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In addition to these familiar modes, the Pen E-P7 also has a selection of Color/Monochrome Profiles that are accessed via the dedicated switch on the front of the camera. It’s not possible to access the Picture Controls or Art Filters via this switch. The Olympus E-P7 has an extensive range of digital filter effects, denoted by an artist's palette in the shooting mode menu, with 22 different options on offer. Oly has focus peaking too. Anyway, I don't like it on Sony, Oly, or Fuji. I think it is a gimic. As for crop factor, I think this is in u4/3 favor. A "nifty fifty" becomes a fantastic 100mm f/1.8 on u 4/3. On Nex it is a so so 75mm lens. While both Olympus and Panasonic share the same lens mount, they take different approaches to stabilisation. Panasonic requires lenses with built-in optical stabilisation, while Olympus builds stabilisation into the actual camera bodies. The benefit of the Olympus approach is enjoying stabilization with any lens you attach, whereas on a Panasonic body you’ll only have stabilization on lenses which support it. Panasonic does, however, equip most of its zooms with optical stabilization, including of course the common kit options. Like Panasonic, Samsung’s NX series offers stabilised lenses rather than building stabilisaton into its bodies. Most image stabilization systems compensate for camera shake by correcting yaw and pitch. Olympus's image stabilization mechanism additionally corrects for horizontal shift, vertical shift and rotary motion (rolling) for both still images and movies. The PEN E-P7 offers 4.5-stops of compensation complete with auto panning detection.
From the front the Olympus E-P7 has a pleasingly streamlined look, with just a round lens release button to the right of the lens mount, an AF assist lamp to the top left, and the Profile Control dial on the bottom left. The OLYMPUS PEN branding is proudly located in the top left corner. Inside the E-P7 is a 20.3Mp Four Thirds type sensor, which is paired with the TruePic VII processing engine. Olympus hasn’t commented on if or where that sensor has been used before, but it seems likely that it’s the same sensor that is in the OM-D E-M10 Mark IV. They pushed PL slightly upward with specs and price, which is a good move, because people like me (possibly switching from a DSLR, expecting decent and swift operation) will at least consider buying the camera. I don't think that will ever come. The marketing campaign for E-PL7 suggests that Olympus is desperate to try and find a place in the market for PEN cameras. They haven't been selling well for a while, and lets not kid ourselves, PL7 won't win with iPhone as a selfie camera. I will be very surprised if PL7 succeeds in the market. I was fairly proud of my E-PL5, but with the current marketing, I should feel embarrassed to ever pull it out."On top is a vacant flash hotshoe that sits directly above the lens, with the pop-up flash unit on the left hand-side when viewed from the rear, which is activated via a small button that sits just behind it on the rear of the camera. The built-in pop-up flash usefully supports wireless flash control. Looking at the image below, we see the new Pen E-P7 is more like the previous Pen E-PL10 series and not the Pen-F. The new UI and the touch display were probably selected to target a specific segment and user profile. One can also see how OMDS preferred the simplicity of the Pen E-PL cameras. It could be that they simply added the Pen-F profiles because the target segment wanted them. While I’m at it, names like Mono 1,2, 3 and 4 and Color 1, 2, 3 and 4, aren’t very helpful when you’re trying to decide which to use. In my opinion, the E-P7's biggest asset is its weight at 337g. This asset turns out to be some the camera's build failures that I personally noted but didn't bother me that much: creaking in the body if you squeeze it too much and a low quality d-pad that made a hollow noise every time you push it. I don't think you'll find those on the Pen F. However, the video from the Pen f doesn't really hold a candle next to the E-P7. A mix of these 2 cameras is required: decent video, light, and excellent build.
Yes, I am shooting much less with MF lenses these days, which was part of the reason I sold the VF-2. As for the mode that is interesting. I was experimenting last night using S mode for manual focus legacy lenses. The rear dial adjusts the shutter speed and the front dial adjusts exposure comp which in reality just moves the ISO around to give you the exposure you want. The aperture ring on the lens is well, the aperture ring on the lens. If you think about it, this is exactly the set up on the Fuji X cameras with a prime lens. Note that this camera is not compatible with the high-power USB PD standard, however, so make sure that you use a suitable powerbank. Shooting modes include Aperture priority, Art Filter, Manual, Program and Shutter priority, while one-shot echo and multiecho effects can be added to movies. It's hard to use camera with gloves but two buttons near the top can be used. At least it can be used much easier than e-pl1 which doesn't have command wheel but only buttons.The E-PL7 has a more traditional rangefinder-style body, complete with a built-in grip, rather than the older models' screw-in ones". Why did Olympus eliminate the larger grip option?
I didn't know if I should say anything about the EVF and the E-P7. The fact is, I hardly use the EVF on my Pen-F. The main reason is mirrorless cameras are different from DSLRs, and modern camera displays used on mirrorless cameras are excellent.The Olympus PEN E-P7 is a rangefinder-style Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera with a 20MP sensor and 5-axis in-body image stabilization. It has an downward-tilting 3" touchscreen with 1.04 million dots, but with a flash instead of an electronic viewfinder. It has a 121-point contrast-detect AF system with face and eye detection. The E-P7 has numerous color modes, which can be easily accessed via a switch on its front plate. It can capture 4K/30p video at a bit rate of 102Mbps. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are built-in. The latest model adds several significant improvements over its predecessor, not least a revised shutter mechanism, a full control dial on the top plate and a 3:2 rear display. The shutter mechanism reduces the image shake that has blunted the appeal of previous models while the addition of a control dial should enhance the experience for users wanting to take control of the camera. The squarer display, meanwhile, is a better balance between the shape of the camera's stills and movie output - meaning more of the screen is used.
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