You asked me to find a picture of the back of the new Olympus E-PL2. This is all I got, a small 200px picture. It shows a blue E-Pl2 with the Penpal module attached. If you have better images feel free to share them using imageshack!
P.S.: You can also use the Penpal module on the [shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink] and [shoplink 14830]Olympus E-P2[/shoplink].
P.P.S.: You should watch this http://www.differentbypentax.com/#/video/4d2323b0bf950 😉
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If it works like that:
admin, can you find a picture of a Rangefinder Panasonic GF1 sucessor for me? Preferably a real one 😉
tobi
Mmmhhh…seems to be the old e-pl1…Control dial??
Hmm… no parameter wheel, it seems.
Ops wrong picture. Now I uploaded the correct picture!
Wow, I did not understand anything. lol
This is not the E-PL2 back, look at the screen. It’s the E-PL1 blue one
Remember that E-PL2 Screen is 3 inch.
I think it’s a E-PL1 in blue with PENPAL
Try it again Andrea 😉
WOW!!!! Now I’s OK!!!
I Think this could be the real back one.
GREAT!!!
Fixed! Sorry I uploaded the wrong picture 🙁
P.S.: My name is not Andrea 🙂
He tried to fish ur name :p
If Oly now had the guts to include the full E-P1 panel…
What is the video link you posted about
http://www.differentbypentax.com/#/video/4d2323b0bf950
I watched it who made this edit off the video ??
Oh Its okay I get it now you can upload your own picture and it puts it into a pre made video , quite funny off someone to put the EPl2 picture on a Pentax viral idea
LOL at that video… Wonder how long it will be up there???
Ok I get it 😛 I was wondering what the hell was that 😛
and thanks for the image of the back Admin! It seems, there are not a lot of things left to the EP2…
Nice: same number of buttons as E-PL1 + wheel; addons are backwards compatible with accessory port v1.
Controls are improving, now if only dimensions stayed the same… and can we have full HD video – please? Day and a half to go :).
admin
thanks 😉
Even the back side copies the styling of the E-P1 totally. This ought to mean there is an E-P1/E-P2 successor out soon. And this most likely with completely new styling.
By copying (almostly) buttons from E-Px, probably the underwater case can be reused by E-P1/E-P2. even if only vertical roller can not be used it is much better for Olympus because they can sell case to more people.
IMHO they should make the case compatible with all camreas even if you need to purchase some plastic fittings.
IOW one control wheel is better than none and this is an entry level camera. (Pic look a litle bit photoshop with different greys for wheel and case)
While the control bottons look like the layout on the EP2, in order to retain same EPL1 body width they have all been compressed together and may be more difficult to use intuitively. Looks like the thumb handling the camera would cover the rear speaker?
In any case going from the vertical roller wheel on the EP2 to the small ring around menu circle is a step backwards in useability for me. I predict the roller wheel will come back in the EP3 version?
What happened to the earlier predicted Oly release stated to be Jan 4th or today? I stayed up to midnight last night in US looking for it.
In a previous post, @admin corrected himself and said it would be on Thursday.
The wheel looks a bit small, but probably still an improvement. I agree that the E-P3 will probably be of a different styling now, and guess that it will include an EVF.
I sure hope so. While the scroll wheels on the EP-1/2 are ok, I can’t say that I ever enjoyed using them or thought the felt nice. I much prefer the rubberized feel on high-end DSLR scroll wheels.
I’m still hoping Olympus will use a Leica-like form factor, but even if they decide to use an Olympus E-450 type body I’d be ok with that too.
I have never found those thin little wheels to be veru useful. They are too imprecise and unworkable with any kind of gloves on. I didn’t like them on Canon products, and I shut it off on my EP1.
If they get rid of buttons and ONLY have this control, then it’s a step backward, sadly.
i love the wheel on ep2. it is the fastest way to change shutter/aperture since the old shutter dial and the aperture ring.
Deniz:
I on the other hand found I was continually changing settings with the wheel on the E-P2 based on carrying the camera like I do with the E-3 (including having the camera on with auto sleep). Having a 1/2 leather case moved my fingers up somewhat and it made it less likely that I would change settings. Since I don’t change aperture/shutter speed all that frequently, it doesn’t matter to me whether I use dials or buttons.
In terms of the previous discussion about the Penpal, I see Samsung has announced a much more useful remote control camera that uses WiFi (wifi has more bandwidth/range than bluetooth, but it consumers more power). In particular, having it be controlled by your Android phone is something I really would like Olympus to have, but I don’t think it is on the radar screen. Here is the link from dpreview on the announcement:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1101/11010403samsungsh100.asp
what was the accessory on the othe photo Admin?
> P.P.S.: You should watch this http://www.differentbypentax.com/#/video/4d2323b0bf950
+1 to Pentax for the viral and ingenious ad 😉
now my biggest curiosity is that oly’s huge focus point has got any smaller
so, do we only get this tiny little crop because you cannot show us the whole back due to the inclusion of a built in EVF – and that is top secret???
… anyone thinking the same as me?
… or am I only dreaming?
No EVF on EPL-2 unless you buy it separately: https://rumors.limboint.dev/wp-content/uploads-legacy/43rumors/2010/12/Penpal.png
You can dream of articulated LCD – for twelve more hours :).