Here are more new leaked pictures of the soon to be announced Olympus E-Pl7!
Like you know there is not other new PEN to come. One PEN E-Pl7 to rule them all! The specs are also wll known. Just check the E-M10 spec list to know what the E-Pl7 can do 🙂
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P.S.: There is also a Silver E-M1 to come, two new PRO zooms and a great E-M1 firmware update. Announcement likely on August 30.
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Interesting how Olympus advertise its cameras with BCL.
Looks great but when I tried the E-PL5 couldn’t really hold the camera comfortably. I basically updated to the E-P5 for form factor alone.
Sold my E-PL5 body and upgraded to the E-P5 for the extra control dials. The E-PL7 looks like it has one control dial so that is an improvement.
E-PL5 is more comfortably to hold than E-P5, you only need to add $20 large grip to E-PL5.
E-P5 can’t mount large grip. Too bad that E-PL7 can’t either.
As someone who owned both I disagree. A larger grip would help but it just doesn’t have the shape for be comfortable for me. Still a really nice camera though.
Let the complaining begin!!
I like that! Might even buy it as a backup for my EM1. Looking good in silver and the additional control wheel is great too.
Indeed not bad at all. Looks much more serious compared to the 5 and 6. Wonder what an E-P7 or 8 would look like.
Hopefully very similar, but with weather sealing and an integrated left side EVF.
😉
I cant wait for the E-P16 myself..
Too bad there’s only 1 control dial instead of the 2 on the E-M10. It was something to hope for, if all the other specs were the same. But I guess it would just totally demolish E-P5 sales, then.
Let’s hope that as a result Olympus will be really aggressive with pricing. Sub-$500 on this guy. They need a new home-run with the PENs…
Exactly my thought!
It looks like they’ve added a 2nd control dial (one on top + the one on the 4-way selector) seemingly making it a consolidation of their PL and P lines…
Looks like the 4-way selector is no longer rotating…
I’d say they have moved from a less positive dial on the back to a more positive control with a dial on top.
The push is toward the higher end, so if anything I think they would try to replace the e-pm and e-pl models with a single new model. The e-pm isn’t really that much smaller, I think the differentiator for most people is price.
On the Australian Oly site they have dropped the E-PM2 & only have E-P5 & E-PL5 (in the PEN range).
Oh no… I was really looking forward to this camera but now I noticed they seem to have removed the dial around the D-pad on the back. So net net we are still left with only one control dial. I understand they need to differentiate the E-PL line from the E-P line but nonetheless I am disappointed I won’t be able to benefit from smaller size AND twin-dial control layout. Shame.
there is 2 control dials on the top plate! what are you complaining about???
One of the top dials is a mode dial!
There is only ONE control dial on the top plate
Hate it when they do this. it is like the porsche cayman. Beautiful car but kept down because of the carrera.
Silver painted plastic usually looks cheap and this looks like no exception. The pebble grain grip on the pebble grain body is not a good look either. An aesthetic let down from the PL5,
Hopefully form and function will make up for it.
If it’s like the silver E-PL5, then it’s not silver-painted plastic but metal.
The forthcoming Olympus E-PL7 looks like an attractive and capable camera and should definitely appeal to first time buyers. For current owners who are looking for something revolutionary and new, seeing such incremental steps is a bit of a let down. But more frustrating, to me, is that there does not seem to be a movement towards standardizing a control set — things like the number of dials and buttons. Doing that would build a more cohesive product line.
Variation in UI are a bad place for differentiation.
In buying a step down model to back up and EP5 or OM series, one would expect some performance compromises in burst, build quality, etc. But differences in controls are just annoying and “intrusive.”
I hope when Oympus “rethink” the PEN that they build consistency of controls across the entire PEN lineup, and even across the OM lineup as well. This camera doesn’t appear to be too small to have two dials, so maybe Olympus think this camera is for people who want a phone step up and not a second body.
