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

Started Jun 22, 2014 | Discussions thread
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Re: Returned my e-pm2

.Sam. wrote:

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.

Sam,

I've had the EPM2 and kit 14-42 and 40-150 for about 1 month and have experienced none of this shutter shock to my knowledge.

Here are a few examples using both lenses handheld with IS on and no enabled shutter delay.  Are these not sharp?  Maybe you have a bad camera.

Trying to help,

Joel

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