Olympus PEN EP-L1 Announced

Olympus PEN EP-L1 Announced
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Olympus has announced a slightly lighter, significantly less expensive digital PEN, the E-PL1.

Link: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1501

With an estimated retail price of $599.99, which I assume is for the 14-42mm lens kit, this should be a good seller!

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Mayank Bhatnagar · 792 weeks ago

I like it for its simplicity. This may well be the G-Series killer!

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Mark · 792 weeks ago

Having just got a G11, and seeing this is amost identically sized, I know that given the choice at the same price the Olympus would be an absolute no-brainer.

Now please, please, please Olympus - a WR body and lens! We don't need any more crushproof compacts with awful image quality.

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Mark · 791 weeks ago

Another thought - the actual shape of the E-PL1 is so similar to the Canon G-10 / 11 - is it a coincidence or an attempt to show how clever Olympus is to make a large sensor camera body in an almost identical body?

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zorstklamp · 789 weeks ago

Hi,
Hope it will live up to all the hype surrounding it.
What features have Olympus omitted from it compared to both the EP-1 & EP-2 ?

Is it astripped-down lo (-er ) cost alternative to encourage 'point-and-shoot' types to change up into the micro 4/3rds system or will it prove to be as godd as its costlier siblings, and a direct challenger to the Panasonic GF-1 ?????

I hope to buy a micro 4/3rds camer soon, but i'm confused by the camera choices available now , trying to compare like-for-like is not easy to do and price is an important factor.

Any feedback would be great.

Thanks.

zorstklamp.

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sam · 786 weeks ago

zorstklamp, there is a good preview at DPreview, in a nutshell:

E-PL1 advantages over E-P2:

* Dedicated REC button
* Magnified live view button
* Up to 14x live view magnification
* Lighter low-pass filter
* Built-in flash

E-P2 advantages over E-PL1:

* Two control dials
* More direct-access buttons (including ISO and white balance)
* Superior image stabilization system
* AE/AF lock button
* Orientation sensor
* Larger, 3.0" LCD
* More substantial construction
* 1/180 sec flash sync speed (rather than 1/160)
* Maximum shutter speed of 1/4000 sec (rather than 1/2000)
* Maximum ISO of 6400
* Virtual level display
* Built-in stereo mics/speakers
* Optional wireless remote

Taken from the preview here: http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympusepl1/page...

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