Please suggest me a camera for my father

Yannis1976 wrote:

1) Olympus EPL 7 14-42 EZ...479E

2) Olympus OMD-M10 14-42 II...549E

3) Sony A6000 16-50...599E

4) Panasonic DMC-G6 14-42 Mega OIS...465E

5) Panasonic DMC-G7 body only....599E*

*it will be used with some old Nikon prime lenses for the beginning, not many chances...

Long zoom will be covered later with a used tele lens (e.g. 45-200).

What do you think?

I'm looking at Amazon where the Olympus E-M10 is now selling for $469.99 with lens. I have one of these...it is first rate and being heavily discounted now that it's replacement camera has arrived. THAT is your best buy.

http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-OM-D-E-M10-M-Zuiko-14-42mm/dp/B00HWRHBV0

Yannis1976 wrote:

1) Olympus EPL 7 14-42 EZ...479E

2) Olympus OMD-M10 14-42 II...549E

3) Sony A6000 16-50...599E

4) Panasonic DMC-G6 14-42 Mega OIS...465E

5) Panasonic DMC-G7 body only....599E*

*it will be used with some old Nikon prime lenses for the beginning, not many chances...

Long zoom will be covered later with a used tele lens (e.g. 45-200).

What do you think?

The PL7 has no built-in flash. They include a small external flash but for me it's not nearly as convenient as a built-in.

I'm not impressed with either of Olympus' 14-42 kit lenses.
The "II" is decent optically but has a toyish plastic mount, a pet peeve of mine.
The redeeming fact is a lense can be easily upgraded at some point.

Was the Canon M3 eliminated for some reason ?
I would have been interested to see if it could compete against the others being considered.

The A6000 and M3 have small bodies but the lenses are larger/heavier than their u4/3 counterparts.

If the remaining (M10, G6, G7) have your language available your choice has been narrowed quite nicely. It would be a toss-up between these good choices.

ps - I have an OM-D E-M10 (but no Oly kit zoom) I use with fast prime lenses and 2.8 zoom.

Best luck - Let us know what you choose !

addlightness wrote:

Yannis1976 wrote:

1) Olympus EPL 7 14-42 EZ...479E

2) Olympus OMD-M10 14-42 II...549E

3) Sony A6000 16-50...599E

4) Panasonic DMC-G6 14-42 Mega OIS...465E

5) Panasonic DMC-G7 body only....599E*

*it will be used with some old Nikon prime lenses for the beginning, not many chances...

Long zoom will be covered later with a used tele lens (e.g. 45-200).

What do you think?

EM10 - go for it! It's really that good.

Yup.......EM10, no question about it.

Yannis1976 wrote:

LMNCT wrote:

That is a consideration. Of course, none of the cameras on the list will not be stellar in low light with the lenses listed. The M4/3 camera bodies will, however, give a better image and also allow more choices. Since weight was mentioned, I suggested the Bridge Camera because it is self-contained. It might make sense to find out if low light and lens changing are something of interest.

Bridge cameras are an option, but since he wants some good low light capability, I think only Sytlus 1s would be an option due to sensor size.

Sensor size is far less of an issue than lens size.

Probably a Sony RX10 II.
An interchangeable lens camera will only be better if you buy some proper lenses.  Dual kit zoom?  Get a good bridge camera instead.

RedDog Steve wrote:

Aberaeron wrote:

RedDog Steve wrote:

Aberaeron wrote:

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Greek is a language option on my UK E-M10. It is the fifth option down in the second column, under Italian.. There are 34 language choices in all.

My G6 only has 6 languages and no Greek.

My US (?) E-M10 has 34 languages, many I don't recognize.
If Greek is there I can't decipher it.

edit: Is this it ?

"ελληνικά"

If so it's on mine as well.

That's Greek to me!

Yes that is Greek.

Mine may not be a proper US model E-M10.
It's that unusual lizard skin special edition.

That's useful camouflage when someone is cruising the Florida swamps for critters.

I have an Olympus E-M10, but for your father I would suggest a Sony RX10, original model.

I had one about a year ago and the flexibility is superb.  All in one, equivalent 24-200 mm f2.8 lens, 1" sensor.  Good low light and movie performance.  Images stand up well to m4/3 or APS C cameras.

The one negative I had is the zoom is quite slow.

Cost could be an issue, but look for deals and people selling to move to Mk 2.

Just browsing at local used online store, I stumbled upon these:

1) FZ1000....500E

2) Oly EPL7 body....250E

3) Oly EPL5 + 14-42 II....250E

I think the 1st one might be a good chance, no?

The FZ1000 looks like a great deal. Do you think it might be too heavy at 831 g (1.83 lb / 29.31 oz)?

The EPL5 body weighs 325 g (0.72 lb / 11.46 oz) and the EPL7 357 g (0.79 lb / 12.59 oz)shinndigg

www.pbase.com/shinndigg

Thank you all for the great advice, we settled down to an OMD M10 II with the kit lens (14-42).

I had the chance to try the camera just for a few minutes and noticed the EVF to "tremble" or "teare" a bit in low light indoors. Is this normal?

Yannis1976 wrote:

Thank you all for the great advice, we settled down to an OMD M10 II with the kit lens (14-42).

I had the chance to try the camera just for a few minutes and noticed the EVF to "tremble" or "teare" a bit in low light indoors. Is this normal?

Congratulations, an excellent choice.

Yannis1976 wrote:

Thank you all for the great advice, we settled down to an OMD M10 II with the kit lens (14-42).

Congrats!

I had the chance to try the camera just for a few minutes and noticed the EVF to "tremble" or "teare" a bit in low light indoors. Is this normal?

In addition to the 'tremble', you'll notice a hissing sound too when the IBIS engages.  You can configure to disable both the 'tremble' and 'hissing' by engaging IBIS only on shutter release - Cog-C: Half Way Rls With IS=off.  I have that off for my EM10.  Should be similar for MkII.

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