With this said, the Olympus Pen Premium Camera Case is one that many small camera owners may want to consider adding not only to their camera bag collection, but to their wardrobe. I think you can't go wrong with this camera, it's compact, easy to use, and shoots great photos.Leather and curves are sexy-as is that whole retro style look trend currently happening. In the end, this camera is for someone upgrading from an Olympus OM camera, or just getting started with the Olympus system. ![]() If I had to choose between the two, I would opt for the flexibility of the Pen-F, but the X100F has plenty of features that I like as well. (I prefer primes over zooms.) I also have a Fujifilm X100F, and the two cameras are similar, with the exception of the fact that the latter has a fixed lens. I've had this camera for about six months, and have a half-dozen Olympus lenses, which makes it quite versatile. It’s easy to shoot a number of photos in succession manually, and the auto-focus keeps up very well. The shutter is buttery smooth, it’s fairly quiet, and the viewfinder is extremely fast. There is, however, a curved thumb grip that is more prominent than that of the E-M10, which helps keep the camera stable. ![]() I’m not that worried about dropping it – I always use a strap – but it might be a bit easier to use in odd positions. Olympus sells one, of course, at a high price, but there are third-party grips. The camera may not be the easiest to hold, as the front right of the device has no protrusion, and I might get a grip. ![]() It’s also quieter the E-M10’s shutter is fairly noisy. It’s softer, requires less push to actuate, and the camera moves a lot less. The 5-axis image stabilization is an improvement on the E-M10’s 3-axis version, but the biggest difference I find in my first photos is the shutter. All the reviews I’ve seen highlight not only the quality of the monochrome renders, but suggest that you don’t even need to shoot RAW, since the camera’s JPEGs are so good. I’m not a fan of the latter, but I do like shooting black and white. One interesting feature is the front dial that lets you quickly switch among color modes: you can go from natural color to one of three monochrome modes, and you can use a number of artistic filters. I rarely use the back-panel LCD to take pictures, and the Pen-F has an articulated LCD that you can shut, showing a faux leather back that looks more like on old film camera (and stays out of the way, and uses less battery). There are a number of features that make the Pen-F an improvement on the E-M10, such as a higher-resolution viewfinder, which makes a big difference in the way I look at what I shoot. It feels more balanced, more evenly weighted than the E-M10. At 427g, compared to 396g – body only – it feels heftier, but in a good way. And, while it’s 9mm thinner, it feels like it’s thicker. ![]() It’s a tad wider (6mm), and lower (10mm, because of the different viewfinder), but the main part of the body is higher than the E-M10. I can’t deny that I’m attracted to this vintage camera look, and in my hands, it feels better than the E-M10. Its rangefinder-type viewfinder makes the camera lower on top – the pyramidal viewfinder on the E-M10 does take up space – and the dials are laid out in a manner that seems more intuitive. The Pen-F is an improvement on the E-M10, having 20 Mp instead of 16, and having a raft of in-camera shooting features that make it a more flexible camera. The micro four-thirds standard allows these cameras to be a bit smaller, lighter, and makes them less obtrusive. But it also fit well in my hands I was familiar with that style of camera, and I never really cared for the big Canon and Nikon DSLRs, that are unwieldy. I started taking pictures back in the early 1980s, using an Olympus OM-1, and when I bought the OM-D two years ago, I was, in part, seduced by the retro film SLR look.
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