February 2010 – Page 3

Olympus launched a teaser site for the next E-Pnext:

When I first saw this yesterday, it said “You can’t hide creativity…” and it’s since been changed to the unimanginative, “YOUR next camera is coming soon…”

For reference, I decided to see if I could glean it for MY last camera which came last month… the E-P2

MY last camera came last month…
San Francisco, California

Nikon D3, Nikkor Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D
1/5sec @ ƒ4, ISO200, 85mm

I didn’t have a 17mm pancake like in the picture and my “man-hands” are blocking some of the details, but the E-P2 extends out to my palm, while the photo shows the next one extending out to the woman’s knuckles. The length of my hand should be about right so it’s at most about an inch smaller and just as tall.

Continue reading about Guesses about the next Pen from Olympus after the jump

(Article continued from part 3)

Unlike in the article four years ago, I’ll be covering specific models. I’ll cover them in the reverse order to my original article, because I felt I gave the less popular brands a short shrift last time.

Pentax

The Pentax K-x ($550 from Adorama, B&H, Amazon)

The Pentax K-x is available in 100 color combinations in Japan.

Four years ago, I stated that Pentax makes shooter-centric cameras at a great value. In fact, I mentioned that Pentax was the first entry in this dSLR price category, and this was in line with Pentax’s history: to bring those people on a budget a quality camera.

Continue reading about Pentax, Sony and Olympus entry dSLRs after the jump

The Woodwork

You tell that other boy, not to touch the woodwork

The Woodwork

Month: February 2010

The Olympus E-Pnext

What (entry) dSLR (to buy)? [The entry kit dSLR Part 4]

Pentax