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My e-pm2 and shutter shock findings....

Started Jun 22, 2014 | Discussions thread
.Sam.
.Sam. Veteran Member • Posts: 3,199
Returned my e-pm2

I had bought the e-pm2 from newegg's eBay promo... yes the bargain $200 price! Yet I returned it.

I concluded the shutter shock could not be avoided. I turned off the IS, updated the firmware and enabled the 1/8s shutter delay... not matter what I did, most of the images were blurred.

However, once the camera "Hits" the image right, the images were amazing, DR was fantastic. But the hit rate was very low (I imagine less the 20%), and I could not trust the camera. I would still grab my old GF1 if I had to have a "keeper" image.

When I had the EM5 a couple of years ago, I never experienced this kind of behavior. The keeper rate on the EM5 was higher than any camera I've ever owned.

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.Sam.
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