Olympus e-PM2 - what am i doing wrong?

KeMc wrote:

Thanks for your help everyone. I now understand it's a problem with choosing the correct shutter speed etc.

My issues with this are as follows:

1. I understand that for night time shots etc i would need to use the manual settings, and this is fine. However, even in the daytime the auto or kids mode couldn't take the correct photo. Now i know I can change the settings and fix this, but i mostly use cameras when i'm travelling, and want to be able to use auto mode at least during the day and make sure i get the shot i want. If it's going to blur and need me to change the settings as soon as something moves, i'm going to miss a lot of shots while i'm fiddling with the camera. I see the potential for it to take great shots, but only if i have time to select the correct shutter speed, aperture, ISO etc and a lot of that is trial and error, meanwhile the thing i want to capture in the photo is long gone. If this is the case, perhaps this is not the camera for me?

2. Most people that use this ePM2 seem to use it with an expensive prime lens. I don't want to have to buy a $700 lens to stick on a $300 camera. It defeats the purpose of getting a good deal on the camera. If i can't take good low light photos with the kit lens, maybe i need to try a different type of camera altogether.

3. Continuing on from number 2, if this ePM2 isn't the camera for me (i want to love it but with the auto the way it is it's going to drive me nuts), what camera is more suitable? Would it be something like the Sony RX100 iii? It sounds like the RX100 iii has a wider angle lens, and since i like landscapes and cityscapes this could be beneficial, and it has a faster lens if i'm not mistaken? Or is there something else that might fit my needs? it would be for travel, taking photos of people, landscapes, cityscapes, and night time city scapes, and if it's a good enough camera, maybe taking out for the day around my home and taking some more "artistic" shots.

Look at my my flicker account. That is what the camera can do. Half of my shots are with the kit lens or the 40-150mm zoom. You can buy it for 100-150 dollars. With any camera you have to do some pre planning on shooting. Again are you absolutely sure the shot with the boy was using I auto. The shutter speed makes no sense to me. It's a sunny day. How many pictures have you taken a few or hundreds?  Do they all come out like this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90891174@N04/