Comments on: Olympus Introduces the E-P1 http://www.neutralday.com/olympus-introduces-the-e-p1/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:48:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elliot http://www.neutralday.com/olympus-introduces-the-e-p1/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 Elliot Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:03:28 +0000 http://www.neutralday.com/?p=5655#comment-3154 Patrick I'd love for it to be a hit, to spur competition with Panasonic and further consumer interest and manufacturer development. But having used point and shoots and a Ricoh GRD with (and without) external electronic viewfinder I can say that anyone looking for a fast and accurate pocket shooter will want a viewfinder and not just an LCD screen. Considering that the Panny G1 is only marginally larger than the E-P1 (especially considering lenses attached), has a really useful electronic finder and you can get one with two lenses (14-45, 45-200) for as little as $660 through Amazon... I don't see the real value for the Olympus aside from a cool retro look and *marginally* smaller dimensions. Patrick I’d love for it to be a hit, to spur competition with Panasonic and further consumer interest and manufacturer development. But having used point and shoots and a Ricoh GRD with (and without) external electronic viewfinder I can say that anyone looking for a fast and accurate pocket shooter will want a viewfinder and not just an LCD screen.

Considering that the Panny G1 is only marginally larger than the E-P1 (especially considering lenses attached), has a really useful electronic finder and you can get one with two lenses (14-45, 45-200) for as little as $660 through Amazon… I don’t see the real value for the Olympus aside from a cool retro look and *marginally* smaller dimensions.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.neutralday.com/olympus-introduces-the-e-p1/comment-page-1/#comment-3149 Patrick Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:06:15 +0000 http://www.neutralday.com/?p=5655#comment-3149 Sorry elliot, wordpress flagged this, I guess because of the link, and I didn't notice it waiting for approval...that said, I love your contrarian point of view. I'm just as curious to see how this pans out in final cameras, but if the e-620 is any kind of indicator, it should be doing alright with the AF. We shall see.... Sorry elliot, wordpress flagged this, I guess because of the link, and I didn’t notice it waiting for approval…that said, I love your contrarian point of view. I’m just as curious to see how this pans out in final cameras, but if the e-620 is any kind of indicator, it should be doing alright with the AF. We shall see….

]]> By: Elliot http://www.neutralday.com/olympus-introduces-the-e-p1/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Elliot Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:57:48 +0000 http://www.neutralday.com/?p=5655#comment-3145 http://paulrussellinfo.blogspot.com/2009/06/olympus-e-p1-climbing-mount-improbable.html "The only dark clouds on the horizon seem to be mutterings about focusing speed. For example dpreview says, ‘the samples we’ve tried have very slow focus in anything but perfect light’. OK, these are samples and not the final cameras, but it doesn’t seem to tally with Olympus’s claim of 3 frames per second... In theory, with the new pancake prime lens pictured above – which is about 35 mm in 35 mm terms – a manual focus to about 5 ft and f/8 would cover most bases, but according to www.dcresource.com, that doesn’t sound too promising either: ‘Manual focus allows you to set the focus distance yourself, though that can be difficult, since there are no distance markings on the lens, nor are any displayed on the LCD’. Hmm, curious..." http://paulrussellinfo.blogspot.com/2009/06/olympus-e-p1-climbing-mount-improbable.html

“The only dark clouds on the horizon seem to be mutterings about focusing speed. For example dpreview says, ‘the samples we’ve tried have very slow focus in anything but perfect light’. OK, these are samples and not the final cameras, but it doesn’t seem to tally with Olympus’s claim of 3 frames per second…

In theory, with the new pancake prime lens pictured above – which is about 35 mm in 35 mm terms – a manual focus to about 5 ft and f/8 would cover most bases, but according to http://www.dcresource.com, that doesn’t sound too promising either: ‘Manual focus allows you to set the focus distance yourself, though that can be difficult, since there are no distance markings on the lens, nor are any displayed on the LCD’. Hmm, curious…”

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