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They'll undercut and blow away the E-PL10 at release. Alphoid: Agreed on all counts. I thought an E-PL would be a nice addition for the ladies in the family and also for me when I was not in a serious mood. I will look at the E-PL8; thanks for the tip! Olympus just announced it's getting out of the camera bussiness and selling that side of the company to a investment firm:. A sad day for photography. I hope the i-firm will at least market their patents so they make it into all the other camera brands.

This is the most important point. Who will bring extra device if IQ not far better than smartphone. Why they never do it? Never need improve IQ? Basically any slow kit zoom on any camera in broad daylight looks similar to what a modern phone can give you at normal viewing distances. You have to have a better quality lens to really see the difference or more challenging lighting situations. Still, this EPL is a dog.

No 5-axis, no modern m43 20MP sensor. Its like the OG EM10 frozen in time. There are a lot of comments on the specs: "Why not get xx camera with better specs for the same money? To the target market smart phone upgraders it doesn't need better specs. It needs to be cute, easy to use, with the right features to replace a smartphone and still compact. This is marketed toward women and children. She would like it a lot more than my more fully featured E-PM The problem is that the poor wifi performance and the flip-down screen probably would disappoint most of the consumers to whom you feel this is targeted and I don't disagree with your assessment.

Personally, I would probably recommend something in the Canon M system over this for those people. I personally would be interested a camera like this as someone with a couple larger cameras E-M1 and G9 and lots of primes who would like a small camera for casual use.

However, the things I mentioned above completely put me off it, even though the price is not bad right now. I have constantly struggled with the Olympus app and my E-M1, and I really, really don't want to go through that again, if nothing else in fairness, I have the original model, without BT, but don't want to go through that again.

It's disappointing a new model has these issues. My 7 year old daughter got my D She understood manual and auto mode from the beginning. No need for a cam that's d as f like this one. This is not an upgrade for a phone. It's a downgrade. No social, no txt, no call and thus no context. The body is a pastiche of ugly parts from a bin and looks older than my ex. This category is deader than dead. Yet here we have another revenant Japanese Corp fapping together a low-end body for the price of two decent phones.

Smaug01 Ugly Body? This camera doesn't look any better or worse than a Sony A I always find it totally stupid when people comment on what a camera looks like.

It's as if they can't find anything else to criticize and they have to find something negative to say. Seeing you're an Olympus user it seems like a fanbxx comment. What a weak excuse: somehow, because it's Olympus, any potential shopper won't compare specs, performance and costs and buy the Olympus just because it's "good enough"??

This is the kind of fan excusing of poor marketing judgements that has put Olympus on the ropes; somehow everyone is supposed to ignore the competition just because the product is from a favored brand. News flash: modern society doesn't, no longer, works that way. Harley's on the ropes because of that thinking and Olympus does not get special dispensation. If Harley's sales are down it's because the motorcycle fad is over and sales are down across the board.

To be very specific, Harley's sales are collapsing because their prime demographic who spent money like water on their vehicles for the past 30 years - Baby Boomers - are aging out of the market. With the average Harley being fairly to extremely expensive, and catering to exclusively retro styling, Harley failed to court younger riders, who are now expected to buy their products in a slowing market.

While they, the customer, also suffers through stagnating wages, student loan debt, and incredibly rising housing costs. The entire industry is suffering from spending at least 15 years punch-drunk on Baby Boomer spending money and doing little to attract anyone else. Now that chickens have come home to roost - with few potential new customers in the wings because of their lack of attentions, and expensive and oversized vehicles, young people just aren't interested.

Yes, the Motorcycle fad was driven by Baby Boomers finally being able to afford their dream machine. I don't think it really tapered off until more recently. I'm Gen-X and I couldn't get a bike soon enough.

A lot of my fellow Gen-X-ers too. After that? I dunno. Smaug01 We were referring specifically to Harleys which, correct me if I'm wrong, appeal to Baby Boomers. As Gen-X'ers [we're both] pretty old. There's currently a rebound of sales but Harley's really hurting and every single analysis, every single one, puts the blame on concentrating too much on appeasing their "core customer" and doing Jack Squat to attract much of anyone else. Its , Oly's competitive advantage was its stabilization, but they severely gimped this camera and they gave it a 10 year old 16MP sensor.

Headaches have Ended. Have Panasonic menus improved a lot very recently then? My experience has been wading down pages and pages of options with no tabs to break it all up. Olympus did at least have labelled tabs but the new menu system has gone back to A, B, C, D etc.

Camera menus are pretty rudimentary really and which one to prefer is very much making the best of a bad job. I just don't see the point of an ancient m43 sensor and cheapo lenses on this thing anymore compared to what is likely a computational marvel in your pocket. Better off spending a bit more on your next phone than buying one of these. Olympus's M5 and some mid-range lenses costs a good bit more to be sure but at least you'll be able to tell a difference in your shots compared to your phone Olympus's offering at this pricepoint may be smaller than say Fuji's A7 or Canon's aging M50 but it's a lot smaller sensor with noticeably less resolution, dynamic range, and many other features.

