Olympus launched the E-PL6 in UK. This camera is almost the same as the current E-Pl6 but adds Wi-Fi capable FlashAir SD card and a “class best, super slim interchangeable electronic pancake lens in the ‘Expression Kit’ package” (so writes Olympus UK). The E-Pl6 is already available in asia and can be bought via [shoplink 47024 ebay]many eBay sellers (Click here)[/shoplink].
This is the official press release:
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Freedom of expression, at full speed ahead
London, July 9, 2014 – Cameras with interchangeable lenses don’t get any slimmer** or cooler than the new PEN E-PL6. Or better equipped for posting superior shots on the Web. The latest PEN comes supplied with a WiFi-capable FlashAir SD card and a class-best, super-slim, interchangeable electronic pancake zoom lens. Just two reasons Olympus calls this package the ‘Expression Kit’. The E-PL6 is also packed with technologies inherited from Olympus’ flagship OM-D series, so it has everything it takes to capture stylish, stand-out images – anytime, anywhere and on the fly.
P for Personality
For anyone who likes to express themselves and their own sense of style, the Expression Kit is the camera-lens-card combination of choice. The all-metal E-PL6 has the feel-cool factor that comes from renowned PEN’s trademark design and adds a contemporary design icon to any outfit. Like every PEN, it’s built to feel great – and look beautiful – in your hands. For a camera of this calibre, it’s also light and compact, so it will fit easily in most handbags, even with the supplied lens attached. In fact, the lens is exactly what makes this the most portable PEN yet.
Enhancing your creative options are 12 striking Art Filters and 6 Art Effects to choose from ensuring the E-PL6 has the potential to spread some serious envy online, with one-touch, one-of-a-kind clips and shots.
E for Excellence
The E-PL6 is compatible with a wide range of Micro Four Thirds specialist lenses made by the M.ZUIKO experts, and the Expression Kit includes one of their latest achievements. The M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14-42mm*** 1:3.5-5.6 EZ pancake zoom lens is the world’s slimmest in this category. The M.ZUIKO signature is unmistakeable – in the startling size of the lens, the quiet motor, and the quality of the images it captures.
Speed, power and portability are key to spontaneous, individual and stylish photography – and the PEN E-PL6 has all three in abundance. In combination with any Micro Four Thirds lens and the powerful TruePic VI image processor, super-quick start-up and autofocus mean the camera
E-PL6 MAIN FEATURES:
> Exquisitely designed, small and lightweight system camera with an all-metal finish
> Supplied with the world’s slimmest** pancake zoom lens for go-anywhere creativity
> FlashAir** WiFi card included for posting via a compatible smartphone and the free and Olympus Image Share app
> Outstanding image quality thanks to the 16.1 Megapixel Live MOS sensor and TruePic VI image processor
> Large, tiltable and swivelling high-res LCD touchscreen for framing selfies and other shots at original angles
> Fast AF and fast start-up
Reacts as fast as you think, even in low light. It delivers 16.1-Megapixel stills and 1080 Full HD movies with the consistently rich gradation, low noise and wide dynamic range that compacts and smartphones can’t hope to achieve. When these images are shared, the difference in quality is even more striking: Post a picture of a moving subject shot in poor light on a smartphone, then count the likes. There’s no better argument for the PEN and its versatile ISO settings.
The E-PL6 has a raft of new PEN features to help you quickly adjust settings, frame your shot, and capture a remarkable image. For example, Level Gauge overlays a grid on the LCD when there’s no horizon as a reference. Interval shooting for stills stitches together stop-motion videos while Small AF Target Mode makes it easy to focus on tiny parts of the subject, then magnify these for more precise focusing. Short Release Time Lag Mode combines with Fast AF to reduce the delay that can otherwise make it difficult to accurately capture fast-moving subjects.
N for Network.
The E-PL6 is all about shooting and showing, and that includes posting your oeuvre online. The supplied FlashAir WiFi card lets you quickly transfer photos and videos to your smartphone via the Olympus Image Share app, then effortlessly on to social media sites. The large and tiltable 3-inch monitor swivels up and right round so it’s visible from the front of the camera, giving you the flexibility to frame a whole new class of selfie – or other shots from unusual angles.
The PEN E-PL6 comes in a black or white body and is compatible with a variety of accessories that customise the look. For example, a matching grip.
Together with the FlashAir card and pancake lens, it will be available in beautifully designed packaging from mid-July 2014, for £429 (SRP, equivalent in other currencies).
Product specifications are subject to change without notice. Please check the Olympus website at http://www.olympus.co.uk for the latest specifications.
For E-PL6 feature descriptions, please see the online appendix.
For a full list of E-PL6 Limited Edition features, go to www.olympus.co.uk
* FlashAir is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation.
