Olympus Pen E-P1 with 17mm f/2.8 lens (34mm effective) attached and optional optical viewfinder on top
“It’s not a compact. It’s not an SLR. It’s a Pen.” That’s the slogan Olympus are using for the official announcement of the Olympus Pen E-P1 camera. It’s not a compact because you can change lenses on it. It’s not an SLR because SLRs use a mirror to reflect the image to a viewfinder whereas the E-P1 has no mirror (the Micro Four Thirds standard is designed to get rid of the mirror box, thus reducing the lens-to-sensor distance, which in turn enables smaller cameras and lenses). This is a whole new category of camera, and frankly one that is way overdue–a small camera with a large sensor, that can also take a variety of lenses. Oh, and it records 720p video also. Veruh nass. » Continue Reading…