Reviews of E-pl6? IQ mainly

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Mainly bought a red one because of a lens with it. And color... Tried to find reviews, IQ ("not tested"), not easy at all. Compared to G3? GX7?

It's basically and E-PL5, so that's your best bet for reviews I think

The IQ is fine.  The shutter is extremely loud, the loudest I’ve encountered on any camera.  The image stabilization on mine stopped working, but I don’t find that to be a limitation.  David Thorpe’s YouTube video on how he has it set up made a big difference in the handling of the camera.

dave rogers wrote:

It's basically and E-PL5, so that's your best bet for reviews I think

Thanks, a good help! Have not thought about more Olympus yet, had to be with EVF.

jsaras wrote:

The IQ is fine. The shutter is extremely loud, the loudest I’ve encountered on any camera. The image stabilization on mine stopped working, but I don’t find that to be a limitation. David Thorpe’s YouTube video on how he has it set up made a big difference in the handling of the camera.

Could be useful, my first Olympus, only used for "testing".

Allan Brown wrote:

eilivk wrote:

Mainly bought a red one because of a lens with it. And color... Tried to find reviews, IQ ("not tested"), not easy at all. Compared to G3? GX7?

I have the EPL5 and had the G3.

There are only minor software differences between the EPL5 and EPL6

Overall, I think the EPL5 is a better camera than the G3. The only real advantage of the G3 is the EVF. I got the VF3 to go with my EPL5 but I don't use it much.

The EPL5's sensor is much about the same as the newer 16mp sensors used in later models. The stabilizer, however, is the older 2-axis version and is better turned OFF. That said, the G3 does not have any stabilization.

My favourite lens for the EPL5 is the Panny 12-32. Its OIS is better than the IBIS. The EPL5 was the first Oly body to let you choose between OIS or IBIS.

The colour and IQ are on par with the newer bodies and, I think, is far better than the G3's colour and IQ. I have my EPL5 set to Portrait colour mode for OOC jpegs. The lack of a filter makes the photos look a bit sharper.

The kit Oly 14-42RII that came with the body is not too good. While it is excellent at 14mm, the IQ falls off rapidly at 20mm or above. That is why I replaced it with the Panny 12-32.

Minor quibble, I have the "silver" body. However, it is not quite silver. It has a pinkish tinge to it. (other Oly bodies also have this colour). The problem is, Oly silver lenses do not match. The Panny 12-32 matches better. I have never seen a red one.

Allan

Thanks! I know the IS is not the best. But leave it on now and use the Panasonic 20mm. Later turn it off and put it on tripod maybe with Sigma 60mm to do some higher ISO. And later Panasonic 12-32.

Looked back at some G3 images, can't see the colors are that bad. But always had some problems with clouds colors, can't get what I see.

Also got GX7 which I like best. But E-PL6 which came with a scratched screen is what I put in a bag og large pocket. Never do much testing, real use is better. Even begin to get hold of the menus...

Model  Overall  Color Depth   Dynamic Range   Low-light ISO

Olympus E-PL5 72   22.8 bits   12.3 Evs    889 ISO

Panasonic GX7  70   22.6 bits   12.2 Evs   718 ISO

Panasonic G3    56   21.0 bits   10.6 Evs    667 ISO

G3 is old of course. But really had thought GX7 was closer to E-PL5 in low light.

Went for a lens and got a better camera then I knew. Really good reviews. My best MTF camera! Mostly easy to use, but to find everything in the menus could be some work.

So will I buy Olympus with EVF instead of Panasonic. But the Olympus family tree is confusing...