I still haven't had the $$ to jump onto the micro-four-thirds bandwagon, but one of the benefits of waiting is that more features keep getting added to these tiny little cameras. The built in wi-fi in the new
PEN E-P5 probably would have struck me as superfluous had I not seen a photographer in the Gorge recently using an iPad as a tripod-mounted monitor to compose his images! It just looked fun! I probably wouldn't be doing that, but the of reviewing/offloading images with my iPad while on the road is VERY appealing, and wi-fi makes that simple.
The extreme mechanical shutter speed is sort of out of my area of interest, but I can see where people doing action photography would appreciate that, too. Mostly, I'm ready to start packing a much smaller kit... though I'm still a year or more away from being able to afford a full switchover. When that happens, I'm still planning on the
Olympus E-M5, though it may have undergone a makeover by the time I save up my shekels, who knows?
Tom
