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...and it looks like this distillation courtesy of Electronista.
My off-the-top-of-the-head reaction is a mixture of ho-hum and what-the...? Spec-wise, it seems as if Oly has the hat, but Pana has all the cattle: for example, is 7 min of 720p video going to cut it with the techno-kids in this day and age?
On the other hand, the ISO range up to 6400 sounds interesting; wonder how it will look...? And if the 17/2.8 lens really comes in at a selling price of $101, it's going to be almost a no-brainer purchase for any Micro Four Thirds owner regardless of brand loyalty.
And then there are the looks. Compared to the Panasonic family, the E-P 1 doesn't really have much going for it (aside from the ISO 6400 and in-body stabilization) except that it's small and cute. Then again, being small and cute is the only thing that let any of us survive to make it out of infancy, so it's best not to underestimate that factor!
Incidentally, the big eyebrow-raiser for me in the Electronista post was the statement that the E- P 1 has a "3 CCD sensor." However, when I read the 43Rumors post that formed the main source of the Electronista post, I saw that it actually reads "3 LCD". I'm guessing that means 3-inch LCD, which would be a pretty typical specification on this size of camera.
The Xitek forum has some nice big photos of a lot of the system components, but I won't embed them because I think the moderators don't like that. Speaking of cute, though, check out the add-on flash unit; if anything, it's even cuter than the camera!
Should be a fun topic when all this becomes official!
My off-the-top-of-the-head reaction is a mixture of ho-hum and what-the...? Spec-wise, it seems as if Oly has the hat, but Pana has all the cattle: for example, is 7 min of 720p video going to cut it with the techno-kids in this day and age?
On the other hand, the ISO range up to 6400 sounds interesting; wonder how it will look...? And if the 17/2.8 lens really comes in at a selling price of $101, it's going to be almost a no-brainer purchase for any Micro Four Thirds owner regardless of brand loyalty.
And then there are the looks. Compared to the Panasonic family, the E-P 1 doesn't really have much going for it (aside from the ISO 6400 and in-body stabilization) except that it's small and cute. Then again, being small and cute is the only thing that let any of us survive to make it out of infancy, so it's best not to underestimate that factor!
Incidentally, the big eyebrow-raiser for me in the Electronista post was the statement that the E- P 1 has a "3 CCD sensor." However, when I read the 43Rumors post that formed the main source of the Electronista post, I saw that it actually reads "3 LCD". I'm guessing that means 3-inch LCD, which would be a pretty typical specification on this size of camera.
The Xitek forum has some nice big photos of a lot of the system components, but I won't embed them because I think the moderators don't like that. Speaking of cute, though, check out the add-on flash unit; if anything, it's even cuter than the camera!
Should be a fun topic when all this becomes official!