Image of the teaser (single gif frames megerd into one picture by Dicahub)
If you visit the gopc.olympus-imaging.com site you can spot two animated GIF teasers for the new PEN-F. It suggests there will be a silver PEN-F too because the yesterday PEN-F leaked imaged has a Black dial. The teaser shows the silver version.
One more teaser image:
The silhoutte image captured by Peter K. (Thanks):
And thanks Kasey for finding and sharing this as first!
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Silver yeah
I love white Oly, I have just ordered a white E-P5 (usd400)
Looks like there is an image of the PEN-F in the top photo-carousel as well.
Also this: http://gopc.olympus-imaging.com/common/images/mainImg04.jpg
That’s looking like a ‘new’ mode dial system then! One on top for general PASM etc & the ‘art’ one on the front?
Well, ‘O’ did say “As for the new features, some will by happy some will say gimmicks.”
Looks like wasted space if the front dial is for the art styles. If that’s true, then Olympus didn’t take long to shit the bed.
I would think it’s function will be customizable as its a olympus
I would expect one of the “new features” is related to this dial. Olympus likes to advertise its innovations on camera bodies (shake reduction had its own LED indicator when it first appeared, ‘IS’ used to have a dedicated button, ‘Art’ first appeared on the mode dial of the E-30, the multi-function button on various cameras is marked by a curves symbol and ‘HDR’ is printed on the E-M1)..
It could be a Dial-A-Selfie knob. 🙂
Maybe it’s just a Dial-A-Selfie Knob?
Or just a dial-a-knob
I think that it is the special program dial: Mono, color, art, movie which is up front and on top you’ll then have the shutterspeed and aperture dial.
FART and COLON?
ha.ha.ha.
Love it! And I suppose the rear protruding new evf will be somehow deattachable, to maintain pocketability.
Why would you suppose that?
Because with the evf protruding as much as it looks in the image, the pocketability will be considerably affected. Also the history of the pens having detachable evfs. At least I’m hoping it will be.
Maybe not the entire evf, but the protruding part with the external ocular/eyecap parts.
this one too
WinterPEN-F is coming.Why not, also an white.
It looks like the new front dial is oriented to JPEG shooters. I can read Mono Color and Art, but what is the fourth one? It’s disappointing they are pitching this to art filter shooters.
Something like ‘OO’. 3D? A mode that produces crap?
The two reels of filmcamera maybe.
Like I said a few threads up, this could be the special program dial like: Mono (monochrom), color, ART (artfilters and Movie. Then on top you will have shutterspeed and aperture dials with an A position for when both are in A it’s actually the “P” mode.
And then on the left side the EV dial (although I hope not if it’s not fully functional as with Fuji e.a.)
This would make more sense for a really retro camera!
That would be much better than a “random” art-filter dial. Definitely ….but still kind of dufus.
You can’t have a labelled aperture dial on the body since the aperture values for the different lenses are all over the place. One of those top dials needs to be a dedicated PASM dial. The m43 system isn’t set up for classic controls like Fuji since there are only a couple of native Panaleica lenses with aperture rings.
Well maybe only shutterspeed dial and EV dial then.
Yes , really lame. I’d be embarrassed to have that on the front of my camera.
You now have it on top so what’s up with your snobbery.
If that is true…it definitely takes my enthusiasm down a notch. So amateurish.
That belies the “look” of the camera.
Hope this dial with its settings can be programable to other features… I am disapointed it is made for so useless filters used for point-and-shot shooters.
In anticipation of this monumental moment- I’m going to rebuy the 75mm 1.8. Long story on that. Anyway, should I get it in black this time. That is the question.
Hee..hee…I sold my silver one just to buy the black. YES…buy the black.
I still have the silver 12mm and chose the silver 15mm (beautiful pewter-like finish)… So go figure.
Disappointed! Was going for a more minimalistic kind of body just like the old ones. They should also keep the rectangular shutter.
Art filters? LOL. What a waste. I thought that front dial was going to be something useful like for switching focus modes. A dedicated knob to art filters makes no sense at this price range.
No, there is no official announcement for the price yet but if they come to something close, what makes it so expensive…. to me, “Image Leaks!” was done on purpose by Olympus to find out the market’s initial reaction especially on the price (so they could reconsider before the debut)? And hope it won’t be pink like Pentax Q lol