Our Overall Score:
8.7/10
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Latest price search at John Lewis & Partners: £399.99
The most important part of buying online can be to read reviews and that’s why you’re here. We’ve scanned the internet to find as many Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens reviews as we can, regardless if they’re good or bad as we want to give you the most truthful and realistic overview of just how good Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens is. In finding reviews, we discovered that the best and most informative reviews were from customers over at John Lewis & Partners, to read these review just tap on the View Reviews button now.
When it comes to buying products online, whether that’s a TV, clothes, Cameras or even a something like a sofa, there are a general set of guidance or advice that you can follow to help you get the best product for your needs and also the best for your budget. As you can imagine there are tons of different options in the Cameras category and even loads of options of products from Olympus so it’s important to take the time to find the right one for you. The four areas that we want to delve in to a little more are the quality, the price of the product, what the reviews are saying about it and then finally we’ll look at an overall score which takes into account the other factors.
Quality of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens
Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens scored an incredible 9.4/10 for quality.
As you’d expect with a lot of products, quality is a very important factor for choosing products in the “Cameras” category. But it’s even more important to consider and get a feel for quality when you’re buying online because you aren’t given the benefit of being able to see and try the item for yourself.
This is of course why we can’t stress enough the importance of reading lots of reviews, as it will really help you to get a good feel for how good the quality is. A top tip when reading the reviews is to use the search function on your browser and search for the word “quality” in the reviews that way you can skip straight to customers that have mentioned about the quality of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens.
Once you’ve had a good look over the reviews you’ll have a pretty good indication of how good the quality of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens is, but we also have the following factors that you should consider to get an idea of the quality of the product you’re looking at.
- Price: It probably sounds obvious, but there are links to the price you pay and the quality of a product. Try and set your expectations for the quality based on your budget. You wouldn’t expect a Rolls-Royce for the price of a Fiesta so bear this in mind when shopping.
- Specification: It’s a really good idea to look over the product description and specification section of the website, for Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens you can read the full details on the John Lewis & Partners website where it will give you all the detail you need. It’s useful as you’ll probably already have a good idea of the sort of specs that make good Cameras. Also compare these specs to other similar products that are in the same price bracket.
- Brand: Olympus are obviously a strong and recognisable brand for making great Cameras, so you’d expect Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens to deliver to these expectations. But always consider the brand when you’re thinking about the quality of the product you’re going to buy, and where quality is an important factor to you, look only at those well known brands (of course only if your budget allows).
- Your experience with Cameras: You’ll no doubt have some history with buying Cameras, and you may have even bought products from the same brand, Olympus, use this information to your advantage. You’ll probably have a good idea of how good the quality of the product was and any faults or floors you remember from it.
Price analysis of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens
Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens scored highly with 8.1/10 for price in our review.
Price, a hugely important part of any purchase. Price becomes even more of a consideration when we’re shopping online because it’s so amazingly simple to compare the price of several retailers in literally just a few clicks. In fact you don’t even need to do that, we’ve run price comparisons for you in order to find the best price. The lowest price we’ve managed to find Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens for is just £399.99 over at John Lewis & Partners.
There’s a lot of geeky analysis to be done on price, but what we find most effective and informative is to look at 3 different figures when comparing products and that is the average price, the most expensive and the cheapest. This gives you a really good feel for what the normal product would cost but also giving you an idea of just how cheap you can find it or the opposite, just how expensive some are. It’s also useful to look at the average of the products that fit in the same category as well as products from the same brand. So we’re going to look in more detail now at the price of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens.
Prices of products in the Cameras category
We thought it would be useful to spend a bit of time exploring the price of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens and seeing how it compares to other similar products. And also seeing how much variance there are in prices of products in the Cameras category. To do this we looked at all of the products over at John Lewis & Partners, there were a total of 138 products in the Cameras, and of these 138 products the average price was £786.29, making Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens below average at £399.99. We also looked at the cheapest option in the same category which was just £64.99 whilst the most expensive was £2799.00. So you can see there’s a huge variance in the price of products in this category, as an indication there were 177 products less expensive and 244 more expensive than Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens in this category. So we thought it would be worth going into a bit more detail and looking at the prices of products from Olympus.
Prices of products from Olympus
So the average price of the 27 products available from Olympus was £475.03, making £399.99 below average against the other products from the same brand. With the most expensive product from them coming in at £1699.00 and the cheapest at £49.99. We thought a good next step would be to look more specifically at products from Olympus that fit in to the category of Cameras rather than looking at all their products.
