Posted some photos of this camera some a month ago and it's finally here, the Olympus PEN E-P1 link



Camera:
Metal body
12.3 Megapixel Live MOS sensor
1/4000 - 60 sec shutterspeed
ISO 100 - 6400
Approx. 3 fps, 10 frames RAW, approx. 12 jpg
Built-in I.S. with max. 4 EV steps efficiency
HD-Movie (720p, 30fps, 7 minutes)
P, AV, SV, M -modes
One control wheel
Flash hotshoe

Lenses:
14-42mm f/3,5-5,6
17mm f/2,8

Price:
Camera only €699,-
Cam + 14-42mm €799,-
Cam + 17mm + external OVF €899,-
Cam + 14-42mm + 17mm + OVF €999,-


some more photos










Looks like a fun camera to have next to your Pentax right.
They only need some more of those pancake prime lenses and you've a nice system I think
The lens prices seems in order only the camera is a bit expensive.

Thank you guys! not bad for a first time right

I'm getting really interested in this kind of photography, i want to do more with it. What are the big names in the autosport photography, just want to see how the shots of the pro's look like.

Mike we have the TT of Assen here, it's just very busy then so don't think I'll go there.
The Formula 3 was not super busy it was cosy so to say, you had enough room to stand were you want but you werent the only one. Felt a bit out of place between the white lenses sometimes.

America take a lot of photos before they bomb something even when they did something horrible they photograph it.

Necessary Evil sometimes referred to as Plane # 91 was the name of a B-29 Superfortress (B-29-45-MO 44-86291, victor number 91) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

Assigned to the 393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a camera plane to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb, and to carry scientific observers.

Back ontopic, it really depends on what you photograph. People are very fond on there privacy now a days and also animal welfare and environment are big subjects these days and it's so easy to make a photo of the wrong moment and make that photo look like a disaster.

oh the Pentax vs the world again
If people care about what they buy they will do research in the range you want. It's not right that the K20D is compared to lower end camera's while it competes perfectly well with the canon 40D and nikon D80.
When someone wants a 40D and looks what else is on the market they really might not end up even looking at pentax since most comparison are against the lower models and when someone wants a 450D then the K20D might seem too much.

I believe that the viewfinder (mirror vs prisme) tells a lot in which category it belongs also if it has two control wheels or not.
-Low end camera have a penta mirror and one control wheel.
-mid end penta prisme and two control wheels.
-high end have full frame sensors.
Good you also have high and low in these ranges as well but atleast they are comparable.

Sorry had some busy times and it's fun to do sometimes but not so often.

Hi Dick,

Sorry that I thought that the topic was camera specific so thought it only went what the camera did. I only have DNG files on the pc now, i use lightroom it uploads and converts to DNG since I've also photoshop lightroom directly link the DNG to PS and PS have no limitation handelling those RAW files.

I think that for the speed the camera doesn't compress them as much, pc has also a lot more power to compress those files.
I do wonder why DNG is so much larger then PEF that the camera makes.
With the K10D i do notice that it process DNG faster, i can shoot 2 or 3 frames more before the buffer fills but I would rather have them smaller, I've never filled the buffer with actual shooting.

If you get such expensive camera you need to have the lenses as well to let it shine or else a K20D with an high quality lens will win every day.

There is no Pentax A zoom lens that goes over 210mm, there is a FA* 250-600 f/5.6 though but you will not get one under $6000 probable.

If you want a light weight safari lens then the DA 55-300 would be your best bet everything over that range and faster will get quite a bit heavier.

Getting the right primes isn't that hard, what do you want to do with it?
the DA*300 is a very nice lens for wild life and works well with a TC so you can get some extra length.

ps. get a K20D now with the DA 17-70 and DA*300 + TC or DA 55-300. If the K7 is becoming cheaper you can sell the K20D for almost the same money you bought it so in the end save yourself money for not buying the K-7 new.

Some more photos.
What do you think of these?

Prieni, I tried to make these as straight as i could.

Dick, I see your point now though but not the usefulness of it.
Exif support, Image title, Person who created the image & Copyright holder so you're only missing keywords from your list. Only useful I believe when editing, don't think I'll ever input keywords while shooting.

Here you go page 22 link

My biggest problem with DNG is the compressing by the camera, it isn't that good. You can hold 50% more photos if you use PEF instead of DNG. Both of files are the same and camera gives the same information to both so the extra data space isn't used at that stage (I believe).
I convert my photos straight to DNG when uploading them with the pc, only 2 reasons behind that, smaller file and better support by Adobe software.

Thank you all for your kind comments, Didn't do it too bad it seems and these where the first shots and with a quick look they became better so hang on for some time till i get those ready.

Priene, I believe with the 3th shot it was the panning the cars in the background comes towards you but you need to move to the side to track the orange car and the blue car moves faster sideways.
I'm not really to fond of it myself that photo but it shows how precise you need to be with it. I thought it was simpler but it's really hard to get it sharp.

Of the 6 photos only 1 is sharp, I made 324 photos that day so I've some good ones.