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Who understands Olympus prices?

Started Feb 7, 2018 | Discussions thread
Pixnat2
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Re: Who understands Olympus prices?
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gary0319 wrote:

Pixnat2 wrote:

So, Olympus entry level camera comes with a "long in the tooth" 16Mpix sensor and a built-in battery and its so-so kit zoom for a whooping price of 699E.

Just after Fuji released its entry level camera with a "state of art" 24Mpix APS-C and phase+contrast detect AF and a OIS lens for 599E

And with the similarly speced GX850 selling for 450-500E with a much better kit lens.

And a Canon 24 Mpix APS-C M100 + kit lens at an introductory price of 599E

Difficult to understand what makes the E-PL9 so expensive?yy

Any idea?

It is what is. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. Not trying to be snarky but your opening paragraph set the tone here.

I'm not the target of this camera, but I'm a former Olympus owner and a potential Olympus customer.

It seems that Olympus is pushing prices recently, and that they do it even with their entry-level products.

With so much competition in each segment, it's difficult to understand.

Suppose you are a P&S user willing to upgrade : would you chose a cheaper X-A5 with top-class IQ or a more expensive E-PL9 with an outdated sensor?

And if you want m4/3 badly, Panasonic has very competitive cameras.

Strange...

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