Image courtesy: Robin Wong
Robin Wong (Click here) posted the second part of his ongoing E-PL7 review:
On the whole, I think the Olympus PEN E-PL7 is one truly capable camera. Yes it is not perfect, and it may not have significant improvement over E-M10, but in the PEN Lite series, it is one huge level up from E-PL5/E-PL6.
And here is an interesting info from the German Pen And Tell site:
The new BLS-50 battery (here at BH) has 5% more capacity than the previous batteries. The good news is that it can be used by all preivous PEN models too.
E-PL7 preorder, specs and price links to all newly announced Olympus stuff:
Full special page at Adorama.
Silver E-PL7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, Wex UK.
Black E-PL7 body at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, Wex UK.
Silver E-PL7 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, Wex UK.
Black E-PL7 with lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, Wex UK.
White E-PL7 at Wex UK.
Black 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus.
Black LH48 Metal hood for the 12mm lens at Adorama.
Black kit lens lens cover at Adorama, BHphoto.
Brown kit lens lens cover at Adorama, BHphoto.
Black CS-45B body jacket at Adorama, BHphoto.
Brown CS-45B body jacket at Adorama, BHphoto.
Black E-PL7 CS-45B at Adorama.
Brown E-PL7 CS-45B at Adorama.
Olympus BLS-50 Lithium-Ion Battery at BHphoto.
EP12 underwater housing at GetOlympus.
70 Responses
that is a woman?
Well, in the third world, yes.
Ok, I don’t get it. Why EPL7? Why not just buy GX7? GX7 cheaper now and do so much more. Mostly of all, got Viewfinder!!!
Cuz he is an Olympus Malaysia employee.
GX7 won’t do selfies, oh no! 🙂
Of course ones can choose whatever cameras you want to purchase but to compare GX7 with EPL7 , there are not in the same league .
GX7 is born to rival OMD .
At least GX7 should be compared to E-P5, although the latter has no EVF they are in the same class. The E-PL7 is a class below that.
IMO, Pen-lines and OMD-line compare:
E-M1 top of the bunch, then E-M5, then E-P5, E-M10, E-PL7.
Though E-M10 have some other features than E-M5 it’s still clearly meant to be below the E-M5.
Yes, yes, yes, the GX7 is higher level. GX7 rival OMD yes but what I means is the price. You go check the eBay machine, GX7 body brand new you can buy for USD600 only. I no making this up, you go check the eBay machine.
Why not buy an IPad? It’s the same price.
Don’t be silly. iPad has no u43 mount.
Although there is rumour that Kipon is making u43 to iPad mount. That news should make you very happy. If true, you can use your iPad with your Olympus 75mm 1.8 soon. Good luck with that. The rest of us rather not for obvious reason.
Why not get Canon 5d3?
Are you crazy??? The 5DIII weigh half a tonne of noodles!!!
Hahahahahah! I fell off my chair laughing…
Say Ming Dang, where are you from? You have a typically oriental name but you don’t seem to be Chinese. I’m thinking Vietnamese perhaps?
Kai, je suis Vietnamien.
“It is one huge level up from EPL5/EPL6” ………….Hmm Robin is definitely Wong about that.
You are White and he is Wong.
May as well be that Wobin is Rong.
You will never guess what Wong means in the dialect of the Hong Kong people of China. Wong means Yellow. I no making this up. You just go check the Google machine.
so if he has the flu, he is the much talked about Yellow Fever?
Huh? I don’t get it Ulli.
As I said, Wong means Yellow and Google is your friend on that.
But if he had Jaundice then I believe they call it “Wong Dam Peng”. And again, I kid you not.
Hey, any Hong Kong people here to verify?
haha I was just trying to make a joke, sorry Ming and thank you for educating, surely there are more HK people here
Wong means King.
Kai here from Hong Kong. Yes it’s true, Wong means yellow. Although Wong could also mean king depending on the context of the sentence. The chinese character for king is rather easy to write. It’s three horizontal lines with one vertical line in the center. Yellow it a lot more complicated.
Why not a level up?
Better construction and body material. 3-Axis IS. New Image Processing Engine. Upgraded LCD screen (E-PL5 screen resolution is bad). New features, such as Built in Wifi which is better than the E-PL5’s card based.
That comment is a company man hawking product if I ever heard one! :-)The EPL7 has some nice perks but the IQ. Is the same and I think that the EPL6 has some distinct advantages over the EPL7.
I presume that, when you wrote the title for this article, you wrote ‘test’ by mistake, and meant to write ‘brochure’….
yay comments same as usual,lol
So many happy people here 😉
Anyway, seems like a great camera, more than just selfie-capable. Nice ISO performance, nice 3 axis, looks good too. Still one big reason to complain: Damn, why did I buy an E-PL5 a few weeks ago…
the EPL5 is smaller, the IQ is the same as the EPL7, the LCD flips up instead of down AND it cost a whole lot less! 🙂
E-PL5 has no 3-Axis IS, no built in Wifi, lousy screen resolution, and does not look as sexy as the E-PL7.
yes very nice, i like the inclusion of the IBIS on a cheaper pen.
anyway dont have the budget for anything right now. But I went to polaroids now, as its the best expensive low budget solution for a next concept I want to do.
