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Subject: Re: [OM] I must admit
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:50:02 -0800
On 1/28/2016 2:59 PM, Michael Wong wrote:
I am favour its specification too. It is certainly in my list :-)

You guys do know that this is all about form factor, style and ergonomics, right? The camera is the innards of an E-M5 II with only two changes I can see.

1. A 20 MP sensor. That may sound like a big increase, but it's not. The increase in linear resolution is around 12%, just around the point where careful pixel peeping MIGHT show a tiny bit more fine detail. The couple of hands on reviews I've read so far can't find any increase for sure, but they are limited to Viewer 3 so far.

2a. They have moved all the silly (to me) "creative" and scene modes to a separate dial on the front, which means it's finally possible to access all four Custom Settings sets directly from the Mode dial. A real improvement - except ...

2b. With the add-on grip, Robin Wong finds his finger being attacked by the aggressive knurling on this front knob. Illustrations here. <http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2016/01/olympus-pen-f-review-part-1.html>

And what some may see as a step back. Although necessitated by the idea of recreating something visually rather like the original Pen-F(T), there is no front grip. that means additional shekels, size and weight for those who need a grip. From the pics, it seems that the add-on grip isn't very deep, nor very tall. Folks like AG will need to hold one to see ...

And, as far as I can tell, the HR mode isn't any faster than on the E-M5 II, no 1/60 sec. HR shooting. Not absolutely sure, but Oly would trumpet it, and no reviews say anything as yet.

Nothing to See Here Moose

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