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Old and new: the Pen digital (above)
and the original Pen (below)
From the Olympus website:
In 1959, Olympus changed the face of photography by pursuing one simple idea: create a camera as easy to use and carry as a pen. Designed by renowned style guru Yoshihisa Maitani, the Olympus Pen triggered a camera boom that would last through the end of the 1970s. Today the legend comes alive again in digital form with the release of the E-P1. This first groundbreaking Olympus Micro Four Thirds model comes at a time when mirrors are no longer a necessary component for digital cameras with interchangeable lenses. Incredibly small size, retro style, and ease of use are a nod to the Pen’s past. However, D-SLR quality and a host of new features place the E-P1 at the leading edge as Olympus innovative technologies reimagine the future. Now everyone can have the best of both worlds: high-end design and D-SLR performance.
Return of a legend?
NEW REVIEW
Olympus has launched a revamp of its Pen cameras with the introduction of the digital Pen E-P1. The company says the new digital Pen, a Micro Four Thirds camera, is a compact camera with digital SLR performance.
The Pen E-P1 has interchangeable lenses and is a bit smaller than the E-620 DSLR. It has a 12.3 million pixel sensor and comes in two colours, white and silver. The camera is expected to cost about £700 with a 14-42mm lens.
PREVIEWS
Cool camera
"I might add that this is one cool looking camera. Aesthetically-speaking, it looks and feels like an old-school camera with a lot of additional features and capabilities. I prefer the brushed metal look as opposed to the white model, but that’s just me."
Hannah Thiem - photo.net
Official pictures: on flickr
"For years now we've been imploring every manufacturer who would listen to us to build a non-reflex interchangeable lens camera around a large sensor, and the E-P1's styling (and all metal construction) harks back to the glory days of the mechanical camera in the 60's and 70's, when men were men and cameras were built like swiss watches (a design trend started by Panasonic with cameras like the LC-1 and LX series, if truth be told). Perfect it ain't, but when we first saw the E-P1 we couldn't have been happier, and we just wanted to run off with it and start taking pictures.
Simon Joinson - dpreview
"It looks highly desirable and reasonably simple to use – at least as simple as most compact cameras. That it has a wealth of control on a par with a standard DSLR is neither here nor there; that it appears easy to use is all that counts."
Damien Demolder - Amateur Photographer magazine
