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

I just bought an E-PL5 as well, but I'm a bit more impressed with it. I've been eying a second, small, mirrorless system for a while, for the typical reasons (an alternative to a heavy, but wonderful D700).  I tried a friend's OMD and I was impressed and like him, I was surprised at how much I liked using the touch screen, and the tilt feature.  I wanted small and light, and an EVF was not important to me, so the E-PL5 seemed like a good fit.

And it is. Seems well built. Small and light. I like the 16:9 screen. Plenty of room on the sides for info instead of cluttering up my shot. The tilting feature is great. Lap shots of the kids, all those low angles, the one handed reach around shots. Personally, the tilting screen adds a tremendous amount of utility.

The IBIS seems to work well, but I can't compare it to the OMD.

One big minus is the Olympus manual and the hidden features. Don't they want people to find these? It took me a few days to realize I could customize the mode dial. I shoot primarily in A or M. That means I can replace 4 of the never-used modes on the dial (iAUTO, P, ART, SCN)  with 4 custom Myset options.  I now have 2 different A modes and 2 different M modes, with different settings for each. This adds a lot to a camera without a lot of manual controls.

And the files are good. I shoot raw and I'm still figuring out what works best in LR, but I like what I see so far. An impressive little camera.

Samples with the Panasonic 25 f1.4:

F2.8, iso1250

F1.4, iso1000

F1.8, iso200

F1.8, iso 200

F1.8, iso 200