I didn’t know that Olympus would sell the E-PL6 in Europe too! You can find it in Stock right now at Fotomundus (Germany) and Topshot (Finland). The E-Pl6 only has some minor improvements like ISO 100 and Level Gauge. Don’t know yet if it will be sold in North America too.
And an absolute great European deal is the GX1 with X zoom for 399 Euro at Wexcameras Germany. Basically you get the camera almost for free!
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Garbage In. Garbage Out.
Did you just do an auto check-in and check-out? Thats cool and all but you dont have to call yourself garbage, im sure at lesst your mother loves you a bit…
Aaaaawww another FANBOY BURNED BY INFERIOR BRAND. SUX 2 B U.
Whats the point? How old are you, 13?
What in what I said says I was burned? Youre not that smart are you?
“What in what I said says I was burned?”
I’m sorry. I forgot FANBOYS are still in kindergarten.
Waiting for the E-PL7 with Sony on-sensor phase detect AF and 920K capacitative screen.
How much bigger is the gx7, which competes with quite a lot of cameras out there?
http://camerasize.com/compare/#472,460
OK, thanks. The epl-6 or epl-5 is still a bit smaller, so there’s still an excuse to own a gx7 (evf, peaking) as well as an epl-5 (small, cheap).
It’s already selling in
It’s already selling in parts of Asia outside of Japan
No cheap GX1 bodies in every country in Europe. Still around $450 with the cheapest 14-42mm here.
Admin must have too much cash to spend!!
Here in CZ, the lowest price for GX1 (body only) is €445. For kit 14-42 the price is €565. All including 21% VAT.
The E-PL6 is only available in black and in very limited quantities in Europe (ask your local dealer if he has it in stock). Depending on sources 500 or 1000 copies for whole Europe. Interval Shooting /Time-lapse Movies, Digital Level Gauge, Short Release Time Lag Mode that makes quick responses possible and ISO 100 mode are the main differences compared to the E-PL5. The price is the same as the E-PL5 – so you better grab the E-PL6 as long as you can since it’s a bargain IMHO.
Got my EPL5 recently for EUR 3×0 from Taiwan. Much cheaper than the EUR 599.
Already? That was quick.
“…GX1 with X zoom for 399 Euro…”
Available for £300 (€345) in UK
Do you have a link?
Mifsuds.
£399 just like elsewhere. £300 is only true for the normal 14-42 kit, not the PZ/”X zoom”.
I’d avoid pairing the 14-42mm X zoom with the GX1 because of shutter shock issues. It doesn’t happen with all GX1 PZ 14-42mm pairs, but the potential for it happening is there.
I bought a PZ 14-42mm for my GX1 and returned it because of the shutter shock thing. It’s too bad, because it’s a decent little lens. The standard 14-42mm or even better, the 14-42mm II, would be a better choice. I found that the new 14-42mm II is much better than the PZ 14-42mm in terms of overall image quality and AF speed.
Though one probably can’t be sure that the likelihood of a lens suffering from shutter shock isn’t the same for both the 12-42 PZ and the 12-42 II. You said that it doesn’t occur with all lenses, so you were probably unlucky when you got a 12-42 PZ that has this issue. Maybe you just had better luck with your 14-42 II. The optical construction of both lenses is the same, so both probably have the same type of moving parts (probably the O.I.S.) that can be shaken up too much by the shutter.
I’m still wondering what makes the optical performance of the 14-42 II reported to be better than the 14-42 PZ. If the lens elements are shaped and arranged in the same way, it must have something to do with their coating?
Doesn’t say FREE anywhere. More scams.
What are the differences between the EPL5 and EPL6?
NoSecret mentioned some new features in his comment and the Olympus press release summarizes the new features, scroll down to the section “New functions substantially improved from the OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL5”:
http://www.olympus-global.com/en/news/2013a/nr130510epl6e.jsp
What’s with the red ring around the mount/shutter button, is that some limited edition thing? Haven’t noticed it before.
Got a EPL6 from the Finnish store today. The “red ring” is just red paint. One disadvantage with the PL6: Lightroom 4.4 doesn’t support it (but LR5 does). The level gauge is nice.
It seems that they wanted to make the black version a little more distinguishable from the E-PL5. Strangely though, they didn’t do that with the silver and white version aside from shipping it with a different color exchangeable grip.
Topshot.fi is sold out of this camera now which is a shame because at a very reasonable 599 euro they were offering the PL6 and two lenses. Unfortunately for the rest of Europe the website only ships to Finland and Estonia.