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OMD deal reminder:
E-M1 for $999 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II for $899 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
A list of all Olympus deals can be found at Amazon US and GetOlympus. Camera+Lens savings page at Amazon US.
8 Responses
Beware the 17mm f/1.8.
It has a pretty face but ugly IQ.
Check the Lenstip review and countless user feedback on DPReview.
I find it be useful for street photography as it has fast AF and I don’t care much about having the sharpest images. Everything’s fine except for the rather poor sharpness and significant field of curvature problem.
I agree. This lens is the back sheep of the Olympus family.
Sharpness is ordinary., You can get better quality even with the some zooms. The 20mm (except for AF speed) is better. So is the 15mm.
Compact cameras with no EVF and no flash built in are dead. Olympus is redesigning the PEN cameras and about time. Their warehouse must be full of these EP-5s and 17mms that nobody wants to buy. I would wait for the new EP-7 which is just around the corner.
EP5 has flash built in. VF-4 adapter is one of the best viewfinders in the business.
It is a wonder that E-P5’s price is not dropping quickly, being down from $999 just to $799. Is it selling OK?
I don’t think it’s selling well. I have the feeling what often happens, if a product just sits on the shelf, sellers are reluctant to slash prices by a lot, because they will lose more money. The problem is of course, cameras become outdated very quickly, so after a while no one is interested anymore.
$749 for this obsolete camera and soft lens is too much money. The OMD EM-10II with a kit zoom can outperform it, except for lens speed, and it comes with an EVF, better video, and many other extras and the latest features, all for the same money.