We just recieved following information:
“Due to the excessive cost of production, looks like the final production of the E-P2 will only see two colors instead of the earlier three :
Rest of the world : Black
Japan only : Silver/Brown
Also, first shipment will be released from the warehouse for Asia on 25th November. ”
– The E-P2 is available for preorder at Amazon UK
source: http://shop.olympus-imaging.jp
Iteresting, why is Olympus releasing a silver EVF for a black body? May they are planning to produce E-P2 in different colors?
UPDATE: The Silver/Brown E-P2 is in amazon.jp!
BIG surprise! Take a look here!
Amazon UK shows the Olympus E-P2 as in Stock!
In this shops the E-P2 is available for preorder only:
Amazon US
A REAL deal is available at amazon US:
Olympus E-P1 with 14-42mm lens for $750 and the E-P1 body-only for $700
I collected some E-P2 availability infos:
In US and EUROPE the official availability is planned for early January. The informations we received do say that Olympus is trying to anticipate the E-P2 sales on mid-December. I just received an email from Australia where Olympus confirmed that they will have the first E-P2 ready for sale on December 15.
And the E-P2 firmware 1.0 is almost ready.
E-P2 preorder list (simply click on the shop name and you will land on the E-P2 camera page):
Amazon US
Amazon US has some discounted E-P1 (via Calumet Photo):
– Olympus E-P1 Camera with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (Silver Body/Black Lens)
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
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Pixmania Italia
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!
