30 January 2012

Olympus PEN EP-2 keychain

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Approximately half a year ago Olympus has been promoting its PEN series cameras in the form of supplementary key chains that comes with several Hong Kong magazines, i.e. bonus goodies.

I got myself a EP-2 one after hearing several local doll enthusiasts have bought one or two on twitter and forums. I haven't got a doll back then, but as I heard people talk about it here and there I thought I'd buy a magazine and see how it looks like. They were gone within less than half a day! @_@;

With all that said, let's see how this miniature camera keychain really fares as a magazine bonus goodie. :o

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Front cover of the box with a tagline "It's Love; It's PEN".

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There are several pages of models posing with the camera, as well as spec data of EP-2 and ELP-2 with a few info on the lenses compatible with the cameras.

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All the stuff that come in the box - the main camera itself and two lenses

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For something that is barely over 2cm long, the details are not too bad already. The bubble on the film representing the screen is a small eyesore, but otherwise it's not bad for a magazine supplement goodie.

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Camera equipped with the shorter lens.

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Camera equipped with the telescopic lens

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With enough lighting and in the correct angle one can see an additional lens inside the telescopic lens, which is a nice touch on the details.

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And the camera in the hands of my Black Rock Shooter doll. It seems to fit fairly well in terms of size, but I have a feeling that it is not in the same scale as the doll itself.

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Let's give it to the girl and see how things go; she finally gets to have something to interact with.

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Taking picture of a 1/72 scale Tiger II tank. Tried putting a 1/144 scale one but it appeared way too tiny, so a bigger toy is needed for a "demonstration" ^^;

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Taking pictures of smaller toys. Here shown are HGUC 1/144 Ball, a dolphin keychain as a  gift from Singaporean dollfie hobbyist WinterKnight, and nendoroid nekomimi Shana

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Let's show off your new camera then~

Hm.... The black body of the camera blends into the black gloves of BRS.

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Maybe that's a tad better? But I can't get my camera to focus on both the face and the miniature camera itself...

Maybe I really need to get a better camera soon or later orz

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And finally BRS posing with a gold Pentax k-r DSLR gashapon. It's a lot bigger, and at least the colour stands out a bit better this time.

That concludes my small review of the keychain. Although my Stylus 1030 SW has been serving me well for more than 3 years, it struggles to take good pictures of dolls. After doing this post, I am a little tempted to look more into this series of camera ^^;

6 comments:

  1. that is so cool that you figures can now take shots. What size memory card do they use - joking.

    It is nice to have accessories for them that are functional as well.

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  2. So this is what I mistook for the actual camera. I have to agree with you, it looks rather impressive for a freebie out of a magazine.

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  3. wow, they even give two type of lenses for a key chain..that is serious detail :D

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  4. That's an interesting bonus... I guess I can see a lot of people going after that magazine XD The camera does look a bit smaller in BRS's hand, so I think it's a bit off. Not too bad though.

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  5. @ bluedrakon:
    I wouldn't want to imagine handling a memory card of that size; one would need tweezers to insert it or to get it out lol.

    The miniature is just a keychain, but it's a nice little replica for the price!

    @ Nopy:
    The preview picture I took make things look a little vague. For its price and the way it's acquired it's worth getting I gotta say!

    @ h4msterworld:
    It's a nice bonus how one lens can be detached and have another attached on the camera. For a promotional item they've done a pretty good job there!

    @ Lightning Sabre:
    Olympus actually had another set released on a different magazine a short while before this one, and people really do rush for them! @_@;

    After doing some measurements I have a feeling that the camera is approximately 1/6 scale, so that means it may fit your Pure Neemo girls!

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  6. Ooh! Well... I guess it's hard to find. Kinda hard to see if it'll fit in their hands properly or not.

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