E-P5 shutter shock ...

rz350 wrote:

I had always wanted a higher spec m4/3 camera. I was extemely pleased with my PM-1 and GF3 other than focusing my 100-300 lens. So when I got my EP-5 and the VF-4, the first thing I tried was focusing with the 100-300 and it worked because of the smaller focusing window. I went downtown and tried my 9-18 and had it set to P to let it do it's own thing exposure wise. That was when I personally discovered SS. At 1/320 and the 9-18 lens it was simple to induce.

One of the concepts at the time was that it was the fault of the IBIS. We now know that it is the first curtain bounce. I compared photos with my GF3 and EP-5 taken at the same settings of the same subject and no SS on the GF3 and SS with the EP-5.

What this does is destroy the confidence that you have using a camera. In the back of your mind, you are never quite sure. Plus over time I have discovered that it does not focus as well as I would like with the 100-300. Sometimes it surprises me but less often than I would hope.

The exposure accuracy that it gives me is one area where it is superlative. Having had Canons and a Nikon, their exposures have to be tweaked. Also the high ISO capabilities are superb. But there is the niggling thought in the back of my mind, is it going to be sharp? At 1/320 0r 1/60 or even 1/30 it should be, but will it be?

Very well said. Personally, my confidence in my E-P5 and E-PM2 cameras has not been shaken (no pun intended). I've done what needs to be done to significantly reduce and nearly eliminate SS, and Olympus has addressed SS as well. I think Olympus will do even more via firmware releases as time goes by.

In the meantime, and particularly as a former full frame shooter, I'm more than happy with my M/4:3 cameras. In most ways, save for the professional feature differences and build, I find that the E-P5 has better output than my older full frame Canon 1Ds and Canon 5D and is VERY close to the qualities of the 1Ds Mark II. We've come a a long way in the past several years!