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I have been downgrading my gear of late, due to financial reasons. I was considering a very well priced NEX 3 last week, but finally settled for an Olympus E-PL1 + kit lens, a bargain at $240 brand new.

I have owned one of these before, and found it a stellar camera with an amazing jpg capacity. I took a few pics today of which these are some:

My daughter Sarah, making bread in our kitchen. This image utilised one of the inbuilt filters, pin hole or something.

Epl4 by Ozimax, on Flickr

Coffs Jetty this morning using auto landscape setting

Epl3 by Ozimax, on Flickr

Sarah again, programme mode with a little help from an external flash + Cactus V4 triggers

Epl2 by Ozimax, on Flickr

Walked past a wedding this afternoon and shot from afar, programme mode I believe.

Epl1 by Ozimax, on Flickr

Great images...can I ask where you managed to score such a good price?

aim54x wrote:Great images...can I ask where you managed to score such a good price?

You may indeed Cameron. Good Guys Coffs hbr. I wasn't even shopping for a camera, just walking down the aisle, and I said thank you, I'll take the last two! One for me and one for a friend.

I think they were clearing old stock and had a silly price on these.

ozimax wrote:Good Guys Coffs hbr. I wasn't even shopping for a camera, just walking down the aisle, and I said thank you, I'll take the last two! One for me and one for a friend.

I think they were clearing old stock and had a silly price on these.

They are old stock...very old stock but still a good image out of it!

I have the E-PL1 and the E-PL2 and use them all of the time - got to love the small pocket size

Great shots.
I love the last image, the light and the isolation of the couple make it a great shot and the curve of the wave adds a smooth flowing effect that I find hard to adequately describe. Have you tried cropping a little off the bottom to make it more panoramic?

CraigVTR wrote: Have you tried cropping a little off the bottom to make it more panoramic?

Can't say that I have, but I might.

Yep, I think this may be better.


Jetty wedding by Ozimax, on Flickr

ozimax wrote:Yep, I think this may be better.

Works for me.

Here's another few images, taken of my longsuffering missus.

This one taken in shade but with the attached flash. It doesn't have much power but does a creditable job all considering.

Rob200911c by Ozimax, on Flickr

There's a few hot spots on this one as the light was mottled, but again, the E-PL1 is capable of a decent portrait, despite the el cheapo lens.

Rob200911d by Ozimax, on Flickr

Unbelievable bargain Ozi!

A bargain indeed Suren. It's a pretty good unit. T'would be nice to have a Panasonic 20mm f1.7, but that would cost more than the camera!