[ OFFICIAL RELEASE 2010.09.14 ] - Olympus E-5

[microcosm]

Uh, we don't know pricing yet.

Again we cannot read too much into the "suggested" pricing for Europe.

Japan pricing is out, it is atrocious! Olympus is telling you, buy a Pen or move on. Slapping a Pen with an E3 and making us pay more than $3.2k for it is like a boss making life difficult for his employee so that he resigns on his own. We gave up on the system, Olympus did not discontinue the system. That is how I read into it.

 

[K3N]

I like the new Olympus E-5 very very much but Nikon just released the new D7000.
It has 100% VF, Dual SD, 16 mp APS-C, 39pt AF, magnesium alloy chassis with 18-55mm VR lens for USD 700. I don't know if dpreview has made a mistake but its incredible. Just incredible.. I think there's going to be a price war between Canon and Nikon soon.

This kinda pricing is better than the PEN cameras too!

 

[microcosm]

Well, E-5 is targeted at the professionals and serious amateurs. Judging from the press release, the main selling point is the image quality. If a professional don't need the Art Filters then he/she can choose not to use it. The difference now is that the Art Filters are now part of the Picture Mode, thus giving a photographer full control over the image parameters.

In my opinion, Olympus should also develop an advanced version of Viewer for professionals and serious amateurs. That's the only software that a photographer can get true Olympus colours when post-possessing is required.

If I don't use it, don't make me pay for it. It was like that for the E1/E3, now they still want to bleed us for more money to develop the next generation m4 camera? Oh I forgot, the Pen aren't at lucrative as a product.

 

[microcosm]

I like the new Olympus E-5 very very much but Nikon just released the new D7000.
It has 100% VF, Dual SD, 16 mp APS-C, 39pt AF, magnesium alloy chassis with 18-55mm VR lens for USD 700. I don't know if dpreview has made a mistake but its incredible. Just incredible.. I think there's going to be a price war between Canon and Nikon soon.

This kinda pricing is better than the PEN cameras too!

Olympus has made that clear in the past, if you want anything more than 12mp, move on. Why are you still waiting?

 

[bousozoku]

The responses, views and opinions in this thread is interesting... and is expected...

I've noticed very few outsiders joining to provide some flamebait, thankfully. I believe there are plenty of us with a heightened emotional state over this release already. I'd think the laughter from outside would be tremendous.

4/3 was rosy enough for Olympus to chuck their total legacy a few years ago. Then they must have realised 4/3 shortcomings and went into m4/3. As sensor technology advances, it appears more difficult to push a small 4/3 sensor to achieve competitive quality and I am sure Olympus knows this. The E-5 must be some sort of a stop gap. I hope they concentrate on the m4/3 and research into bringing back the old OM mount on a new FF sensor DSLR.

In 2003 when the E-1 and Four-Thirds system emerged, there was headroom for 20+ MP on the sensor supposedly. It's somehow been mis-managed or it's just too expensive to do it correctly. Maybe, if Panasonic and Fuji would research it together, they could solve the problem. Maybe, they already have.

Back then, all digital sensors had serious shortcomings and I wouldn't have paid money to Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Minolta, or Fuji at that point. Olympus had a clear, positive difference at the time. Someone there should have been driving them forward but they switched their thinking.

 

[wrx_sti_22b]

I can't use my zuikos on pentax... :sticktong

na na na bu bu... :sweatsm:

 

[drakon09]

Japan pricing is out, it is atrocious! Olympus is telling you, buy a Pen or move on. Slapping a Pen with an E3 and making us pay more than $3.2k for it is like a boss making life difficult for his employee so that he resigns on his own. We gave up on the system, Olympus did not discontinue the system. That is how I read into it.

3.2k clams?

Now that is just ridiculous.

 

[MichaelLee]

3.2k clams?

Now that is just ridiculous.

wat ? SGD3.2K !!!!
may be street price is 15% off. SGD2.7K more reasonable.

 

[NazgulKing]

This camera is worth only 2k. Period. Its specs is matched by the Pentax K-7, and likely exceeded by the Pentax K-5.

 

[drakon09]

wat ? SGD3.2K !!!!
may be street price is 15% off. SGD2.7K more reasonable.

2.7k is not actually.

No R & D costs to recoup on the E-5, as compared to the E-3.

So the half decent thing to do is to price it below the E-3 launch price.

3.2 or 2.7 is daylight robbery, obviously 3.2 more so.

 

[wrx_sti_22b]

wat ? SGD3.2K !!!!
may be street price is 15% off. SGD2.7K more reasonable.

I think E-3 was $2700 when it was launched? Or was it $2400 + $300 for the HLD-4 tat i had spent on the E-3 then, can't remember...

The Pentax K-7 is $1338 now & have features much like the E-5... who will want the E-5 at $2.4K or $2.7K.

 

[K3N]

I think dpreview must have made a mistake. The price they have listed for the D7000 is exactly the same as the D3100 page. The official list price is USD 1199 not USD 700.

 

[leeweelee80]

I like the new Olympus E-5 very very much but Nikon just released the new D7000.
It has 100% VF, Dual SD, 16 mp APS-C, 39pt AF, magnesium alloy chassis with 18-55mm VR lens for USD 700. I don't know if dpreview has made a mistake but its incredible. Just incredible.. I think there's going to be a price war between Canon and Nikon soon.

This kinda pricing is better than the PEN cameras too!

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369145,00.asp
USD 700 is for D3100 :bsmilie:

 

[mojims]

I'm an E-30 user but already owning an E-PL1, I'm not in such a hurry to upgrade. The only advantage that the E-5 really gives me is that I can natively use my 4/3 lenses for video.

I'll wait till the price drops or they do an awesome bundle with the 12-60.

For me it's the 100% viewfinder and the weathersealing, but at least same or better image quality than E-30.

There were times I wished I had an E-3 before...

 

[drakon09]

I think E-3 was $2700 when it was launched? Or was it $2400 + $300 for the HLD-4 tat i had spent on the E-3 then, can't remember...

The Pentax K-7 is $1338 now & have features much like the E-5... who will want the E-5 at $2.4K or $2.7K.

I can live with the E-5 being 1.5k on launch. ;p

 

[leeweelee80]

haha i am slow, u post first liao... :bsmilie:

 

[elgkh]

In my opinion, Olympus should also develop an advanced version of Viewer for professionals and serious amateurs. That's the only software that a photographer can get true Olympus colours when post-possessing is required.

Why bother? Just save in DNG natively, instead of ORF. And bundle Lightroom or Capture One.

As for price - slightly used 5DMk2s and D700s are around the $3k mark at the moment. ;p

 

[diCam]

I can live with the E-5 being 1.5k on launch. ;p

I wished that would happened! :sweat:

 

[drakon09]

I wished that would happened! :sweat:

And that's the price point it would go to before I'd consider to get it.

My E-1 still working.

wheeeeeee! :lovegrin:

 

[diCam]

Why bother? Just save in DNG natively, instead of ORF. And bundle Lightroom or Capture One.

As for price - slightly used 5DMk2s and D700s are around the $3k mark at the moment. ;p

Lr and other 3rd party software cannot reproduce Olympus colors leh...