Olympus Pen-F(antastic) – Part 2
– Featuring Sub-Editor Gary Chow
Image: Here’s the guy (Gary Chow) who insisted that I should let him have the Pen-F for a weekend.
19th March 2016, Singapore – Following my review of the Olympus Pen-F in Krabi, our Sub-Editor Gary Chow was so interested in the Pen-F after reading the review and had requested for some private time with the Pen-F before I pass the Pen-F on to another Reviewer. Seeing the gleam in Gary’s eyes, I decided to let him have the Pen-F for a weekend. And it’s one of those rare occasion that I also decided to publish his review & thoughts of the Olympus Pen-F pretty much unedited.
My Thoughts on the Olympus Pen-F
Words By: Gary Chow (Sub-Editor, Ourshuterjourney.com)
Image: By Gary Chow, Shot by Pen-F.
The original Pen F is a cult classic film camera that is hugely popular during 60-70s. It is a 1/2 frame film single lens reflect camera that can get you 72 exposures from a roll of 36 exposures 135 mm film. Today (yes today!), it remains very popular among those who loves film photography.
As an Olympus-user, I am in favor of the OM-D series more than all the previous digital Pen series which does not have an electronic view finder (EVF) until the arrival of Pen F. Before the Pen F became a reality, there are a lot of speculations before the official launch of the Pen F – from various designs to the specifications that had appeared on most photography rumor sites. These speculations had caught my attention especially one of the rumor suggested that the new Pen-F comes with the EVF. The other rumous that was spot on is none other than the tilt-table LCD screen that was built differently from the current Pen series. Maybe that’s why Olympus called the Pen F a masterpiece.

Image: By Gary Chow, Shot by Pen-F.
– shoot subject with in camera post processing
– wifi to camera
– upload social media
= ultimate convenience and enjoyment.
Overall, the Pen F is a fantastic street camera that you will enjoy shooting. It looks cool and works great. I am not saying it is a perfect camera, there are certainly some areas that need to be improved and i trust Olympus will definitely provide timely update as they always do.
Gary Chow.
Sub-Editor
Ourshutterjourney.com
Thanks Gary for sharing your thoughts about the Olympus Pen-F. We will highlight & feedback to Olympus Singapore on your thoughts.Mean time, look out for Part 3 as we passed the Pen-F to a famous street photographer, Daniel Ho and see what will he say about the Pen-F.
Do check out what we did with the Olympus TG-870 that we brought along here.
Read up past reviews that we had done for Olympus here.
To read Editor AL’s Part 1 Review of the Pen-F, click here.
To read Guest Review Editor Daniel Ho’s Part 3 Review of the Pen-F click here.
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