Apart from the weight and size, how does the E-5 compare to your E-620? Is the focusing any quicker or more reliable and have you noticed any improvement in image quality?
Ron
Hello Ron
lately the E 620 was failing me repeatedly in many easy to get shot and its sharpness was much lower that i wanted, thought the Bigma needs some adjusments, but then i got the E5 as a birthday gift.
to make it short the first week was just getting to know things. i have noticed the following
1- the place of the exposure compensation is back to be near the shutter release button like my old E300 and i think like the E3, to me this is the most important button and there is easier to adjust when you are looking at the viewfinder.
2- the battery life is much longer then those small compact ones of the E 620 and EPL1.
3- focusing is really good but i need to get use to it more, feels much comfortable on the tripod than on the bean bag i use when shooting from the car window.
4- it has been very cloudy in the past days here and most of my shooting is at early morning, so i could not get with the iso at lower then 400, mostly at 640 and it seem to be working nicely with the IQ, was concerned about those iso 2000 images so i posted them to get what you think.
5- switching to video recording is a nightmare, you have to switch first to the live view then start recording and adjusting the focus while recording is not as easy as it is with the EPL1.
6- i have got ride of the Zuiko 70-300m otherwise it would have been interesting to see how it performs with it.
7- have taken some shots for my sis little baby using the built in flash and the 50mm macro lens and they seem to be nice but for me using it handheld is not comfortable, maybe in hands of man it will not feel bad.
in a few days i will be having a week vacation and more chance for using it at much better light, to get better IQ images.
hope that helps.