Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/30/olympus_pen/
Olympus rewrites Pen system camera specs
Mini, Lite and flagship models announced
Posted in Hardware, 30th June 2011 10:24 GMT
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Olympus has taken the wraps off three new members of its micro four-thirds system camera family, Pen.
The additions include the Pen Mini "the world’s smallest and lightest system camera", according to Olympus. A challenger for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3 [1] then. Also dubbed the E-PM1, the Mini is aimed at folk after a point-and-shoot that also offers more creative freedom than compacts usually offer.
Specs include a 12.3Mp live CMOS sensor; 3in, 460,000-dot LCD; ISO 12,800 sensetivity; and 35-point autofocus. Full details on Olympus' E-PM1 page [2].
Next up is the E-PL3, aka the Pen Lite [3], successor to the E-PL2 [4] and sporting a similar spec to the Mini. But it has a tiltable 3in, 460,000-dot LCD.
Finally, the top-end E-P3 is Olympus' retro-look Pen flagship, again with a 12.3Mp sensor but much faster focusing than the other two, the company said.
You can read all the numbers here [5].
The E-P3 goes on sale in August, but the other two cameras won't arrive until the autumn. Prices have yet to be set. They'll be available simplay as bodies, and in a variety of lens kit bundles. ®
Links
- http://www.reghardware.com/2011/06/13/hands_on_panasonic_lumix_dmc_gf3_and_dmc_g3/
- http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/21693_pen-camera_e-pm1_24690.htm
- http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/21693_pen-camera_e-pl3_24699.htm
- http://www.reghardware.com/2011/03/04/review_camera_olympus_pen_e_pl2/
- http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/21693_pen-camera_e-p3_24708.htm