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Holding the E-PL6

Started Jan 12, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP alexisgreat Veteran Member • Posts: 6,459
Re: Holding the E-PL6

John King wrote:

Yeah, they can be, Alex.

My brother's E-620 is nowhere near as easy to hold rock steady as my E-30 - ditto my E-1 and surprisingly, my E-510.

However, I find my E-M1 easier than any of them! Methinks that the all but miraculous 5 axis IBIS helps a bit ...

With my knock off grip, the E-M1 is almost identical in weight and size to my E-30 ...

The knock off grip you have, John, does it also take an ac adapter or different types of batteries? I was trying to pick between the E-M1 and E-M5, I think the E-M1 has a better sensor but they are both weatherproof.

With the E-520 and two lens kit, I got the Ownuser grip and it was really rock steady and also the IS on those cameras was vastly underrated- by bracing my arms on a flat surface I could do 15 second exposures handheld at 14mm on the kit lens.  And I got very steady and sharp images the majority of the time! With the E-PL6 I barely get a few steady images at 2 seconds at 14mm.  I'm starting to get used to it a bit more though perhaps that will help, but I cant help but wonder if making the body slightly thicker and the rear LCD slightly smaller and more square would have made it much easier to handhold.

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Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR Fujifilm FinePix HS50 EXR Olympus E-520 Olympus PEN E-PL6 +3 more
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