June 18, 2009
Olympus E-P1
Amy has been waiting for an interchangeable-lens, dslr image quality, rangefinder form-factor camera she can fit in her purse.
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Amy has been waiting for an interchangeable-lens, dslr image quality, rangefinder form-factor camera she can fit in her purse.
25 Responses to “Olympus E-P1”
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Yes.
What Amy wants, Amy should have.
no argument here.
Thanks, Deron! You’ve just found my next camera purchase. And by next, I mean when I can justify the cost of replacing my currently adequate Lumix.
that’s funny, Kelsey, that’s the camera that got Amy thinking about what she wanted.
I secretly wish they’d copied the body of the original.
this is what I was hoping for.
Oh! Interesting.
I’ll admit the only complaint I have with my Lumix is the fact that it doesn’t function like an SLR (with interchangeable lenses). I think I’d stop collecting so many other cameras that I rarely carry around (the Brownie, my grandfather’s Polaroid, the DIY pinhole, etc.) if I could instead just play around with the effects of various lenses (much more portable).
Of course, this could all be the flimsy rationale I’ve been considering toward the purchase of a digital SLR.
I also would have liked something more like the original design.
Hm, is it just me or do they skip over the question of shutter speed? That’s a huge reason to prefer a real SLR…
Damn you, Deron! I use film, but, this is as sweet as a sweet thing.
Oh. That wasn’t clear. See, I can find the officially stated shutter speed abilities. What I really meant was the time between clicking the button and the camera actually taking the photo. What’s that called?
I was hoping they would call this camera the PEN-1s, it would certainly make for an interesting naming scheme for the add on’s.
Either that or the PEE-1, which has potential as well.
I personally hate the number and letter naming schemes of cameras. I can never remember that. Give me a word like “pen” and I’ll remember it. Seems It would also stand out from the sea of number and letter named items.
Names such as ‘Amy’ or ‘Lucy’ or ‘Cindy’ or ‘Phil’ or ‘Rick’ might be helpful.
When my friend Ed’s sister Susan was little, she gave the name ‘Mildred’ to the telephone switching station near the intersection of Illinois and Westmoreland Avenues in Dallas. Mildred was a family friend who worked there, hence the building became ‘Mildred’.
I bet its official designation was something alphanumeric and impossible to remember.
They should name it Mrs. Twat.
Mildred. Mrs. Twat.
“I shot that series of images with Mrs. Twat. That’s right. With Mildred.”
Nice ring, don’t you think?
I’d love to utter the words:
“give me one of those twattin’ cameras” also known as a Mildred.
I imagine an entire new photographic aesthetic — magazines, exhibitions, online sites and forums — all devoted to Mrs. Twat. Mildred.
Photographers could boast about their ‘Twats’.
I have often boasted of my love of twats.
Doubtless in various Twat user groups.