Comments on: Olympus EP-2: released before the end of the year, with a viewfinder

By: guido

guido — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:32:31 +0000

all these news are interesting and surprising but nothing would HOOTER than a return by SONY of the contax g2 with zeiss lenses.it was the very best and would still be for sure

By: Thomas R. Koll

Thomas R. Koll — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:13:49 +0000

I’d be happy if they don’t put a flash into it. I love doing strobo photos and always favour a test button on the flash over built-in flash.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:13:49 +0000

is the sensor big enough to where you wouldn’t have to use a flash very often?

Also, I agree that an on-board flash doesn’t look great, but what about indoor shots of family events or like you said shots with strong back light?

Isn’t the whole purpose of the camera to be small and portable? I don’t want to have to carry around a big flash along with it, which would obviously make it not small and portable.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:19:08 +0000

Chances are any situation that requires a tiny direct on board flash (such as a bar) to take a photo means you are taking a photo not worth having. Buy a $100 P&S for that kind of crap so you don’t ruin an $800 camera when it gets beer spilled on it.

The only time I ever need an on board flash is when I want to shoot a pic of a person with strong back light…and even then I still don’t like using on camera flash. I’d much rather put an RF transmitter in the hot shoe and hold a strobe in my left hand.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:24:34 +0000

you can’t even use the a camera without a flash in a lot of situations. why would you want a camera you can’t even use sometimes, but with a little viewfinder?

By: Mads Randstoft

Mads Randstoft — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:44:03 +0000

Signed by Nikon… They are frightened by the marketshare that this little cam have taken and try to stem the market with these rumors so people will not buy the E-P1 but sit and wait for the E-P2 so Nikon have a chance of developing a competitor to the E-P1…

By: james

james — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:09:54 +0000

E-P2 with a built in viewfinder would tip the balance for me, I’ve recently been weighing up the Lumix G1 against the E-P1 but the latter’s lack of built in VF (and EXTORTIONATE cost of the external one) has been tipping me towards the Lumix. but the E-P1 is just so SHINY. EVF I would also assume, RF would make it as bulky (relatively speaking) as the G1. I rather like EVFs actually, they are much better now than a couple of years back. Still don’t exactly work at the speed of light though … if you know what I mean…

+1 on the flash, can live without that

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:04 +0000

Would much MORE rather see a viewfinder than an on camera flash any day

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:33:53 +0000

So still no flash? Would much rather see a flash than a viewfinder.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:57:36 +0000

Hm. An EVF, I’m assuming. I would’ve preferred a rangefinder.

By: zygh

zygh — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:09:07 +0000

how is that a replacement, dooby? i thinks it’ll be something similar to g(h)1. hopefully, oly will have enough sense to upgrade functionality via firmware on the e-p1.

By: NikoDoby

NikoDoby — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:32:22 +0000

A replacement already. That was fast!
Maybe an “up market” version with higher resolution OLED screen too?