On 21 July 2010 00:21, 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.
John, If you're interested in what I have to say about the E-PL1, then please take a look at parts 1 and 2 of my reviews: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/03/30/review-olympus-pen-e-pl1-part-1-first-impressions/ http://enticingthelight.com/2010/04/07/review-olympus-pen-e-pl1-part-2-using-the-camera/ I've dragged my heels publishing part 3 (Image IQ) because, to make it short, the E-PL1 produces the best JPEGs I've ever seen. By far. And there's not much else to say. I swear Olympus engineers made a pact with the devil in order to program that JPEG engine. In view of this, I think this camera would be ideal for someone who does not plan on tinkering with images in post processing (as I imagine you wife wont do). If you ever borrow it from her (which I'm sure you'd never do in a million years) you could always shoot RAW if you really wanted to. Cheers, --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
