EP5 vs GX7

I owned a GX7 which I gave to my son and now I have an OMD E-M10 which I recommend you consider along with EP5. I didn't like the GX7 because it has little buttons everywhere and to me, a very sensitive touch-screen. I took the GX7 on an extended vacation to Latin America. I was constantly loosing shots or get bad shots because I accidentally pressed the wrong button or something on the touch screen. I used my 64 gig iPhone as a backup and found using the Panasonic WiFi a real pain to connect and transfer images with.

The E-M10 is newer than the EP-5 and I believe they share the same sensor, but, the E-M10 has a newer processor. The E-M10 has the advantage of an excellent EVF which would be a shoe mounted option on the EP5 at several hundred dollars more. The GX7 also has an excellent EVF that tilts and which I never used that way.

The E-M10 is the smallest of the 3, if that matters to you. However, all 3 cameras are close in size and weight and any one of the 3 will take great pics with either Olympus or Pansonic lenses.

The Olympus Wifi system is far more user friendly. However every little thing on the Olympus cameras is customizable and the menus are for more complex.The GX7 also has NFC which the E-10M does not. In my case, I use iPhones and iPads and neither offers NFC; it is an Android feature.

All 3 cameras come with an excellent 3" tilting touch-screen LCD that becomes extremely hard to see in bright daylight. While I felt the Panasonic screen was too sensitive, I find my E-M10 screen to be not quite sensitive enough, but at least it doesn't instantly react if I accidentally touch it.

The E-M10 has a 3-axis IS system in the body and the EP5 has a 5-axis IS system. Panasonic puts the IS in the lenses but not everyone.

Hope this helps.