New E-PL7 vs E-Pl5 at CameraSize.
First impressions review of the Pen E-PL7 at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.
Image samples and ISO test at DC.Fever.
Image samples at Photographyblog.
Video of a presentation in Japan (I guess) on Youtube.
UPDATED(!) 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.
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getting pretty thin on the ground, 43rumors
Maybe that’s the state of the system rather than of this site.
Oh that’s exactly what I meant.
Made the mistake of looking sony rumours and Fuji rumours
ah, the selfie camera that can’t take selfies again..
Video of a presentation in Japan (I guess) on Youtube. that’s Taiwan
I still like my EPL6 ..it’s smaller and has the same picture quality!
The three things that the EPL7 has that I would like though are:
Higher Rez LCD
The extra axis of IS
The more-easily- accessible wheel around the shutter button
The EPL7 is a nicely styled, very capable all-around camera though, especially with the VF4 attached. It has a lot more to offer that that self nonsense. 🙂
I see someone getting an EPL7 very soon… 🙂
Yet another post on m4/3 cameras. Frankly, this is getting tedious and is a thinly veiled marketing effort attempting to boost sales of a deeply flawed system. There are so many cameras out there deserving of our attention, and yet we only see this unending stream of posts dedicated to m4/3. The site is even named after the system! If that’s not bias, then I don’t know what is.
Read the URL. 😉 Yes, it’s one system among many, with strong points and weak points. Never the less, this website is about that one system. Want to read about another, try another site. 😉
But that’s the problem right there, that there are sites that so blatantly and unashamedly show their bias by dedicating themselves to a single system or manufacturer!
Why is that a problem? It’s free speech. Anybody can make a website to talk about what they’re interested in.
No point in arguing with a troll. Common sense has no effect on them.
The odd thing is when people complain about the Admin posting non-4/3 related cameras here. And we have seen posts here from a multitude of companies. In theory this site should be dedicated 100% to 4/3 gear and it isn’t.
I know, it’s like when every time I turn the channel to ESPN, they only show sports! They are so biased with the content they broadcast!
Yeah, unlike the millions of other sites out there that AREN’T dedicated to anything in particular.
Perhaps the “problem” is you?
I am experiencing the same sad problem. Every time I visit this 43rumors site I am totally missing all the exciting Nikon rumors (not to mention other camera brand rumors! Shame!) and I am sure I am not doing anything wrong here, am I? I feel so lost, don’t know what to do.
This comment is pathetic!
A flawed system would look differently (like Sony A7, IMO) and would have much less success. m4/3 is the solution for people, who are tired of lugging bulky camera systems. In order to get a small cameras system, you need to shrink the sensor. Seems so hard to grasp.
Exactly. Shortening only flange doesn’t help.
With the latest releases, Oly and Pana continue to trade away their biggest advantage over Sony and others. So much for micro.Sony fits EVF and pop-up flash into a compact body. Why can’t m4/3? No the GX7 is not compact, and the GH4 is huge.
Awaiting LX100, and fixed-lens 4/3 from Olympus.
Look at the lenses and you know, which system is small and which is huge.
No kidding. You can make the camera bodies as small and fiddly as you want, but the lenses will always be bigger.
http://camerasize.com/compact/#488.392,289.366,ha,t
The GX7 certainly IS compact.
I’d love to see it a bit bigger, with more external controls.
All the Olys, with the exception of the EM1 are too small, with cramped controls.
I tend to agree on the E1, but the GH4 is really designed for pro level video, not stills.
The PL7 will still be very compact, especially equipped with with the 20mm Panny or 17mm Olympus.
I wouldn’t want anything larger than a GX7 or E10.
Enough nonsense, get a real job.
Get a job yourself!
LOL this is funny, especially that loser with the camera avatar.
You know precious little nothing about photography, right?
As do you, my incompetent friend!
Which part confused you Ansel?
And people seem to think that sensor tech is stuck in amber. m4/3 sensors will continue to get better and better as sensor tech improves, until one day they reach a point where the overall IQ is as good as today’s state-of-the art 24 megapixel “full frame” sensors. I suspect that day isn’t more than 4-5 years away, either.
On that day, they will have reached a point of sufficiency for 95% of both enthusiast and pro photographers.
And on that day, the benefits of the compact system will win over most photographers.
Deeply flawed satire.
Yeah, teach us how to make correct satire.
American huh?
Hey SD, you forgot to upvote your ‘funny and true’ comment so that people will think you’re popular. I would have guessed you were ‘Fed up’ too, but it wasn’t angry enough.
And you already know I’m American, you’ve stated it multiple times. You wouldn’t be much of a stalker otherwise.
Stop the trolling, please!
You’re using ‘please’ now SD? I guess you can be taught after all.
