For weeks a bunch of people is leaking images of all cameras from all Japanese companies with a pro Korean slogan. With the early leaks it was easy to remove the message but the yesterdays images they posted and shared on many forums and sites the message was quite complicated to remove. I was also on travel and with iPhone only with no possibility to try to remove the message for myself. Luckily our friends over at PetaPixel had the necessary tools (and time) to almost perfectly remove than stupid slogan that has been written over the leaked E-M1 images. So here you can finally see the camera only. Thanks Petapixel!
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I want one!
I want the lens!!!!
look very nice!
Ouch!!! I just bought an e-p5… and now I shoud like to play with this nice e-m1.
I am definitely sick!
I feel your pain, but the E-P5 should be a nice camera all the same, but… you might need two bodies to avoid changing lenses in bad environments. 😉
Yes! Very logical way to look at it. Two bodies so you won’t have to change lenses so often and expose your sensor. Good reason to need to get the E-M1 if you just bought another. This concept actually was just realized by me. Meaning, I knew of it and had seen it before but I never realized for me to do it. I have the E-M5 and the E-P1 and would frequently just bring one or the other using the Pana 20mm while I ride my motorcycle. Made it easy just to pull the camera out of the tank bag and take pictures when needed. I never really brought any other lenses because it would be a hassle to try to change out where I ride, which are very dusty conditions. Now I could/would be able to mount the 20mm on one and another small lens like the 45mm on the other! Not only would I be able to quickly choose what lens to use but I wouldn’t have to dismount and mount the lenses either, fumble with lens caps, dust on inside lens or sensor, etc.
Yes, I know what you mean by fumbling around changing the lenses at events. Two bodies would have been nice at IronFest, Lithgow (NSW) this year. I have the E-M5 & E30 & the E-M1 would replace the E30 very nicely serving me well for both M4/3’s & 4/3’s lenses. This is why I hope I can get the cash together & also persuade my better half to agree to me getting the E-M1.
Nandomas…I just bought an E-P5 kit w/VF4 & 17mm days ago,(after I saw all the specs and images of the M1)…and I am TOTALLY solid with that decision. I think that the M1 is a beautiful camera..but aimed at a different audience altogether. The E-P5 is an incredible little camera…VERY well built and a JOY to use. I have an E-M5 w/battery grip too… and I like my E-P5 better. It has a lot of really nice improvements over the E-M5 and is built way sturdier than I was expecting. No sour grapes here. Oly is really making some kickass cameras lately!
No silver version leaked yet?
It’s a pro camera, not jewellery.
Yes, that’s why there aren’t any silver Leicas.
Sorry man, I didn’t ask (it was me, not logged in) for a necklace, but a silver version of the camera. My E-m5 is silver and works exactly as the black one, but I like it better, for instance when using silver lenses, be them Zuikos, Leicas or Voigtländers.
Perhaps I won’t buy it anyway, since I’m keeping an eye on FF mirrorless from Sony, but who knows?
There is good reasons to have a black body, but there is good reasons for a silver camera body to. And I mean practical reasons: I take pictures on a tripod under the sun. The camera get very hot. If the body is silver this is happening a little bit less.
Another good reason for not buying a black camera: all DSLR are black!! be different!! 😉
But Olympus charges extra for black lenses. Seems like reverse bling up charges. Olympus will find any way to charge extra by manipulating supply. Stay tuned.
I’ll put my own message in:
“Why in hell would anyone want to buy this massively overpriced, tiny sensored, overgrown piece of cheap plastic?”
So is a bigger car a better car? Nope, depends on what you need.
Dear Anonymous (“Real Camera Owner” pseudonym), I buy because I’m stupid and listen to what people tell me. For instance, 4 out of 5 people on this web site tell me to buy this “piece of cheap plastic” (doesn’t it have metal body though?) , so I do what the 4 say and not what you say. So please repeat post your garbage under another pseudonym to increase your numbers, and then maybe you can sway stupid people like me. But don’t post TOO fast or you might end up under moderation — which could put a damper on your garbage postings.
TY
I don’t think you’d recognise a real camera if you fell over it.
Maybe I can, maybe I can’t. But what I can recognize, without doubt, is what a dishonest bunch of amoral, corporate crooks looks like, and that would be: Olympus inc
Why don’t you stop now before you look even sillier?
Do Not Feed the Troll.
