Olympus Pen E-P1 vs E-PL1 | Both have their advantages

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[@joellinker9899]

Another interesting and useful presentation. Thank you so very much for all your great content!

[@patrickmcfadden1689]

I picked up the E-PL1 about 3 or 4 years ago for around 25USD, was amazed to get an interchangeable lens body for so little. I have other M43 bodies but this one is just so easy to use and still takes great pics even at 12mp.

[@MikeRinz]

Something that isn't mention in the video but quite important is that the E-P1 has a strong AA filter, while the E-PL1 has a weak AA filter, thus resulting in sharper images out of the latter.

[@too_many_cameras]

Thanks for letting me know. I thought they shared the internals pretty much

[@dalking6739]

Which has the better sharper images I’ve heard the AA filter makes images worse . Take the GX80 for example has no AA filter

[@HamiltonSRink]

EPL-1 + Lumix 20mm f1.7 + plus O M Workspace. Quite effective combination. The 20 does have purple fringing. Its only drawback. I shoot raw and jpg. The ooc jpg corrects the purple fringing very well. So well, I occasionally process the jpg in Raw Therapee 5.9 instead!

[@too_many_cameras]

That does sound like a good kit. Only thing i wish these early M4/3 cameras had was a bit quicker autofocus

[@HamiltonSRink]

@@too_many_cameras Seems fast enough to me. I'm sure there are much faster newer out there. My Sony a7r2 with 24-105 f4 misses focus occasionally. The EPL-1 is about as reliable IMHO.

[@Lp-ze1tg]

I bought a E-PL1 few years ago second hand. It wasn't very cheap. I paid USD $64 for the body. I just want to have a piece of legacy on hand.

[@johnjon1823]

Does the EP1 take an electronic viewfinder?

[@too_many_cameras]

Only optical viewfinder as far as i know

[@yipyipoman]

Yes it does…. Big advantage