NEX-3N draws a bead on the E-PM2/E-PL5

peevee1 wrote:

Depending on what a user needs (wide vs long), 28-84 equivalent might be as good or better. Besides, some say, 16-50 is very unsharp (meaning that after some NR you can get the same with a decent P&S), even worse than the total POS 18-55:

Meanwhile Oly 14-42 II R is much better:



Depends on who you are and what do you want.

Advantages of E-PM2 (and certainly E-PL5) over NEX-3n:

1) IBIS

2) 8 fps vs 4 fps

3) Touchscreen

4) Hot shoe

5) AF speed

6) And the elephant in the room - much better lenses (if you only going to use the poor kit zoom, buying an ILC over, say, RX100 does not make ANY sense).

Given all these, 3N is more of a competitor for Panasonic GF3 then to the PENs, as the PENs simply outclass the small NEX.

Yet - the prices will be falling, as they will also be falling for the electronic products.