Olympus E-PL1 & PT-EP01 housing

Phil Rudin · Issue 56, Sep/Oct 2010 · pp. 31–35

Products mentioned: Olympus E-PL1, Olympus PT-EP01, Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm kit lens, Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm, Panasonic M7-14mm, Olympus VF-2 electronic viewfinder, Inon UCL-165 close-up lens, Reefnet SubSee +5/+10, Inon Z-240 strobe, Athena ARF-01 ringflash, Sea & Sea YS-01 DS-TTL strobe, Olympus PT-E05/PT-E06 housings

Olympus officially launched its first Micro Four Thirds camera the E-P1 in June of 2009 after a clever advertising campaign linking it to the very popular PEN film cameras of the 1960s and 70s. Fast forward to February 2010 and the official announcement of the Olympus E-PL1, a simplified and less expensive addition to its Micro Four Thirds camera line. The E-PL1 is the third camera in the PEN line and at a consumer friendly MSRP of $599 with the Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 14-42 mm “kit” lens will appeal to compact camera shooters wanting to move up. Olympus also announced the new PT-EP01 underwater housing for the E-PL1 camera at an MSRP of $599. Olympus has a great track record for introducing appropriate cameras with underwater housing and then getting the housings to dealers soon after the launch of the new cameras. This allows the buyer time to learn the cameras functions and to be …