I’ve realized, after collecting 30 or so cameras, that my Olympus portion is the best. Maybe it’s a placebo, but I always end up enjoying the images from my Olympus cameras more than any other

When the mirrorless revolution began Panasonic and Olympus were the pioneers. And even their early cameras had decent auto focus as well as IBIS a bit later. Olympus in particular because they just feel like they were designed by people who love photography and are no doubt photographers themselves. It took the big DSLR guys a decade and a half  to really start making good mirrorless cameras. What this means is you can pick up some awesome little m43 cameras (and lenses) for not a lot of money. Always great to see the younger crowd discovering these gems. Nice content!

Yay more EP-1 videos !!!!🎉🎉🎉❤❤

Love it man. I wish these early series got more love. I have my Olympus epm-1 with the evf/ttartisans manual lens/3d printed hood

Great overview. Love the strong density and MOOD in your BW photos. The silver viewfinder pairs nicely with the camera's metal finish, very rangefinder vibes.

These old mirrorless cameras have so much life and character in them, if you shoot RAW. I shot a Panasonic GF2 for my Spring 2025 quarter at UC Santa Cruz with an adapted Vivitar 28mm/2.8 Close Focus and nFD 50/1.4. I had to use zone focus and punch-in magnifier for focusing. Honestly it took a few days to adjust to the different focus aids because I relied on focus peaking on my Canon RP so much.

But the tiny size and ease of editing and tiny size made it super fun. The zone focus and deep depth of field helped me grab very, very fleeting shots like people biking or walking by. And the relatively limited dynamic range forced me to chase good lighting. I really credit the camera to improving my skills. I was more intuitive and spontaneous in shooting, and I learned the complete post-processing workflow in darktable (exposure, filmic rgb, tone equalizer, color boosting, etc.) It's free and super powerful, but not at all intuitive. So this camera helped me stick it out in darktable lol.

I wound up selling it this summer but learning firsthand there are #nobadcameras (h/t Ali at One Month Two Cameras) has made me more confident to explore other compact cameras, often with even smaller sensors. I have an Olympus XZ-2 arriving this week, 1/1.7" sensor (though back-illuminated). I edited a bajillion sample RAW files from other compacts (Ricoh GX200, Lumix LX3, Olympus XZ-1, Sigma DP2, Nikon Coolpix A) to practice and get a feel for the image quality. The new AgX tone mapping module has made the scene-referred workflow easier and faster than ever.

Biggest regret was selling mine! Love the video Ethan!

i love my EP5 + sigma 56

Thank you so much for this upload. I haven’t even watched it yet so I might have 1 million more comments, but looking forward to the video.

Thanks for the video.  Got E-PL3 from eBay years back. Just bought the 14mm F2.5 lumix clone to pair. 😅

I have one and love it! And, I bought one for my granddaughter who is just getting started in photography…great starter camera. I also use the 17mm f1.8, because it works perfectly with the optical viewfinder. But as a lark, I purchased the Pen E-PM2. It’s a mini replica of this camera with a 16 megapixel sensor. In my humble opinion, the jump from 12 to 16mp was by far more significant than the later jump to 20mp. Both of them are really fun cameras. Great video… Keep ‘em coming!

Good to see this videos! EP-2 owner here

I appreciate the mini reviews of your manual focus lenses. I just picked up a E-P1 with 17 f/2.8 and VF-1 and I want to use it with these small manual focus lenses. I already have a G.Zuiko 40mm f/1.4 from the film Pen F/FT system which works great with my E-M1 but the E-P1 fits the aesthetic better.

Love to see a video being made about the E-P1 in 2026. I’m rocking the E-P2 since 2024. Recently got the 17mm f2.8 pancake for it. Now it’s my small & stylish casual EDC.

Good video! Well controlled usage of words that were proper impressed me as well!

Keep the series going, next one weed another walk around maybe in night 🎉🥳 love the videos

Good job. Make more videos.

Love your lighting

Great review, gotta get me that flash.

Good to see you again!

Thanks I recently just picked one up