DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

Is the PEN E-PL6/7 discontinued?

Started Jan 17, 2017 | Discussions
GigaG Junior Member • Posts: 32
Is the PEN E-PL6/7 discontinued?

The Olympus PEN E-PL6 and E-PL7 have been sold out for a while on the Olympus website, leaving Olympus without a budget MFT offering. Will they be restocked or are these models soon to be discontinued?

 GigaG's gear list:GigaG's gear list
Canon PowerShot SD750 Canon PowerShot G3 Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Panasonic ZS100
Olympus E-PL7 Olympus PEN E-PL6
If you believe there are incorrect tags, please send us this post using our feedback form.
(unknown member) Forum Pro • Posts: 12,611
Re: Is the PEN E-PL6/7 discontinued?

Olympus UK still offering them for sale. Either instock 3_4 days or back very soon

rsmithgi Senior Member • Posts: 2,939
Re: Is the PEN E-PL6/7 discontinued?
2

They have the E-PL8.

 rsmithgi's gear list:rsmithgi's gear list
Olympus E-M1 Olympus E-M5 III Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm F2.8 Macro Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F1.8 +5 more
Guy Parsons
Guy Parsons Forum Pro • Posts: 40,000
Re: Is the PEN E-PL6/7 discontinued?
1

GigaG wrote:

The Olympus PEN E-PL6 and E-PL7 have been sold out for a while on the Olympus website, leaving Olympus without a budget MFT offering. Will they be restocked or are these models soon to be discontinued?

The E-PL6 is a slightly updated E-PL5 and is old tech as far as IBIS is concerned. Avoid as there's better available.

The E-PL7 is a good update on the E-PL5/6 giving the better 3 axis IBIS and 0 sec anti-shock. Recommended.

The current E-PL8 is a very slight update on the E-PL7 and was seriously delayed in release by the earthquake on Kyushu. Recommended.

I would expect an E-PL9 to come along a bit earlier than expected as this Pen Lite line is still a good seller in Japan so they need to keep it fresh and updated.

My timeline may help sort out announcement dates and models http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~parsog/olyepl1/80-Oly-timeline.html

Regards..... Guy

rsmithgi Senior Member • Posts: 2,939
Re: Is the PEN E-PL6/7 discontinued?

GigaG wrote:

The Olympus PEN E-PL6 and E-PL7 have been sold out for a while on the Olympus website, leaving Olympus without a budget MFT offering. Will they be restocked or are these models soon to be discontinued?

If you are in the US and patient, the E-PL7 is pretty regularly available on the reconditioned site. If I remember correctly, it is usually priced at $320 body only or $399 with the kit lens. If you are lucky you can find one during one of the sales that happen 4 or 5 times per year. A rarer gem is the E-P5 reconditioned. The last time that it was available it was priced at $240 body only. I got one on sale for $192. For a brief few minutes they had the E-P5 with 17mm and EVF for a very good price. I was too slow and missed out on the deal. I have since bought the EVF and want the 17mm.

 rsmithgi's gear list:rsmithgi's gear list
Olympus E-M1 Olympus E-M5 III Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm F2.8 Macro Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F1.8 +5 more
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum MMy threads