[ Post Event ] Your thoughts on the E-PL1

[clubgrit]

Saw the white one, personally, it doesn't match as well as on the E-P1 which was a beauty.

I like the black one, no "plasticky" look, IMHO,YMMV ...

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[blueskye168]

Saw the white one, personally, it doesn't match as well as on the E-P1 which was a beauty.

I like the black one, no "plasticky" look, IMHO,YMMV ...

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I almost wanted to plonk my $$$ on this 'champagne gold' set until I went personally to the shop and have a 'final-view' of the 3-colours......:bigeyes:......guess what:think:......I chosen the beauty of Black, in the end(Dual-kit plus MMF-2 :heart cos I don't want to have such ...why got "stain-marks" effects... whenever these thoughts regarding "tarnish/fading" of the champagne and the white too, might turn yellowish on the exterior around the fingering-area after a certain period of usage...!!

 

[Oly5050]

I almost wanted to plonk my $$$ on this 'champagne gold' set until I went personally to the shop and have a 'final-view' of the 3-colours......:bigeyes:......guess what:think:......I chosen the beauty of Black, in the end(Dual-kit plus MMF-2 :heart cos I don't want to have such ...why got "stain-marks" effects... whenever these thoughts regarding "tarnish/fading" of the champagne and the white too, might turn yellowish on the exterior around the fingering-area after a certain period of usage...!!

I use my white EP1 quite a lot and I dun baby it because it is my nearly always with me camera. The white does not yellow or tarnish or get dirty as I had expected. Only bad thing is that there is no white lenses or which flash. I suppose at the end of the day, silver is probably the best colour to go for for the EP1. Have not really seen the EPL1 in the shops to make that judgement yet.

 

[blueskye168]

I use my white EP1 quite a lot and I dun baby it because it is my nearly always with me camera. The white does not yellow or tarnish or get dirty as I had expected. Only bad thing is that there is no white lenses or which flash. I suppose at the end of the day, silver is probably the best colour to go for for the EP1. Have not really seen the EPL1 in the shops to make that judgement yet.

hmm...:thumbsup:to hear that your white EP1 is still as white despite quite a lot use

Well, I'm still rather new when come to 4/3 as well as Micro4/3 system(body & lenses), but I can still remember (abt 5 days ago) there's this 'silver-colour-lens'=14-42ED for silver or white body, that the salesperson shown it to me as I suggested to him that I need to compare to finalised my choice of E-PL1's colour, where I made my purchased during the same day.

Btw, other than Panny 20mm f/1.7, is there any other 3rd-party make prime-fast lenses? Tia

 

[clubgrit]

Tarnish or discoloration is fine, it's a natural thing. I would add a half-case, though, besides protecting, it's main use for me is to damp minute vibrations and enhance handholding grip. Wait for 3rd party ones, Olympus original E-PL1 half-case is amazing, in price.


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[blueskye168]

Tarnish or discoloration is fine, it's a natural thing. I would add a half-case, though, besides protecting, it's main use for me is to damp minute vibrations and enhance handholding grip. Wait for 3rd party ones, Olympus original E-PL1 half-case is amazing, in price.


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hmm...abit and now...(cos if only I know about all these "tarnish or discoloration" things earlier...)...cos quite fancy the "champagne' colour tho:bsmilie:

Anyway, what's done can't be undone and best part is luckily I still quite like my the 'Beauty-of-Black'set ...heng-ahh.

Btw, sure will wait for the 3rd-party ones if the Olympus original E-PL1 half-case is having that "amazing" price:bsmilie:

 

[spidey89]

hmm...:thumbsup:to hear that your white EP1 is still as white despite quite a lot use

Well, I'm still rather new when come to 4/3 as well as Micro4/3 system(body & lenses), but I can still remember (abt 5 days ago) there's this 'silver-colour-lens'=14-42ED for silver or white body, that the salesperson shown it to me as I suggested to him that I need to compare to finalised my choice of EPL-1's colour, where I made my purchased during the same day.

Btw, other than Panny 20mm f/1.7, is there any other 3rd-party make prime-fast lenses? Tia

There is Nokton (Should be Nokton) which is pretty expensive,you can get adapter and use other lenses from Carl Zeiss ,Nikon, Canon, OM,Leica etc etc etc

Tarnish or discoloration is fine, it's a natural thing. I would add a half-case, though, besides protecting, it's main use for me is to damp minute vibrations and enhance handholding grip. Wait for 3rd party ones, Olympus original E-PL1 half-case is amazing, in price.


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Haha,I don't a care about my camera,as long as in working condition,I don't care about cosmetic but that's just me XD

 

[Oly5050]

Actually, I din want the white and din like it. But it grows on you. I think I prefer it to the silver now. I wld seriously consider a white EPL1 if I was buying that camera.

 

[blueskye168]

There is Nokton (Should be Nokton) which is pretty expensive,you can get adapter and use other lenses from Carl Zeiss ,Nikon, Canon, OM,Leica etc etc etc

hmm...well noted and Thanks for the info, bro:cheers:

 

[dazehead]

Finally got myself the champagne gold one, though the guy at AP kept pyscho-ing me to buy black. I do admit black is beautiful (that's wht he said), but actually it doesn't make too much a difference to me, so I just prefer gold/silver.

