Hand on heart, this camera is my daily driver – it goes everywhere with me. And thanks to this massive Amazon Prime Big Deal Days discount, it can go everywhere with you too!
At just £580.99, the Olympus PEN E-P7 with lens is now its lowest price ever – an enormous £269 off the retail price!
Olympus PEN E-P7 + lens (white) | was £849.99 | now £580.99
SAVE £269 at Amazon Small enough to fit a pocket, powerful enough to print for a wall. The E-P7 packs a beautiful mono shooting mode, superb stabilization, 4K video and a 180° flip screen, and comes bundled with an electronic pancake zoom lens. Oh, and it looks gorgeous!
Why do I love the Olympus PEN E-P7 (review) so much? In short, it's incredibly small and sleek – and, more importantly, so are its lenses. While APS-C (and even full frame) bodies can be small, their optics will simply never be as small as they can be on a Micro Four Thirds system.
Take the M.Zuiko 14-42mm EZ Pancake lens, which comes as part of this bundle: it's the size of a pocket tin of Vaseline, yet I think it's the best pancake lens ever made. I always bring a tiny prime with me (usually the M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8) but I shoot 90% of my E-P7 shots on this pancake, with its useful 28-84mm equivalent focal range. It makes an unbeatable compact – yet absolutely capable – package, perfect for street, travel and everyday shooting.
The 180° flippy-down screen makes this a great option for shooting from high or low angles, or when I want to take a selfie with better quality than my phone. I can even control the camera from my phone, for remote shooting or video, then zip my files back to it via WiFi in an instant. It's a genuinely viable replacement for the immediacy of my phone camera.
Crucially, with a 20.3MP sensor backed by 4.5 stops of in-body stabilization, this camera doesn't compromise on quality. Is there as much detail or dynamic range or depth of field as there is on my Canon EOS R5? No – but I don't need there to be. Photos from this camera are more than good enough for double-page spreads in magazines. And they're certainly more than good enough for Instagram and Facebook.
If I only get to keep one camera for the rest of my days, it's this. And I love it so much that, for just £580, I'm seriously thinking about buying this gorgeous white one to go with my black one!
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