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Olympus Announces PEN E-P1 Micro Four Thirds Camera

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UPDATES: See bottom of post.

Specs are better than I expected at a price point close to what I thought would be reasonable. A few things I am really excited about: Magnified focus assist, LCD as large as my D300, Digital leveler, HD video. Unfortunately, it won’t hit stores until next month according to the emails and press release. The product page has a shop now button but it doesn’t actually show any stores. No pre-order either. Would really, really like to see a pre-order button somewhere. Oh well, here are the specs, links, etc.

Press release: http://www.olympusamerica.com/oai_HeadlinesDetails.asp?pressNo=688

Product page: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1461&page=overview

Availability
The Olympus E-P1 will be available in July 2009. It includes E-P1 Body, USB Cable, Video Cable, Li-Ion Battery Pack (BLS-1), Li-Ion Battery Charger (BCS-1), Shoulder Strap, OLYMPUS Master 2 Software CD-ROM, Manuals and Registration card.

U.S. Pricing / Product Configurations
E-P1 Body Estimated Street Price: $749.99
E-P1 Body with ED 14-42mm f3.5/5.6 Zuiko Digital Zoom Lens Estimated Street Price: $799.99
E-P1 Body with ED 17mm f2.8 with optical viewfinder Estimated Street Price: $899.99

  • Superior DSLR Image Quality
  • In-body Image Stabilization
  • Amazing 3-inch LCD
  • Proven Dust Reduction System
  • 12 megapixels with next-generation TruePic™ V
  • HD video with high-quality stereo audio
  • In-camera creative features (for still images and video)
  • Multiple exposures
  • Multi-aspect shooting
  • Multimedia slideshows
  • Digital leveler
  • Magnified focus assist
  • 18×18 metering modes
  • Small accessories for small camera

Here is a pre-production unboxing and short review:

The final video from the Olympus PEN 50th Anniversary series:

And of course, part 2 of the Will it Blend? video:

Found this TV commercial on YouTube but not sure if it is real:

UPDATED 6/16/09 12:22PM EST:

Olympus Pen E-P1 720p testing 1 from ePrice on Vimeo.

Olympus Pen E-P1 720p testing 2 from ePrice on Vimeo.

Olympus Pen E-P1 720p testing 3 from ePrice on Vimeo.

UPDATED 6/16/2009 12:31PM EST:

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympusep1/

UPDATED 6/16/2009 9:25PM EST:

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June 16th, 2009 at 5:07 am

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