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Why you should not feel guilty of spending 1200 on the Pen-F

Started Mar 4, 2016 | Discussions thread
Pitchertaker Regular Member • Posts: 352
Re: Why you should not feel guilty of spending 1200 on the Pen-F

photo perzon wrote:

You want Olympus skin tones, stabilization in camera, Olympus lenses, makes Panasonic stabilized lenses, excellent jpegs...

Great color rendition. Already have investment in Olympus glass and plan on making more. Can't afford Leica so it's a no-brainer.

E-PM2, E-PL5 E-pl6 are ruined due to shutter shock

E-PL7 is 3 ounces lighter than the PEN-F but:

-it has no quiet mode for speeches, church, baby not to wake,

-it has no sex appeal, it was a boring camera all of its life

-Pen-F has 5 axis instead of 3

-Pen-F has 20 megs

-Pen-F has newer technology, faster burst

-Pen-F has fancy PL3 flash with perfect bounce

Check on all the above. Weight issue not much of a factor for me but quiet mode, good looks, IS, beefed-up MP and better flash all coolio features. 50MB hi res mode is also something neat to use for architecture and landscape, too.

Don't forget the built-in EVF that's about equal to the EM-5 Mii, missing from the other PENs and a major reason why I've not pulled the trigger on a PEN so far.  Don't want the Martian look for my camera with an EVF sitting on the hot shoe.

If the new front creative dial some kvetch about now, that I actually plan using a lot, and a major selling point for me, is as solid state as I hope it is, and doesn't fall off with repeated use, it'll be a camera to cherish.

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Olympus PEN-F Canon PowerShot A40 Olympus E-M1 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm 1:2 +4 more
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