Well E-P7 is here today!

Thank you for this thread, I’ve been waiting for you to receive your EP-7! The EP-7 is almost my perfect camera but for the lack of an EVF, even an external one just kills it for me. I wear cheaters so an EVF is much more convenient for me, I adjust the built in diopter and I can see my settings etc. I gave an E-PL9 a try but sold it off because I always had to have my glasses handy and then of course the sun made composition difficult at times. Then there is the GM5 which is a beautiful and well built camera but for me, it was just too small and fiddly. I have the Pen-F which I love if not for the dismal AF but that is really just a minor issue for me but I really wish the Pen-F had the tilt out screen rather than the FAS. Ugh, no perfect camera!

So this week I took delivery of a refurbished OMD EM10 MKiv from the recent sale. So far I really like it but of course it is not perfect. If it had the Pen-F JPEG engine that the E-P7 has, well… The 10.4 is really a wonderful body though despite that one missing piece. It seems very well built, solid in the hand, flippy screen, 20mp sensor, and a really nice grip particularly for the size, which is smaller than the EM5 MKiii. I do wish OMDS would add some more customization of the buttons so that I could set it up like my other Olympus bodies, particularly I would love to have ISO be assignable to to the AEL/AFL button. I also would like the option of YES to the delete image question. Minor niggles but these are not what separates a Pro body from a beginner and just gives some usability continuity across bodies for those of us who have way too many bodies in the first place 🤪 It is a software change, come on OMDS!

I am glad you like the E-P7 but the 10.4 will have to do for me for now. For those debating these two bodies, you can’t go wrong with either IMHO. And for those complaining that Olympus/MFT has lost its way by going too big with the Pro bodies/lenses, you couldn’t be further from the truth. With Olympus I can use my EM1.3 with the large lenses or walk around with a tiny EM10.4, a small, or should I say tiny prime or a small Pro zoom (12-45/4) and still get the same image quality! Amazing in my eyes! MFT truly is an incredible and versatile system.