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Another question on M4/3 Oly colors

Started Jun 30, 2016 | Questions thread
Loga Senior Member • Posts: 1,981
Re: Another question on M4/3 Oly colors
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MaciekPruski wrote:

Hi there,

I have been using the Olympus XZ-1 for a few years now and I love the colors of jpegs it produces. I have a very good DSLR but I keep coming back to XZ-1 because of the colors and nice jpegs.

And recently I'm thinking about buying either the Olympus E-PL7 or E-PL6. there is about 25% price difference where I live so this would be important ( if they would have similar jpegs I'd probably get the PL-6) Could anyone tell me how the jpeg output looks in these two cameras? There is a different image processor but are the colors generally similar? And how would they compare to the XZ1 small CCD sensor?

thanks,

Maciek

Hi Maciek,

if you are after the best Oly colors, then I suggest you to try an older m43 model like the E-P1, E-P2, E-P3, or E-PL1/2, E-PM1. To my expereince, this 12MP sensor and processing engine (including, but not only jpeg at the end) produces better colors and nicer overall IQ near base ISO (100-400) than the new ones. I had an OM-D, which has similar sensor that the new E-PLs, and I obviously prefer the IQ from my E-P1 to it.

Usability is an other question. While E-P1 is not bad after a firmware upgrade, it can't come close to the new series in some regards like AF speed.

Since a used old model costs close to nothing, you may buy both, and decide it for yourself, which colours do you prefer.

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