A fantastic affordable camera you can still buy new from eBay

epozar wrote:

VF-4 is expensive

Luckily mine came with the camera as part of the clearance deal I got from a dealer who was getting out of the Olympus line.  So essentially, I got the lens and VF-4 for slightly more than a lone body.  But I know that right now, the VF-4 is really pricy.

Hi all. Just wanted to kick in my 2 cents/pennyworth. I have way to many cameras, but I did see a deal on new/old E-P5 on US Ebay last week. $259US for a new E-P5 body. Couldn't resist and I picked one up.

It arrived yesterday, factory sealed, and I unpacked it this morning to charge it and set it up, so I've no more than half a dozen quick snaps to make sure it's working. I did have to update the firmware from 1.2 to 1.8, so that's how long it's sat around on some dealer's shelf.

I've never held a camera in the E-P series before, but I have to say that I just love the heft and feel of it. It feels very solid in-hand and the control layout feels good too.

I know this is old hat to a lot of you, but I do think this camera will get a lot of use going forward.

Alan

Congratulations, Alan. If the E-P5 will be your main camera, resist the urge to buy silver lenses. You'll be happier, I think, with black lenses, even if you must order the lens from abroad...as I recently did to obtain an Olympus 17mm f/2.8 pancake lens in black (for my white E-P5). I also recently ordered a BCL-0908 body cap lens in white. Both had to be ordered from Japan...as did my white E-P5 itself.

Alan Kett wrote:

Hi all. Just wanted to kick in my 2 cents/pennyworth. I have way to many cameras, but I did see a deal on new/old E-P5 on US Ebay last week. $259US for a new E-P5 body. Couldn't resist and I picked one up.

It arrived yesterday, factory sealed, and I unpacked it this morning to charge it and set it up, so I've no more than half a dozen quick snaps to make sure it's working. I did have to update the firmware from 1.2 to 1.8, so that's how long it's sat around on some dealer's shelf.

I've never held a camera in the E-P series before, but I have to say that I just love the heft and feel of it. It feels very solid in-hand and the control layout feels good too.

I know this is old hat to a lot of you, but I do think this camera will get a lot of use going forward.

Alan

Alan,

I love my E-P5 and it is my main system camera for my photography pursuit.  Made amazing prints out of it and if I want to make even bigger prints, I use both my Panasonic Leica 25mm and use the 45mm to stitch to make even bigger prints.  All in all, it's one heck of a value camera and my E-P5 continues to work forever.  If my E-P5 fails then I'll just buy another one to replace it.

David wrote:

An American seller has at least 10 (probably 20) black E-P5s, new in their sealed boxes, for $260 U.S. , with free shipping ..

Just ordered one last night, so much for that new 20/25mm prime in the next few months. 

Guy Parsons wrote:

I have tried to better explain the menus so between my page and the user manual you may find some help. http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~parsog/olyepl1/56-ep5-custom-menus.html

Yes, I've just revisited your page, where I discovered something I had overlooked for almost 2 years: Those diamonds that denote which modes use 0-second anti-shuttershock. All the times that I've used the 2-second or 10-second timer, I'll bet I was using the non-diamond mode. Thanks, Guy, for your setup page.