But I believe they (and we) would be better served by assuming that someone buying an ILC is interested enough in photography not to be intimated by the extra dial 🙂
Of course, multiple dials are just my preference. Does anyone prefer a single, modal control?
EDIT: I just realized that it seems like they removed the dial that used to be around the directional controller. What a letdown, I thought they’d finally have two dials.
Having a second dial around the four way pad is okay, but if some cameras do that and some don’t, you can’t build up “muscle memory.”
What I’m after is having the dials be in the same place, with the same orientation, and be dedicated to the same functions (or have same customization options).
🙂
The EP5 and EM1 and EM10 have two horizontally oriented dials: one on the front of the top panel that falls under your pointer finger near the shutter release and another on the top panel’s back that is easily accessible with your thumb. I’d like all PENs and OMs to have that configuration, so we could pick up any of them and not have to think about anything but the image.
I wouldn’t mind if they did make all their cameras much more intuitive. It doesn’t seem like they expect people to buy more than one Olympus body. But on the other hand, owning totally different cameras from different brands should also be manageable. Still, it’s true the finger sometimes finds the wrong button.
LCD doesn’t flip all the way up?
Those two top fails look out of place, especially looking from the back. Horrible. What’s the price?
Looks like no built-in flash.
I was looking for that too- I really think this series should have a built in flash. Even if they had to sacrifice the hotshoe. I think the small number of buyers of this model who really wanted the hotshoe could then be moved up to the e-p series. A hotshoe is a logical differentiator between entry level and enthusiast models.
I want both built-in flash and an hot-shoe. There seems to be plenty of space to the right of the hot-shoe. At least my wife’s EPL-2 has a built-in flash in that space. 🙂
E-PL3/5/7 is much slimmer and smaller than E-PL2’s body. To integrate a flash in camera body, not only flash lamp, but much more devices – capacitors, needed. Moreover, mechanical shutter also needs motor, capacitors, and box of gears. Once I have disassembled a E-PL2. It’s so complicated and fullfilled with machines and electronics, so there’s no room for another parts. It’ll be same as E-PL3/5/7 and they will never have any room for integrated flash.
No hotshoe means no accessory port. I still want the EVF option for the PL series though.
What? It has a hot shoe and under that plastic protective cover is the accessory port. Same as the EPL5/EPL6.
Drawback, do Flash & VF but hey..yah just have to choose something else…there are sooooo many cameras to choose from.
Read the entire conversation before jumping to conclusions and posting.
rpm40 mentioned that he would prefer a built-in flash instead of the hotshoe. My reply was to that, that removal of the hotshoe would also mean that the AP2 port would have to be removed.
Too bad, i was also looking for a built-in flash. But they don’t want to build a camera that fulfils too many needs at once. They prefer to spread the good points over several cameras.
I’m a hobbyist, but i value good image quality and versatality. I need a built-in flash and know how to use it. I won’t stress myself carrying an extra flash.
Just a shame the sensor’s so small which will result in the usual noisy, blotchy images and the usual fatuous protests that sensor size does not matter (get yourselves an iPhone then). I personally like to take pictures in the dark with usable shutter speeds (for non static shots which your famed vibrating sensor is no use for). Thank God Sony worked it out – small cameras & big sensor, whereas Olympus choose small sensors with with large prices. I can’t see Olympus surviving much longer, unless, that is, you want some medical equipment.
Well, you are right about one thing.
His Name!!!! LOL!!!!
uh…lets see….I paid about $325 for my EPL-6 body after I bought it from Hong Kong and sold of the kit zoom.
Sony A7Rs $2500
The EPL-6 (even with my VF4) is an extremely compact camera, versatile and can produce images that are incredible relative to what is on the market. I have hung and sold the images in galleries….so its very good. I will not say that it is of the IQ obviously, of the Sony A7Rs…but it is smaller (especially lenses, has a very solid build and focuses faster, too). Why would you compare the two anyway???
