Olympus E-PL1s & 14-42mm II Lens
Olympus Japan has announced the Olympus E-PL1s compact system camera and the M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II silent-focus lens. The Olympus E-PL1s, which is a Japan-only model, is mostly a cosmetic update of the E-PL1, having the silver band on top and sides changed to the body colour, which can be red, white or black (although it does add one functional upgrade - a new top sensitivity setting of ISO 6400/39° - as well). The new kit lens is more interesting, inasmuch as it provides high-speed and near-silent focusing for both stills and video, and weighs in at only 112 grams, a 25% reduction versus the older version. Unlike the E-PL1s, the new kit lens will apparently be available worldwide. A new battery called BLS-5 and a new charger named BCS-5 have also been announced - both of these have been developed to conform to new regulations, Olympus says.



#1 Sydney Portrait
It would be nice if the camera have more lenses rather than a few?
10:53 am - Tuesday, November 16, 2010
#2 Antony Shepherd
It would be nice if the camera had more PRIME lenses rather than just one.
There, I fixed it!
4:15 pm - Tuesday, November 16, 2010
#3 Josef Salon
It would be nice if the camere had sharp lenses as Panasonic....
4:55 pm - Tuesday, November 16, 2010
#4 Dave W
I find that the kit lens for my E-P1 is sharp, as long as you have the aperture set to f/5.6 or smaller. Wide open it is soft. I agree that the Lumix 20mm f/1.7 is sharp at almost every aperture, though.
12:16 pm - Wednesday, November 17, 2010
#5 Marcello
It would be nice if the Epl-1 had a lower price...and not similar to a dslr-price. Then I'd definitely buy one.
12:07 pm - Friday, November 19, 2010