Olympus E-PM2: Small Camera, Big Surprise

cgarrard wrote:

amalric wrote:

cgarrard wrote:

Overall the camera shocked me in a good way. Its fun and enjoyable to use. Glad to knock the dust off my m4/3 lenses and have a body worthy of using them on. I put much more in writing on the camera here:

http://www.photographic-central.blogspot.com/

Carl

Very rational review. E-PM2, which I bought a month ago was never much reviewed, but I find it delightful.

So do I

I don't agree with the ISO thing, because it's brand specific anyway. Where Olympus has ISO 100, it has poor DR. Also I just listened to the click, and it's very soft, v. good for stealth.

Ok we dont agree.

Would have liked some notes on the pair PM2 & 17/2.8, since you use them.

Maybe I'll add some. Offhand they make a good pair and the 17 although not the sharpest lens for m4/3 is very decent. It's a bit slow to focus compared to other lenses, but its affordable, nice and relatively bright.

Cheers,

Carl

Carl, about ISO, There have been v. long threads on the difference between Olympus ISO scale and the DxO one, until a very analytic mind redefined the thing in terms of Brightness only (amplification), in an article at DPR. You might check both, because it's a core concept in Digital.

Another feature you might find interesting is the digital 2X zoom: contrary to others it is a high quaity one, with pixel binning to give the full 16 Mpx while cropping.

There is also Auto gradation, a relighting feature, which helps with High Contrast days, and a Tone control one.  B&W filters (I use the orange one) give v. impressive B&W.

I mwntion this because Olympus grows these festures across all the models, and one might miss them, when looking at one one camera only.

Basically it's like having a small dragster in your pocket.

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