bryanbrun

I bought and E-PL1 over two years ago for $300, a 40-150mm for $99 and Sigma 30mm for $199. I don't have money to burn and have taken thousands of great photos.

I bought an E-PL1 over two years ago for $300, a 40-150mm for $99 and Sigma 30mm for $199. I don't have money to burn and have taken thousands of great photos.

Not only the speed, but the sound.  The 20mm 1.7 is very noisy lense, making AF during video inadvisable. The Sigmas AF very quietly.

Have you seen the length of the Olympus 60mm macro?  The Sigma 60mm looks to be about 1/2 total length.  That is a huge benefit!

The polished barrels seem very odd.  Finger print magnets.  Has anyone ever seen an interchangeable camera lens with polished metal barrels?

m4/3 is the mirror less market leader.  The lenses are selling well at their current prices. If people stopped buying the m4/3 lenses, then they would be cheaper, like the Nikon 1 and Samsung...

Depends on the definition of better.  The average consumers is more than happy with the OM-D's HD video.  The average consumer is thrilled by a revolutionary IBIS system that makes handheld video...

The OM-D is the king of the hill of m4/3, and of the entire mirrorless segment.  People don't recognize this because mirrorless is still a smallish segment of the overall market and Olympus has...

Old camera models never die, they just go Amazon to be sold at cost.  I wouldn't be surprised if they sell old models for a profit.   Small plastic bodied models like the GF3, E-PL1 are not...

The GF6 seems too chunky for the target market of the GF3/GF5.  It looks significantly thicker than the E-PM2 and E-PL5.  If they aren't selling to the smaller is better market then the enthusiasts...

Is there a special reason why they aren't using the sensor from the GH3? They are really putting this offering up at a disadvantage to the E-PL5, which has the superior sensor.

I don't even bother with kit zoom indoors with the E-PL1.  I use the Sigma 30mm 2.8.The most obvious benefit is the background blur you can get with portraits over the zoom.  The bokeh of OOF...

The Sigma 30mm is sharper than the kit lens, focuses faster, 2.8 aperture allows my E-PL1 to be shot indoors, and it provides excellent subject isolation and bokeh.  It focuses silently and faster...

And what proof do you have for that? The E-PL1 has been one of the top selling cameras on Amazon for the past 3 years.  I would be interested to see the date of production on recent a E-PL1 which...

The 30mm is sharper than the kit lens, focuses faster, 2.8 aperture allows my E-PL1 to be shot indoors, and it provides excellent subject isolation and bokeh.  It focuses silently and faster than...

Move along, nothing new here.The compact camera portion of the market is busy dying or contracting in a major way.  Everyone knows this.  The smart phone is killing it.The m4/3 market is expanding...

Actually, you can get the Sigma 30mm for $99.00.

The 30mm is sharper than the kit lens, focuses faster, 2.8 aperture allows my E-PL1 to be shot indoors, and it provides excellent subject isolation and bokeh.  The only disadvantage is that the...

The pancake primes are not doable by any third party for one reason: software.All of the native pancake primes are software corrected, significantly software corrected.The investment in resources...

You want the 30mm for one reason: subject isolation, i.e. background blur.  You want your 6 year old to pop off of the shot.To get the same subject isolation with the 19mm, you have to place the...