….no he Doesn’t Get It.
It’s okay. Just like you, a lot of other people found school tough as well. You’re not alone. Be brave!
Just a shame the sensor’s so big which will result in the usual perfect, clear images and the usual chorus that sensor size is all relative (get yourselves whatever you want then). I personally like to take pictures in the dark with usuable shutter speeds (for these shots the 5 axis has plenty of use for). Thanks God Olympus worked it out- small cameras and excellent sensor, whereas the big three choose expensive cameras with large prices. I can’t see Canikon surviving much longer, unless, that is, you want an anchor weight for your equipment.
What a dumb statement.
Canon and Nikon will be around a lot more longer than M43. We can all bet on that. They already survived four thirds easily.
Don’t let the love of your favorite format blind you. It will lead you to say foolish things, like you said above.
STFU.
Indeed. Just what I expected. You can’t reply with logic, so you have to spew profanity. Just another foolish move.
You may continue to play yourself…
I have no idea what your talking about. STFU- “Super Terrific Fun and Uppity.” Learn your acronyms.
This looks really good, I have to say. I’m replacing my EM5 with a “rangefinder-like” body and it’s been up between the Panasonic GX7 and GF6. But now I have to include the EPL7 and Kodak S1, as well. I like the simple form of the S1… reminds me of my old Pentax P30 film camera.
GX7 hands down. You might think you don’t need its viewfinder but it makes a difference. Being able to look through it e.g. in direct sunlight and simultaneously change focus point using touchscreen is a great feature.
I agree completely. I love the size, image quality, handling and build of my Ricoh GR, but without an EVF, I really only use it for shooting from the hip and don’t enjoy it nearly as much. And I don’t like it in the sun.
I love the build quality of my EP5, but don’t like giving up the hot shoe to the EVF or having the EVF centered. And it seems to add a lot of bulk, real, or just perceived. The GX7 seems about perfect. I wonder how much smaller it can get without losing ergonomics and good controls. I’m excited about the GM2, if the rumors are true.
I think that’s the way the RicohGR is supposed to be used. A fast and silent street camera. I have learnt to point it in the right direction without looking at the subject or at the camera.
An EVF would be useful though, for every other use of the camera.
I wonder if there will be a new version..
The GR is indeed a purpose built machine. and it succeeds. I’ve been craving other ways to use it, but have been frustrated. The forthcoming LX8 might be more versatile, though unlikely to provide snap focus or hyper focal scales like the GR. Just when I come to terms with accepting a “specialized” tool like the GR, I grow impatient that it can’t do more things. Totally illogical and unfair, I know. 🙂
….but you can put the INCREDIBLE VF4 on the E-PL7! Have it all!!!!!
I like that you can put OVFs on PENs and they don’t look ridiculous. You can find various OVFs and match them with 17mm, 19mm, 20mm and 25mm AF prime lenses for m43. Set the aperture, leave the focus to the lens and just frame, it’s fast and fun too shoot at daytime. I do use EVFs for MF lenses and night shots.
donate the E-M5 to me then 🙂
New 3-axis IS from the E-M10, additional dial, are the two main things this adds. Unfortunately it’s going to have a steep initial price point, and reselling my mint-condition E-PL5 at maybe 300EUR at max still means having to pour in around the same amount of money to upgrade…
The EPL-7 also may have one or two more control buttons, but I am not sure. On the back of the camera on the left and right of the hot shoe..it looks like there are two buttons. One on each side. Yes?
If so that and the new dial would give increase access without going in to the menus than the E-PL5/E-PL6’s have.
oh…oh…I think that is the MFT logo on the left side of the hot shoe, not a button…and the thing on the right side of the hot shoe looks to small…but I cannot tell what it is???
That’s the ‘AP2’ mark, indicating the port on the left (covered by plastic) for EVF or other stuffs.
Not an additional dial, just moved from the back to the top.
