I am excited by the wide range markenübergreifendem lens and its qualities. Compare the times Olymus 9-18mm with a similar DSLR-sized lens on the severity and size. Genial small are the things, pocket fit and very good !! The Panasonic 20mm Pancake is awesome, the 45mm 1.8 of Olympus as well.
The stabilizer is in the housing and thus stablised all lenses, even foreign lenses. With an adapter ring I'm from a Nikon 35mm 1.8. an interesting focal length of 70mm 1.8! The phone system has many, many options.
The good viewfinder completes the package. Cheap is not everything, but a 14-42mm kit lens does it but once also.
The switch from the E-PL2 was hard though. This camera fit in my hand as cast was Jack fit, had a very good screen, a flash and a comparable eingbauten good image quality. In contrast, the E-PL3 was initially very fummlig. It also lacks a handle widening on the right side: a 14-150mm zoom is when filming without such a handle, the Olympus does not offer as an extra, not to zoom without shaking.
Today I appreciate the fast autofocus of E-PL3, the burst mode and their lighter weight again. The folding screen I find nice and use it more than I had previously believed. Since I in 4: 3 notches, but it is too small for my taste. A camera should be in my opinion rather designed for photographing's than for films. The necessary grip right, I bought later online for EUR 10.00 in a foreign company and am completely satisfied now. The supplied shoe mount is in the darker season always it 'the camera is still small enough!
I read this report, I mean to have to stress that I am not an Olympus' employees :-).
There currently is MFT simply the best fit for me system because I travel a lot and the E-PL3 surpassed the image quality of attractive compact cameras, for example, my beloved LX3, by far.