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Olympus EP-3 Announced

June 30, 2011
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Today Olympus announced the EP-3 in the latest in the line of PEN cameras. It has quite a few improvements yet continues the line’s look and feel in a way that Panasonic does not seem willing to do. Hopefully the claims of better autofocus and a better LCD work out as great as they sound.

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Olympus PEN Firmware Updates

April 15, 2010
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Great news for Olympus PEN owners, Olympus will be releasing a firmware update that will speed up autofocus one of the areas most needed. Grab the link below for instructions on how to update your camera. Hamburg, 15 April 2010 – Olympus is to enhance the performance of its groundbreaking PEN cameras with a new [...]

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Olympus EP-2 Video

March 6, 2010

I went out today to shoot some test video while riding in the car, this was and is not intended to be the best video but I wanted to see what the camera can do in video mode when things are moving fast. To that end I shot the following video while going over a [...]

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Olympus EP-1 Firmware Update

March 4, 2010
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Olympus has released a firmware update for the Olympus E-P1. This update resolves an issue where the levels indicator may not change when the camera was used in manual focus mode. You can download the update from Olympus

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Olympus E-P2 Manual Focus Assistance

March 2, 2010
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I’ve been using and really enjoying the Olympus E-P2 for the last month, and lately with the addition of the Canon and Nikon adapter rings the camera has become even better. The only problem I’ve had with using the Canon and Nikon lenses on the E-P2 is the lack of a way to ensure proper [...]

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Canon EOS Lenses on Olympus E-P2 Tip

February 24, 2010
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So I quickly wanted to give you all an update/tip on the use of Canon EOS lenses on the Olympus E-P2. When I originally did the review I said you could not change the aperture of the lenses but that seems to be at least partially incorrect. There is a way that you set the [...]

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[Review] Nikon Lens Adapter for Olympus E-P2

February 21, 2010
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Continuing with testing the Olympus E-P2 I’ve purchased a Nikon lens adapter, this allows me to attach all of the Nikon lenses I have to the Olympus. This is a pretty great feat in my book, it has allowed me to get into a new camera system but not feel forced to make a major [...]

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[Review] Olympus E-P2 Adapter Ring for EOS EF

February 18, 2010
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So I got the first of my two adapter rings in the mail today for the E-P2 and I’ve been happily playing with this for oh about the last two hours and it’s been fun. To be able to strap a 70-200 f2.8 IS on a E-P2 and look at it resolve as a 400mm [...]

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Olympus EP-2 Second Impressions

February 12, 2010
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So I’ve had this camera for two weeks now and I’m starting to dig into a couple of features of this camera and I’m really starting to enjoy this camera. It has some features that I never thought I would use but that have been actually interesting to play with. It’s been a great camera [...]

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Olympus EP-2 Test Video

February 11, 2010
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I’ve been playing more with the Olympus E-P2 in the last few days and shot some test video with it today. This is not meant to be high quality video as I wanted to see how far I could push the camera rather then to set it up to succeed. This was all shot at [...]

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