Review olympus viewer 33/28/2023 ![]() Give my mom the E-P元 and she is shooting in just a few minutes.īack to the features. For example, if I hand my mom my Canon 5D, she would just say “I don’t know what to do with this thing” and she would promptly hand it back to me. Add too many bells and whistles and you may scare people off. This camera is targeted to people that may be stepping up from a P&S or people that may want interchangeable lenses but they don’t want anything overly complicated. The design was so good that Panasonic copied the idea and put it in the GF-2, GF-3 and GX-1. As far as performance goes, the small external flash is no better than the pop up versions that you’d find in most other M43 bodies.įeatures Image taken with "Dramatic Tone" art filterīeing second from the bottom of Olympus’ PEN line, the E-P元 doesn’t exactly “wow” with its feature list but I honestly think that is for the better. The E-PL2’s flash was popular with many photographers because it could be bent back to bounce off of the ceiling. When attached to the camera it occupies the hot shoe so no other device, like an electronic view finder, can be attached.After you tack on the zoom lens and the flash, the E-P元 is not much smaller than entry level DSLRs like the Nikon D3100 or the Canon Rebel series. People buy M43 bodies because they want something smaller than a DSLR. It’s simply something else to carry and lose.Instead, Olympus opted for an external hot shoe flash. One slightly disappointing trait of the E-P元 is the lack of built in flash. Primes are lighter, faster, and image quality is much better. If you are truly concerned about getting the best image quality possible, go with primes like the Panasonic 14mm f/2.5. Like all kit lenses, the 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 is made of plastic and isn’t what I would call optically spectacular. The cheapest part of this rig is the lens. The entire body is made from metal and even the tiltable screen is nice and beefy. Let’s face it, some products are solid, but I wouldn’t necessarily call them well made. And, while it is built like a tank, it still has a quality feel to it. I literally said “wow!” when I picked up the body for the first time. I thought it would be a “nice”, well made camera but I wasn’t expecting to see this level of quality. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting much in terms of build quality from the E-P元. Modes: Aperture Priority, Manual, Program, Shutter PriorityĬompensation: -3EV to +3EV (in 0.33EV steps)Īuto, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent, Shade, Underwaterġx BLS-1 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery PackĤ.31 x 2.5 x 1.5″ / 10.95 x 6.35 x 3.81 cmĬomparable Four Thirds and Micro 4/3 Focal Length: 28 – 84 mm Single-servo AF (S), Continuous-servo AF (C), Manual Focus (M) So, is the E-P元 the next logical step up from a P&S? Let’s find out. ![]() It is this group of people that Olympus had in mind when creating the E-P元. Additionally, M43 cameras are often less intimidating than a DSLR for those looking to step up from point and shoot cameras (P&S) or advanced P&S camera. M43 bodies offer a great balance of size and image quality. If you’re a frequent reader of The Phoblographer, you’ll know that we are fans of the Micro Four Thirds format (M43). ![]() Yes, I still had the plastic on the lens. ![]()
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