Hm, where's that EM10 that I picked up a few months ago?
Yes I lost the EVF, but the PL8 is the last Pen to accept clip-on VF, so it can be added later if needed. This camera should look great with the silver 20/1.7 or 14-42ii, and nice enough with the other lenses. It was not a straight-across trade, but it's a far more interesting camera to me than the OM∙D variant. I've learned the hard way (after 3-5 EM and G bodies) that compact rangefinder-types are more for me.
Ah yes.. about that.
When browsing for a final piece of the Nikon puzzle I encountered something I'd been seeking for a while: a compact tan-and-silver camera body. I sought a tan GX85 in the past, but did not find one at a 'reasonable' price (by my miserly definition). Yet here was an EX condition ePL8, with all the features of the EM10 with fewer 'issues' and (apparently) a body style that I prefer. I dropped the EM10 as a trade option and the ePL8 is on its way.
So how does it compare to the GX7, since its name is "one better" (according to Nigel Tufnel)? Well, it's a tradeoff: better stabilization that works with video, fewer video specs. Marginally better sensor, marginally inferior AF (perhaps) and no 'starlight AF' to EV-4 faintness. Still uses a touch screen, the Oly has live time/composite but lacks 1/8000 shutter speed and two control dials. No easy AF/MF switch that I like so much. So overall it will see less use, but it's a good camera in any case and will see some time in play!
Oh yeah, might as well finish our team introductions..
The Nikon set is also done to my satisfaction and beyond my needs - D600, 17/3.5 + 90/2.8 (1:1 capable) primes, 28-105 (no OpStab) and 70-300 VC zooms. Perhaps some day a wider stabilized zoom will happen, but the 28-105 with its 1:2 closeups and great image capabilities will do.
Heck, once I get them out of the camera I'll just stick the team photos below this space.
(insert Graham Chapman voice here): Wait for it -- !
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