Robert Watcher
Well-known member
YES - I'M TWO YEARS BEHIND - but...
... That's just the way I am. I have been perfectly content with my Olympus E-PL3 over the past two years of travel and street shooting. So what more do I need.
I returned from Nicaragua on Thursday and found that Best Buy had the newer E-PL5 on sale for $429.00 (Canadian) - so figured it was time for an update. Part of that decision was based on 2 factors - - - firstly the 14-42 kit lens (that I use regularly) of the E-PL3 only functioned from 14- 20mm, causing an error message beyond that range. A look at Henrys Camera website informed me that a new replacement was going to cost $350.00. Secondly, some of the abilities and dials of my E-PL3 were becoming compromised - - - I presume from the heavy use and exposure to severe elements.
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One of my sons had a get together with friends last night - we were invited and so I took the new E-PL5 with me to try out all of the different features - most of which I am familiar and comfortable with, from using my E-PL3.
3 things that I greatly appreciated were the very fast Auto Focus, the quite high and usable ISO settings, as well as the touch screen feature for focus and shooting. Pertaining to the latter, I don't know if I will ever go back to shooting with the shutter button after that experience.
Most important, image quality is very good and handling of this small camera is pleasing and what I have become used to in my travels.
Tapping the screen on different subjects at different depths away from the lens - produced stunning results with extremely fast focus and great ease of capture:
I simply cannot believe that there is an image at all on an Olympus camera when shot at 25,600 ISO - as was the case in this shot taken at that ISO setting. The quality and accurate colour aren't there - especially when people are included - - - but there is an image that may even be usable in for family fun. As well, this level of low light shooting means that ISO 3200 and 6400 are very usable. I am very pleased:
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... That's just the way I am. I have been perfectly content with my Olympus E-PL3 over the past two years of travel and street shooting. So what more do I need.
I returned from Nicaragua on Thursday and found that Best Buy had the newer E-PL5 on sale for $429.00 (Canadian) - so figured it was time for an update. Part of that decision was based on 2 factors - - - firstly the 14-42 kit lens (that I use regularly) of the E-PL3 only functioned from 14- 20mm, causing an error message beyond that range. A look at Henrys Camera website informed me that a new replacement was going to cost $350.00. Secondly, some of the abilities and dials of my E-PL3 were becoming compromised - - - I presume from the heavy use and exposure to severe elements.
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One of my sons had a get together with friends last night - we were invited and so I took the new E-PL5 with me to try out all of the different features - most of which I am familiar and comfortable with, from using my E-PL3.
3 things that I greatly appreciated were the very fast Auto Focus, the quite high and usable ISO settings, as well as the touch screen feature for focus and shooting. Pertaining to the latter, I don't know if I will ever go back to shooting with the shutter button after that experience.
Most important, image quality is very good and handling of this small camera is pleasing and what I have become used to in my travels.
Tapping the screen on different subjects at different depths away from the lens - produced stunning results with extremely fast focus and great ease of capture:
I simply cannot believe that there is an image at all on an Olympus camera when shot at 25,600 ISO - as was the case in this shot taken at that ISO setting. The quality and accurate colour aren't there - especially when people are included - - - but there is an image that may even be usable in for family fun. As well, this level of low light shooting means that ISO 3200 and 6400 are very usable. I am very pleased:
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