Olympus PEN E-PM2 anyone? (IMGs)

Jim Salvas wrote:

Bill Rees wrote:

I just don't think it sold well enough to compel Olympus to make another model and there wasn't that much to differentiate if from the E-PL series.

In the end, it wasn't really what I needed to compliment my m43 bodes for a smaller camera.

True, it's nice, but without a niche. Olympus had to heavily discount thus model for more than a year in order to clear out their backlog. I got mine in a 2-lens kit for just $329. There could not have been any profit for Olympus in that deal.

By the way, I recently bought the VF-4 Finder for it at a cheap $99 and that makes it a much more versatile camera.

Yes I think the Pen cameras need the attachable EVF option for shooting in bright conditions and perhaps when more precise framing is required. I am still divided over whether having to remember to bring it and attach it is worth the advantage of being able to not use it when it is not needed. There are times when I wish for a Pen with a built-in EVF (the oldest unfulfilled dream in the m43 world). But I must admit that most of the time I use my E-P5's LCD screen and I don't need a finder at all and it's then that the Pen concept shines. I have a VF-2 that I bought years ago and it cost more than $99 that you paid for a much better spec't finder. Congrats! They say the VF-4 is Olympus's best EVF except the new one on the E-M5-II. The only disadvantage is the high magnification for people like me who wear spectacles and won't be able to see the full frame.