-thank you for making this forum a better, open place
Trolls, trolls everywhere… (Or maybe a genuine person, just feels threatened for some weird reason)
SImply, anyone can OWN a camera, but only limited people can be true photographers. Cheers.
Who pays these guys/gals to trash forums?
You cannot even get the basics correct leave alone anything else. It is made of metal.
I say the same thing when I see people using Canon
Because I want a better body than my e-5 for my 12-60SWD and my 50-200SWD (I also have a 8mm samyang and a FL-50).
If I had enought money to buy a Canon 5D-MKII or III and a 24-105 with a 100-400 with speedlight,
or a Nikon D800 or D700 and a 24-70 with a 80-400 or 70-200 with speedlight,
I won’t be here writing this letter.
Plastic?
I think the message was meant to be posted on a Canon forum. They get so lost sometimes, these trolls… 🙁
How true, considering the built of the kit lenses and non-pro DSLRs
Somehow the camera reminds me of a good old Olympue E-1. Hope the overall build quality and weather sealing is on par with tough E-1/E-3/E-5. If I can shoot with E-M1 in heavy rain and when snowing without worries, then I’m game.
Yes your right. I can see E1 and OM-3 in it. The handling looks like it could be superb.
I think that Olympus has decided to deliver better build for “serious” (not prosumers) models – look at the E-P5. The E-M1 will be even better though.
I handled an EP5 for the first time today. I was surprised by its small size, but even more surprised by the solid build when I picked it up. Unlike most lower and medium end cameras, be they DSLR, mirrorless or all in one’s, it felt like a solid and serious piece of equipment. A pleasant surprise in the handling and functioning department.
Does anyone know what that small little round plug on its front on the top right is?
I’d say that is the flash sync socket cap.
yeah, looks like it. thanks.
I was so enthusiastic about this camera – but so much excitment had fadded with the poor video mode… It was going to be the last camera I needed… but now I will need a video camera as well – so maybe the GH4 will win my $$$ …
You mean GH5, or more probably, GH7. Doubtful if there’ll be a GH4.
oh yeh – the 4 thing….
Admin, any info about the upcoming smallest MFT body from Panasonic?
A new series of pancake zooms are coming at the same time.
http://photorumors.com/2013/09/04/rumors-panasonic-working-on-new-pancake-power-zoom-lenses/
The new smaller Panasonic body will likely have IS so that these lenses don’t need OIS, further reducing size and weight. Hopefully the replacement for the 14-42 X lens reduces the “shutter shock” that occurs in the current version.
partially wrong rumor. I will post details soon
Video specs 🙁
Next time or panasonic now
Ted, ma friend. Give it up already. This babe ain’t for ya.
Welcome!
But it is sad, olympus do not push video in this camera, that is all, I want to say, bye
Good riddance. It’s for us Pros, not you.
well it might be if it had pro video…
Slogans: says more about the writers than about those they talk about. If people do that about my country: go ahead, I don’t care.
Camera”looks very nice, but I oredered the 12-35 mm panny anyways. I am not going to wait for that Oly lens. I haveEPl5 now, but the nexthing i going to be GX7. I will buy the OMD now that the pricewill drop so I’l have nice weathersealed cam for this winter.
About (real camera owners) who go on dedicated websites to heckle and criticize. I truly beleave they are insecure because micro4/3 has come such a long way since 2010 and the quality is as good as anything out there. I have been a Olympus user since the late 1970s and I beleave Olympus are innovators who are willing to take risks while other camera makers are still producing digital versions of film cameras. The whole idea of digital is to produce new types of cameras because makers are not tied to 36×24 film format. The censer size argument is the same as the 35mm against medium format that raged soon after 35mm became popular and carries on with digital. We all know larger formats will always produce better results, but the gap is getting smaller due to technological advances by company’s like Olympus. I would never criticize a type of camera because I dont use that brand, its all down to a individuals tastes and needs.
Found this at four thirds user. If you read the comments from Ian, it looks like the Pictures are from an E-M1 and that the E-M1 can do CAF quite good. Good for BIF photographers.
http://fourthirds-user.com/forum/showthread.php?p=95378#95378
One thing can be said about the E-M1, that it will be the single mirrorless with the widest lens base of all.
By using 4/3 and m4/3 lenses, plus the infinite amount of adaptable legacy lenses, it can quietly rival one of the big two.
No amount of sniping from the FF trolls, the APS leprechaums, the 4/3 Alzheimers, can deny that.
