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Kerwood

3:37 PM on 5 November, 2009

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Well, thank you for that piece of information. It looks to me that Olympus is worried with Panasonic's efforts on the same format.

I was about to take the plunge for a Micro 4/3 to complement my heavy full tilt DSLR equipment. I for one, shall wait for Panasonic's answer to Olympus's move.

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ilovethemonkeyhead

3:54 PM on 5 November, 2009

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still the most beautiful dslr camera in history...

in all honesty, i was hoping an EP-2 would have knocked the price of the EP-1 to a more reasonable level. one that would have made me think twice about picking up a lumix G1...

ray of hope shattered, i guess

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Robin

4:28 PM on 5 November, 2009

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I hope the electronic vf is not as rubbish as Panasonic's superzoom Z28. To be honest with this P&S layout I see no point of using VF anyway the LV makes life easier and fun to snap photos. Also the price is steep - DUH

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Ed

5:23 PM on 5 November, 2009

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@Kerwood: Panasonic already has responded.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/digital-cameras/review/2009/10/31/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-GF1/p1

@ilovethemonkeyhead: It's not a dslr ;)

Also, see the above as an alternative to the G1, though more expensive.

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Voldenuit

9:23 AM on 6 November, 2009

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Still no mention of an improved screen. The 230,000 pixel VF on the EP-1 doesn't cut it for manual focusing (or even general usage). Also no mention of faster AF (then again, they could hardly admit the AF on the EP-1 sucks, now, could they?). And still no in-built flash (what's the point of a compact system if the external flash nearly doubles the size of the camera?). Also, unless the EVF is anything like the 1.44 million pixel EVF on the Panasonic G1 and GH1, colour me uninterested.

Most of the potential u4/3 buyers I know are all unequivocally after a Panny GF-1 instead of the EP-1, and it doesn't look like the EP-2 is going to change things. Now if only Panasonic could massage their notoriously bad distribution network (remember the LX-3 shortages? Welcome to yesterday) and actually ship GF-1s in volume, they'd have a home run.

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ThatOne

5:14 PM on 13 November, 2009

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Do we still have people who can't work out that an object with no reflective component cannot be a DSLR? Please stop sowing confusion...

What is the ratio between the number of Olympus digital Pen bodies and the Panasonic equivalents sold and the number of dedicated lenses sold? If it's less than 2 to 1, then these cameras will be nothing more than "life-style" consumer products with mostly only one lens each, triumphs of surface over substance.

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