Olympus launches micro 4/3 camera

In article , SMS says...

The E-P1 looks interesting, though the fact that an EVF is an optional
accessory, and an optical viewfinder for the 17mm lens needs to be
attached to the hot shoe, shows that they still just don't get it.

The optional viewfinder, which can be attached on top of the camera is
optical.

Praise g-d that they're not using XD memory cards.

Steve, they are using SD.
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Alfred Molon
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Olympus 50X0, 8080, E3X0, E4X0, E5X0 and E3 forum at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

David J Taylor wrote:

David J Taylor wrote:
Alfred Molon wrote:
http://www.olympus-europa.com/consum...p=912222#intro

Warning - this Web site has "music" on many pages!

David

.. meaning that I, for one, will simply switch away from that site.

David


Hello, David:

I readily concur! Glitzy embellishments are not only extremely annoying,
but, they take much longer to load, if one is on a slow connection.

These offending Web designers have no consideration for dial-up users
(such as myself), apparently.


Cordially,
John Turco


PS: I didn't click the original poster's (Alfred Molon) link; I was
just making a general comment.

Marty Fremen wrote:

ASAAR wrote:
. Knowledgeable
managers have started to criticize Olympus's management for not
realizing how popular the camera was going to be, so it's going to
be in very short supply for a very long time,

That's why they made such a crap website, to limit demand to a level
they could cope with. Never underestimate the Japanese!


Hello, Marty:

Quite right! Those inscrutable devils are so damned cunning, it's
a mystery why they lost World War II...they must have suffered a
collective "brain outage," at Midway? g


Cordially,
John Turco

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:55:23 +0200, Alfred Molon wrote:

In article , John Turco says...

These offending Web designers have no consideration for dial-up users
(such as myself), apparently.

There is no broadband service in your area?

Broadband coverage is still somewhat spotty. I know one fellow who lives
in the hills about three miles out of town. You are correct, he cannot
get any broadband carrier.

In article , John Turco says...

These offending Web designers have no consideration for dial-up users
(such as myself), apparently.

There is no broadband service in your area?
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Alfred Molon
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Olympus 50X0, 8080, E3X0, E4X0, E5X0 and E3 forum at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

In article , SMS says...

I thought they were going to have a hot shoe EVF similar to what Ricoh
did, but apparently not. The optical viewfinder only works with the
prime lens.

And it has a parallax.

Probably the next rev of the E-P1 will correct the deficiencies. On
smaller cameras I'm especially careful to never get one without an
optical or electronic VF since I take them backpacking where I want to
conserve the battery (as well as being able to hold the camera properly).

It's not a deficiency. They deliberately left out the viewfinder to save
space. BTW, optical viewfinders in compact cameras are close to useless.
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Alfred Molon
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Olympus 50X0, 8080, E3X0, E4X0, E5X0 and E3 forum at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/
http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

John Navas wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:19:47 -0500, John Turco
wrote in :

Marty Fremen wrote:

ASAAR wrote:
. Knowledgeable
managers have started to criticize Olympus's management for not
realizing how popular the camera was going to be, so it's going to
be in very short supply for a very long time,

That's why they made such a crap website, to limit demand to a level
they could cope with. Never underestimate the Japanese!

Quite right! Those inscrutable devils are so damned cunning, it's
a mystery why they lost World War II...they must have suffered a
collective "brain outage," at Midway? g

Not relevant to the silly diatribe that doesn't even apply to the proper
website, and offensive to boot. How nice.


Hello, John:

It was just an "inside joke," with no disrespect intended. Japan's key
naval defeat, in the Battle of Midway, was partially due to American
Magic...if you know what I mean?


Cordially,
John Turco

Alfred Molon wrote:

In article , John Turco says...

These offending Web designers have no consideration for dial-up users
(such as myself), apparently.

There is no broadband service in your area?


Hello, Alfred:

There is, but, I'm unwilling to pay a price premium for it.


Cordially,
John Turco

John Navas wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:18:52 -0500, John Turco
wrote in :

David J Taylor wrote:

David J Taylor wrote:
Alfred Molon wrote:
http://www.olympus-europa.com/consum...p=912222#intro

Warning - this Web site has "music" on many pages!

David

.. meaning that I, for one, will simply switch away from that site.

I readily concur! Glitzy embellishments are not only extremely annoying,
but, they take much longer to load, if one is on a slow connection.

These offending Web designers have no consideration for dial-up users
(such as myself), apparently.

I'm guessing they think typical dial-up users are not sufficiently
technically inclined to be a significant marketing concern.


Hello, John:

It's much more likely that, they doubt dial-up dummies could afford their
expensive DSLR cameras. :-J


Cordially,
John Turco