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A Quick Hands-On with the new Olympus Pen E-P5

29/06/2013 By Mathieu Leave a Comment

Update: our full review of the Pen E-P5 is now up!

Yesterday, I had a brief encounter with the new Pen E-P5 at an Olympus product demonstration here in Torino. Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to take the camera out for a short spin as I had done with Fujinon 55-200mm last month, so I will limit myself to sharing just my preliminary thoughts about this new addition to Olympus’ line of mirrorless cameras. Here at MirrorLessons, we intend to fully review it when we have our own test model available, so stay tuned!

The official Olympus announcement on May 10th 2013

10/05/2013 By Heather Leave a Comment

Leaks have already told us almost everything we need to know about the new Olympus PEN E-P5 – it’s fast, fun, retro-style and packed with the latest Olympus technology, some of which even surpasses that of the OM-D E-M5, the camera company’s flagship. As such, there were no surprises when Olympus announced its upcoming release in June early this morning. Perhaps the only thing that made us blink twice was the price – $1000 for the body alone. Olympus also confirmed that ‘premium models’ with a unique wooden grip will be available in limited quantities.