Did you ever check out that M43 link I posted?
Again, like so many times before, you’re talking to two different people, SD and myself. Learn how to tell us apart, please!
If true, that’s pretty easily solved.
Of course it’s true!
… as you respond from yet another screen name.
There’s a hint there.
So what are you saying? That there can only be one name-changing person active in this forum? I assure you that there are at least two of us.
I’m sure there’s more than two, but most don’t use them to hide behind like SD.
If you don’t want to be mistaken for SD (in fairness, that would be upsetting) it’s pretty easy,
1. Don’t make ludicrous comments.
2. Use one name
3. Since you don’t appear to like M43, frequent a site that promotes a system you like.
It’s not difficult.
1. I will try.
2. We will see.
3. Appearances may be deceiving. What if I told you that I’m a m4/3 user myself?
All we can do is try.
The ludicrous comment was related more to you calling my comment trolling. That’s right out of the SD playbook. Except he usually tacks on an exclamation point.
Flagged as trolling, time someone bans this idiot “Zeikon”.
SD, four different names under two threads in one day. Not very impressive for a ‘bully’.
Why not join in the actual conversation? If you aren’t interested in the subject matter, go find one you are interested in.
Why so angry?
Are you trying to be funny, or do you really have no clue?
No matter how bad a system is, they will always get a couple of supporters. The two worldwide 43 supporters are vocal, even more so are the 20 marketing twits desperately trying to flog their c**p.
Thats an awesome camera with all the features
Not everything is about technology, IS HOW PEOPLE FEEL WITH THE CAMERA!!!
i think is a great system adding wonderful features THAT NON OTHET BRAND has done!!!!
Really? Like the missing dials? Or the lack of working autofocus when subjects move? Or the horrid menus?
Can’t wait for the announcement 20 months from now of the 16mp E-PL9, whose final image production quality is every bit as good as those of the previous several E-PLs!
Just like Canon Rebel line… hehe
In a completely different league, yes, just the same 🙂
For the majority of Rebel owners, the camera tech is the least of their problems.
Any of the current entry level cameras, i.e. D3300, SL1, K500 etc. are able to deliver professional level results.
Really? Who told you? And what about M43? Can they deliver “professional level results”? And what about compacts? Where do you draw the line? Have your bls already dropped?
To be fair, the current sensor has only been in there since the E-PL5, so this is the second (or third, if you want to count the E-PL6) time it’s been used in the E-PL line.
The bigger addition is the 3-axis IS though.
And I bet you’ll still be here complaining, what for? Move on to another camera company that releases revolutionary cameras every year. But then you wouldn’t have anything to blame your lackluster photography on but yourself.
Who put the dabs of brown liquid into the strands of her hair?
All those years since 2008 they spent trying to sell entry-level interchangeable lens cameras to the general public.. mind you, first generation iPhone was released the year before.. now it’s 2014 and just when at least some demand for high-end models starts to pick up they release another entry-level camera that can’t even do what first-generation iPhone was able to do SIX YEARS AGO !!! Dear Olympus, did anyone tell you what are the three necessary steps involved in taking a selfie?! 1) strike a pose, 2) take a photo, 3) SHARE (!!!) …and you wonder why you don’t sell cameras? You had your iPhones with you all along! I wonder you and your marketing department still have jobs.
To be fair, even the E-PL5 could do decent selfies with it’s screen folded 180° up. However, for that kind of handheld selfie shooting, tilting down is definitely better. Selfies made with E-PL5 always looked strange when you looked to the screen, which is on top of the lens. You had to force yourself to look at the lens rather than the screen. With the E-PL7, you look below the lens (if you look at the screen while taking a selfie), and doing that doesnt look as strange.
Pretty sure Ted is criticizing the lack of a streamlined workflow with Oly’s wifi system compared to what cellphone selfie shooters get to enjoy right now.
If E-M1 gets tethering, it is possible others get it too. And that can mean automatic photo transfer to smartphone or home computer via home WiFi. And then it is easy to share.
But it isn’t now so hard. Take photos, preview them in camera and select them and press “share”. Then start WiFi and start O.I.Share that automatically enables WiFi . it will then ask do you want to download shared photos? Answer and you get chosen ones to be shared to wanted app.
Correction for Admin , the EPL7 presentation is at Taiwan not Japan .
I finally sold off my EM5 to buy a rangefinder-like body because I found that I enjoyed using the EPM1 more than the EM5. At first I thought the EPL7 would be a contender but looking at the size increase, I should either grab an EPL5 once it goes on firesale, or look at the Panasonic GF6. Plus, the EPL7 is so fat with the LCD screen folded in. I had the EP1 when it first came out and it was good, but the small size of the EPM1 just makes shooting a lot more fun and easier to take everywhere.
