Amazon E-P2 with Kit Lens and EVF @ $899

I ordered one, thanks to this heads-up. The EVF was clearly noted as "in the box". Nina will be using it for her P&S, and I'll be using it for adapted lenses.
 
ishpop said:
Mine arrived yesterday and powered it up this morning. Been a while since I've really tried to fool around with a digital (aside from my Olumpus E1), and so far I will be honest and say it feels weird in my hands. Although in size its not much different than my CLE, it just feels a little funky. But I mounted my LTM Canon 50mm 1.2 and was trying that out. I need to figure out the focus assist thingy. The menu system is a little clunky, and the dial/menu deal clunky also. Not sure how I feel yet... Although ugly, I am wondering if the handgrip on the Sony cam might feel better in my hand, like the E1...
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I'll admit that it took a while (as in, 2 days) to set mine up the way that worked for me, but now that I've figured it mostly out, I really love it. For example, one small thing was to trade the aperture and shutter speed setting dials (so now the shutter speed adjuster is the silver thumbwheel, and the aperture adjuster is the black round wheel), and I turned MF focus assist off. So I think once you delve a little deeper into the camera, you'll probably get more comfortable with it.

I find that with the 20/1.7 Panasonic lens mounted, the camera feels as natural as any other small camera. If I had one quibble, it would be that the EVF goes black after you take the picture and it will only return once you lift your finger off the button, but here again, that might be adjusted by going into the menu somewhere. Definitely a bit of a learning curve with this camera, but from my perspective it's nice to know that after 32 years of being in photography there's still stuff to learn!
 
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