And if size is your priority, you're probably not looking at ILC's anyway. One observation: It's likely this camera has the same or more DR as the M This process is full of expectations, joy, feelings of all kind I suppose for the average dull person not having a clue what is involved and trying to avoid putting any input in to the image making process the smartphone is the ideal solution.

The thing about a smartphone image is they are not your shots and whoever the individual is pressing the button setting off the process devised elsewhere and hard set in code by persons unknown is really of no consequence.

The art of The picture is art, the process is enjoyable to some but clearly not that relevant. You could say it is a good tool or a bad tool based on it's merits like physical buttons or it's menus, it's technical capabilities, or even just how it looks on a shelf or around your neck but it is still a photography tool.

Think of it this way, would you call it photography if you didn't have a memory card in the camera? No recording of your image at all. That isn't photography because, literally, you're not making a photograph. I've failed to see the reasoning behind the last couple of updates for this camera series. I have an EPL7 and see nothing that would ever tempt me to 'upgrade' to this model or any of those in between. In fact when it lost the VF port I though that was a downgrade.

Maybe little old women in some parts of Asia love to go out and buy the latest version of this camera in some funky new color. Things like this make it hard to take Oly seriously as a camera company. Whoever would buy this 'new' version anywhere remotely near its list price is getting seriously ripped off. Seriously outdated tech passing as new camera. Just don't understand what is going on at Oly, but they've been out of touch for many years. Beginning with the E-PL9, Olympus got rid of the multi-interface shoe.

I consider that to be a serious mistake because it took away the optional viewfinder and the SEMA-1 audio adapter. I guess they only want you to take selfies with this camera instead of vlogging.

Loved my E-PL5 dearly with the Panasonic 14mm pancake lens for a tiny package and it has served me well on my travels. But I have to agree, especially when they chose to do a flip-down screen seriously?? Marketing these EVFs that cost as much as a camera probably never had much appeal or made a lot of sense to most people, as does buying an audio adapter instead of a simple jack for many cameras, even in the good old days.

Samsung dumped their accessory port very quickly in NX as a lost cause and they always looked at the profit margin and knew when to bail out altogether. Olympus if anything have left it rather late dumping these over-priced accessory gadgets. I think it's time to do away with the score. It will stop people buying this camera. That's the whole idea: maybe it should stop people from buying this camera and steer them toward a better one. Now, every reader may not have an intuitive understanding of the score that corresponds to that explanation, but I definitely think that a score that's well above the mid-point shouldn't be interpreted as "pretty bad".

While i agreed E-PL10 is still a competent camera is , i must say it will be the last of its kind in Olympis Entry camera world. That market segment has its last nail on coffin since late People who are still using MFT are either those entry users, who are never going to upgrade their gears or enthusiasts who have invested the most expensive gears who refused to let go easily.

The current M43 world is now divided into two by a "price gap" among rookies and pros. Such huge price gap between kit gears and pro gears, has turned down many Rookie's appetite from investing higher-end gears. I've a heap of GFX gear it doesn't stop me wanting one of these. For those who think the E PL10 is insufficient can invest in an OMD system that is also easy to use and widely available. It also has plenty of support for great lenses too at affordable prices. I'm neither a rookie nor a pro but have spent a few quid so why would I 'let go' and move to another brand when there is nothing wrong with what I have?

And what I have isn't 'the most expensive gear'. The current DPReview comments world is divided into two; those who like and use MFT and those who won't go near it, so deride the former. Nice to see a picture of an old Range Rover from the era when it was a genuine utility vehicle and not a stupid, leather and walnut encrusted luxo-barge Bigsensorisbest if you feel the itch for this thing you are better looking elsewhere, like the Lumix Gx9 which can be found nowadays at prices comparable to this and will give you A LOT more for a very modest increase in size and weight.

I still have an E-PL6 which is smaller then this , but when I add a lens the difference in size compared to the GX9 or the Pen-F is not so much to want you carry one instead of the other. Zum: I would be very inclined to buy a GX9 if you could buy it body-only, but that seems to not be an option in the US.

I would think selling as kit only limits sales, but I guess Panasonic has some reason for that. The image stabilization is probably nice for vlogging. The contrast detect and crippled features probably not. What is good about the shrinking camera market is that those who survive will be forced to stop segmenting and crippling their products and produce fewer, better cameras. It's interesting that the Fuji X-A7 is basically the same size.

I just snagged a cheap used X-A7, hope I'll be happy with it. IS is always nice, but this is really old tech, the same it was inside the E-M5 mkl. Modern 5 axis stab is so much better! Zumzifero Seriously. People are better off buying a new EM10ii on the cheap for the same price or cheaper than this camera.

I especially miss the Panasonic 20mm pancake. I may just get another one Oly and 20mm someday. I like the style. And for what I'd use it for, the picture quality is pretty good, certainly good enough. I have had the E-P1 for 10 years. I sense that not much has changed in that time and 10 generations of this line. Somehow I think the E-P1 looks slightly more contemporary than this too, just because the retro aesthetic has gained ground although this looks better than all the E-PL predecessors.

