It's here! Olympus E-P1 "Digital Pen" m43 system (Part 2)


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ebay is so ex. somemore duno how they delivering it. fragile item man
anyway i saw an E-P1 on display at CP Marina. suppose its for sale? I'm still waiting for my set. wait until not excited liao. The sales person called me yesterday morning, i tot stock arrived. Instead, he told me the adaptor is here, asked if i want to buy or not. -__-" 'NO' was my reply.

If it is the MMF-1, you better grab. It is more limited than the E-P1.
 

ebay is so ex. somemore duno how they delivering it. fragile item man
anyway i saw an E-P1 on display at CP Marina. suppose its for sale? I'm still waiting for my set. wait until not excited liao. The sales person called me yesterday morning, i tot stock arrived. Instead, he told me the adaptor is here, asked if i want to buy or not. -__-" 'NO' was my reply.

Ye trevorise, you are right... :)

I previously bought from the US (desperate for the model I wanted) so I really checked thoroughly but everything was smooth. The 85mm Canon lens was great. I asked the seller so many questions about shipping, how he'll pack and with what materials etc etc that it was a miracle he didn't pass out! Guess there was a bit of luck too.

Of course, if we can buy it locally, we'll make a beeline for it. :bsmilie:
 

not getting the adaptor for now as i'd like to explore it with the kit lenses first before i decide if i need other lenses. esp, for now, i'm rather pissed after making full pmt and still haven't gotten my E-P1 yet and HN is trying to get me to spend again.
 

Those who buy white E-P1 would love to have this flash... so cute.. but..

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..but need to spray it yourself...original is like that :D

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hehe to be honest, i've been thinking of getting a FL-36R and spray it white.
 

Hi everyone, I just bought a twin lens kit E-P1 yesterday.

Wanted to check if the default memory card in the box is 512mb?

I only realised it when I removed the card from my camera to transfer the test shots.
 

There is no default-memory-card-in-the-box. There is only a free 8G SDHC card which is given separately. If you got the 8G SDHC card and found an extra 512M card inside your box, then you got a bonus. ;)
 

Hi Tomcat, thanks for the quick reply.

I got a 512mb in the camera and two 8gb cards. The 512mb was probably put into the camera for me to test and the sales person did not remove it. So I guess I got an extra freebie.

Looks like stocks for the E-P1 is quite limited. I have been hunting around for a few weeks. Courts and Harvey have no stocks while Best Denki seems to have 1 or 2 sets but not the twin kit and silver model till yesterday when I stopped by the Bishan branch before catching a movie.
 

Does any of the shops sell just the M/43 lens? Olympus and Panasonic? Price?

Im interested in trying and maybe buying the kit zoom lens only, as I have the ep-1 + 17mm pancake now.
 

after waiting for 2 weeks after paying (in instalments) for the E-P1 at Funan Harvey Norman and no news from them at all, I finally went down and asked the salesman directly. At first he told me Olympus side will have news in the next 2 days. I told him this is already the 3 week, pls try to expedite it. He made a few phone calls, to whom he claimed were product manager and duno wat manager of Oly. and told me Oly says that they are holding the White models, and won't bring in the White models anymore. This is due to the white paint issues, he claimed Oly said the paint peels and turns yellow, so Oly will not ship anymore white models for now. My immediate response was that, either Oly didn't tell the retailers to stop taking orders for white models, or he didn't check. I just told him that i'm not trying to be difficult but a sales agreement like that is a legal contract, if HN is unable to deliver, its a breach of contract. I dun care what happens between HN and Oly, i just want my item, if not, HN is responsible. He did all he could to convince me to take a silver model, but my point is, being promised the White model, i had already spent $200 on the white leather case, and i placed a 'pre-order' so i could get a set asap, but apparently ppl are getting their hands on dual lens kits at other places like Best Denki.

He said will get back to me. SO tempted to raise this to CASE.
 

Clothed my white E-P1 in red...:)

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wah. stunning.

so, any problems with your white paint?
 

Nopes....not read or heard anything about paint peeling...feels ok lei.
Think my leather's red paint wd prob peel first, then got to get a replacement leatherette from Aki Akashi...hopefully they have a real red one by then...
 

Does any of the shops sell just the M/43 lens? Olympus and Panasonic? Price?

Im interested in trying and maybe buying the kit zoom lens only, as I have the ep-1 + 17mm pancake now.

I had the best online shopping in my life! Cannot believe it!

Bought the zoom lens (silver), sold away my black version and want to get the silver one (with silver filter) so that it matches my silver E-P1 body.

Bought it at www.tokyotoyz.com and I cannot believe when I order on Tue night, I got it via SPEEDPOST on Thu afternoon!

Very reliable online merchant!
 

I had the best online shopping in my life! Cannot believe it!

Bought the zoom lens (silver), sold away my black version and want to get the silver one (with silver filter) so that it matches my silver E-P1 body.

Bought it at www.tokyotoyz.com and I cannot believe when I order on Tue night, I got it via SPEEDPOST on Thu afternoon!

Very reliable online merchant!

So sorry should be www.tokyo-toyz.com
 

after waiting for 2 weeks after paying (in instalments) for the E-P1 at Funan Harvey Norman and no news from them at all, I finally went down and asked the salesman directly. At first he told me Olympus side will have news in the next 2 days. I told him this is already the 3 week, pls try to expedite it. He made a few phone calls, to whom he claimed were product manager and duno wat manager of Oly. and told me Oly says that they are holding the White models, and won't bring in the White models anymore. This is due to the white paint issues, he claimed Oly said the paint peels and turns yellow, so Oly will not ship anymore white models for now. My immediate response was that, either Oly didn't tell the retailers to stop taking orders for white models, or he didn't check. I just told him that i'm not trying to be difficult but a sales agreement like that is a legal contract, if HN is unable to deliver, its a breach of contract. I dun care what happens between HN and Oly, i just want my item, if not, HN is responsible. He did all he could to convince me to take a silver model, but my point is, being promised the White model, i had already spent $200 on the white leather case, and i placed a 'pre-order' so i could get a set asap, but apparently ppl are getting their hands on dual lens kits at other places like Best Denki.

He said will get back to me. SO tempted to raise this to CASE.

Sorry to hear of your unfortunate experience with HN. This is rare from what I have heard from other HN customers. I think this is something that HN management can fix. I don't think I have heard about white paint issues with the E-P1... maybe I need to get updated from Olympus.

But nevertheless, instead of raising a fuss over at CASE and making everyone look bad, why don't you ask for a manager to speak to and ask them to work out something for you? And just tell him nicely that all stunts can save, just be honest about what happened and do something to make up for the mistake and everyone can be happy... after all, if they handle this well, you might be a returning customer.

I will try to verify if the white paint issue is real, or else someone's head is going to roll...

Please kindly PM me on the details of the outlet you went. Let's not make it public, and I will investigate this matter as well.
 

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