Olympus PEN e-P5 vs PEN e-PL7

Bridge99 wrote:

It was big thread in 2014 comparing those two cameras, but now other prices, new firmware updates, in doubts which one to choose, need help )

The E-P5 (2013 vintage) is heavier but has a better set of controls, that is, a front and rear adjust dial, plus a 1-2 lever to allow certain selectable changes. Pop-up flash in the body. Has 5 axis IBIS.  Flagship Pen of its day. Quite a solid performer. On its release it was plagued by shutter shock, but a firmware update fixed that. It uses the same battery as most of the OM-D bodies. The shutter goes to 1/8000 sec. possibly is a higher quality shutter than the E-PL models have, but that's just a guess. Some help with its menu functions on my page .

The E-PL7 (2014 vintage) is the Lite version of the Pen but still has a great number of features. It has the later image processing chip than the E-P5 and the significant difference (to some) is the availability of the interesting Live Composite mode. The flash is a small separate add-on that needs to be slipped into the hot-shoe and connects via the port under the hot-shoe. The tilt LCD also folds down under and faces forward below the body for the selfie obsessed out there. Has 3 axis IBIS which is theoretically not quite as good as the 5 axis IBIS, the 3 axis misses out on the shift function that can help with macro and close-ups. Shutter goes to 1/4000. Different battery to the E-P5 but same of course as all the other Pen Lites before and after it. Menus are maybe 90% the same as the E-P5 so the link above is also of help if lost in the menus.

Both, with due care, would deliver much the same image quality.

In Australia the supply of new E-PL7 seems to have dried up, but there are still new E-P5 available and at a cheaper price than any of the E-PL models.

Regards....... Guy