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Olympus E-P1

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Olympus E-P1
 
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List price as of Jul 16, 2009:
S$1298

CNET Asia Review

By Leonard Goh

Excellent

8

out of 10

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The good: Refreshing retro and petite design; incorporates Art Filters in HD video mode; good picture and video quality; wide range of adapters for other lenses available.

The bad: No onboard flash; writing time can be faster; confusing menu interface.

The bottom line: The E-P1's good looks and large sensor will appeal to enthusiasts, but general consumers may find some features lacking in this camera.

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An excellent compact camera



Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Good picture quality, great size, 3x zoom about the same size as a standard lens.
Cons: Accessories are overpriced, need more lenses, LCD can be a problem in extreme bright conditions
Opinion:
This is a great first effort in MFT for Olympus, the first of its type that really takes advantage of the format. There are areas where it could be improved such as LCD visibility in extremely bright situations, e.g. on a beach and low light focus ability but overall, they have it pretty much right for the average user.

I really appreciate the compact size and weight for a camera with offers the versatility of a dSLR and low light capability (other than autofocus) is the best of any camera this size.

Picture quality from the kit zoom is excellent and it has a really good close focus ability to around 0.25m is pretty good meaning my 50mm macro lens gets very little use. One note of concern in the kit zoom is that wile it initially feels like a quality pice of kit, when extended there is a bit of play in the lens housing - similar ... Read more

 

definitely a good one !!



Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: compact body, solid hand held feeling, great image quality, iAUTO, SLR operating alike, etc.
Cons: it wld b good if there is a build in flash. no matter how lousy the flash is.
Opinion:
try yourself then you wld know .

flash? not really a big deal, but of cos it would b better if come with one..

 

Excellent balane of weight, size and picture quality



Rating: 10 out of 10 (Perfect)
Pros: Interchangable lens, great picture quality, good size.
Cons: It could have been a little smaller still...
Opinion:
I find live view to be really useful for framing. You can capture from very low or high angles. Sometimes it is just plain dumb looking to to stick your head near the ground or close to and object to take a picture. With live view, you can also place the camera onto tables or ledges in order to have better stability. This is difficult with OVF, cause again one would look like an idiot to squat down and stick your head onto the table or ledges to frame.

The built-in image stabilizer helps reduce shakes and one does not have to spend loads on money.

The G10's OVF is highly inaccurate and when I shot with the G10, I always use the LCD for framing.

Picture quality wise, visit imaging-resource.com and you will see that this camera's image quality is way beyond what the LX3/G10 can deliver. Most 1/1.6"-1/1.7" cameras start to give up at ... Read more

 

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User Discussion

peterb666: It would be a lot more helpful if people submitting reviews have actually used the camera in question.
fierywise: Also to add, if the E-P1 were to be built with an on-board flash, flashlight would have been blocked ...
fierywise: First of all, the E-P1 is mainly targetted at general compact PnS users who want to move on to ...
javachan: I really cannot stand the immense hype behind this camera that has (almost) everyone I know blinded to its ...
drone1212: Given that this is an interchangeable lens camera, it would be quite impossible to include an Optical Viewfinder (OVF). ...

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