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Sorry, if you already are humming along to "Step by Step" and scanning the page for images of Donnie Wahlberg, you are in for a bit of a letdown. 90s pop music aside, the Olympus E-P2 is the New Kid on the Block in the world of photography representing a brand new, very exciting camera class.

↓ The Olympus E-P2, the new kid on the block.

So what exactly is this New Kid?

In a couple of previous posts ( here and here ) I have touted these new kinds of cameras, so actually shooting and testing one of them was very thrilling to say the least.

Essentially, the cameras are a happy marriage between DSLRs (bringing image quality, sensor size, and lens selection) and point & shoot cameras (bringing style, portability and LCD shooting mode).

Showing just how new the class is, the industry has not yet come to an agreement on a name for this class. So far EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) and MILC (Mirror-less Interchangeable Lens Camera) are amongst the candidates.

↑ EVIL MILC: No mirror, just the sensor (top); electronic viewfinder (middle); and interchangeable lens system (bottom).

Read more on quality and portability in part 2 .

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Title updated, as "New Kid on the Block" just was a better fit with the review.