- Electronic Viewfinder.. and an excellent one at it. This one packs more pixels than the 3" LCD.
- 2 more art filters & i-Enhance mode
- Extension Mics for better sound quality when recording videos
- New AF Tracking mode
- Poor AF Performance. I found the accuracy to be somewhat lacking in dimmer light and continuous AF absolutely sucks. Fortunately, I manual focus most of the time.
- Wimpy LCD. I did not mind the resolution of "only" 230k pixels. The screen proved very useable to me.
- Not so great Dynamic Range. I am still learning to deal with this since the E-P1 is my first "serious" digital camera.
- Lack of very high ISO performance. Technically, I'm comfortable with the E-P1 up to about ISO800 and only go higher if pushed hard.
That said, it's not like those complaints affected me much.
The launch of the E-P2 trailing so closely behind the E-P1 left a few early E-P1 adopters crying foul. I take it that Olympus is very committed to this platform. Personally, I'd rather Olympus keep up this well paced schedule for new releases although I believe the E-P2 to be an exception than the norm.
The announcement of a lens roadmap is another welcoming sign.
The two-thousand dollar question is... how does that affect me? Well, not too much. I like the E-P1 as it is. The EVF will be quite useful but I'm not sure if I'll use it much. It does add to the bulk. The other features are just icing on cake. While I would have chosen the E-P2, its not unlike computers where a newer model always improves over the the pre-decessor. Fortunately other than brag factor, it does not make the pre-dessor any less useable.
I admit the titanium E-P2 looks gorgeous though.
