Camera arrived about 5pm today and the battery seemed to take forever to charge. I read the manual while it was charging.

Friend Jane recommended Olympus PEN E-PL1 for Dummies and I downloaded the Kindle PC version. I'm glad I did. The menu system is not exactly intuitive.

Biggest surprise was how huge the depth of field can be on a 20mm lens at f/1.8

I posted a few pictures in my Flickr gallery here:

Isabel

Isabel,
Wait till you get it outside in good light. At f4.0-5.0 it's really sharp.... The contrast is really snappy too.
Enjoy and post some photos around the forum.
Thanks ... Shooter

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Isabel,
I noticed your pictures on flicker has August as the current month

Post more pics when you can.
:)

It's the big event of the year and a great opportunity for getting some good color.

I've given myself an intensive immersion in the manual(s) and hopefully won't be hung up too much with details. Several years ago I had an Olympus "Uzi" and I remember that getting to that Custom menu to set things up was a bit of a doozy. I see it still is!

My brain is frazzled. I need some sleep!

Thanks for the input.

Isabel

Congratulations Isabel! I'll be looking forward to seeing more of your photographs both on Flickr and in the forums.

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Thank you, BBW. The PEN will get a good workout today at our annual Apple Festival in town.