Olympus' poetic shooter

Leonard Goh | Oct 06, 2008

The Komachi kit is limited in production, but Olympus Singapore wasn't able to tell us how many sets will be produced. Picture credit: Olympus Europe

Great photographers are sometimes referred to as visual poets, telling stories with pictures that can be as descriptive as poems by Edgar Allen Poe, the late American poet.

Olympus is blurring the line between poetry and photography by introducing the Komachi Kit, comprising the petite E-420 dSLR and the 25mm F2.8 pancake lens. Drawing inspirations from Ono no Komachi, a Japanese poet most noted for her beauty, Olympus is including a hand-sewn leather case and matching straps to go along with the shooter.

While using this kit won't make you an instant literary genius, we think the retro-looking camera case should raise a few eyebrows.

Priced at around US$950, it is available now in retail stores in Japan, Europe and other selected regions.

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