43rumors.com did a good job by revealing some pictures of the new Olympus E-P2. The E-P1 successor that will be revealed soon early next month (6th November 2009).
From the leaked picture, E-P2 shares the same body like E-P1, but it will have black option. This is great because Olympus listened to its fans. Black remains a very popular color especially for small cameras. It also means that E-P2 won’t have any built-in flash nor AF assist lamp.
Olympus E-P1 vs E-P2 specs (from Photo Rumors)
- Optional Electrical Viewfinder w/ 1,440,000 dots.
- HyperCrystal LCD 460,000 dots – match Panasonic GF1
- Continuous Drive 3.5 to 4 fps
- Flash Sync 1/180 sec or below 1/250 sec.
- Upgraded iAUTO and Additional Art Filters.
- Faster processor True Pic V+
However, we don’t know if Olympus is able to fix many other weaknesses that E-P1 has especially slow auto focus speed.
Beside that, Olympus will also launch live viewfinder that has very high resolution equal to Panasonic G1 but much better than live viewfinder that introduced by Panasonic as a complement of their Panasonic GF1.
An external installation, E-P2-specific high-resolution electronic viewfinder, which has 1.44 million pixels, 100% field of vision and 1.15x magnification, while the ultra-high contrast and brightness characteristics of the video camera can even add an external color comparable to the viewfinder. It also provides a refractive adjustment function.
Other than that, Olympus will introduce new external mic adapter for multimedia artists.
Photo enthusiasts will likely to confused again, whether to get Olympus E-P2 or Panasonic GF1.
[Read: Panasonic GF1 vs Olympus E-P1]
Rumor and picture via 43rumors.com
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