Olympus PEN E-P1

The Olympus PEN E-P1 announced on June 16th, 2009 is Olympus Corporation's first camera that uses the Micro Four Thirds mount. The first camera to use the Micro Four Thirds mount is Panasonic's G-1 camera.

The Olympus E-P1 does not have an optical or electronic viewfinder and uses a live preview screen, although an optical viewfinder is included in a kit also comprising the camera and the 17 mm lens. It autofocuses using contrast-detection autofocus or face detection in live view mode.

The design of the camera is reminiscent of the Olympus PEN half frame film cameras and is marketed as the Olympus digital PEN. The model presented on June 16, 2009 is very similar to the Olympus PEN F. Initially, two lenses will be available from Olympus, one 14–42mm f/3.5–5.6 zoom and a 17mm f/2.8 "pancake" prime lens.

The new 17mm f/2.8 pancake lens or the 14–42mm f/3.5–5.6 zoom lens are of the Micro Four Thirds lens mount which means they're smaller than Four Thirds but with an adapter, they can be fitted to a Micro Four Thirds body.

Olympus Camera

Olympus has a long history in camera and lens design. In 1936, Olympus introduced its first camera, the Semi-Olympus I. The first truly innovative camera series from Olympus was the PEN models, launched in 1959. Half-frame format, allowing 72 pictures of 18 × 24 mm format on a standard 36 exposure roll of film, made PEN cameras compact and portable for their time.

The company is a leading manufacturer of digital cameras, with a large range of compact digital cameras. Olympus is the designer of the Four-Thirds System standard for digital single-lens reflex camera design and development, which uses the same frame size as the PEN cameras. The Four-Thirds system includes the first consumer-grade digital SLRs to feature live preview, a feature now adopted by all major DSLR makers. Olympus' flagship DSLR camera is the E-3 released in 2007.

Olympus is also the largest manufacturer of Four-Thirds lenses under the Zuiko brand; these lenses are known for their good optical quality and compactness. Olympus cameras originally only took the XD-Card proprietary format (which it shares with Fujifilm), which has driven away some consumers. Recent cameras have included compatibility with the MicroSD-Card format with thier compact range and Compact Flash with their dSLR's in hopes of winning back customers.

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