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My take on the Olympus E-P5

Started Mar 30, 2014 | User reviews thread
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using the EVF and using the rear LCD

Jeff4500 wrote:

I'm a DSLR shooter, but +1 on your comments on the EP5. Video isn't bad if you follow just few things: no motion (pan or fast subject) for HD fine, HD regular (keep your pans slow), MJPEG video killer for post work. The IBIS is a killer using it and the 720P for run and gun.

Also, I think this is the best looking MFT on the market (Of course I would, I upgraded from the EPL1 to the EP5). Don't know why this camera doesn't get more love, I too have not had shutter stock. I also shoot with an EVF and perhaps that is the difference, I finding shooting with the camera extend not as comfortable (probably from shooting DSLR for 40 years).

Hi Jeff,

I use the EVF a vast majority of the time. The only times I do not are:

  • Camera mounted on a tripod. Even then, I'll often flip up the VF-4 and look downward into the scene.
  • Closeups, particulary near ground level. I'll flip out the LCD for a more comfortable shooting position.
  • Playing with the menus, setting up the camera
  • Replaying, editing, deleting photos

I, like you, have been using SLRs for 40+ years (I'm 61). Holding the camera up to my eye is just plain "the right way" to shoot. 

Jim Pilcher
Summit County, Colorado, USA

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