Was in a rush, so didn't get filter/pouch/bag/LCD protector. All these necessary accesories for you all? As you can tell i'm pretty new. In fact i think AP purposely gave me a lousy SD card. When I saw he gave me Kingston, I wanted to ask for Sandisk (my newbie assumption was Sandisk is faster) cos I felt some kind of 'pulling a fast one' going on. But I didn't act on my spidey sense, and now, oh well. What SD card did you buyers get and would you have insisted on a good one? To be fair, I think I got a good price.

I'm more keen on a bag. Can Pen PL1 owners recommend a bag? Thanks a bunch guys!

 

[dualie]

Finally got myself the champagne gold one, though the guy at AP kept pyscho-ing me to buy black. I do admit black is beautiful (that's wht he said), but actually it doesn't make too much a difference to me, so I just prefer gold/silver.

Was in a rush, so didn't get filter/pouch/bag/LCD protector. All these necessary accesories for you all? As you can tell i'm pretty new. In fact i think AP purposely gave me a lousy SD card. When I saw he gave me Kingston, I wanted to ask for Sandisk (my newbie assumption was Sandisk is faster) cos I felt some kind of 'pulling a fast one' going on. But I didn't act on my spidey sense, and now, oh well. What SD card did you buyers get and would you have insisted on a good one? To be fair, I think I got a good price.

I'm more keen on a bag. Can Pen PL1 owners recommend a bag? Thanks a bunch guys!

Congrats on your new purchase.
It's common to give Kingstons SD card as freebies.

 

[spidey89]

But not in the case of the PENs,as much as I can remember, Olympus has always been giving Sandisk memory cards with their PENs

 

[pchmj]

I got Kingston for my EP-2. Thought is a norm? SD card are cheap so I don't bother the freebie card much.

 

[spidey89]

I got Kingston for my EP-2. Thought is a norm? SD card are cheap so I don't bother the freebie card much.

I agree,not like in the past,128mb costs a bomb,let alone 256mb :bsmilie:
I'm not sure,all the cameras I've seen at the places I've seen so far are Sandisks

 

[blueskye168]

Finally got myself the champagne gold one, though the guy at AP kept pyscho-ing me to buy black. I do admit black is beautiful (that's wht he said), but actually it doesn't make too much a difference to me, so I just prefer gold/silver.

Was in a rush, so didn't get filter/pouch/bag/LCD protector. All these necessary accesories for you all? As you can tell i'm pretty new. In fact i think AP purposely gave me a lousy SD card. When I saw he gave me Kingston, I wanted to ask for Sandisk (my newbie assumption was Sandisk is faster) cos I felt some kind of 'pulling a fast one' going on. But I didn't act on my spidey sense, and now, oh well. What SD card did you buyers get and would you have insisted on a good one? To be fair, I think I got a good price.

I'm more keen on a bag. Can Pen PL1 owners recommend a bag? Thanks a bunch guys!

Hi, you finally got myself the champagne gold one ahh:thumbsup:
Congrats on your new 'gear' and enjoy it to the fullest.

Yes, I got a SanDisk with mine, thought that was supposed to be the 'Brand' they'll give but suprised to hear that some were given with other brand/make...:think:

As for the bag, I'm using 'Lowepro-Apex120AW' and able to put in my E-PL1 + 14-42 + 40-150 or if I'm carrying only either one of the lens then my FL36R can happily fit in as well. In fact, I've been using this bag for my LX3+"permanent-Orig.-Adapter"+B+W filter/s with FL36R all can put inside very comfortably.

Hope you get an/some ideas thru' my descriptions...Cheers!!

 

[blueskye168]

I agree,not like in the past,128mb costs a bomb,let alone 256mb :bsmilie:
I'm not sure,all the cameras I've seen at the places I've seen so far are Sandisks

Ya lor, very true cos I still keep my old-old-CF-cards(1x128mb & 2x256mb & 1x512mb...and why I still keep them is bcos too $Exp.$ to throw lahh...:embrass::bsmilie

 

[dazehead]

thx for feedback. i know that memory cards get cheaper with time, so no big deal there. was just curious whether the card is given by retailers or the local olympus distributer or what. i did ask them when i saw they gave kingston, but then nothing is stated on the box.

if the shops get the cards as part of the bundle (to be given to buyers), it is a bit unethical to keep those and give out cheaper ones. but then, i guess it's up to them.

 

[HomeAtTemasek]

thx for feedback. i know that memory cards get cheaper with time, so no big deal there. was just curious whether the card is given by retailers or the local olympus distributer or what. i did ask them when i saw they gave kingston, but then nothing is stated on the box.

if the shops get the cards as part of the bundle (to be given to buyers), it is a bit unethical to keep those and give out cheaper ones. but then, i guess it's up to them.

May I know how much is AP selling the EPL1?

 

[pchmj]

Actually I'm surprised that sandisk sd cards are given as bundle, all along I only get kingston, same as my friends, no matter what camera we buy. But the thing this is the first time I buy olympus camera, already expect to get a kingston since I never heard of shops giving sandisk.

Anyway, sandisk ultra II is around same price as kingston class 4 in some shops. Got my 4gb at $18, 8gb at $35 in sim lim.

 

[clubgrit]

Sure, I got Sandisk with E-PL1. But it is Class 2 ... these are the free stuff that are counterproductive for more serious users at least, best as backup only.


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