Olympus Menus

Todd3608 wrote:

I am looking for a new camera and have narrowed down my choices to the E-M10, E-M1 or GX7. I have owned Olympus cameras in the past like the E-PL5 and E-PM2. I honestly sold them due to the horrible menus. They are the worst I have ever seen on any camera and I have tried lots of them from Fuji, Pentax,Sony, etc. Maybe it's just a personal thing. I was wondering if anything has changed with the menu system on either the E-M1 or E-M10? I would love to see one locally but all that's around here is chain stores that do not carry cool cameras like these. Not trying to start a debate...Just hoping maybe the menus have changed to not be so confusing...

I guess they could be reorganized, but mainly the menus are for setting up, and don't need to be accessed much unless one changes the objective significantly (which is where MySets enter the scene). With the E-M1 many options in the SCP or menus can be accessed via the camera controls. This leaves one needing MySet configurations less than with the E-M5 (and I suppose the E-M10 as well), for example.

It can be intimidating at first to navigate the menus, but in part that's due to the amount of customization that's possible. And like anything, if it's different than what one is used to, or first encountered and mastered, it's a difficult adjustment.

Get the camera with the features and styling you want. If that turns out to be an Oly, dismissing that due to the menus wouldn't be in your best interest, unless you're too easily frustrated and would in turn smash the camera in the first month of ownership. If you use the camera frequently, a few weeks is all it should take to adapt and make it your own. But it takes a little effort, admittedly.