Now you can get it for an almost ridiculous price! Check:
The E-P2 body is in Stock for $329 at Amazon (Click here).
The E-P2 with 17mm pancake is in Stock for $499 at Amazon (Click here).
The E-P2 with 14-42mm lens and Electronic Viewfinder is in Stock for $749 at Amazon (Click here).
Those are the lowest prices I have ever found! P.S.: The new E-P3 is in Stock in white and silver kits at Amazon (Click here).
UPDATE: You can now preorder the new Olympus E-PL3 at BHphoto (Click here).
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That is a really good price, I wish the EPL2 was that price – and I’d get a second one.
amateur photographer and other magazines wrote that e-p3 autofocus is no match to a phase detection autofocus.
also in low light the e-p3 has still the problem with focus hunting.
so AF is only good with OPTIMAL lighting and STILL objects.
yes the new AF is faster under some circumstances… what a wonder think about how it sucked before. but still no match for phase AF.
when will olympus stop lying about AF?
olympus has optimized the AF for photographing testchart and ebay shots. still clueless olmypus fans and internet “reporter” repeat the olympus marketing crap.
And this has what to do with a good price for the E-P2?
The trolls are everywhere! They live to write crap about the products they don’t own. Maybe a girlfriend or boyfriend left them for an EP3 in this case.
(Some are employees of the companies that make competing products.)
OMG, my records got broken so fast.
You can buy it now if you feel E-P3 too expensive or trying to learn advantages of M4/3.
Very tempting… I really want an EP3, but this is so cheap…
I’ve got two LTM lenses and an adapter for m4/3. Just need a body to stick them on.
Maybe try the EP2, and wait till the “pro” stuff happens. Any news on that Admin?
Interesting dilemma – budget could allow at this price for the E-P2 and the new 12mm lense or the E-P3 with the kit lense and 40mm 1.7. I could then wait for the new generation of sensors. Not having hands on E-P experience I don’t know which way to jump. Any Advice?
Jerry, I briefly thought the same as you, E-P2 + 12mm, just to test PEN waters and IBIS, for a change. In the end I decided against it. The E-P2 AF is slower than my current GF1, and has no built in evf, which are the things i’d like to improve right now, so it seemed like a nice deal, but still a waste of money.
Thanks for the advice – I will wait for the E-P3 with all of its improvements and remaining imperfections. Since we are still in the early phase of the development of m43 I know I will have some regrets when the next generation with articulated screens, focus peaking and much improved sensor gets released. I currently have the E-510 with a valued 12-60 and 50mm f2 and hope I can get some use out of them on the E-P3. I will be purchasing the new EVF and practicing manual focusing with a Leica 40mm summicron-c.
Pany user here. Bought an E-P2 from Cameta and ended up returning it. My take..if you’re used to Panasonic’s fast AF and menu system, I’d advise against getting the E-P2 because it’s very slow and Olympus menus are very convoluted. Though, if you want to have camera with IBIS, I’d also think you’d be best served waiting for an E-PM1 or pay a little more for a E-PL2.
Thank you Jon.
I’m an Olympus user, but also had an L1 so I’m familiar with both menus. I was a little worried about the AF speed. At first I was just going to use MF lenses, but I’d surely get some native lenses soon. Being used to the E5 AF, something dramatically slower would probably be an issue.
I think waiting for the EPL3 or even M1 would be a better choice. Now, the EPL2 uses the same AF of the EP2, no?
Jon, what Panasonic body do you use? I wouldn’t mind finding a GF1 (or even GF2) as my adaptation to m4/3s. I just don’t want an SLR-like body.