Of the 6 products from Olympus in the Cameras category, the average price is £751.32 making Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens below average at £399.99. Again we looked at how much price can vary and found that the cheapest product to fit this criteria was £399.99 and the most expensive was £1699.00 so there are again a lot of varying prices with the products. In fact to be precise we found 11 products from Olympus that were more expensive and 6 that were cheaper.
Reviews of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens
Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens scores 8.6/10 for customer reviews.
Reviews are really the most valuable part of your online shopping, they’re giving you the next best thing to being able to actually try the product for yourself. You’re not relying on a manufacturers sales description telling you just how good their product is, you’re getting genuine feedback from actual users of the product. We can’t stress enough how important it is that you spend some time reading the reviews of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens over at John Lewis & Partners, click on the “view reviews” button now to read them.
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Overall score
Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens got an amazing overall score of 8.7/10 in our review.
This figure takes into account the various criteria that we’ve covered above, the price, the quality and the customer reviews, in order to give you an overall score. This overall score of 8.7/10 then gives you a really easy figure to use for comparison purposes if you’re then going on to read any of our other reviews of Cameras.
As you’ve already seen in the pricing section there are absolutely loads of different options from Olympus so take your time to read the reviews, do your homework on setting a budget and seeing how the price of Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens stacks up against your budget and make sure you also set yourself a list of “must-haves” so you know that this product ticks all your boxes.
More info: Olympus PEN E-PL8 Compact System Camera with 14-42mm II R Lens
- Brand: Olympus
- Model Number: E-PL8
- EAN: 4545350050245
- Description: Highly stylish and packed full of features, the Olympus PEN E-PL8 compact system camera is brilliant whether you’re expressing your creativity or taking simple snaps or selfies. With a fresh body redesign, the E-PL8 is classy and impressively capable. Featuring a tiltable LCD touch screen, built-in Wi-Fi and a sensor that will let you take high resolution photos and Full HD video, the mirrorless E-PL8 exudes sophistication. Premium Redesign The camera body’s aesthetic design has been refined and streamlined for an improved look and feel over previous models. The front, top and grip have been redesigned for better handling, and a premium makeover makes the E-PL8 a camera with highly desirable looks to match its brilliant features. Incredible Autofocus The E-PL8 uses 81 focus points to quickly and accurately help you focus on the subject of your photo. That means you can get the snap you want much quicker, making it easier to capture fleeting moments or give you more time to concentrate on your framing. It also features continuous video focus, so you can keep on filming without having to manually adjust every time your subject moves. Versatile Zoom Lens Olympus’ M.Zuiko 14-42mm II R Lens is ultra-compact and quiet, with rapid autofocus. Equipped with MSC (Movie & Still Compatible) technology, it takes crisp stills at high speed, with near silent AF. With 3x mechanical zoom, it’s a versatile all-rounder, delivering edge-to-edge sharpness. Its premium construction features a durable metal lens mount, and a compact size for easy transport. Tiltable Screen The 3-inch LCD touch screen on the E-PL8 has a tilt mechanism that rotates 170 degrees, letting you take extra-high and extra-low photos with ease. And it’s perfect for selfies because you have a full preview to frame the shot. An updated configuration also makes it easier to select functions and settings, as well as choosing the subject you want to focus on in your shot. Get Creative Take your creativity up a notch – with 9 Effects, including 14 Art Filters designed to turn your photos and movies into striking artworks in an instant on your camera screen. Play around and you’ll be surprised just what visual masterpieces you can create from your photos! Built-in Wi-Fi E-PL8 features built-in Wi-Fi, which makes it easier than ever to share your photos. It’s perfect for posting them on social networking sites or emailing them to friends fast and without any fuss. Flash Included Keep things bright with this add-on flash, included with your PEN, which also detaches to make sure things stay light as well. Steady Shooting Reduce camera shake with in-body stabilisation that extends to any lens you use – including wide-angles. Lenses & Cases One of the biggest advantages of this camera is the sheer shooting flexibility on offer. You can use additional lenses to take wide-angle, telephoto, or close-up shots to suit just about any situation. The shorter the focal length (measured in mm), the wider the view will be – the longer the focal length, the more telescopic the picture. With a selection of interchangeable lenses at your disposal, the creative possibilities are endless. Click here to browse our selection. Take care of your new camera with one of our cases. Click here to view the range. Note: Please check the compatibility with your camera.
- Product ID: 24707248621
- Category: Electricals > Cameras & Camcorders > Cameras
- Colour: Black
