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Subject: Re: [OM] New µ4/3 camera?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:19:47 +0100
Thanks, Moose.
On 11 Aug 2009, at 04:43, Moose wrote:

> Here's a possible Panny µ4/3 without "prism" hump. As expected, no
> optical finder or EVF.
> <http://photorumors.com/2009/08/06/panasonic-gf1-micro-four-thirds/>
> http://43rumors.com/ft2-panasonic-gf1-pictures/
>
> Interesting styling. Oly went with retro-Pen nostalgia. Panny seems to
> be aiming directly at the Canon G series. Makes a lot of sense to me.
> The G series have been big sellers. I'll bet a lot of the owners have
> picked them as a compromise, as there has been nothing small, but with
> closer to DSLR IQ that's really usable. That's certainly a major  
> reason
> I have my alternate-G A650.
>
I like my G7, as we have already discussed.

> The 45mm Macro-Elmar is certainly Leia labeled, and one might assume  
> the
> shown 20mm pancake will be as well.
>
> What I suspect will be better lenses and Panny's better AF to date  
> will
> be appealing to many. Personally, I've never been interested in the
> Pens, range/viewfinder or F, and the G-ish styling is more to my  
> taste.
>
And mine.  It's a pity that there is no optical viewfinder, á la small  
Canons, but it looks good ... and it has a flash.

> AG semi-claims that many parts of the Panny's are made by Oly, so any
> µ4/3 sale is money in Oly's pocket. Still ...
>
> The E-P1 continues to puzzle me. Oly has labeled it a consumer model  
> and
> said that both higher and lower end products are to come. But the
> pricing seems pretty high end to me. It looks to be essentially a  
> bunch
> of E-620 subsystemss, less the relatively expensive SLR viewfinder
> components, but it costs $250-300 more.

The price is definitely wrong, especially now you consider the  
majority of the reviews.
>
> I'm puzzled about the lenses, too. Up to now, Oly's DZs have been  
> above
> average by category. What's that all about?

A great shame ...

Chris
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