Olympus e-PM2 - what am i doing wrong?

KeMc wrote:

Hi everyone

I bought the Olympus e-PM2 a couple of days ago, with the kit lens (M.Zuiko 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II R).

I wasn't planning on buying a camera so hadn't done a lot of research, but a quick google in the store showed very good reviews, and the camera was half price, so i bit the bullet.

Since then i've been really disappointed with the performance and am considering trying to return the camera - any photos where something is moving is blurred - even in the manual settings, and i can't even get it to focus most of the time in low light and outdoors at night. I was hoping i would get better night time shots than my current point and shoot Sony dsc hx20v, since it's got a bigger sensor, but about 75% of the shots are blurry with the olympus which will drive me nuts.

In the daytime the camera is ok, but still has blur when taking photos of kids, even in kids mode or in manual with a faster shutter speed.

Am i doing something wrong? I'm not that knowledgeable on photography but i feel like a camera should at least be able to take a non-blurry photo in auto or the correct mode for the situations.

Sell the camera and buy a Panasonic LX7. Great camera, easy to take good photos, very bright lens for indoor photos, and costs only $300 - $400 new now. Much better LCD than E-PM2 and for standard size prints and viewing on a good monitor or TV, you won't see any difference at all. Great wide angle lens and fast enough to catch your kids in action (use fast shutter speed, of course).

I have both cameras and choose the LX7 80% of the time.

Den

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