Pros & Cons
Pros
Built in image stabilisation also works well and i've been able to take photos in low light without pushing the iso too high. Bought as a back up camera also for macro and street photography. Spare battery useful if out all day shooting.
Cons
The camera is next to useless. Even resetting the camera and saving the settings i want to use, the camera overrides the settings.
Highlights
Quality
Very pleased with the quality of the photos and the size.
Image quality is also good and seems to be on par with all the other 20mp m4/3rds cameras including the more expensive high end models.
Don't be tempted by the, 12-200 which i returned under warrenty due to sticky zoom operation (other similar reviews).
Price
The choice was between this and the lumix gx9 and when the oly came up at a really good price i took the plunge and bought my f... Read More
Competitiveness
I was a bit worried that it might be to technical and more advanced for a begginer .
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For my needs the dumbed down menus are perfect as i used them once to set the camera up how i wanted and will probably never use them again which is great because olympus menu system is not know for being easy to learn and navigate
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I researched a lot of cameras before choosing this one
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However the mark4s menus and options are now simplified omitting some useful functions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Customisation of controls has been severely minimised and the saving of mysets favourite camera settingscompletely removed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All in all the customisation and other functions were too much to lose so i returned the mark 4 camera and bought the olympus em5 mark3 which had all the missing functions plus a 20mpixel sensor albeit more expensive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did order the nikon d3500 but after waiting 4 month as out of stock i orded the olympus o m d 10 mark 1v
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was a bit worried that it might be to technical and more advanced for a begginer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
How wrong i was i looked at reviews and training vidoes for settings etc