I would LOVE to see some images of the white model as well. (Hoping it looks more like the E-PL6 white model that I own..not like the E-PL5 model with the heinous flesh-colored grip and thumb-pad). I like the black one the most so far.
We really need more flesh-colored cameras!
what about bacon patterns on camera?
What about the bacon patterns on your forehead? €:-)
#:D
LCD screen is not 16/9 anymore, that’s nice. Buttons at the top (Play / Trash) are removed. That’s confirm this E-PL7 is really smaller. Maybe close to E-PM2 size. They removed 4-axis dial also to gain some size. I never liked E-PL series before, but i admit this E-PL7 is cute and already collector. Sad that the E-P is not the last PEN with 5-axes IBIS.
There’s something about silver Olympus cameras I don’t like. They look contrived and cheap. Really like the black OMDs and the black E-PL7 looks gorgeous.
Fuji cameras and the GX7 are the only bodies that I think look like they should be silver.
The E-P5 doesnt really look like cheap. I have GX7 and i tried E-P5, i can say you the E-P5 look really “premium” even more than the GX7 (that’s why i have Black GX7). If i own an E-P5, it should be silver.
Yeah, I’d say all said and done the E-P5 is probably tougher than the GX7. Just my subjective opinion the silver Oly cameras look off to me.
Silver E-P5 is incredible in your hands. Not cheap at all…and very fluid to use!!!
I own one and absolutely love it …got rid of my E-M5 it was so sweet.
I do like the look of that Black E-PL7 though!
Agree, the silver E-P5 is a slight exception. But the black E-P5 looks so much better IMO. Still felt weird in my hands though.
All Oly MFT cameras are well built. I just think the silver schemes make them look cheap compared to the stealthy pro-looking black versions. All subjective, I know.
4-axis thumbwheel dial missing…. Oh no…
Right now the E-PL5 is only $50 less than the E-M10. It’s $100 less at regular price. Neither the E-PL5 nor the E-PL7 have built in VF or flash. E-M10 has both, and has an open hotshoe. So what is the attraction of an E-M10 spec’d. E-PL7? Modularity at a higher ultimate cost for the same spec? And you still have to choose between viewfinder and flash. Is styling the attraction? On a dollar difference basis, it’s hard to rationalize the lineup.
My friend bought a new EPL5 body for about 300$ from an Chinese reseller last week. New cameras are not cheap there but last generation products usually have much lower prices.
I think Gunny has a point. …but like I said below, I got an EPL6 body for $325 after I sold the kit lens on eBay. Gunny…that is about $325 less than the E-M10.
I wanted a modular camera that is small…and I bought my EPL6 before the E-M10 was available…I love it so much as my back-up MFT camera..I think I would do it again anyway.
Mainstream entry bodies – like a5100, GF6 – in mirrorless market has only built-in flash, but E-PL7 has selection between flash and EVF. That is such an advantage.
Ugh, I’ll care about this line when they have an integrated flash. I don’t use it that much but for the few times I do, I don’t want to have had to carry an extra accessoire around all the time.
Funny isn’t it? The early EPL1, 2 had integrated flash, then lost it at EPL3, 5. The early EP1, 2 didn’t have integrated flash, then gained it at EP3, 5. I still have my good ol’ EPL1 and still waiting for a worthy upgrade. EM10 was perfect – an EM5 with integrated flash, but losing 5 axis stabilization and weather sealing steered me away. Nothing from the Lumix line really hooked me. And so the waiting game begins again.
Then just buy the E-M5 for heaven’s sake, and stop complaining about it. Look at the current low price of the E-M5 – a great camera. Some of you on this board are such cheapskates – all talk, no action. Sheesh!
I don’t care if it’s the best camera in the world – if I have to fumble around with another stupid little accessory just for a flash (which is ridiculous for such a premium camera), then it’s not worth it.
Please change name to bombastik. 🙂
GX7 has it all.
Today.
