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Posts: 6,864
Registered: April 2009
Location: Boston, MA (United States)
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noodlehaus
Mu-43 Veteran
Registered: February 2010
Posts: 201
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Review Date: Mon March 8, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,100.00
| Rating: 8
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big and bright EVF, IBIS, classic look
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AF is a bit slow, LCD is not as high-res as it could be, no flash
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This is my first serious interchangeable lens camera, coming from a G11. I really like the classic look and build of the camera. The EVF that comes with the kit is big and bright and shows everything you see on the LCD. The EVF in conjunction with the IBIS makes this a very good camera for using your old manual lenses.
The autofocus of this camera is a bit slow when compared to the GF1. But the kit lenses that go with it are also to blame for this. Using the Panasonic 20mm f1.7 lens with this greatly improves the autofocus speed, even in low light conditions.
The LCD is also not as high res as the GF1's. There's no pop-up flash and there's no dedicated video recording button for this camera (unlike the E-PL1).
Even with the negatives that I mentioned, I still love this camera compared to my wife's GF1. It maybe the look or the feel. I can't really say :)
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flickr & blog
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Ian_Holmes
Mu-43 Regular
Registered: March 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 37
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Review Date: Tue April 6, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1,100.00
| Rating: 9
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light weight, The EVF
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Slow AF
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I Love it to death. Which was a huge shock to me after an Olympus E-1
I love the way it feels in my hands. It's got a metal body, you can't beat a metal bodied camera. I love that the controls and features are so intuitive. I love that nice "tschick" sound when you release the shutter. The EVF is so bright and clear. The metering is excellent.
OK so it doesn't have a flash but that doesn't bother me currently. The slow AF is my only real niggle at the moment. The best camera I've ever bought
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Ian
http://ismypenmightier.blogspot.com/
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dhazeghi
Mu-43 Hall of Famer
Registered: August 2010
Location: Davis, CA
Posts: 2712
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Review Date: Sun January 9, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $800.00
| Rating: 7
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Size, IQ at low ISOs, viewfinder
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Controls, kit lenses, speed
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I've now had my E-P2 for 6 months. Overall, it's been a good experience. The E-P2 with the Panasonic 20/1.7 gives better quality than just about anything else the same size. Keep the ISO to 100 or 200, mind the live histogram in the excellent electronic viewfinder and put on the Panasonic, and the results are easily as good as those from any DSLR under $2k. It's also a pretty stylish combination!
The E-P2 is packed to the gills with features. Some, like in-body stabilization, are extremely useful. Others like Art Filters are more gimmicks. In any case, it's well worth giving the manual a glance or two, and watching the online tutorials linked to from this site.
The E-P2's primary limitation is that of the whole system: lenses. The smaller sensor means wider-aperture lenses are more important than on other systems, but there are currently just 4 native f/2.8 or faster lenses, none of them zooms. The kit lenses for the E-P2, the 17/2.8 and 14-42/3.5-5.6 are rather mediocre too - Panasonic's 20/1.7 and 14-45/3.5-5.6 are substantially better.
The other annoyance of the E-P2 is operating speed. It takes a few seconds to turn on, a few to turn off, and there's always a slight lag when hitting a button to change settings. The controls are such that it is also easy to accidentally change settings without intending to.
Still, the E-P2 is overall a very handy camera to have around, and with suitable lenses it fulfils the m4/3 promise of DSLR-like IQ in a significantly smaller footprint.
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E-M5 | E-PM2 | mZD 12-50 | ZD 12-60 | P 14-42 X | mZD 40-150 R | PL 25 | mZD 45
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