Olympus OM-D E-M5 + 12-50/3.5-6.3
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14 years ago
Olympus OM-D EM-5 Digital DSLR Camera Review
There's quite a lot to like about the OM-D EM-5. If I had to mention something negative, it would be the small buttons although they do allow for a larger screen so it's really more of a positive trade off than a minor gripe.
14 years ago
By far the best compact that I have used, picture quality A1, and settings to compare with anything that I have seen.
14 years ago
Olympus OM-D EM-5 reviewed: it's retrolicious
With the look of a classic camera and the innards of something truly modern, the latest Micro Four-Thirds camera from Olympus is one of the best devices we've seen all year.
Pros:
- Solid build
- Looks and feels just like an old camera
- Awesome kit lens
- Features both a viewfinder and a multi-angle touchscreen OLED display
- Insanely fast autofocus
Cons:
- No built-in flash
- Tilted touchscreen needs more angles
14 years ago
Features & Build There's no disputing the OM-D looks fantastic, successfully combining the classic OM film SLR aesthetic with modern, curved dials and a slick, matte black finish. Inside, the solid magnesium alloy body houses a Micro FourThirds 16.1Mp Live MOS sensor - the highest resolution chip...
14 years ago
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review
The OM-D E-M5 is an incredibly capable, fun camera that you won't easily tire of.
Pros:
- Great battery life
- Superior image quality
- even in low light
- You can really push ISO without sacrificing resolution
- Durability
- Very powerful auto-focus and image stabilization technology
Cons:
- Button design
- No pop-up flash – accessory only
- There can be some in-camera digging before you get your customized settings up and running
14 years ago
Olympus OM-D E-M5
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is the latest Micro Four Thirds compact system camera from Olympus and its first with a built-in viewfinder. Announced in May 2012, the E-M5 design is based on the popular and, for it's time, diminutive Olympus OM series of SLRs, from the late 1970s.
Pros:
- Tough weather-sealed build quality
- Outstanding High ISO noise performance
- Great quality viewfinder and tilting OLED touch-screen
- 5-axis image stabilisation which works with any lens
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- 5 and 7-frame auto bracketing
Cons:
- Screen only tilts and there's no touch functions in movie modes
- Distracting whirring noise from stabilisation motor
- No built-in mic socket
- Flash unit clips-on rather then being built-in
- Continuous AF not as consistent as a phase-detect system
14 years ago
Olympus has always been an innovative camera brand. For 63 years it has stuck to one mission – that of miniaturising. My first camera, an 11th birthday present in 1969, was an Olympus Pen EE, which squeezed 72 pictures on to a 36-exposure roll of 35mm film.
13 years ago
Olympus OM-D E-M5 review
Astounding in almost every way, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 sets the standard for compact system cameras
Pros:
- Very fast autofocus
- Sublime picture and video quality
- Not as big as it looks
Cons:
- Buttons feel a bit naff
13 years ago
Olympus E-M5
Resurrecting a popular design from its past proves fruitful for Olympus: Not only does the Olympus OM-D E-M5 look great, it takes great pictures, meeting or exceeding the quality of some pretty surprising competitors.
Pros:
- Attractive body design
- Well-built, weather-sealed body
- Excellent image quality
- Excellent image stabilization
- Very fast autofocus, Appealing body design, Smaller camera is easy to hold and quite small, Battery grip makes the E-M5 feel like a tiny professional camera, EVF works well, Tilting OLED...
Cons:
- Exposure compensation dial changes easily
- Small buttons
- No in-camera chromatic aberration correction
- Bundled flash is weak
- Video compression artifacts with rapidly-moving subjects, Odd power switch location, Exposure compensation dial changes easily, can't be turned off, Small buttons, EVF...
13 years ago
Olympus OM-D EM-5 REVIEW: I'm Down With OM-D
At the end of my nostalgic journey with the first member of the digital OM family, I walked away finding solace in the fact that the Olympus OM-D EM-5 is my favorite Micro Four Thirds camera released to date.
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