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Re: [OM] E-P2 to be announced tomorrow

Subject: Re: [OM] E-P2 to be announced tomorrow
From: David Irisarri Vila <div2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:56:32 +0100
Lovely!!! and black. It´s fantastic.

Screen still has 230K pixel but I suppose is due batt consumption and  
brightness. Packing more pixels means less brightness.


El 04/11/2009, a las 21:31, iwert bernakiewicz escribió:

> Here is the E-P2:
>
> http://43rumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ep2.png
>
> the optional viewfinder defeats the therm "compact" imho.
> will have to see it in reality. Black is beautifull however!
>
> Iwert
>
> 2009/11/4 David Irisarri Vila <div2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Well,
>>
>> IMHO Olympus has been watching what happens with micro fourthirds. It
>> ´s much easier to wait rather than starting to manufacturing a wide
>> range of lenses like Panasonic. This costs tooo much. Zuiko opticks
>> are much better than Panasonic ones even with the "LEICA engraved
>> name". Obviously 17/2.8 and 14-42/3.5-5.6 are cheapo lenses for
>> selling them as a cheap kit. All reviewed Panasonic fourthirds lenses
>> aren´t as good as Olympus ones. It seems micro fourthirds has an
>> unexpected success so I am pretty sure tomorrow Olympus will reveal
>> several prime lenses for micro fourthirds tomorrow. Plus if Kodak and
>> Fuji start manufacturing micro fourthirds cameras, Olympus will
>> benefit from this as they won´t manufacture lenses for sure and
>> Olympus lenses will be more compact and cheaper.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> El 04/11/2009, a las 17:25, Dawid Loubser escribió:
>>
>>> I sure hope you are right... But as a pessi.. umm... realist, and
>>> looking
>>> at what Olympus has done over the past year or two, I very much  
>>> doubt
>>> it.
>>>
>>> They certainly have the potential for "wow"ing the world with a new
>>> system similar in scope - and maintaining the values - of the OM
>>> system,
>>> but from the same company that produced the M.Zuiko 17mm f/2.8 as
>>> their first
>>> Micro Four Thirds prime lens, and as a lens+body which is  
>>> constructed
>>> 100% of
>>> plastic internally with metal plates tacked on for visual / haptic
>>> goodness, I very much doubt it.
>>>
>>> Let's wait and see. But I would be surprised if they manage at all  
>>> to
>>> produce
>>> something which you as photographer can "become one with" in the  
>>> same
>>> way we
>>> can with an OM-1/2/3/4 body.
>>>
>>> I get the feeling Olympus is no longer interested in producing  
>>> compact
>>> cameras for
>>> serious photographers, in the way they used to. I am afraid that  
>>> only
>>> Leica fills
>>> that niche currently, although some of the Panasonic offerings do
>>> warrant attention.
>>>
>>> Panasonic seem to be much more serious about putting a decent  
>>> range of
>>> lenses in
>>> place for the M4/3 format.
>>>
>>> But maybe... just maybe, we might by pleasantly surprised by Oly.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04 Nov 2009, at 5:42 PM, David Irisarri Vila wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>> Let´s cross fingers :) The perfect camera is round the corner !!!
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> VIVA Yoshihisa Maitani !!! Your legacy will be continued.
>>>
>>>
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