Olympus PEN-1 Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Camera Now Available For Pre-Order
June 22nd, 2009 6:31 PM | by Christen da Costa | 3 Comments
I’ve long been tempted to purchase a DSLR, but have held off for fear I’ll never use it given their lack of portability – you can’t hit the bars without looking like a total dweeb. Announced last week, the Olympus PEN-1 Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Camera is now up for pre-order and is almost point and shoot small. You can grab one sans lens for $749.99 or drop an extra $50 and walk with the body and a 14-42mm Zuiko Digital Zoom Lens. Like I said, I’m tempted, but $800 is a whole lot to burn on a camera. Expect the Pen-1 to ship in July.
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Well, you could always drop $7k for a Leica M8 w/o a lens (add $1000-$3000) ;-)
whan do you acspect to be available /shipping ?
if you’re really in DSLRs, you won’t mind bou’ the “lack of portability”. Try my Nikon D90.