Have Sony 3N: Why Does E-PM2 Attract Me?

I had forgotten about that, thanks for reminding me. If there is a shutter shock problem with the E-PM2 the way there was with the E-P5, and without a firmware workaround as was created for the E-P5, that would all by itself be a deal-breaker, even if the E-PM2 showed up for $50 with the 14-42. To me, I'm not seeing how one would categorize the E-PM2 as better than a Sony 3N if that problem exists for the E-PM2, that would seem to basically make an E-PM2 a no-go period.

If I recall the details, the shutter shock causes problems around 1/60-1/125 second, and in fact I probably shoot at those speeds as much as any other. Especially for landscapes, which would in fact me the main subject matter of an E-PM2 if I had one, you want a shutter speed around 1/60 or 1/125--it's fast enough (you'd figure this anyway) to prevent blur from hand-holding, but slow enough to allow an f-stop of f/11 or so for plenty of depth of field. To have to work around that and deliberately avoid those speeds, no thank you.

I know that the E-M10 was found to not have it, if that model wasn't quite as expensive as it was, it would be an attractive possibility. At that point, though, you could get a Sony NEX-6 and its full-sized APS-C sensor. The main thing, again, is that many of the lenses tend to make the body be "end heavy" whereas the E-PM1 and E-PL1, when I had those, had a more "balanced" feel lens & body, and I've always liked Olympus' JPEG rendering.