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Anyone go from E-P5 to E-M10 II?

Started Mar 28, 2018 | Discussions thread
OP inlawbiker Senior Member • Posts: 2,066
Re: Also
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biggles266 wrote:

Not sure if the EP5 had silent shutter, the EM10 II does and it's very useful. Also the EM10 II uses OLED so you can use the screen with polarized sunglasses on, the EP5 you can't. Very important in bright light, particularly if you wear prescriptin lenses.

The E-P5 does not have silent shutter, which I kind of want. I would also like to have live-exposure and touchpad AF, which it also lacks. Otherwise I believe they are pretty much the same, but the E-P5 has the 1/2 mode switch and a much nicer build, and 1/8000 shutter that I don't really need.

My complaints about the E-P5 are kind of niggling to be honest because it will take the exact same photos. It's such a nice camera I feel bad getting rid of it. But with the VF4 it's just a bit too heavy and bulky to throw into my backpack. I cannot really feel the PM2, and I assume the M10-II would be the same.

The E-P5 also seems like too "nice" a camera for my travel photography and offroad adventures. It feels like a camera you walk around Paris with taking photos of bridges and churches. I am more likely found in a 3rd world country or on a motorcycle somewhere.

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