Olympus PEN E-P5 Touch & Try User Event, Malaysia

Hi Ysquare here. It's been a while since my last post. I am back for good because I have a very excited news to share. Courtesy to Olympus Malaysia for invited us (or more accurate, we self invite) to the exclusive OLYMPUS NEW premium PEN Touch & Try User Event in Malaysia.

On the first glance, the EP5 has no major changer from it's predecessor; EP3. Any m4/3 muggle will complain that every single PEN looks the same, but I bet differ. The major physical changes would be the double dial button that act as shutter speed and aperture or ISO and white balance combination. For complete specification, please visit: http://dygadget.blogspot.com/2013/05/olympus-malaysia-launches-pen-e-p5.html

During the launch, I has chance to test the noise performance on high ISO. On the left is PEN E-P3 while the right is PEN E-P5, both shoot on ISO 25k. I wish I can extract the photo and do side by side comparison but Olympus staff wouldn't allow us to do so.

We have 2 demonstration of the New Olympus PEN E-P5 highlighted feature: WiFi and Time Lapse; recorded during the touch and try event.

The unit is now available for pre-order at http://home.olympusimage.com.my/promoEP5.php

Every pre-order purchase is entitle to Olympus free gift and merchadise, such as Olympus Miniature Camera (1/3 scale), 1+2 Years Extended Warranty, Lens Cash Back Voucher, Body Cap Lens BCL-1580 (worth RM199), Genuine Leather Body Jacket CS-40B Black for PEN E-P5 (worth RM190) and Sandisk Extreme SD 32GB (up to 45MB/sec) [all except the last 3 item, choose 2 out of 3 item]

The Olympus Miniature Camera is really cute <3. I got a EP-3 and 12mm, both in silver. Also another camera soft pouch on lucky draw.

Again, thanks to Olympus Malaysia for having us in such a great morning.

Samsung Appstar 2012

Last Month, Samsung Malaysia finally came out from Samsung Appstar 2012 winner.

The first price was won by a group called Rigel from USM. The app they proposed was Gynoid, an app that protects women by recording the surronding space when they are in danger and sends video alert to loved ones.
Not only they won RM 24k worth of schoolarship, they also won away a Samsung Galaxy S3 each with a chance of getting their apps developed.


The second price was won by Gangnam Team from Asia Pacific University (APU). Their app Ocean box let user fully customise the grids with multiple of pictures, locations oe even videos of their choices into a single masterpiece posting


The third price was won by Apps creator 2020 by UniTen. The app E-train provides public transportation schedule and route map. Online tickets can be purchased with this app too.


As for the most favorite app, Practical innovation team from UM create an apps to avoid time wasting on queuing up as you can be more productive during that time.


The event was undoubtedly successful. All prices were won at the end of the event.


Thanks to Samsung who organize such meaningful event to help our younger generations to sharpen their various skills, from innovations, marketing, presentation etc.


Each group give their 100 percent effort for this contest. Some were even traveled from other states!


And also thanks to The Bee Publika for hosting us. And thanks to the entertainers, Sue and the boys.