And despite all the protrusions, and Darth Vader aspect, it’s a v. small body.
Consider also that m4/3 is scalable, meaning you can buy a smaller camera with the same sensor, and that gives you an idea of the growing potential of the format.
Thanks to trolls, One feels like Cleopatra being fanned by black Nubian slaves 🙂
You feel like Cleopatra? Watch out for cobras. 😉
Enjoyed this post. One of your better ones.
Trolls I eat for breakfast 🙂
Therefore I like them.
The true danger for an ILS – P. Potka just wrote about it – comes from Smartphones seriously nibbling at the whole marketshare for real cameras.
So less cameras, but for enthusiasts, more expensive, and necessarily connected. More or less the E-M1 has all.
Because the filth that spews from your mouth will get you banned.
Y’know, like you’ve been banned everywhere else you said such garbage. What’s next? Flickr? LOL!
Said the gansta from L.A. or the white poor from the Appalachians – Were are you from, exactly, dear?
We could send you the Salvation Army, or some relief from UN aid in case you are a refugee…
Where does that regional aspersion come from? Total non sequitur.
Do you have any doubts where most of the illiterate trolls come from?
I think you will find it was an Asp.
The Egyptian asp is the same as the Egyptian cobra. It’s not the same as the European asp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asp_(reptile)
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indy and Sallah look down into the Well of Souls, which is crawling with snakes. Sallah says to Indy, “Asps! Very dangerous. You go first!”
The Egyptian asp is the same as the Egyptian cobra, but not the same as the European asp.
For all the cobras, Egypt has saw scaled vipers. Less venomous than most elapids, including all cobras in Egypt, however short fused, aggressive and trigger happy. Plus, vipers have flexible fangs, making the smaller ones dangerous too…
BTW I saw an touched an Egyptian asp in the Libyan Desert, so I can certainly deal with the lame snakes of this forum. I shall try to feed them with some insects and some milk, which might make them even lamer…
Good for you.
Flash looks dumb and not very useful with bigger, 43 lenses.
That’s why you wouldn’t use it with bigger lenses (if it would shade the subject) except as a wireless commander or put a larger flash gun on instead.
I like the range of 12-40 and possible 40-150. But it only work well on a stabilized body. Olympus has great stabilizer in the body. But until its video spec matches gh3, I will have to use gh3 and the 12-35 and 35-100. What a pity
The E-M1 reminds me Lumix G1 a bit.
it looks awesome indeed but that add on flash is really bother me
If an integrated flash breaks, you have to send the camera in. I use an on-camera strobe frequently as commander, which means an integrated flash will go up belly fairly soon, and that’s why I prefer the camera to not have an integrated flash. However, an integrated flash would not be a dealbreaker for me.
Good point about integrated, popup flash. I don’t find the plug-in flash on the E-M5 to be a problem, as little as I’ve used it.
I’ve also used the mounted flash as a master to trigger slave units. Not ideal for that purpose, especially in studio, closeup work, as it’s bright enough to illuminate a subject with frontal effect when it’s not desirable. I’ve rigged up all kinds of deflectors to avoid that problem. It works, but a PITA to have to do.
However, with the E-M1, the PC connector can save the trouble. It’s possible to get shoe-mounted PC adapters for the E-M5, but having it built-in is a lot better, certainly much more “professional”.
Try an IR filter in front of the commader strobe. I use a Nikon hotshoe accessory IR filter on my E-620. Blocks all visible light, but allows the commader to still control the slave(s).
Interesting idea, but not sure the slave units I have are IR sensitive. They are triggered by any strobe, I’ve assumed it was light in the visible spectrum that did the trick.
Also, how would a filter be attached to the plug-in flash? How expensive?
You could cut a gel filter to size and use gaffer’s tape to stick the gel to the flash.
Whether or not the slaves are triggered by IR light depends on the slave. The FL-36R is triggered just fine. There is probably a reduction in range for the commander.
Not a bad idea. Though 10 ft. might be getting marginal–would require some experimentation to find out.
Thanks for that hint. I will have to look in ebay for that then to try it out. Close RC use can sometimes get light spill from the commander (even on Lo) & I have just deflected to light to get around that, but the IR filter sounds like a good idea (so long as it doesn’t limit the triggering distance too much for longer distances).