No hoping or praying necessary.
Jeff, you’re correct, but see? They don’t want it, simply because it says LUMIX, and not Olympus.
Right now, people are complaining about the lack of a built in flash… The GX7 has one built in.
And 5 axis Ibis is all they want, nothing less…
They want their camera to say Olympus and their sensor from Sony. If the camera doesn’t have it, as GOOD as the camera can be, they don’t want it.
Sad, really… Nah, Pathetic really.
Damn that looks nice, but no money 🙁
So Olympus seems to be focusing trimmings.
E-P5 -> E-PL7 -> E-M10 -> E-M1
Why do you place E-PL7 higher than E-P5? The E-P5 has 5-axis IBIS, 1/8000s shutter speed, dual control dials, and (probably) better build quality.
I think he meant the ranking of the looks of them.
Will it work with VF-4 eyesensor?
Of course.
This is useless…if you and panasonic cannot improve the sensors significantly Sony will put these guys out of business. I am tried of Nikon, although I have all their equipment, but this is just a another rehash. Worthless after 1 year…If you cannot make these cameras shoot clean at 3200, and include an EVF on every camera (this is rediculous), then just be a consumer company and forget about it. Or just sell everything to sony, including IBIS. As much as I love Olympus the money and time is running out.
Tish tish. So much hash has been made of a certitude that these OM-D cameras have Panny sensors in them that nobody seems to notice the top of the line Nikon FX sensors, that they have Nikon part numbers on them, clearly visible under a microscope, even though they are 100% manufactured by Sony. What makes these OM-D cameras great is a Sony sensor that equals the performance of the Sony-fabbed sensor in the Nikon D-5100. The ISO-3200 performance is as good or a sliver better on the OM-D. All the hay made of FX-6400 performance would make you believe everything else is crap, yeah? Not so. How many great shots are actually deep ISO rescues? I’ve shot my share of nice tries that would not have turned out any better on the FX. Crap light does you in some days. But oh my goodness. The wonderful shots I have gotten off in the kind of light you shoot every day sticks it to the lie that deep ISO is the only thing that really matters, and is, further, required and superior, all of the time. No sir. The OM-D story is about a great sensor behind some very fast glass. It costs money, as does the FX, but less. We can envy, but only a little, the rare, great shot that deep ISO makes possible. We pocket the change and go buy two more lenses instead.
You’re incorrect. The PENs, E-M5 and E-M10 have the Sony sensor, but the E-M1 has been proven by Chipworks to have a Panasonic sensor.
As for Nikon, they use sensors by Sony, Toshiba, Aptina (in Nikon 1), and their own designs. The Sony sensors are marked as Sony sensors, whereas the sensors with Nikon part numbers are designed by Nikon and manufactured by Renesas. They are not manufactured by Sony!
It’s who designs the sensors, not which company fabricates it. Many companies outsource chip and circuit board fabrication to contain the costs of running a chip manufacturing plant.
That was my point. Nikon designs some sensors themselves, and use others designed by Toshiba and Aptina, so the claim that they only use Sony sensors is incorrect.