Polaroid model photography? Sounds cool!
Like david warhol
yuo mean Andy Warhol maybe? He used it alot
Sorry I meant Andy (donno why when I think of him, David Bowie jumps into my mind:)
haha, when i was young I alwayst hought that David invented the Bowie knife.
I hope you are better than that warhol clown…
haha, but did you check Gus van Sant? he did different styles with various polaroid models though….
hope so yes, as i have never done it before.
It’s an easy guess: I bet there would be the words bias,employee, brochure in the comments, and I got two over three in the first minutes. 🙂
The reason you got those words in the responses is because they are true. It is nothing against Mr Wong he is only doing what he is paid for , it is the fact that his infomercials are linked to as “reviews” or “tests”. Nothing personal but company employees [ any company] are the last source I would look for for unbiased information.
I’m sure that you can decide on your own wether buying something because you need it or wanting.
That infomercial is still his review, his point of you, and it’s no secret that he works for Olympus.
Every review will always be the author point of view, a second person experience, and the best thing to do are: try the camera for yourself if you can (at your fav local store/borrow it from a friend), read and watch as many reviews on the web and sum up for yourself, download raw files and play with it.
Personally I like RW photos, and while I read his reviews I prefer to look with my eyes at the pictures he takes. They are more pleasant than the majority of what we see around on reviews.
Marco. I have no problem with Robin Wong he makes some fantastic images. My point is in reference to admin labeling it a test an extended test no less. I like my tests independent and unbiased which an employee of a company is never going to deliver. It is not a review , honestly do you ever seriously expect him or any other camera companies employees to point out any issues/problems/gotchas with the gear which they are in essence attempting to sell to us.
He is not just “doing what he’s being paid to do”… He has a love for the art for a lot longer than he has been working for Olympus (which has been less than a year).
LOL , long before he was “working for” Olympus he was already receiving free gear as far back as the E5 the camera with “soul” according to Wong anyway.
Poor Robin… I feel sorry for him when his posts are linked here. 🙂
i still like him, the flawless crisp photography in a pleasant way, its understandable why many see him as a promoter.
Me too. Still it seems that some people think that he’s trying to have your soul in exchange of an Olympus product..
Isn’t it time for the LX100 announcement if it’s supposed to come early this week?
A good demonstration by Mr. Wong.
These days very high quality photographs can be produced with lightweight, easy to use equipment. It means that the technical prowess which made professionals stand out is quickly losing its significance. In order to succeed professionally a photographer must possess a keen eye, which is much harder than mastering a complicated camera.
Yes . Exactly .
But the society still not aware of it .
I disagree. An old OM-1 is easier to use because it only contains the essential. These modern gadgets contain a lot of useless junk and sometimes miss the essential. Aperture – speed – iso – focus: where are those controls in this new toy? Buried in some endless menu?
Of course “the society is not aware of it” LOL.
Have you used a camera lately? My wife has the epl5 and it has all of what you just said, without having to go to a menu… I have the ep5 as well as my alpha 77 and on many ways I prefer the Olympus! I love using my manual lenses that just have a different feel and look to them… With them, I feel like I’m going good back to basics! Such an enjoyable experience… And such a connection with the camera!
Then I turn on focus peaking or magnifier while the sensor is stabilized and get a better shot than with any dslr! I love technology!
So this camera must have invisible dials, and you must consistently shoot in poor light, and that tiny sensor must be awesome. Interesting… Or sad?
To Tom the troll,
it’s not just the size, but that you know how to use it!!! It is very interesting to be able to use almost ANY LENSE CREATED on my little camera…. Sad to see that you have nothing else to do (like go take some pictures) than criticize the tools of our craft.
Have you got a craft? Methinks you are trying to sell “crafpt” LOL. And you ignore the basics – again: aperture, speed, iso, focus, for the 2 or 3 who are interested in learning something.
Man, just stop wasting time with trolls..
Srsly, try any PEN camera newer than E-P1 then talk.
Have to agree. I sold my EPM1 to a non-photographer friend when I bought an EM5. He took it backpacking on vacation and scored some gorgeous shots with the 14mm Panasonic lens I sold it with. And he never took it off P mode.
Maybe the E-PL129 will have dials for ISO, aperture and speed (two out of three are usually enough), and only cost 590 USD. This is ABC, even corner sharpness geeks should know this is important. They don’t, and this will keep Olympus afloat a while longer.
Sad but true.
Yeah, dumb customers don’t do good to the markets. O and P are half dead anyway, so I guess people are not too dumb.
You guys realise you are being had right?
Why aren’t men holding the camera?
Girls are gross.
I see trolls are still lingering and stealing other people’s nicks.
Robin Wong has shown some samples with applying High ISO and IBIS. Rather impressive. I suddenly know why Olympus publish the advertising video with a night scene selfie situation.
“Yes it is not perfect, and it may not have significant improvement over E-M10, […]”
Do people really believe an official Olympus promoter would dare to write something like this?
No picture improvements. Still the same bad output from 5 years ago. Thats youre M43 i guess.
Lol