Sunday 12 February 2012

Olympus and Panasonic

So, Olympus now has OM-D E-M5 camera. It is still unavailable, and Australian price is unknown. The rumors say it will be here around April.

On other hand, Panasonic has G3 and GH2 available right now. GH2 is expensive, and it seems that the viewfinder is better on Oly. Fully articulated monitor can be very useful.

Alternatively it is possible to buy a PEN camera with VF-2 viewfinder on ebay for a fraction of GH2 price (and I would say for a fraction of E-M5 price). The viewfinder is tiltable. The image quality will be similar to Oly E-30 I have or even a tad better. Depends on lenses, of cause. 

Also, with PEN cameras Olympus had very fast turnover for the bodies in last couple years. Considering that the Olympus websites refer to OM-D cameras (plural) it is possible that we will see more similar cameras (as Panasonic?) in the nearby future.

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