Value of EPL5 and EPL6

gear1box wrote:

pterosonus wrote:

My advice is to buy a used or refurb E-M10 unless you are determined to stick with the pen style of body. I bought the EPL-6 at blow out price as a second body to my E-M10 and returned it. The ergonomics were terrible, it only has one control wheel, lacks the 3 axis IBIS, has lower resolution LCD and does not have the zero second anti-shock setting. The E-M10 is just a better and more advanced camera. Prices are cheap now that the model II has come out.

i concur on em10.

I found a refurb em10 with kit lens for my sister from the OlyUSA web site last month for $340 delivered to her door.

i tried the pl6 last summer as a second body and, for the reasons you cite, i sent it back and spent $100 more for the pl7. i am glad i did every time i pick up the pl7 (which now wears the panny 12-32 as its lens; a perfect pairing).

It depends on what one wants.  The EPL7 is actually $200 more expensive than the EPL6 and when I got it there was a sale, and the EPL7 would actually have been twice as expensive (I got the EPL6 for $249, the EPL7 was $499)- I am talking about with the kit lens since I had no m43 lens at the time.  The EPL7 is basically the same price as the EM10.  And lacks an EVF! So the EM10 is definitely the better buy.

But for my needs none of the above factors was of any importance- I'm attaching the EPL6 to a telescope, so IS doesn't matter.  Shutter shock is a non issue since I would never use those shutter speeds anyway.  Ergonomics dont really matter I needed the lightest body possible, also I dont use control wheels, I like my cameras to have buttons not wheels.  I find buttons to be much more durable.  I dont really care about the resolution of the LCD I can always magnify the image 14x or whatever amount I want.  From my point of view, the EPL7 is overpriced, for that price I'd rather get the EM10.