An excellent, looking and quality camera, designed with professional features but easy to use by most existing camera users. Has a wide range constant lenses with a good variety of prime lenses. The constant feature ensures for eg that an f2.8 zoom maintains it's f2.8 at all focal lengths.

With 12 in-camera Art Filters, HD Movie, Interval Shooting, Time lapse photography, and more; normal, everyday scenes can be enhanced in various ways with more personality. And with new features such as Color Creator and HDR Shooting, you have the ability to expand photographic possibilities.

I bought the earlier EM1 on eBay as a toe in the water on my return to photography and loved it so the natural progression was the mark II. There is much to like but if you are reading this you have already read the reviews.

An absolutely wonderful camera! They changed me from a Nikon D90 to this so easy to get a little hysterical over how good everything is with this camera when it is so very recent but everything is really on top.

The Olympus OM-D E-M5($499.00 at Amazon) knocked our socks off when we reviewed it last year, to the point where we wondered if Olympus could do any better. The OM-D E-M1 ($1,399.99 direct, body only) is what the company came up with, and the improvements include a larger, sharper EVF, built-in Wi-Fi, an improved control layout, a deeper handgrip, and faster focus speed with legacy Four Thirds SLR lenses—and that's just scratching the surface. Like the E-M5, which is supplemented by this new model rather than replaced, the E-M1 earns a 5-star rating and our Editors' Choice award for high-end mirrorless cameras. It's just that good. Design The E-M1($999.00 at Amazon) is one of the larger Micro Four Thirds bodies that you'll handle, but it's compact compared with SLRs with comparable performance. Measuring 3.7 by 5.1 by 2.5 inches (HWD), the camera weighs in at 1.1 pounds—a little bigger than the Samsung NX20( at Amazon), which packs a larger APS-C image sensor into a body that's 3...

With gorgeous images—even in low light, incredible speed, and a wealth of high-end features, the Olympus OM-D E-M1 is the best Micro Four Thirds camera that money can buy. It's an easy Editors' Choice award winner.

Impressive image quality, even at high ISO settings; Dust-proof, splash-proof design; Solid build quality; Excellent ergonomics; Best-in-class EVF; Wi-Fi; In-camera art filters and color control; Robust time lapse feature; Quick autofocus; 10.5fps burst shooting; In-camera image stabilization; Sharp, tilting touch screen

On the pricey side; No built-in flash; No support for 60fps video

Pro-like manual controls; Rock-steady stabilisation; The fastest autofocus around;

Continuous AF can be beaten;

Olympus also launches two new lenses ahead of Photokina