even in 2015 : a masterpiece of elegant hardware engineering

In 2009, I tried both the EP1 and the E620 in a store, I walked out with the latter.

But I do own an E-P3. Much better AF and finally a flash!

I have just bought a E-PL7 . My first foray into 4/3rds and Olympus. I am pretty impressed with its focusing speed and image quality even with the 14-42mm lens it comes with and the 40-150mm 4-5.6f R D MSC lens which I got as used.

I also shoot Pentax K3 and Nikon D810.

Still learning this little gem. yes the menu is weird but I am a retired engineer as well so its OK Never thought I would like a touch screen but heck its fun and works pretty well.

bluevellet said:

In 2009, I tried both the EP1 and the E620 in a store, I walked out with the latter.

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Hindsight is easier than foresight: Whould you do the same today?

Thorfinn said:

bluevellet said:

In 2009, I tried both the EP1 and the E620 in a store, I walked out with the latter.

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Hindsight is easier than foresight: Whould you do the same today?

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Yes. The E620 was the better camera, felt like a more mature product. The EP1 had the looks (and size), but was just too slow, more like a work-in-progress. There was hardly any lens for m43 at the time.


Now in terms of foresight, 43 DSLRs stopped shortly thereafter while the switch was made to m43, it would have wiser/cheaper not to buy anything and wait for m43 to mature (or fall back on a Canikon DSLR).

Back in 2010, I had an E-P1. In 2014 I sold it as I had moved to Fuji X series and currently have both an X-E1 and X100S. Both Fujis do great colour and superb b&w. However, I always loved the grainy film b&w on the E-P1. I have just bought another E-P1 and am loving it again. Yes the AF is slow, but so what. I'm not doing sports photography so I don't really care if it takes its time. The one thing about digital is it is far too easy to fire off shot after shot. Slower cameras encourage you to properly compose as you would have done in the days of film where every shot cost money!

I bought the E-30, which was selling for the same price on the day. My first Pen was the E-PL1 - a classic in its own right. The first, however, was a masterpiece at the time; a 620 squeezed into a tiny, well built body. BTW, if you want one of the quality Pens (the E-PXs), anything with the dreaded 12Mp sensor can be had very cheaply, at the moment. Just remember to switch off auto gradiation, and ETTR, and then there really is little to dread.