Olympus just announced the new PEN-F and some other accessories. Here are the preorder links and reviews:
PEN-F Preorder links:
Silver PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Black PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Silver PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, WexUk, ParkCameras.
Black PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, WexUK, ParkCameras.
Olympus E-M10 Mark II Limited at BHphoto.
Olympus CBG-11 PR Premium Leather Camera Bag for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CS-48 PR Premium Leather Wrapping Cloth for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus ECG-4 External Metal Grip for PEN-F (Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CSS-S120L PR Premium Leather Shoulder Strap for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CS-47B Leather Body Jacket for PEN-F (Black) at BHphoto.
Reviews and Hands-on:
Dpreview (first impression). Robin Wong (part one review). Mirrorlessons. Ming Thein. Cameras.reviewed. Pen And Tell (German). Park Cameras. Dpreview (hands-on). TheVerge. Engadget.
Image samples:
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Videos:
Olympus Pen-F Hands-On Review by Park Cameras on Youtube. Olympus PEN-F by Olympus on Youtube. Adorama hands-on on Youtube. Olympus concept video on Youtube. Olympus intorduction video on Youtube. Introduction by Jamie McDonald on Youtube. Steve Digicams on Youtube.
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And what an underwhelming camera as of now 😀 .
In all fairness however I don’t think this cam is about specs. It has very decent spec but that’s not the point. The camera is about inspiring and delivering creativity. That’s what I think they meant by “taking on Fuji”. It’s about making art filter rapidly availlable, by offering customization to B&W, basically this cam is about the processir and the controls.
In this case I admit I am looking forward to a video review of it, which I usually don’t like, because usability and not technology is the heart of this camera.
It would be a huge step forward if they did it right. Fuji has my heart because image quality and engaging usability is at the very core of everything they do and all engineering goes toward that goal, they are pretry much the only ones right now, let’s hope the Pen-F does that to Olympus but first it has to be successful.
I don’t own Fuji, but their approach makes a lot more sense to me, in that their lenses are made with functional aperture rings, and they’ve got a dedicated shutter-speed dial. Set each to “A”, and you’re in full automatic. Form very much follows function on the Fuji.
Here, as with Panasonic, it makes a lot LESS sense to me. It’s like they just mapped a standard PASM interface to the control layout of a vaguely retro body. So function follow form…never a good thing.
For example, I see that on the original Pen-F that knob on the front was the shutter speed dial. On the new incarnation, the designers were stuck with a control they needed to use to stay true to the spirit (or whatever), so they though, why not a “creative-mode dial”?
Maybe not the best way to approach camera design.
Really nice, but overpriced, camera.
said it once, will say it again..
this camera is ugly. it is not only ugy it is cheap.. it looks like a film camera you got the flea market for 10€ .. Look at the Leica M, Fuji XPro or Oly OM-D series it looks ridiculous.. OM-D and Fuji hit the line between vintage and timeless design, which hipsters kill for.. this camera looks old and cheap .. it’s retro, but not timeless.
And the specs are .. well… and the mode dial.. well.. good option for jpeg shooters.. otherwise the dial is useless.. spensing $1.2k for a jpeg camera is not the best deal.
Sony sensoer and no back side illumination … I won’t buy.