EPM2 image quality

joel artino wrote:

Jere Landis wrote:

Sounds like you knew the answer to your question, when you asked it, making it a rhetorical question. I really hate it when people do that, it's like they're baiting you. If I were you Joel I wouldn't buy the camera, I'd stick with what I had. Making it the end of your discussion.

Jere,

Sorry you feel that way. The question was an honest one. If you had posted several images you took with your EPM2 and kit lens and they were indeed better IQ than my LX7 pictures I would have been quite happy and kept the EPM2 i ordered from Newegg last Thursday. And if you read various threads on some of these boards you will find many people who feel strongly that a camera like the EPM2 even with kit lens will greatly outperform my LX7. But i haven't seen much proof, just verbiage.

Does this mean that the photos that people posted for you in this thread are inferior to your LX7 results?

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3664955

And this was also linked to in one of your older threads, most of which were with the kit lens:

http://www.pbase.com/vasyl/sicily2013

Clearly inferior as well?

As a retired scientist, that's how I was taught to make informed decisions, by gathering data and analyzing it.

http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Olympus-PEN-E-PM2-versus-Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-LX7___840_817

But obviously, simply having a better camera doesn't automatically result in better photos.

And where I live, an E-PM2 with kit lens costs AUD230 after cashback. I sold my kit lens a few months ago for $90 after ebay and paypal fees and got the Sigma 30mm and 60mm for AUD150 and AUD160 respectively. The Sigma 19mm is also AUD150.

That's AUD450 for an E-PM2 with 2 f2.8 Sigma primes vs AUD519 for a brand new LX7 with local warranty.

Enjoy your new camera.

Joel