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E-PM2/E-PL5 users, how is the IBIS and any signs of shutter shock?

Started Mar 9, 2014 | Discussions thread
CrisPhoto
CrisPhoto Senior Member • Posts: 1,749
Re: E-PM2/E-PL5 users, how is the IBIS and any signs of shutter shock?
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I did a quite extensive comparison between EM5, EM1 and PM2 recently. I did several hundreds of test shots under controlled environment. Maybe I will post my results here in a different thread. But I am a little bit afraid of weird discussions that may result ...

Anyhow, answering your question:

The Two OMDs are quite similar, regarding PM2, I found two differences:

  • PM2 has vibrations with higher frequency (OMDs have about 100Hz, PM2 has about 300Hz). Seems to be related to less weight and a different shutter mechanism. The higher frequency might show an influence on higher shutter speeds (1/200s and shorter) while the lower frequency does not hurt at speeds <1/200s.
  • PM2s IBIS is less effective with long shutter times. Hand-holding the 40-150 is possible with shutter speeds: PM2=1/100s, EM5=1/50s and EM1=1/25s.

Overall for the price the PM2 is a nice camera that can deliver wonderful photos. But if you need best picture quality under difficult circumstance you might wish something like EM5/EM1 (I can not comment on EM10 as I don't have one).

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