E-PL6 (or E-PL5) as a pocket camera?

Impulses wrote:

TimoK wrote:

baxters wrote:

You know enough about ILC's to decide whether you want a small one lens solution like the Sony, or want to add a second M43 body that you will probably use to back up the EM1 in your gear list. Are you making good use of the Wifi on the EM1? Maybe an EPL7 is better when the prices come down.

I may know about cameras, but knowing what I want is a different matter altogether. I think I would be fine with a fixed lens camera but if I can get better image quality from an ILC of similar size I'll probably go for that. I think I'll need to consider the EPL7 vs. Panny GM1. I have not found much use for the wifi in EM1 besides wireless remote and for that it feels awkward. Thanks for the tip!

Regards,

Timo

I think that the case has been made for the GM1. The E-EPL5/6 is only cheap because the GM1 has come down in price. They have IBIS but the kit lens on the GM1 has OIS and many good reports. It also has a chance to be pocketable being 50% of the volume of the E-PL candidates. Pretty well all the Panasonic lenses that truly benefit from stabilisation are in fact stabilised. The GM1 has some compromises because of its tiny size but if you truly need that small then some compromises need to be lived with. I personally have no problem living with the compromises requested of me - others, quite reasonably, cannot do so or simply peer through IBIS goggles.

Since I live in the tropics and it's never jacket weather over here, for me the GM is no more pocketable than an E-PL would be... Both need a waist pack if I'm bringing a couple lenses or at least a strap, I could get away with slipping the GM into cargo shorts during the day but that's about it.

I've actually wanted an RX100 for a while too, that brighter lens on the mk3 really made it even more appealing, but the price was always too high for something that would be my secondary camera...

That's what made me take a second look at the GM1 the low prices), and I'm really enjoying having it even tho for me it's not really pocketable. It's small enough that I'll actually bring it along with my GF6 with a second lens mounted tho, which helps tremendously (less swapping).

It's also that much more conspicuous in social situations, these days someone's more likely to think "who's the weirdo with the P&S" than be self conscious about what I'm shooting. It's light and small enough that I don't even mind it on a wrist strap tho.

I can't see myself splurging on an RX100 anymore unless it dropped under $500...

With the GM1 I'm finding my M4/3 gear as a whole more usable than ever, on the rare occasion that I don't wanna be seen with a camera on me at all (like if I'm a groomsman in a wedding ceremony or with strangers) I'll just reach for my old P&S (LF1) or simply the phone.

I live in a warmer part of the world as well and jackets are maybe a month mid winter on a cold day. I don't see the GM1 as a pocket camera - just a small one. Therefore a carry bag of some sort is necessary. But any given size carry bag will carry a whole lot more gear if it is based on the GM1 as a system camera. So I load my little cameras up with whatever lenses that I need without feeling that they need babying with only the tiniest lenses lest they break .....

A Ricoh GR can give you first class prime lens performance in a quite small package.