The Ohanaware Weblog

The Olympus EPL-1 is a superb pocket-able camera, that produces best of class photos (and even surpassing some DSLRs). Albeit it suffers from one fatal flaw that prevents it from being adopted in the field of HDR photography.

Let me start by saying that I absolutely and unconditionally love this camera, and have done since the moment I touched it. Not only is it’s image quality superb, it’s usability is great for beginners and people who know how to use a camera (I’m looking at you Sony). I was disappointed when I found this flaw, my feelings compelled me to find a way around around this problem. As I’ve spent some time with the camera, I’ve grown to love it even more and can’t bear the thought of having to give it up. However as I’ve yet to find a satisfactory solution, the bigger DSLR is seeming more like my only option.
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It’s that time of year when I’m looking for a new camera, I have a list of things I look for in a camera, it needs to fit in my pocket, it needs to be great image quality, it needs Auto Bracket Exposure & RAW (for HDR), it should have Face recognition, low-light photos are a must, has to come with a flash, it needs to have a full manual mode and should be reasonably priced (If money wasn’t an option I’d buy the Leica X1 at $4000 instantly).

Over the past few weeks I’ve had my eye on the superb looking Sony NEX-5. So is search over, or do I have to continue looking?
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