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E-PL9 or 10 vs. E-PL7: anyone know the practical differences?

Started Oct 31, 2021 | Questions
WT21 Veteran Member • Posts: 5,473
E-PL9 or 10 vs. E-PL7: anyone know the practical differences?

Besides the accessory port, what are the practical differences for stills (not video)?

Would be especially interested in:

  • AA filter strength differences
  • Practical differences between the AF systems
  • EPL9/10 can take faster cards, but is there much of a difference in-camera? 
  • Menu choices? Are the EPL9/10 dumbed down like the EM10 iii? 
  • I'd like to use art filters for this compact. Does the EPL9/10 add more interesting ones, without losing others?
  • Do any of these support that composite stills option, where you can see a timed exposure build on the LCD?

Thanks for any help.

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Barry Twycross Veteran Member • Posts: 4,780
Re: E-PL9 or 10 vs. E-PL7: anyone know the practical differences?
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You can download the manual and find out a lot of things, which is why I just got an E-PL7, and not a newer machine.

The big thing for me is the newer ones don't do bracketing properly. The E-PL7 can do bracketing in any exposure mode, the new ones it's a special mode, over which you have no control.

WT21 wrote:

  • Menu choices? Are the EPL9/10 dumbed down like the EM10 iii?

They have the simplified menus (and this loose the bracketing).

  • Do any of these support that composite stills option, where you can see a timed exposure build on the LCD?

The E-PL7 does.

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