Additional features:
> 18 creative filters for adding impressive effects to Full HD movies or stills on-camera
> ISO settings as high as 25600 for great performance in low light
> Short Release Time Lag for filming fast-moving subjects
> Still interval shooting for creating stop-motion videos
> Compatible with Micro Four Thirds lenses and accessories
** The world’s shortest distance between the mount and the front end of the lens, when retracted. 3x standard zoom lens for mirrorless cameras. According to Olympus research, as of Jan 29, 2014.
*** 35mm equivalent.
via Photographyblog, ePhotozine, Dpnow.
36 Responses
I imported mine from Hong Kong…super cheap…in white…made a black and white grip for it, gave it a black leather 1/2 case and set a VF-4 on it..It is my run-out-the-door camera and great second body to my E-P5. It is so small, but a truly capable “little” machine. I would take it over a GM1 ANYDAY!
No built-in flash, an LCD with 2.3″ usable area in native 4:3 aspect ratio, significantly larger size, no wonder the near giving-them-away pricing. But the advertising hyberbole, now that’s impressive!
It’s a small, uncomplicated, all-metal, inexpensive camera with a very good sensor. It keeps the “micro” in micro four thirds. Low-cost and small…
Not this:
http://camerasize.com/compare/#460,459
Whoops..wrong link…try this comparison…talk a bout expensive and huge??
http://camerasize.com/compare/#460,525
Thanks but I will just keep using my DSLR
I will agree with you that there is waaaaaaay too much sales hype and nonsense with this “new” camera release in England…but it is still a great little still camera.
Sound like a true Olympus Fanboy Saleseman… I’ll take NONE!
Spoken like a true PanBois!!!
Capable? Where are the manual controls? This is a toy, worth 200 GBP tops.
You can just as easily call the record holding amount of manual controls camera a toy.
…and the overpriced GM1 has less controls and no optional VF?…
So let’s compare oranges to oranges! 🙂
‘Tom’, you said ‘no dial, no buy’ last time around. When I pointed out the dial right on top, you got very angry. Does your Nikon 1 have more manual controls?
Oops, sorry for outing you buddy. Our secret 🙂
Are you some sort of pervert? It looks like. I am sure you are all nice and smarmy in offline life, and yet there is that little problem with your mum…
That may be an insult in kindergarten. Well, you’re probably in kindergarten, so… But dude, no one except your mother is going to take offence for such a lame attempt.
Still angry I see.
SD, I don’t consider discussing your Nikon 1 a perversion, so you shouldn’t either. You’re just… different 🙂
thats only because you are a fanboy <3
Ho Hum…
thought this was 43 Rumours….. Seems its now just 43 News.
43 Rumours is the site you’re going to start for us. This is 43rumors.
Oh great… MORE Olympus inventory. Wonder where they’re gonna put these… by the pile of Stylus’s, the huge pile of 43 lenses, or the Gigantic pile of numerous other Pens… Decisions….
Guess it means that they are finally out of E-PL5, which is good for Olympus. Decent camera, but the smallest upgrade ever compared to previous model.
But according to the rumors the e-pl7 is about to be announced, and this time I didn’t hear about it being an Asia-only model, so I wonder if that means they plan to wait until this European e-pl6 batch is gone. The timing seems a bit out of synch.
I hear there are some ebay sales with deep deep discounts. Keep your eyes peeled!
April, April? Adding a pancake – and that´s the new PEN after selling the PL5 for 2 years now?
No 25 FPS = No Buy
Olly is well known to be not so attractive in video segment. They told the next sensor generation is going to have an over boost in that way. Pana is better in videos. But Olly, for me, is much better in photos.
They use either Panasonic sensors (EM1), or the same sony sensor as the GH3. They can’t have better image quality. Not possible. At BEST, its just a side grade with poor quality control, bad video, and poor ergonomics (EM1 aside an the ergonomics part. that one is OK)
Sensor is the same. Chip behind it not! IBIS is different.. well, when exist on few Pana cameras. AF is different.
IQ is the same, jpeg engines are different.
I can find differences between E-PL5 and E-PL6. Although I like black and red color. Same sensor, same weight, same size, same IS and same (not the latest) chip.
The black one looks particularly good this time. In some photos it seems to have that Pro-like crinkle finish.
As i told before, in fact i like the black one with red mount ring and shutter button. But… it’s a E-PL5 with new coloration. As they named E-M20 the special colored line of the E-M10.
“rich gradation, low noise and wide dynamic range that compacts and smartphones can’t hope to achieve” LOL. 429 GBP LOL LOL LOL.
Careful you don’t give yourself an aneurysm. The world might riot in celebration.
Where is the trip-D? Olympus!
They couldn’t sell all these EPL6 in Asia so paint a different colour and ship to rest of world and hope they are grateful.
I can see some epl-6 in mall (Fnac) near where i live since fews monthes and it’s only released now in uk ? (i live in France)
Damn, Olympus is putting me to sleep. Yawn city. Maybe I’ll pick one up in a couple months when the fire sale prices kick in.