and equipped with more “pro” features.

By: (FT5) Next Olympus MicroFourThirds camera is coming!

(FT5) Next Olympus MicroFourThirds camera is coming! — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:59:20 +0000

[...] should be external (similar to the Panasonic DMW-LVF1E). A E-P2 rumor summary is available here http://43rumors.com/olympus-e-p2-rumors-summary/ We still don’t know if Olympus will announce more stuff (lenses or cameras). We are working [...]