Olympus E-PM2 Review
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#1 Best Freeware
Lovely image quality but there are still some shots showing a double image blur at shutter speeds around 1/100 of a second, a problem I’ve observed on some PENs since the E-PL1.
8:48 pm - Friday, November 23, 2012
#2 Joli
I wonder if you could write a review without using either “Noise doesn’t rear its ugly head” or “Eye watering price”, or both?
11:13 pm - Friday, November 23, 2012
#3 Dan
Only recently got an E-P3 and although i lust after that new sensor, i don’t want to upgrade. I just can’t live without both pop up flash and viewfinder. I use both so often…..shame.
12:38 am - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#4 steve
The new range of PENs has come one step closer to pushing me into selling my dslr… but not yet. I’d like a faster start-up, automatic CA correction, and controllable HDR blending in-camera. Oh, and the Oly 12-60 f/2.8-4 in m43 mount.
2:25 am - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#5 Martin Cook
Just got this camera, combined with some old nikon glass. Given my limed capabilities it is an awesome beast in modest clothing. These are just from a few hours today
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8212822740/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8212810566/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8211740747/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8212761886/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8211679343/
2:39 am - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#6 Martin Cook
Awesome camera. Got it paired with some old manual focus glass, so can alter the aperture without entering the menu set up. Here are some shots from today
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8211679343/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8212761886/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/8212810566/
2:42 am - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#7 Martin Cook
Here are some shots with taken this beast today
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinjamescook/sets/72157632085653956/
3:01 am - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#8 kato
oh my i miss those olympus colors…
6:08 am - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#9 Martin Cook
oops, didn’t intend on posting three comments. Note to self….be more patient.
8:50 am - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#10 JS
Built in flash is very important to me so I don’t understand why Olympus is leaving it out…
3:02 pm - Saturday, November 24, 2012
#11 Ed
I have bought the camera a month ago, here are my pictures taken when I went to Queenstown, New Zealand.
I absolutely love this cameras colour and picture quality:
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/244097167/photos/2320853
10:59 pm - Wednesday, November 28, 2012
#12 Ed
Here are my shots taken with PM2 recently:
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/244097167/photos/2320853
11:00 pm - Wednesday, November 28, 2012
#13 F Gigg
I can’t help but notice that many of the sample images you post in this an indeed other reviews are taken using pretty small apertures - often f11. All of the lens testing sites will tell you that diffraction will have set in by that stage on these small consumer lenses, substantially reducing image quality. They tend to do best at f5.6. There’s really no need for such small apertures from a depth of field point of view with micro 4:3 or even APSc, and by using them you’re not really showing what the sensor is capable of.
10:50 am - Monday, January 14, 2013
#14 Ricky
The E-PM2 is capable of delivering the same excellent image quality as the much more expensive EM-5, but you have to work a little harder for it. There’s almost no grip, the camera is very light and small and the image stabilazation is not as good as the 5-axis stabilization Olympus put in the EM-5. The E-PM2 is much smaller and lighter though and with a small lens like the Panasonic 14mm or 20mm it’s reasonably pocketable too. So, you basically get the good stuff of the EM-5 in a smaller package! I like it!
10:53 am - Sunday, January 27, 2013