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Unlike the OMD series the PEN series is not really that popular anymore. And the E-Pl7 sells for much less than the original launch price. You get it now at Robertscamera for [shoplink 52354 ebay]$449 (body only)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 52353 ebay]$549 (with kit lens)[/shoplink].
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Free $200 gift card at Adorama on the Blue GM1 kit (Click here) and on the Orange GM1 kit (Click here). This drops the price down to $497.
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I think it is very difficult to assess just how well a camera is selling as few if any statistics readily available. While the EPL7 may not be popular in the US it is popular in Japan especially the white versions and sell for upwards of $1200 while the EPL6 is very popular at heavily discounted prices. With this discounted price the EPL7 is selling for about that of the Pany GF7. The GF7 while minus a hotshoe has a very good wider kit lens attached. The processing has also been improved and some say IQ equals or betters that from the GH4.
While you are correct about the GF7 price vs EPL7, we mustn’t neglect that in Japan they have a GF7 kit that includes the 35-100 compact zoom, at rather a nice discount to the US ala carte pricing.
I have been a semi-professional photographer for 52 years. My attempt at making money on photography was hamstrung by the perception that anyone with one of the new (circa 1974) Nikon or Canon SLRs was a “professional”. Nothing much has changed over the decades. As a fan of Olympus engineering, I’m amazed at the number of people who still believe that carrying around a monster DSLR marks them as a serious photographer. Yes, I suspect we will go back to the olden days when serious cameras for serious photography were a niche market. My original Nikon system lasted 25 years when I ditched it for digital in 2000. I in turn ditched Nikon digital for Olympus in 2013. Suspect that the technological refresh cycles for serious digital cameras will extend by orders of magnitude. In a global niche market, some of the present camera companies will not survive. I can only hope that Olympus does.
You will pardon me if I say, “Amen.” Photography is not about cameras. It is about pictures. The truth of the matter is, you don’t hit walls with the 16-megapixel OM-D cameras. You hit walls when you buy slow lenses, no matter what the sensor format. You will shell out less for an OM-D and one pro-zoom, than you will on a gigantic camera body. The premium primes knock home runs too.
I have owned a Pen and an OM-D. My advice is to spend the extra $50 and get the camera WITH the viewfinder because all of the reasons for which I first leaned toward the range-finder style camera turned out to be counter-productive. The E-PL7 is NO more pocketable, convenient to use, stealthy, or street friendly. The view-finder-less advantage is a myth.
does Olympus have something like the a6000 or x-pro ?
This seems expensive to me.
Actually omd series is not that popular anymore too. Many of my friends have left and joined Fuji and Sony. Some still use the GH4 for video.
Still priced too high relative to Sony.