E-PM2/14-42 kit on sale again - $199

Newegg on eBay is selling the white E-PM2 with 14-42 kit for $199 again. Check under eBay's daily deals.

Amazing little camera, and even better at that price.

Klarno wrote:

Newegg on eBay is selling the white E-PM2 with 14-42 kit for $199 again. Check under eBay's daily deals.

Amazing little camera, and even better at that price.

Thanks, I see they still have some available. My wife just purchased the black two lens kit with an 8gb flashair card and is now thinking of picking up the white kit for 199.

I bought it, but regret it badly. The shutter-shock issue makes it useless unless you always shoot above 1/250s.. Really sad for a camera that could have been great.

Then you are saying all EPM2s are worthless, how ridiculous!

mrkarisma wrote:

I bought it, but regret it badly. The shutter-shock issue makes it useless unless you always shoot above 1/250s.. Really sad for a camera that could have been great.

$199 is a Fanatics price, I was so tempted to buy, except 3 things:

1. I hate external attach flash.  It was one of the reason why I sold my NEX

2. Super smooth surface without grip = disaster waiting to happen

3. stupid wide-screen LCD that result in image no bigger than a 2.4" LCD

#3 is something very personal, I just can't go back to smallish LCD.  I reallly wish Olympus would go back to the more traditional 3:2 LCD it use in the older Olympus E-PL2.  After using 3" LCD from my canon dslr, eos-m, and panasonic, it is too hard to go back down in size.

But I will missed out on E-PM2 fantastic SENSOR.  Walking away from this deal is hard, but I'm hoping for a Panasonic GF6 clearance.  That camera has worst ISO, but I prefer a nice solid grip, build-in flash, and a real BIG 3" LCD in 3:2 ratio.  (finger crossed....)

I have been wanting to get another olympus, so i saw the deal and brought one, great little camera.

I have gone to the e-bay site but found the camera price to be 299.00 have I missed the sale?

sylon wrote:

ORLY?

This is my primary and only MFT camera, never had any issues with shutter shock, use the 1/8 second delay if you have trouble with it on long lenses.

Same here--my only m43 camera. I tend to shoot with high shutter speeds anyway, but I've been leaving the stabilisation on. Out of 70 shots I just took Saturday with the 25/1.8 lens I tossed two away for lack of clarity. And I'm not sure it was shutter shock; I might have simply failed to refocus.

Check it out. Click for detailed view.

I bought one for $199 as a backup to my E-M1.  I shot an event on Sunday with the 12-40 Oly on the E-M1 and the less expensive 40-150 Oly on the E-PM2.  This worked well as I had coverage from 12mm to 150mm for an event in the low light environment of a church where my movement was limited.  I may have to buy an EVF, as that is my preference, but the price for a µ43 with the high quality sensor makes it a bargain as a second camera body.

JimMoyer wrote:

I may have to buy an EVF, as that is my preference, but the price for a µ43 with the high quality sensor makes it a bargain as a second camera body.

EVF is good to have! I use mine some of the time . . . especially in bright sunlight, of course, but only rarely inside or in the evening. I have the VF-2 which is very good--and probably good enough for this camera. Should be available at reasonable prices now.

I have been using an e-pm2 for the last 18 months.  It is a nice camera with great image quality but shutter shock, especially on longer lenses (oly 45mm 1.8 or longer for me) is an issue.  I learned to overcome this for the most part using a combination of 1/8 second anti shock and higher shutter speeds.  However when I saw the "0 second anti shock" update available for the e-p5 with the prices for used or refurbished ones now around $550 I bought one.  So far I have been very impressed with the e-p5 (I all ready owned a VF-4) and depending on how you use it the extra money for the e-p5 may be well worth it.

The main advantages of the e-p5 that really do make a difference in "actual" IQ (the sensors are the same so the theoretical IQ is the same) is the 5-axis stabilization (which works unbelievably better than 2-axis), "live view of the stabilized image" which makes manual focus adjustments using long lenses infinitely easier and more accurate, and the "0 second anti-shock" which allows me to shoot longer lenses at 1/125 instead of 1/640 which allows for lower iso / stopping down both of which can vastly improve IQ.

If you primarily shoot wider lenses the e-pm2 for $199 is a fantastic deal.  If you like to shoot longer lenses I think the extra $350 for the e-p5 is well worth it.  The real wild card is if Oly is going to release the "0 second update" for the e-pm2.  If they ever did that would change everything.