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Originally Posted by woodmancy
Simon
Give it a bit of time. I bought my G1 a couple of years ago, and love it. I bought an E-P1 but needed and EVF (I found I could not use the LCD in bright sunlight) - so bought an E-P2. At first I had problems with those ***** menus and overall setup. But, once I had that under control, I found to the E-P2 to be the camera of choice. I took it and the G1 on a cruise with the Olympus 14-45 kit zoom, the Pana 45-200 and a few primes.
When I needed the big zoom, I found the G1 was a better choice - but for the small kit zooms and primes, the E-P2 was the favorite (I like the size, feel, weight of this camera - similar to a Leica or RD-1).
The fact is, that as long as Pana does not offer in body IS, I know I will always carry both brands.
Keith
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Keith,
Yes, I see your point and I agree that I'll just get used to using the two different OS' in the cameras. I especially agree about the comparison to the Leica M8 and R-D1 cameras... I had a pair of both, and loved them but in the end couldn't get the keep rate due to focus issues. Surprisingly, I have a great keep rate using MF lenses with the G's using the EVF!
I too had my all G's virtually as soon as they were available (BIG thanks to Bill Wilby at Contact Photo Arts), so I've got a lot of experience and handling usage from them. As mentioned, this is a targeted but to fulfill a niche usage.
Cheers,