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new Olympus PEN-F - Klaus - 01-27-2016
Official now:
http://www.olympus.com.au/Products/Interchangeable-Lens-Cameras/Olympus-Pen/PEN-F/Overview
new Olympus PEN-F - Rover - 01-27-2016
There are reviews/previews already out:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/history-repeating-olympus-pen-f-first-impressions-review
https://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-pen-f-hands-on-preview--28758
But that front dial proves well that there can't be a perfect design... it may be so close but then someone will inevitably add something as stupid as the... "Creative Mode" selection dial. :blink: I think it may become the stuff of legends, akin to the Direct Print button found on Canons of yore.
new Olympus PEN-F - Brightcolours - 01-27-2016
I agree, that dial is a silly ugly wart. I guess they try to cater to the instagram generation.
new Olympus PEN-F - Rover - 01-27-2016
Quote:I agree, that dial is a silly ugly wart. I guess they try to cater to the instagram generation.They can't really do that unless the camera is connected and equipped with a client (or runs Android, anyway). No, this is probably just another case of someone on the top level saying "hey let's add this, it would be a cool thing to throw in" and nobody from below having the guts to say that the idea sucked rhino.
new Olympus PEN-F - Brightcolours - 01-27-2016
Quote:They can't really do that unless the camera is connected and equipped with a client (or runs Android, anyway). No, this is probably just another case of someone on the top level saying "hey let's add this,it would be a cool thing to throw in" and nobody from below having the guts to say that the idea sucked rhino.The camera connects via WiFi to your smartphone.
new Olympus PEN-F - Rover - 01-27-2016
Quote:The camera connects via WiFi to your smartphone.For the hipster crowd, that might be one linkage too many.
Besides, why would you need in-camera filters when you can add all kinds of wacky treatment - Lo-Fi, X-Pro II and whatnot - right in Instagram. 
Though I may be overly harsh... I'm an Instagram user myself... I stick the microSD card from the camera into the phone and post; or, better yet, edit the picture on my computer and re-upload to post (there's a Windows desktop client for Instagram, for sure, but the one I was using hasn't upgraded when Instagram dropped the mandatory square format, so I kicked it and chose not to find another one, using the phone instead).
new Olympus PEN-F - soLong - 01-27-2016
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new Olympus PEN-F - borisbg - 01-29-2016
Hopefully in this new offering Oly will not use construction grade cable for the charger. It is so annoying.
I just bought M10.
new Olympus PEN-F - Brightcolours - 03-04-2016
The weirdest thing is the name: Olympus PEN-F. Styled after a rangefinder camera, using the name from the old Olympus Pen-F camera. But that camera was not a range finder camera. And did not look anything like this new PEN-F.
![[Image: Olympus-Pen-F.jpg]](http://www.photoscala.de/grafik/2009/Olympus-Pen-F.jpg)
Oh the wonders of marketing.
new Olympus PEN-F - Rover - 03-05-2016
Well, I think the similarity is there. It's not a copy but a decent modern re-evaluation. When they did get down to copying stuff, they did it for wrong reasons. Of course, I'm talking about that stupid wheel on the front - stupid now in function, not in form. Now such controls are better used for some functions that have a limited number of options - like drive mode, metering or maybe exposure compensation. But there it quickly gets fiddly because modern cameras now go to ±5 and it's just too many small increments that would be difficult to hit precisely. More so with shutter speed and ISO because I imagine it could be a nightmare to find the right value among a mass of tiny clicks, especially if you're in a hurry.