Olympus E-PL8 tested by Photoreview

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Photoreview published their full E-PL8 review:

Aside from its new body design and a few minor tweaks, there’s not much difference between the E-PL7 and E-PL8. It’s difficult to find local stores stocking the E-PL7, although a few off-shore re-sellers have it listed for between AU$520 and $550. The E-PL8 is selling in the same stores for roughly $200 more, which is close to the asking price for this camera in local stores.
Serious photographers would probably be better off buying the OM-D E-M10 Mark II, which has a high-resolution EVF and SLR-like design. Although it’s not designed for shooting selfies, the EM-10 II can do everything else the E-PL8 does, uses the same battery with the same shooting capacity and weighs only 16 grams more. If you don’t choose the Limited Edition kit, it’s available locally with the same 14-42mm power zoom lens for between AU$700 and AU$750.

I think the problem of the E-PL8 is it’s the in house competition: You get the E-PL7 with kit lens for $150 less and the E-M1oII with two(!) lenses for just $150 more.

Olympus E-PL8 store links at [shopcountry 62751].

The new Olympus 25mm f/1.2 PRO lens is in Stock at BHphoto

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The new Olympus lens is in Stock for the first time at BHphoto (Click here). And the Macbook PRO with the cool new touch bar is available for preorder at BHphoto.

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Olympus preorders:
E-PL8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de. ParkCameras.
25mm f/1.2 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
12-100mm f/4.0 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
30mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
FL-900r flash at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.de. ParkCameras.

Panasonic preorders:
G85: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
FZ2500: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Lx10: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.

Olympus PRO service program website in USA. Check it out!

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Check out the new Olympus Service PRO website at GetOlympus (Click here). The program will launch soon and for $99 per year you get this:

Expedited repair service
Repaired product or complementary loan will be shipped within 3 business days of receipt at repair center.
FREE Standard Overnight Shipping
to and from the repair center.
Complementary Equipment Loan
for extended repair times (longer than 3 days).
Two FREE Clean & Check Coupons
per year (shipping not included for Clean & Check only service).
Priority Phone Support
phone call escalation for PRO Advantage members.
6 Month Warranty Extension on Camera Bodies
from original date of purchase
15% Discount
on out-of-warranty repairs.
Introductory Welcome Kit
with camera strap, lens wrapping cloth, PRO Advantage RUSH stickers, and two complementary Clean & Check coupons (camera strap and wrapping cloth for new membership sign-up only).

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Thanks Jim S!

a bit of everything…


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First Impressions: Olympus 12-100mm F/4 IS Pro (ThePhoBlographer).
10 Recommended Cameras to Help Raise Your Selfie Game (Explora).
Panasonic Lumix G 12-60 mm review by Lenstip.
25mm f/1.2 first impressions by ThePhoBlographer.
Awe-tumn (Olympus Imagespace).
Leather skin for the TX1 (DC.watch).

Moro Tere‎: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgoqX2T8p-g. Panasonic GH4 4K panasonic 35 – 100mm, tokina 11-16mm and sigma 18 – 35mm with metabones speed booster”

‎Олег Леонович‎: “Panasonic G7 https://vimeo.com/179798955“

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