Olympus E-PM2
At the Precision Camera mini vendor fair, I finally got my hands on the newest Olympus Pens, the E-PL5 and the E-PM2. I gave a scathing review of Canon's EOS M, but the Olympus Cameras worked well as expected. However, there was a surprise that I'll talk about later. Both cameras were lightning fast including the focusing and the frames per second -- such a big contrast from the plodding EOS M.
Another case of great minds thinking alike, albeit for slightly different reasons.
Update: The price on the E-PM2 dropped today by $75 ... so I bought it. I just wish I could have gotten it with a lens I don't already have twice over. But it cost the same for the camera body without any lens or with the lens, so okay. Now I have three 14-42mm Olympus lenses. Anyone need an extra? Swap?
December 22, 2012 at 5:20 am
Olympus is one of the pioneers in the new generation of cameras (with interchangeable lens, without mirror). Olympus Produced PEN Mini also known as E-PM1, which is the most affordable camera (without a mirror and with interchangeable lens) in the market. On the other hand Olympus introduced OM-D camera, with great and advanced features. In Photokina 2012 the PEN Lite (E-PL5) and PEN Mini (E-PM2) was introduced. The two cameras are identical except in the E-PM2, the display rotation is not available, even the sizes of these 2 models are almost the same. The main difference between these two can be seen in the appearance of the cameras according to http://www.fisooloo.com/product/Cameras&Photo/DigitalCamera/Olympus/Olympus_PEN_E_PL5 .
December 22, 2012 at 9:39 am
You don’t have to convince me. I have the PL-1 and the P-3. I wish I could find the money (not likely) for a PM-2. just to get one of the new, bigger sensors, though it is hard to figure how a camera could be faster or more fun than th P3. What I really want — my version of howling at the moon — is a wide-angle that’s also fast. Anything fast isn’t wide enough, and anything that’s wide isn’t fast … and both are usually very expensive. The selection in wide-angle lenses isn’t great anyway, probably because you really can’t go below 9mm without being a fisheye. That’s the downside to the PEN’s “half frame” format. At the WA end, it’s self-limiting. But I still hope I can swing either the 9-18 Oly zoom or the new 12 mm prime. Unlikely, but I can dream!!
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