E-P5

Welcome to the world of M4/3 cameras. In my case long time user and contributor to DPReview forums, just starting here as I basically do not like the recent changes to the DPR forum. I need another outlet for my thoughts. Not abandoning DPR, just visiting there less. Firstly "the Pana/Oly thing" may

I'd consider one of the M43 bodies, maybe one of the smaller older ones, and a small prime, like a Panasonic 20mm 1.7. Like the Olympus E-P5.

I got into M43 via the Panasonic G85, which remains one of the best photography values out there. I've owned the G9ii since it launched. Love it. It's been my workhorse, but I also own a number of tiny M43 bodies for run-and-gun work... the Lumix GM5 and the Olympus E-P5. One piece of advice: as the

I've been shooting Olympus for a long time, my 'main body' has been a E-M1 mk2, I just upgraded to an OM-1 by selling my GRIII. I came to the GRIII through a path of other cameras, first was a Oly E-PM2 + 14mm f2.5. I used this as my walking around/biking/travel camera. At some point I grabbed an Fu

I did some shooting today with my E-P5 and Pana Leica 100-400 (Mk I) and here's some thoughts. As expected, this camera seems pretty small when attached to that lens and the combo is front heavy, which is compounded by the lack of grip on the camera. So, you need to use classic film camera handling

Depends on what your priorities are. These days you spend a LOT and sacrifice features for size. Fun fact: the 500D weighs 520g, the X100vi 521g. An EF 28mm f2.8 weighs 186g, so that's the extra weight difference, less so with some smaller primes like the 40mm at 130g. Maybe get something like the o

Only you know how all these things are prioritized, as well as what you budget is. Yes, the weight difference is significant. The E-P7 is the lightest body OM System/Olympus has made since before the days of the E-M5 and E-P5. There is a bit of a trade-off there. The E-P5 is mostly metal constructio

NAHH instead of buying dslr which are very bulky, I would rather buy old pens from Olympus at the very least, say Olympus E-P5, E-PL6, E-PL7. Or other option would be Olympus OM-D-E M10 mark II if you prefer having a viewfinder. Those cameras are top notch in terms of portability/compactness, those

I assume the R50 you are considering has the kit lens. I've never been very impressed with kit lenses - they're not intended to be anything more than mediocre, and they're slow. You could always buy a prime lens, but that would be very limiting. A decent zoom, like the Sigma 18-50/2.8 is about $550