Olympus OM-D E-M5
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is a revolutionary lens. It provides excellent light and a compact body. The Electronic View Finder is perfect for checking balance and exposure levels. When shooting, one can take truly unique images and preserve it in exceptional quality. Your entire world can be transformed with exceptional photos.
The OM-D has a lot to offer and is an excellent option for individuals who want to share and create.
The OM-D's new electronic viewfinder (EVF), is perfect for people who want to control image creation. It features a 1.44-million dot LCD. The EVF is perfect for enlarging the focus point during any shooting situation.
An added advantage is that the Olympus OM-D E-M5 comes with dust proof technology. Several seals protect the camera from water, sand, dust, and rain. On top of that protection is extended to the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm F3.5-6.3 EZ lens.
Many Micro Four Thirds lenses come with the most advanced optical designs and take advantage of the sensor's capabilities. This new technology will provide high quality images like never seen before.
The TruePic VI image processor provides excellent colour fidelity and excellent performance required for continuous still shooting. The optimal balance of these factors provides the sensitivity, high resolution and color accuracy needed to take in the world around you.
The E-M5 also features the first 5-axis image stabilization system. This works well with rotational and horizontal camera shake. It is part of the body and helps to ensure stabilization with all lenses.
An added feature is the AF system. It is faster than before. With new 3D Tracking AF, which is perfect for any moment. Plus, there is a high-sensitivity image sensor that delivers superior AF performance in all types of lighting. The lens also offers 9 fps high-speed Sequential Shooting. Enjoy the 16-megapixel Live MOS image sensor's high-speed read-out performance.
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is perfect for taking high resolution images and professional quality photos. This is one lens that is well worth the price. Plus, it is durable and well built. The numerous features of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 work to enhance image quality and deliver professional grade photos.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 - Oh My Darling (Updated!)
The OM-D E-M5 is a new, gorgeous, retro-tastic Micro Four Thirds camera from Olympus. It is the first from Olympus to come with an electronic viewfinder, and is aimed at enthusiasts who want a serious MFT option. We've fallen deeply in love with this camera, here's why.- Low noise at very high ISO settings
- Superb handling
- Excellent image stabilization
- Fast and accurate auto-focus
- Gorgeous retro-inspired design
- Cramped and small back buttons
- Less noise difference at lower ISOs
- Camera strap hinders handling
- Banding in some very high ISO shots
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 takes its design cues from Olympus' much-loved 35mm OM SLR range and is the first of a new line of Micro Four Thirds OM-D series cameras. Find out if the E-M5 is a natural successor to this line of classic cameras in the What Digital Camera Olympus OM-D E-M5 review.- Lovely design
- premium build
- solid performance and great images
- Base ISO of 100 would be welcome
Olympus OM-D E-M5 review
Since the introduction of the Olympus Pen E-P1 in June 2009, the compact system camera (CSC) has taken the world by storm. The compact-sized Pen E-P1 was a clear homage to the original Olympus Pen series – a half-frame camera that spanned more than two decades – but with the added benefit of digital...
Olympus OM-D E-M5 review
Three years after making its first entrance into the compact system camera arena with the PEN E-P1, Olympus has gone back to its roots again to produce the OM-D E-M5, with its retro styling owed to its analogue predecessor.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
After having updated its 35mm Pen cameras for the digital age, Olympus is trying the same trick with its legendary OM SLRs. While the SLR-style optical viewfinder has been ditched, the OM-D E-M5 'recycles' plenty of the...- Weatherproof finish (and weatherproof 12-50 mm lens
- Great retro design
- Picture quality up to 3200 ISO
- Two settings dials
- Effective stabilisation system
- Sharp
- smooth EVF
- Tilt LCD touchscreen
- Quiet shutter release
- No built-in flash (separate accessory supplied
- Battery life could be better
- Menus can be confusing
- Handling - room for improvement
- No headphones or mic sockets for video
- 3D AF tracking isn't always reliable
- No GPS
- no Wi-Fi
This past weekend I was able to spend time with some folks from Olympus to pick up an OM-D E-M5 for review. I get to play with a lot of cameras due to my job running Photo.net, and that's something I appreciate. But there are cameras and there are "cameras!
Olympus OM-D E-M5
In 2008, Olympus wowed photographers with a retro-styled prototype of what would become its first Micro Four Thirds PEN camera , the E-P1 ($799.99, 3.5 stars). In the years since, the company has refined the PEN designs, adding models that support optional EVFs and other accessories like the...- Compact body
- Fully weather sealed
- Crisp LCD EVF
- Articulating rear display
- Sharp kit lens
- Impressive high ISO performance
- Fast autofocus
- Shoots at 9 frames per second
- In-body stabilization
- Large native lens library
- Optional grip available
- External flash
- Lacks a standard mic input
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mirrorless Review
For anyone doubting the ability of mirrorless / compact system cameras, this is the camera that should answer a lot of concerns. It has a weather-sealed compact body, an excellent range of lenses and most importantly excellent image quality - that is significantly improved over previous Olympus PEN...- Excellent noise performance
- Excellent image quality
- Excellent Image Stabilisation
- 9fps continuous shooting
- Extremely fast focus
- shutter response
- shot-to-shot etc
- Weather sealed body
- Excellent range of lenses
- 12-50mm Lens not the best - but good for macro
- IS system noise
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is certainly the most capable Micro Four Thirds camera we've reviewed and arguably the most likeable mirrorless model yet. It falls down a little bit on its continuous focusing but we have absolutely no complaints about the image quality.
- Very good image quality
- even at high ISO
- Bright
- punchy JPEGs make the most of camera's capability
- Very fast autofocus with most Micro Four Thirds lenses
- Weather-sealed body
- Built-in image stabilization helps increase number of sharp shots
- Good level of direct control despite small body,...
- Focus tracking distinctly unreliable
- Small controls sometimes awkward (especially with cold/gloved hands
- No in-camera correction of CA (which can be problematic with 12-50mm kit zoom
- Default JPEG settings a bit keen to blur detail away
- Several useful features hidden in obscure and...
Olympus OM-D E-M5 review
Micro Four Thirds cameras are coming fast and furious, and getting better and more technically impressive all the time. For its latest offering, however, Olympus looked backward for inspiration rather than forward. The OM-D E-M5's design harkens back to the 1970's, to Olympus' old OM-1 film SLR.- Excellent image and video quality
- Blistering performance
- Extremely attractive
- Expensive for a Micro Four Thirds camera
- Smaller sensor than most $1,000-plus cameras