Yes, Nikon uses a sensor salad from a number of fabricators, yesterday’s openly admitted news. The current FX sensor is a Sony, and it has a Nikon part number PAINTED on it. The PAINT is the POINT, haha. It’s almost a pun. Alas, everyone falls for the assumption that the part number PAINTED on a 43 sensor “proves” something. The counter proof you readily admit is the Renesas(HItachi) sensor with a Nikon number PAINTED on it. Ergo, painted part numbers and markings do not prove anything. The only thing the photo conclusively proves is that Chipworks has a microscope. The part numbers are merely an inference. Until the time comes when Olympus openly reveals all of their sensor sources, a variation in opinion is allowed. Why are they so coy about it? If Olympus says the E-M1 sensor is Panasonic sourced, I will eat crow. I object to the hasty conclusion that the sensor is a Panny for the following reasons. Call me silly if you wish. The E-M5 sensor bested the GH2 sensor by a considerable margin at a time when Panasonic treated their best as exclusive and their partner as a second-class citizen. The 12 megapixel sensors were comparative crap because ISO performance beyond 800 was terrible. Olympus lost their D-SLR business because of poor sensor performance, and months before the exclusive contract with Panasonic expired it was rumored that they were shopping for a better sensor. It was NOT a surprise that Sony fabbed the E-M5 sensor. When you compare the 16 megapixel sensors in the D-5100 and E-M5, the optical properties and noise characteristics are virtually identical. You would assume they were two copies of the same sensor part. The E-M1 sensor is not an entirely different animal. Some of the green pixel locations are re-purposed as left or right phase detectors, a mild imaging compromise that Panasonic has publicly and vocally objected to. It would be ironic to diss a part they make or the partner they make it for. It makes more sense to diss a competitor’s part. Instead, they are working on a new focus algorithm (IE, spending a big chunk of money) that measures out-of-focus-ness twice, to mimic the phase-detection capability to predict the location of actual focus, which then switches to contrast-detect to fine tune. It will be very fast if they can get it to work. It is the combination of coy behavior, dissing, awesome sensor capability in a segment that Sony leads, and the ease of applying paint where all of this intrigue takes place, that make a hunch believable, and a picture suspect, to me. It doesn’t really matter who makes the sensor as long as the performance is awesome.
The markings on the chip identify the designer of the sensor. The Renesas-made sensors are Nikon designs. The sensor in D4/Df is not a Sony sensor, it’s a Nikon. The D610 and D810 sensors are indeed Sony sensors, and are marked as such.
If the sensors marked with Nikon part numbers are indeed Sony sensors, why are some of their sensors actually marked with Sony part numbers (starting with IMX)? Why not mark them all as if they were Nikon sensors?
I agree that Sony will give them a hard time. If one shoots shorter focal lengths or just keeps the kit lens (majority of buyers), lenses producing equivalent DoF are more or less the same size on both systems which swings the deal towards Sony. Also it’s true that Olympus just keeps rehashing for the sake of rehashing – no real innovation in workflow, sharing or connectivity. If E-PL7 is supposed to be “entry level” camera for the masses it should have something that would persuade masses to buy it. Instead it functions and looks like overpriced P&S. True, the IQ is there but I think it doesn’t justify the steep price for an average buyer.
I’m glad to see a camera like A7 however I’m not sure how would it go in the future. I think Sony is having a hard time themselves in bringing small lenses to the FE mount, and we know that lens sizes matters a lot in compactness. And if we talk about lens adaptation, a 35mm format A7 is far behind M4/3 and APSC, especially when you value compactness, which means adapting lenses from systems with similar flanges, also the big digital sensor rejects many lenses if you consider the IQ on the edges. (e.g. have a look at the test pcitures of rangerfinder lenses with 35mm FL on A7).
Once Sony figures out how to deal with the wider than 35mm wide-angle rangefinder lens issue, the solution for some will be Zeiss, Leica and Voigtländer lenses.
Yes, manual lenses… boo hoo! 😉
This is an older article that I think concerns also FE mount: http://fourthirds-user.com/2012/08/the_full_frame_dslr_legacy_compromise_explained.php …this means that the exit pupil issue is not easily remedied and it might well be one of FE mount’s shortcomings. It might be deceptive to think we get “full frame” quality if we have to sacrifice resolution.
