I have an E-P1 but it's very similar. Nicer body but no flash.I've found it to be a surprisingly effective camera. AF is slow on the E-P1 but IQ is good. I especially like the MF mode that goes to max magnification automatically. It makes MF far more useful than most modern cameras.
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:21 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to persuade my wife to move up to something better > than her old Casio Exilim. I'm tempted by the Micro 4/3 systems, > and the Olympus E-PL1 seems to have the ease of use and simplicity > that my wife is looking for (without being so large that she would > refuse to carry it around) at a pretty decent price. Even with an > extra lens (the 40-150) it's still cheaper than the Panasonic, and > has in-body image stabilisation. The optional electronic view- > finder might be interesting, too, although it's more likely to be > something that I would use than something my wife would consider. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