Saying Phone cannot do photo is like saying digital camera photos were lame in Ever since phone can do photos at least as good as those 1" sensor compact. I tend to disagree. Computational photography is not quite there yet.

Of course, in ideal scenarios bright day , it is almost as good but still, I can spot a photo taken from a phone without zooming in.

The level of work required between the two, considering target audiences and capabilities, is miles kilometers too apart. Producing this review did not take resources away from the E-M1 III review, which is continuing to move forward.

If not more :. It sells so bad even big shops are unwilling to put them on shelves. Everyone other brand was pretty minimal I think I actually saw more Pentax shooters than fellow Nikon shooters. I doubt many who are looking at this camera are also considering a D, and vice-versa.

The review would have been better to include only the M and X-A7 and prioritize the needs of the more likely intended demographic - the fashion-conscious or those who just want a fun camera to play with. Such a review would more heavily factor in the available body colors, accessories, photo filters and connectivity, and maybe make some comparisons of its image quality, flash output, etc.

A good part of the PL10's target market is the first time buyer, people with no clue whatsoever what they want. In fact, some of them are not even available in Europe or North America in certain colors, or only become available long after they are released in Asia.

That doesn't mean there aren't a few people here who want an entry level MILC camera here, but the EM10 and GX series pretty much covers it for them while including an EVF and a few more features for not very much more money. It is more capable and the kit lens is better. You also get the sharp zoom. The EM has some great deals as well. This must be the absolute best value in digital cameras today.

And while it weighs a bit more, it isn't much larger than an EPL camera. All this camera had to do is use the 20 MP sensor with no AA.

The rest of the feature set is pretty decent. Depends on which market you are referring to. So horrible that mainstream electronics shops are reluctant to sell them. Raist3D I have an E-PL6, a Gx9 and a PenF: the first is smaller and lighter then the epl10, but when you fit anything except the kit lens or the Lumix , the depth become significant and it is much more problematic then height and width without a VF hump like in the E-Ms.

In the end, because weight is not really noticeably higher, I always reach for the 2 20Mp which deliver much better images. Superior in every way except ibis and looks Why would anyone buy into EOS-M at this time? They have been saying that for years.

In addition, I don't want a professional level system. Lastly if I need to upgrade I will switch to whatever system I like at the time.. Know your target market. I had the Canon M6 and hated it, the most boring camera I ever owned. I recently got the olympus EM10 iii its beautifully built, fun and takes great jpegs straight out of camera. The E-PL10 is clearly the same thing in a smaller package without viewfinder. EF-m has no future? Sigma just released the 16,30,56 F1.

If you look at M50 sales figure, you know EF-M has strong demand across the world, especially in entry, vloggers and youtubers market. There is no point for Canon giving up the market where consumers and prosumers are plentiful. It's a way to justify new shiny things you feel the itch for but really you'd also feel guilty buying for yourself because you already have too many Hard to argue with the Japanese sales of these ELP models.

For the more spec driven Western market, sticking with the 16MP sensor, when there's a far better and well established 20MP sensor available, doesn't sell so well. But I don't understand. I will not buy a camera that don't have an EVF or at last the option to mount one.

I know it comes in handy sometimes, but so does being pocket-sized! Even a pocket sized camera need at last a provision for an EVF. Maybe is me! What you see here on E-PL10 is just reusing old parts before they went expired. Especially in an entry level and relatively cheap camera aimed at casual photographers. We need some entry price but must better IQ than smartphone.

Indeed, E-PL10 has much better quality than any phone out there. And comparable to the M, just a tiny bit below fuji. People telling that a camera must have much better IQ then an smartphone to make it doesn't understand the market. The IQ of our smartphones is better then most people need or want, when the IQ of a camera is that good it might as well be good enough!

What is important in a modern camera is: Zoom and telephoto lenses. This is where smartphones are weak, And the other point is handling. Every smartphone has bad handling when it comes to photography. Try to zoom with your smartphone and keep it on the subject, you will see how hard it is. Forget about IQ, IQ is good enough. So, only use it when need optical zoom. Many of them never buy next camera. Some smartphone consumer found smartphone IQ is enough good for them.

However, if new smartphone release with more better IQ, some of them will buy new smartphone for better IQ. So, are smartphone IQ enough? If entry-level camera hasn't better IQ than above smartphone which same price or cheaper than entry-level camera , who will buy it? Even my old 12 megapixel E-P3 takes much better photos than an iPhone, especially when using a good lens. However, this may not true for entry-level 16MP camera with cheap kit lens compare to similar price iPhone SE An entry-level 16mp camera with kit lens will certainly take better photos than an iphone.

Don't forget that the iPhone SE doesn't have a zoom lens, and has a much smaller sensor. Firstly, smartphones access computational tools, not just for stacking images and reducing noise, but for optimizing every aspect of the final image. Guess it was a retail price and marketing decision!

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