When the camera was announced, I decided it wasn’t for me. I have a bunch of small cameras, plus larger ones with more capabilities.
Last week, I played a bit with the Pen in a store and liked its size and weight. The price is right too.
But the key is that it’s the only small camera that offers weather sealing. This makes it more versatile in general and also means it can be a backup to an OM 1.
So, today I picked up the kit with the lens (cameras only have a waiting list of three months here). Played with it a bit and like it generally.
Now the question is which cameras I will sell. Most likely the Ricoh GRIIIs I have and hardly use (I like a viewfinder) and one of my Pen Fs. I do wish there was a small and fast MFT zoom lens like the one on the Leica D-Lux8 for this Pen, but alas.
Anyone else picked up an OM Pen after first thinking it wasn’t for you?