Olympus E-P2 In The House

A few days ago an E-P2 arrived from Oly headquarters. I only get to play with it for a month so prepare to see lots of photos from this sucker. In particular I plan to take it out and try to shoot a lot of action, since the EVF should make that easier than it is with the E-P1.

The first thing I did with the E-P2 was take it out for a little ski tour. Since it's so small and light I wanted to see if I could actually wear it around my neck on the strap while I was on the skis. Other than some swinging around on the strap, it worked pretty good. And not having it in the pack meant I had it easily available for photos. Of course, when we took off the skins to ski back down I put it back in the pack. It's small and light but it's not made for crashing in the snow :)

These photos were taken up Grizzly Gulch at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon, above Salt Lake City. I don't know how many miles we did, but we climbed 1300 feet to top at at 10,000 feet. And if you're wondering, the snow was terrible. The descent was a bit on the scary side with a nasty crust that tried to take you out on about every second turn. Praying for fresh snow...

You can see here how I carried it. It would be nice to have one of those straps that also secures around your back or a small chest pack. But this worked. It was just a little annoying having it swing around and I worried a bit about it banging on my avalanche beacon.

This photo was taken by Mike, the skier in the other photos. I directed him and did the processing, though. So I'll take half the credit :D

Great shots John. I can't wait for your review. How was the shutter lag? I read there was almost none.

I ran across this on you tube.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3BqNzvw3N4

Neat. I want to know more about the EVF. How responsive is it? Is it anywhere close to an optical finder? This is exciting. Even though I doubt I'd be happy with it yet, I can't help but think about where this will lead. :D

Paul

I've just started using the EVF so I don't yet have much to say about it. It's definitely not the same as using an optical viewfinder. For one, all of the LCD display info and views are also available in the EVF. That's pretty cool, as is being able to preview white balance and exposure. But I am finding it a bit awkward to use. It could be because of my glasses and it might also be the position - so far above where I naturally want to put my eye to the camera body. It is cool that the angle can be adjusted.

What I'm really anxious to find out is how well it works for panning. I haven't had a chance yet, though. That's very important since I think panning with only an LCD display is very, very ineffective.