Today Olympus announced the previously leaked VF-3 electronic viewfinder and the pricing of the PEN E-PL3 camera that was announced few weeks ago. You can see a nice comparison between the VF-3 and VF-2 viewfinders at Thephoblographer. The price of the VF-3 will be $179.99. The Olympus PEN E-PL3 with 14-42mm Zoom or 17mm prime lens will [...]
Olympus announced the EP-3 ($900 with a lens), E-PL3, E-PM1 PEN cameras with a new FL-300R flash ($170) and 45mm f/1.8 ($400) and 12mm f/2 ($800) lenses. Olympus calls the E-P3 the fastest AF interchangeable lens digital cameras. Here is the coverage from around the Net: Olympus EP-3 + and 12mm f/2 review Olympus EP-3 review Another [...]
Here are some preliminary Olympus EP-3 specs: new, in-house developed 12MP sensor improved high ISO performance with a max ISO of 12800 built-in flash 1080i 60i video recording a new, faster AF system touchscreen LCD display with over 600k dots new interface incl, buttons, menus, ports, additional pre-set filter Olympus is expecting to announce the EP-3 together [...]
Olympus likes new product teasers and this is their latest one for their upcoming E-PM1, E-PL3 and E-P3 models that will be announced on June 30th. Maybe they will reveal more as we get closer to the announcement date. Via DCWatch
Another confirmation for the June 30th announcement of new PEN cameras: Olympus already sent out invitations for the press event in Taiwan. As previously reported, three new PEN cameras will be announced:
This is just an update to a previous post on the new E-P3, E-PL3 and the new mini-Olympus: digicame-info received some new information that the three cameras will be announced on June 30th instead of June 3, 2011. Olympus probably delayed the announcement because Sony will present their new cameras on June 3rd.
