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Olympus PEN-F vs E-PL8 vs E-P5

Started May 8, 2017 | Discussions thread
G Rash Senior Member • Posts: 2,890
Re: Olympus PEN-F vs E-PL8 vs E-P5
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The E-P5 is missing a few of the latest features, as previously mentioned.  But as to its image quality, take a look at DXO's sensor ratings for it compared to the Pen F and GX80/85.  It has the same low light ISO rating and dynamic range as the Pen F and the Pen F has only a slight edge in color depth.  Both the Pen F and the E-P5 have overall higher sensor scores from DXO, although they are all very close.  And the IBIS on the E-P5 is five axis and excellent.  It may be slightly behind the newest version of five axis IBIS.

I have both the E-P5, EM-5 ii and GX85 and usually use the GX85 because it is lighter weight and has an EVF in a fairly compact package.  I don't see enough difference in image quality to lean toward any one of those over the other two.  The one thing that would concern me about the E-P5  is reports of control dials failing.  I haven't had the problem, but there have been enough reports of the issue for me to pay attention to the concern.

The other feature that leads me to usually grab the GX85 is the DFD for continuous AF.  It works much better than continuous AF on either of my Olys.

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