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Proud owner of a new Olympus E-PL6

Started Dec 23, 2015 | Discussions thread
sderdiarian Veteran Member • Posts: 4,248
Re: Proud owner of a new Olympus E-PL6
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Best of luck with your new camera and welcome to the Micro Four Thirds Forum, Alan!

The E-PL6 has long struck me as the sleeper amidst the ranks in Olympus' lineup, being an improvement upon the already very good E-PL5, yet currently selling for less.  Has all the goodness: beautiful contemporary design, small and light, outstanding Sony 16MP sensor.  The perfect take anywhere camera and intro to Micro 4/3's.

On batteries, I just traded my E-M5 in on purchase of a new camera with different batteries, and I hated giving up my Wasabi batteries and charger.  In 3 years I never had any trouble with "bloating", they hold a charge longer than the Olympus battery, the cordless plug-in charger is an attractive and compact design (unlike the bulky Olympus battery and cord), and it has a logical red light when charging and green when charged.  Cost under $30 with 2 batteries as compared to $60+ for a single price gouging Olympus battery.  Most reviews on Amazon are very positive.

I would think the demands of astro-photography long exposure times wouldn't be much different that taking a few minutes of video, but others will hopefully chime in.

Enjoy your camera over the holidays and for years to come, Alan, Olympus (and Panasonic) makes quality products.

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