Olympus goes the aesthetic route

[Kevin Barrett]

http://www.imaging-resource.com/EVEN...159171572.html

Not a bad marketing route. Many are looking for form over function and a
camera as an accessory is already a reality. An Innovative process...really.

I personally hope that their functional aspirations are as lofty...

[aam1234]

"According to the company, it has developed a new three-dimensional compression molding process that offers approximately 2.0 to 2.5x compression of cypress wood. The resulting material is said to offer approximately the same hardness as ABS and polycarbonate materials generally used in electronic component casings"

Cool, but where is the camera.

[d2creative]

Originally Posted by aam1234

Cool, but where is the camera.

At Photokina.

[Mr. Pickles]

Where is the camera? Here...

http://www.photocamel.com/index.php?...6024#msg116024

[aam1234]

Oh that cam looks pretty ugly, unless they make it out of wood

[Paul Shields]

I think it's made from mud .

Anyway, I still truely believe in Olympus, despite their apparent reluctance to battle it out at the top end of the DSLR market. The 3 year old E-1 is still a brilliant camera, and one I'd rate above the Canon 5D (which I also own) in many areas, apart from (unfortunately) image detail/resolution. I'm sure they'll be delivering a stonking camera in the next few months.