Olympus E-P2
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TheOnlinePhotographer just finished the Panasonic GF1 vs. Olympus E-P1. Read here part1 and part2.
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Olympus Europe has a new dedicated page for the E-P2: http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/pen.htm?_s_icmp=cam_en1#thepen2
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Chinese GF1 review at http://dc.yesky.com/216/9276216.shtml
Let’s see what’s in Stock in this days and if there are any deals
Amazon US
– First, you can now preorder the new Olympus E-P2
– Panasonic 45-200mm f/4.0-5.6 MicroFourThirds Lens
– The Panasonic DMW-LVF1 External Live Viewfinder for Panasonic GF1 
Amazon DE
– Olympus PEN E-P2 SLR-Digitalkamera mit 17mm Objektiv
– Olympus PEN E-P2 SLR-Digitalkamera mit 14-42mm Objektiv
– Olympus PEN E-P2 SLR-Digitalkamera nur Gehäuse
Amazon UK
– No Olympus E-P2 here but the discounted Olympus E-P1
Amazon France
– Same as UK, no Olympus E-P2 here but the discounted Olympus E-P1
New Pixmania Rebates for Germany and Italy!!!
Simply use following codes when you buy a product in Pixmania Deutschland:
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DE091006: 9€ Ermässigung ab 250€ Einkaufswert
DE201006: 20€ Ermässigung ab 500€ Einkaufswert
DE451006: 45€ Ermässigung ab 1000€ Einkaufswert
Pixmania Deutschland
and here for
Pixmania Italia:
PROMO8IT11 8€ di sconto a partire da 200€ di acquisto
PROMO15IT11 15€ di sconto a partire da 350€ di acquisto
PROMO22IT11 15€ di sconto a partire da 500€ di acquisto
Pixmania Italia
“Sony is ready to launch a new camera on November 18! The camera will have the new (4/3 ?) exmor sensor and full HD video recording capabilities. With the camera Sony wants to compete against the Panasonic .”
source: SonyAlphaRumors
UPDATE: 43rumors sources do also confirm the next Sony camera is coming.
UPDATE2: It is almost sure that Sony will not join the MFT system. They will have a completely independent system and lens-mount.
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Preorder the E-P2:
– Amazon US: Olympus E-P2 with 17mm f/2.8 Lens and Electronic View Finder
– Amazon US: Olympus E-P2 with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital Zoom Lens and Electronic View Finder
Amazon.com dropped the price from $799 to $674.99!
Click here to get the camera: Olympus PEN E-P1 12.3 MP Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital Zoom Lens (Silver Body/Black Lens)
– Also in Germany the price of the Olympus E-P1
– Amazon UK -> Olympus E-P1
First entire low low low budget movie made with the E-P1
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Steve Digicam’s wrote the Panasonic DMC-GH1 Review
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Digitalcamerainfo tested the Panasonic GF1
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New japanese DSLR sales ranking
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New lens hood for your MicroFourThirds lenses (via: colorfoto.de)
Hands-on by Lori Grunin form CNET US
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This page will be continuely updated!
preorders:
– Amazon US: Olympus E-P2 with 17mm f/2.8 Lens and Electronic View Finder
– Amazon US: Olympus E-P2 with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital Zoom Lens and Electronic View Finder
previews (cronological order – newest on top!):
forum-olympus-france.com (in french only)
digitalcamerareview.com (with Autofocus Tracking test-video)
quesabesde.com( hands on video in spanish)
Hands-on by Lori Grunin form CNET US
DCresource
fourthirds-user.com
PhotoReview Australia
pekkapotka.com
The Digital Story
Quesabesde Click here for the google english translation
Imaging Resources
CNET ASIA
First image samples:
dpinterface
43rumors image samples
43rumors E-P2 press photos
mycen.com
Official announcements:
Engadget
Photoscala.de. Google english translation available here.
Photographyblog – E-P2
Photographyblog – new Lenses
dpreview
British Journal of Photography
Videos made with the E-P2
youtube
Everything else:
Dave Etchells (Imaging Insider) talk with Sally Smith Clemens of Olympus about the new E-P2 Digital Pen.
Interesting comments:
Imaging Insider: “Autofocus. Only one other problem came to light with the Olympus E-P1 in my shooting, and that was a tendency for the AF system to miss focusing on smaller foreground objects in favor of the background. That still happens with the Olympus E-P2, something I wish they’d addressed with a finer AF point, as is included on the Panasonic GF1.”
CNET Asia: “As with the GF1, the new Pen digicam has a port below the hotshoe for users to attach the VF-2 EVF. This accessory has a super-high resolution of 1.44 megapixels, almost seven times that of the Panasonic’s.“ and “On its own, the E-P2 is able to record stereo sound, though often it captures ambient noise as well.” and “The ports for the EVF on the GF1 and E-P2 are different, so they are not interchangeable.” and “The unit we tried was a prototype, so we weren’t not able to find out whether Olympus has fixed the slow focusing problem which plagued the E-P1.“
Photoscala.de: “E-P2+EVF = 899 Euro”
Thanks everyone for sending me the links!
The Lens roadmap…Fisheye, wide and macro lenses also coming!
click on the image to enlarge it!