At the end of the day it comes down to pro vs. consumer use, and the fact is for low light and speed size mayor may not be important. Size is very important to me but if it can’t produce the semi-pro results I need will have to stick with the same old same for now. Sony is telling the world what is possible…that is if they do not go broke doing it.there is no doubt that panny and OLY have the best evf and customization for the pro but they need to incorporate the pro IQ whether or not it is ff,apsc,or43.. Fuji although nice images has a garbage GUI,and just lacks technologically quite far behind the others…tried xt1 just poor ergonomics and a real cluster of poor controls…the good news is all the competition amongst the manufacturers is bringing the future of photography so much sooner than we ever expected. In am few year nikon and canon would have wished they made the switch sooner…that is unless nikon can take the v3 and a ff the size of a7
My point was more about APS-C Sony’s. I consider A7 to be a separate category that can coexist with crop sensor options and that people wouldn’t usually buy as their first camera – once the initial hype wore off, people have found out that A7 isn’t perfect either (AF speed, light leaks, edge resolution, lack of lenses). But when it comes to M43 vs APS-C Sonys, these are all well-rounded cameras and the layman might just go with the bigger sensor, ignoring other parameters.
I am a bit disappointed by the game changes that did not happen in the E-PL7. There is nothing revolutionary here, but you have a decent camera to take some great pictures and make you wish you had started with an E-M10 in the first place. In a PEN, I am only willing to trade the viewfinder for a fast pancake zoom lens that has yet to materialize. What’s wrong here is the aperture on the collapsible, pancake lens. It’s nice that most of the controls look very familiar. I am gunning for seven lenses and I don’t care for the flexibility to mount them on a less serious camera, At some point I will upgrade to the E-M1 follow on. I love the mZuiko primes. But yes, I am interested to acquire a mid-range camera in the range-finder format and the E-PL7 faces some stiff, fixed-lens competition. The Canon G1X-ii has an f2.0-3.9, 5X zoom, and the Sony RX100-iii hits a home run with an f1.8-2.8, 3X zoom. Both are faster and easily as convenient in comparison and cost.
GX7
The GX7 is the best “Pen” yet. The point is, f3.5-5.6 kit is doo doo these days when f2.0-3.9 is available on Canon’s 4/3-sized sensor, and f1.8-2.8 is available on Sony’s 3/3 (er, 1 inch) sensor.The latter has a pop-up view-finder in same position as the GX7. The point, the fast lenses keep you away from the acceptable but not stellar ISO-3200 one day and give you a high shutter speed the next, effectively avoiding the fall-off compared to full frame. None of the kit lenses on any of the Pen style cameras are fast enough, and all the ones that are fast are primes. The rangefinder works best as an all-around, kick-around camera, one that doesn’t make you sorry you left better gear home on the rowdy outing of the day. The Pens need the fast, kit zoom in order to keep up, and they risk becoming irrelevant when attractive options are available from other manufacturers. What blessings will come with the LX-8?
The GX7 is what M4/3 is all about. Everything you need in a compact and streamlined package.
I totally agree about the slow kit lenses, but that’s really done to keep the size, weight and price down. Faster lenses are in the “enthusiast” realm and unlikely to ever be sold as kit lenses. The only exceptions to that rule are the GX7/20mm kit and the GH-x/EMx f2.8 zoom kits. But how many people buy them?
If you need faster lenses, you know where to go, right? 😉
When I was hesitating if I should buy a FF cam like A7 , I saw this gorgeous thing， and it leaves me no more hesitation.
Olympus really knows how to make cameras.
，Chinese/Japanese spotted 😀
Ist an EVF that costly today? I doubt it.
Still, Olympus prefers to put a piece of rubber where the potential customer expects an EVF when holding the camera in his hands for the first time. So, just remove the gray rubber and you have your EVF. Oh, wait, there is a connector underneath it? WTF …
That’s the first impression many people get I guess. With that, they won’t buy the camera for sure. Then the salesperson explains, that he can get the camera in 23 different colors and Hello Kitty art filter has been further improved.
If someone already has a recent micro 43 camera with 16 mpixel sensor, why would he bother to buy this new pen. What true function does it add?
Nothing except size. But so? Why not make an attractive camera for seine who doesn’t have a m4/3 camera? Also if you are upgrading that often you are probably throwing money away to the wind an not focusing on photography.