Elmokki
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Should I swap my E-PL6 for E-P5?
Jan 24, 2017
So, as much as I like my E-PL6, the constant talk about how amazing the 5-axis IBIS is has left me craving for it. It's really tempting since I think I could've shot some of the about 1 second exposures I shot yesterday without a tripod if I had E-P5 or E-M10mk2 or GX85 or something similar and I'm pretty sure I'd appreciate all the nice small improvements like better screen, wifi, faster shutter and such even though those aren't really the selling points for me.
The thing is, I paid 200€ on a sale for my E-PL6 kit last spring and now there's an E-P5 with shutter count of about 1500 for sale for 250€, without a lens of course, and there's a single store in my country (Finland) that still has them new and it's just 300€ even then! It sounds like such a good upgrade since it's considerably cheaper than I've ever seen E-M10 mk2 for and I do have the VF-4 for the relatively few times I feel like using a viewfinder in.
I have no real idea how much I could get for my E-PL6 which still has a fairly meager shutter count, about 2200. Judging from what people are trying to sell them for, maybe 150 to 200€ with the lens and my extra third party battery, provided the cameras are actually being sold at those prices. I don't really want to part with the lens as I do use it for 14mm, but I suppose I'd really have to to get an entry level camera sold, which is a bit of an issue as well I suppose.
Is there any point in getting a cheap E-P5 nearly 4 years after its release or should I just use the E-PL6 that shoots exactly as good pictures as long as stabilization isn't needed and maybe wait for E-M10 mk2 or GX85 prices to really floor down eventually or my willingness to pay increase? Please either talk me out of wanting to upgrade or alternatively into doing it, even if it's a fact that only I can truly know what I want or need. Regardless, it's the indecisiveness that's the worst.
Oh, and also, I know E-P5 doesn't have focus stacking, but does it have focus bracketing? Stacking would be nice, but with the prices I'm potentially willing to pay for a body I won't get it for a good while.