E-PM2 for £139

Olfdee wrote:

I glanced at camerapricebuster and found that incredible offer.

E-PM2 is the camera I praised for its value for money even at RRP (IQ on par with E-M5, as sharing the sensor, 8fps and many other unique features in such dimunitive body), and I like especially for its low weight - E-PL series sharing most of the guts puts extra 50% on a scale...

Sadly it feels like it is beginning of its end: Olympus did not anounce a refreshment of this line.

That is very unfortunate E-PL5/E-PM2 generation did not get built-in WiFi to make it competitive and (on paper at least) more attractive for those entering MFT from P&S or smartphone land, I feel using the same menu system as on more advanced cameras did not help neither.

Yes, they're still great cameras! I see it's SRS Microsystems (very good shop, great source of Olympus products) clearing their red body-only E-PM2 stock at that price. They have it with the 14-42 IIR at £199 too.

Interestingly, they also have the E-PL6 (not the '5) in both black and white, with the EZ pancake lens at £369 - cheaper than I've seen elsewhere and they're not widespread in the UK anyway (remember the EZ adds £100 over the 14-42 IIR in most kit configurations, so this is a really good price as the E-PL5 with IIR is around £319 typically at present, £299 at the lowest). Includes the Toshiba FlashAir 8GB card too. The white and black versions look slightly different to the E-PL5 (white grips on the white, matte sputter finish and odd orange highlights on the black) and there are a number of extra features over the E-PL5 that it shares with the E-PL7 - "low" ISO setting of 100 ISO, timelapse/interval shooting features, dual level gauges, compatibility with the eye sensor on the VF4 EVF etc. SRS have a shop on eBay too that often has extra bargains - for example, they currently have there 4 white E-PL6 body-onlys (brand new, complete aside from the 14-42 EZ lenses which have been split out for separate sale (also at very good prices)) and those are only £199 - £100 less than the current lowest body-only price for the E-PL5 on camerapricebuster, which is the same price at its lowest with or without a lens right now! Weirdly, the E-PL6 with EZ lens is actually dearer on SRS's eBay shop currently than on their actual shop website (happens sometimes).

I've no connection with SRS other than as a satisfied customer, by the way!!

Helen wrote:

Olfdee wrote:

I glanced at camerapricebuster and found that incredible offer.

E-PM2 is the camera I praised for its value for money even at RRP (IQ on par with E-M5, as sharing the sensor, 8fps and many other unique features in such dimunitive body), and I like especially for its low weight - E-PL series sharing most of the guts puts extra 50% on a scale...

Sadly it feels like it is beginning of its end: Olympus did not anounce a refreshment of this line.

That is very unfortunate E-PL5/E-PM2 generation did not get built-in WiFi to make it competitive and (on paper at least) more attractive for those entering MFT from P&S or smartphone land, I feel using the same menu system as on more advanced cameras did not help neither.

Yes, they're still great cameras! I see it's SRS Microsystems (very good shop, great source of Olympus products) clearing their red body-only E-PM2 stock at that price. They have it with the 14-42 IIR at £199 too.

Interestingly, they also have the E-PL6 (not the '5) in both black and white, with the EZ pancake lens at £369 - cheaper than I've seen elsewhere and they're not widespread in the UK anyway (remember the EZ adds £100 over the 14-42 IIR in most kit configurations, so this is a really good price as the E-PL5 with IIR is around £319 typically at present, £299 at the lowest). Includes the Toshiba FlashAir 8GB card too. The white and black versions look slightly different to the E-PL5 (white grips on the white, matte sputter finish and odd orange highlights on the black) and there are a number of extra features over the E-PL5 that it shares with the E-PL7 - "low" ISO setting of 100 ISO, timelapse/interval shooting features, dual level gauges, compatibility with the eye sensor on the VF4 EVF etc. SRS have a shop on eBay too that often has extra bargains - for example, they currently have there 4 white E-PL6 body-onlys (brand new, complete aside from the 14-42 EZ lenses which have been split out for separate sale (also at very good prices)) and those are only £199 - £100 less than the current lowest body-only price for the E-PL5 on camerapricebuster, which is the same price at its lowest with or without a lens right now! Weirdly, the E-PL6 with EZ lens is actually dearer on SRS's eBay shop currently than on their actual shop website (happens sometimes).

