Author Topic: Kind of depressed by the E-P2 black kit intro (Read 674 times)

barondla · « **on:** August 31, 2010, 06:03:20 AM »

Was hoping that Olympus would announce a Pen with a proper builti VF around E-P2 price. The black E-p2 kit seems to point away from that. If they brought out a camera with internal vf it would probably cost even more than this setup. If they brought out a less expensive one with vf (don't think people moving from P&S even care about this) it would probably leave out some important feature. Makes it a no starter for me either way.

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barondla (still mirrored in the past)

adash · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2010, 06:21:53 AM »

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Was hoping that Olympus would announce a Pen with a proper builti VF around E-P2 price.

Me too....and fast lenses also

voyager · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2010, 11:05:12 AM »

They still might have a new camera coming at Photokina.

lisandra · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2010, 04:54:20 PM »

and those two lenses were disappointing as hell too...

Antoine G · « **Reply #4 on:** August 31, 2010, 07:52:03 PM »

or just Black Stylism Olympus announces special edition kits for the E-P2 camera in black

Panther · « **Reply #5 on:** August 31, 2010, 08:30:08 PM »

Olympus is facing some stiff competition from Sony NEX
Sony is running a special now - You can get a NEX-3 with the 18-55 and 16mm pancake for $699 USD. Same deal for the NEX-5 except for $799 USD. Both the NEX-3 and 5 have flash included.

This E-P2 "Special" costs more than the NEX deals and it has one less lens...

barondla · « **Reply #6 on:** September 01, 2010, 04:40:52 AM »

Know what you mean Panther. This, is why I have always said Olympus won't be the leader (sales) in mirrorless cameras 3-5 years from now. They could build the best cameras on the planet but will get out marketed as they always have. My guess is Canon or Nikon will rule once their mirrorless designs hit. Wild card could be Sony. They aren't so far behind marketing wise, as they were with DSLRs.
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barondla

Seems Olympus keeps covering the same 14-42 & 40-150 lens territory over and over again? Geez. How many versions do we need?

adash · « **Reply #7 on:** September 01, 2010, 04:43:52 AM »

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Seems Olympus keeps covering the same 14-42 & 40-150 lens territory over and over again? Geez. How many versions do we need?

What about a faster one?

Kind of depressed by the E-P2 black kit intro