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The first accessory I would look for if I owned this camera with pancake lens is a "slip-in" holder that clipped to my belt. Then it would be a carry anywhere camera. Or ,perhaps, I could get my wife to make me a big shirt pocket. But seriously, we need an evaluatation of the LCD useability in low light and intense light situations if this is to be the camera that DSLR owners use when they don't want to "shlep" a big/heavy camera. Or do we have to wait for the rumoured second iteration with an EVF even if it must me slightly larger.
The Olympus E-P1, Briefly Held
By Eamon Hickey First, a tiny bit of background: Like many, many others (notably, the publisher of this very website), I've been pining away for a small but serious digital camera for a decade or so now. (Yeah, a decade. Shame, shame on you, camera companies.) By "small but serious," I meant ...
Mike
I've got an Exacta IIA sitting in my display cabinet. Last time I checked it was in working order. If you promise to put one roll through it a year and show us the results, it's yours.
DP2 ≠ DMD
I just wanted to mention in passing that I might still buy a DP2, despite Ken's review. No, I guess it's not the DMD, and that's too bad—but then, nothing else is, either; the DMD appears to be beyond the range of the technically feasible for the world's otherwise demonstrably competent camerama...
I spoke to an Olympus Canada employee that has seen an early preproduction model and said "think Leica M3". When I asked about a pancake lens he said there would be something a littlemore protruding than the Pen F pancake but still eminently pocketable.
Olympus's Teaser Campaign
Olympus has [apparently] started a teaser campaign linking the [alleged] upcoming Micro 4/3 camera with the 50th anniversary of Maitani-san's famous half-frame Pen camera. It looks like it's going to be a long, hard slog before we get to real information, so just keep telling yourself "they c...
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