I've no connection with SRS other than as a satisfied customer, by the way!!

Confirm SRS being a good and no hassle shop. Also confirm they often have odd pricing differences between their main web site and ebay shop, almost like two different people responsible for the two branches. So it should be required practice to check both if you want to shop with them.

tt321 wrote:

Helen wrote:

Olfdee wrote:

I glanced at camerapricebuster and found that incredible offer.

E-PM2 is the camera I praised for its value for money even at RRP (IQ on par with E-M5, as sharing the sensor, 8fps and many other unique features in such dimunitive body), and I like especially for its low weight - E-PL series sharing most of the guts puts extra 50% on a scale...

Sadly it feels like it is beginning of its end: Olympus did not anounce a refreshment of this line.

That is very unfortunate E-PL5/E-PM2 generation did not get built-in WiFi to make it competitive and (on paper at least) more attractive for those entering MFT from P&S or smartphone land, I feel using the same menu system as on more advanced cameras did not help neither.

Yes, they're still great cameras! I see it's SRS Microsystems (very good shop, great source of Olympus products) clearing their red body-only E-PM2 stock at that price. They have it with the 14-42 IIR at £199 too.

Interestingly, they also have the E-PL6 (not the '5) in both black and white, with the EZ pancake lens at £369 - cheaper than I've seen elsewhere and they're not widespread in the UK anyway (remember the EZ adds £100 over the 14-42 IIR in most kit configurations, so this is a really good price as the E-PL5 with IIR is around £319 typically at present, £299 at the lowest). Includes the Toshiba FlashAir 8GB card too. The white and black versions look slightly different to the E-PL5 (white grips on the white, matte sputter finish and odd orange highlights on the black) and there are a number of extra features over the E-PL5 that it shares with the E-PL7 - "low" ISO setting of 100 ISO, timelapse/interval shooting features, dual level gauges, compatibility with the eye sensor on the VF4 EVF etc. SRS have a shop on eBay too that often has extra bargains - for example, they currently have there 4 white E-PL6 body-onlys (brand new, complete aside from the 14-42 EZ lenses which have been split out for separate sale (also at very good prices)) and those are only £199 - £100 less than the current lowest body-only price for the E-PL5 on camerapricebuster, which is the same price at its lowest with or without a lens right now! Weirdly, the E-PL6 with EZ lens is actually dearer on SRS's eBay shop currently than on their actual shop website (happens sometimes).

I've no connection with SRS other than as a satisfied customer, by the way!!

Confirm SRS being a good and no hassle shop. Also confirm they often have odd pricing differences between their main web site and ebay shop, almost like two different people responsible for the two branches. So it should be required practice to check both if you want to shop with them.

Indeed.  I suspect it probably depends when they uploaded/renewed the sale period on the eBay shop.  The de-kitted 14-42 EZ lenses became a lot cheaper at some point yesterday when their initial period on sale came to an end and they restarted them.

I now have my (black) E-PL6 body from them (couldn't resist at the price), which I only ordered yesterday morning.  I wasn't the only one, clearly, as they quickly sold out of the black ones (on their eBay shop at least).  A very nice, grippy and fingerprint-proof finish on that one and it looks much better in real life than in product shots (had my doubts about the red rings on the controls!).

One random observation (you never know, it could be helpful to someone!): the response to the eye sensor on the VF4 EVF got faster between the E-PL6 and E-PL7 (unless the fact I haven't yet set the clock on the E-PL6 affects it, but I don't see why it should...).