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E-PL8 vs E-P5 in 2018?

Started May 17, 2018 | Discussions thread
MNE Senior Member • Posts: 2,472
Re: E-PL8 vs E-P5 in 2018?

ageminmo wrote:

I have searched the forum but it was also comparing PEN-F to these two, of course most people prefer PEN-F. Unfortunately, as much as I love the PEN-F, it is too big for me. If price is not a problem, what would you advice me to get?

I am thinking that E-P5 is better because of its 5-axis IBIS? Or it is worse than E-PL8 since it's IBIS is outdated? I also don't plan to use EVF.

And I am also not interested in panasonic bodies, I recently bought a used e-PL5 just to test the waters and I was fascinated by olympus colors (compared to my GM1/GM5).

Hi,

although the E-PL8 is a very new model, the E-P5 has most of the features of current OM-D E-M10 II. I would recommend you choose the E-P5. I think the E-P5 still has better IBIS even though it is older.

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