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Will there be an E-PM3?

Started Mar 22, 2016 | Discussions thread
Bhima78 Senior Member • Posts: 2,850
Possibly

peppermonkey wrote:

Bhima78 wrote:

The EPL8, if the rumors and photos are real, is quite a small camera. Easily no bigger than the PM2. The problem will likely be the pricing. This is the real issue with wanting a really compact entry level m43's camera. Panny and Oly are chasing a higher end niche now, and their attempts at entry level cameras were only successful when those cameras dropped to proper entry level prices (needs to be below $400 with a kit lens). I doubt this new EPL8 will be less than $499 with a kit lens at retail, and it will therefore already be priced too high for the entry level market.

very successful? Well, in Japan in any case?

Though Japan, per capita, buys a whole heck of a lot more cameras (especially mirrorless), they only make up between 14-20% of the total mirrorless cameras sold and even less when you factor in DSLRs/compacts. At this point, Oly and Panny are just selling to their base, as they have yet to find a way to break out of their humdrum sales outside of Japan. An entry level camera is normally a pretty solid way to do this, but I think the lack of proper marketing/support combined with a relatively high price to feature ratio makes it a much harder sell to a new budding enthusiast in especially the United States... much moreso than say, an A6000 (even though I personally dislike that camera).

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