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Help Me Select: E-PM2 vs E-PL5 vs E-P3

Started Mar 12, 2013 | Discussions thread
Sergey Borachev Veteran Member • Posts: 5,338
Re: Don't buy E-P3

And there is a third advantage with good high ISO performance (besides dim places and fast actions) that has not yet been mentioned, and that is providing more depth of field. Although M43 generally has a lot of DOF, it is still useful for many applications, like macro, sweeping landscape when you want the flowers in front as well as the distant hills all sharp, ... Any way, enough said.

2 extra stops of DR and high ISO are just too important for cameras like the E-P3 that can barely cope with normal scenes and general requirements. M43 was held back for a very long time as a serious camera because of inadequate sensor performance, and the new sensors now available in the current models are what make them serious contenders now. There is a reason this camera is discounted heavily and looking like a "bargain".

There are a lot of bargains at this time for cameras with old sensors, like the G5, GX1, (which incidentaly have better sensor performance than the E-P3), and one reason is the sudden and significant improvement in mirrorless IQ since the E-M5.

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