E-PL5 - mildly unimpressed other than IQ (very good)

One of the big attractions of this camera is the lack of the AA filter. It needs to bear good enough results to overcome the obstacles that would be on the negative side. if it doesn't do that, I see no reason to add this camera to the OMD.

I am looking for both the lower and upper camera to the OMD. For a pro model they need to add a few things to the OMD although not much. It needs dual card slot, bigger buttons, ability to take the 4/3 lenses without adapter and for them to work and bring new life to them. It needs ability to attach spot metering to active focus point. It needs to turn on the AF assist light on the FL50 or whatever Olympus flash that has it, the battery needs to be bigger and have more shots and the grip needs to hold both batteries. It also needs a "My Menu" feature and the on/off switch needs to be withing index finger reach. It would also be nice to take video a bit more seriously and Olympus needs to release their own custom profiles for LightRoom that brings the Oly colors to what they are in the camera. one last thing, it needs the GH2/GH3 style flip out LCD screen.

The EPL5 seems pretty nice, but for a lower end camera I was looking for something like the XZ-1 with this OMD sensor in it. The XZ1 is awesome except for the sensor size. Shoulda done it

Peter

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