E-PL5 and E-PL7 are just the same fatness with the LCD folded in. The difference is mostly a slight height and width increase (4mm each). It’s still nowhere as big as an E-P5. But yeah, it’s going to be larger than the E-PM series for sure.
PL5 sensor is better than GF6 (for stills) plus you have the viewfinder option if you choose to pick one up. Built-in flash in the GF6 though.
I’d say the PL5 deals out there are the best bang for the buck right now.
Thanks for the thoughts. I agree the Epl5 is a good deal right now, and maybe more so after September. Hehe. I can wait.
I just sold me E-M5 and bought a couple of refurb E-P5, but couldn’t bear to sell my E-PM2 yet. I like the modularity of the PENs + V-F4 and use the E-PM2 as a pocket-cam with the two Panasonic pancakes.
I’d like a comparison of the 3-Axis IS to the 5-Axis of the E-P5…
There are videos of this on youtube
E-PL7 vs E-P5 image stabilization comparison videos? Nope.
There are comparisons for E-M10, but since the body size and weight does play a role, I’d like to see it with E-PL7 specifically.
Does anyone know when the E-PL7 will be available in Germany?
I took a break from shooting on the red carpet with my m43 system and thought to have a glance at 43rumors. Admin, you said you would have taken care of trolls but I see that 99% of comments are useless as the good ol’ times.
For those craving for a “bigger system”, apart from the personal compliments received from other photographers, a bunch of them, even the old “maccheroni” (the elders, those who have access to every room and actor), told me that this system, along with Fuji, is the future.
As I said many times, I don’t care that much about what camera I’m using, I just care that results are good for me and for the customer.
And reading such trolling comments just makes me grin 🙂
Yep. This site seem to attract trolls and the uneducated.
These comment sections are great places for people from all over the world to “gather” and discuss photography, but you’re right, the trolls and just overall pessimistic attitude with every release gets old.
Can’t really blame them. There’s not much to celebrate these days. Just seems to be one samey camera release after another, other than that fixed lens compact from Panasonic and the odd 4K announcement every now and then.
Seems to be, because of your pessimism and short term memory. September 2012 must be lifetime ago for trolls. Olympus put their flagship sensor in it’s entry and mid level cameras, which is like Nikon putting the D800 sensor in the D3300.
Now all we hear are complaints of the same “old” sensor being used “time and time again.” Micro 43 started six years ago! I mean the GH1 is a toy compared to the GH4. The last 10 years of photography/videography has seen the most drastic advances in it’s history. Period.
How can you NOT get excited over the recently released m43 cameras or the amazing rumored cameras set to be announced in a couple of weeks? If a compact camera with a 1″ sensor and internal 4K recording is “meh” to you, than yes, you are the problem.
It IS a lifetime ago, since a camera gets old in a year nowadays. Two years basically makes a camera obsolete.
I feel sorry for you.
No it’s not. M43 sensors are all equally bad, give or take 5% idiotmark scores. Nikon sensors are something entirely different… You wouldn’t know tho, would you?
It’s old and futile, because all it adds are just old replies that lead to nowhere.
I really think those few guys (they’re not so much, they change their nickname) have a really boring life.
Or think that a new camera will change their lives.
I don’t have a boring life in general, but a very boring office job. I do all my trolling at work.
Pessimistic? The whole system is a scam, in case you have not noticed. Should we let marketing trolls screw us and keep quiet?
Maybe 99% of the comments are useless because you didn’t grace us with your wisdom and wit? Please stop by more, master. We need more condescending attitudes from “real photographers” who shoot “red carpets”.
Go home, you’re drunk. Try to lay off the bottle on the marrow.
Maybe I’m drunk too. I can’t spell morrow…
No, you just need to go out and use your camera and head. 😉 That of the red carpet is just something you could do, even with this system you hate so much. :)))
Who says I hate the system? I just hate the condescending way you wrote.
Go and take pictures, it helps! 🙂
If I go and take pictures, does that magically uncondescend (sic) your original comments? No, I don’t think so.
The fact that you got a condescending tone from his original message, says more about yourself than Mr. Marco. His message was, and always seems to be, that we should go out and spend more time taking pictures and enjoying photography and stop focusing (usually negatively I might add) on the gear so much.
A bunch of macaroni told you nano four thurds is the future? Why should we care?
The real question is: why someone not interested in something feels the need to waste time on that thing? Is life so boring? Sometimes I wish I could have some of the free time trolls have, but I think that I wouldn’t be happy that way.
Red carpet? Are you royalty? Or is it a wworehouse?
Sadly the lack of EVF is a no buy for me.
This camera sucks! Nothing more needs to be said.