- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
A few years ago I briefly owned - and shot with - a 1st-generation Olympus Pen E-P1. And...I really liked it quite a lot. As a camera...and as a piece of classic post-modern industrial design. At the time I was using the often maligned 17mm Olympus pancake and it seemed to go nicely with the camera. Not the quickest processing engine - not the fastest focusing photographic tool - but there was something about the way it took pictures....that pleased me immensely. Then, for reasons which seemed logical and necessary to me at the time, I sold it. But, honestly, I've missed it ever since.
And, as more than one person has aptly commented, these days, the older E-P series Olympiiii can occasionally be found for a relative song. So I've kept my eyes open. And, wouldn't you know it, I stumbled upon a seller who had for sale not the E-P1, but its older and nearly-identical sibling, the E-P3 (which is basically an E-P1 with a small handful of nearly invisible fixes or improvements). So...I bought it. For a truly reasonable (euphemism for = insanely low) price.
The body arrived via the post today. It didn't have a lens but I have one or two extras around---
Olympus released a handful of E-P3's with an optional fancy fake-wood-grain grip, which this one has. It also boasts an add-on black leatherette skin (from aki-asahi, I believe)--
But it's really the design above all which I have to say appeals to me: I find there is something quite classic about its lines--
I can't wait to put it through its paces.
And, as more than one person has aptly commented, these days, the older E-P series Olympiiii can occasionally be found for a relative song. So I've kept my eyes open. And, wouldn't you know it, I stumbled upon a seller who had for sale not the E-P1, but its older and nearly-identical sibling, the E-P3 (which is basically an E-P1 with a small handful of nearly invisible fixes or improvements). So...I bought it. For a truly reasonable (euphemism for = insanely low) price.
The body arrived via the post today. It didn't have a lens but I have one or two extras around---
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Olympus released a handful of E-P3's with an optional fancy fake-wood-grain grip, which this one has. It also boasts an add-on black leatherette skin (from aki-asahi, I believe)--
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But it's really the design above all which I have to say appeals to me: I find there is something quite classic about its lines--
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I can't wait to put it through its paces.
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