I usually keep the slave flash unit(s) no farther than 10 feet from the camera.
even the E-5 has a built in flash,.,.its just look too silly when i have to use it like on E-m5 just to do fill in flash,.in a harsh mid day,..my point is the way it look on the ADD ON flash ,.its really looks silly and somehow,.it always bumped my forehead
If you buy this camera and use that flash that comes with it, then you just wasted your money. This camera is not made to use the stupid little on camera flash with it.
That stupid little flash can be used as a trigger /TTL controller for the larger ones – remote flash controller, you know. But I agree, alone that little one is about useless, especially with larger lenses.
But there is the hot shoe for larger flashes too… and PC sync port.
What if you use the flash purely to trigger other flashes?
Hopefully there’ll be a showing in my local area. As others have mentioned, the look reminds me of a cross between an OM and an E series camera. I’m looking forward to the release. Like others, I hope they will be able to offer more video features via a firmware upgrade (to the E-P5 and E-M5 as well). Lastly, I hope that they will supply a 4/3 lens adapter with the camera (or via mail-in rebate or something) so that I can immediately get to using my SHG glass with it, when I’m able to afford one.
Similar to my impression, though to me the E-M1 shows its ancestry, inheriting “E-1 genes”, at least ergonomically, which ought to make E-M1 awesome. If the PDAF lives up to expectations, I predict the E-M1 will “balance” very comfortably even with good-sized FT lenses.
Don’t think Oly will package it with the FT adapter, except maybe in special kits. Most buyers will probably not use it, hence the secondary market (think EBay) will be flooded with surplus adapters. That would be an unnecessary money-loser for Oly.
It’s rumored they will have a kit with the 12-40mm at a nice discount (maybe US$2200 or so). A smart idea–it should sell briskly.
About video specs: only “leaks” so far, reliability uncertain. We’ll soon find out of course. I’d bet, whatever the official parameters turn out to be, there will also be improvements to address some of the complaints against video in the E-M5. I fully expect loud shrieks of dissatisfaction–it can’t be good enough to quiet the constantly hovering army of trolls.
The camera looks nice. A bit deja-vu, yes (OMD with all its parafrenalia), but I lik eit. Is the screen fully deployable? I haven’t seen a single image of the camera with open monitor. And from the pics here it is difficult to grasp details. Not noticing an arm or anything, it resembles more OMD screen. Which wouldn’t be quite cool. As a matter of fact, being used to E5 LCD, OMD feels very limited.
@ Roger,
It’s the same as the OMD. I was concerned about that, but as has been pointed out the WiFi does stop the necessity of that, as you can use an iPad or iPhone to view your composition
I think Olympus is hanging onto the 2 axis tilt LCD option. The concept is much more rugged. I have used both and I agree. While a swing arm can be more versatile in options, there is the factor it’s a weak point. The one thing I do like about the swing arm, (and I don’t expect most users would agree, is that you can fold the LCD inward and get rid of it!) In that aspect, it’s better when it comes to damage issues …
I suspect the real difference in design links back to video use vs stills use. As a stills and former film user, I don’t rely on the LCD as much. I don’t demand it’s articulation. The swing arm design came directly from video cameras and so is a favourite with that type of user. At this point Olympus is not going satisfy the video-centric user. But Panasonic does. Wonderful thing mFT, a system with choices for everyone’s needs.
The e-M1 impresses me, but I think it may be a bit too large for my needs? It will take the real thing in hand to decide that. I thought the Canon 100D was impressive in pictures of it, then saw the real thing …. god what a brick in design. Making larger sensor, mirrored bodies compact is a terrible task. I suspect none of the mFT models are too big for their sensor format, as long as they stop growth spurting. The GH3 is at the larger end, but then the G3, e-M5 and G5 are at the small end of compact, internal, EVF models.
“Real” Pro cameras don’t have tilty-swivel screens of any kind. Think about it.
That’s only Canikon’s idea of it. Remember Canon resisted Live View & Art Filters & other things developed by Olympus & also the swivel screen, but they did eventually & reluctantly. Their 450D (not pro) had Live View but wasn’t available until actually activated in the menu first.
If some people don’t like what Olympus offers, they should buy a full frame or any large format out there and be done with it. In this life there are a price for everything and compromises to be made, otherwise you can keep you money now and wait till you are 60 years of age to buy the camera of your dreams, if it exists then and you didn’t perish before that!
I hope the second card slot is XQD card, it can’t be a single slot.
+100
1 SD slot + other anything else even the crappy Sony memorystick = BUY IMMEDIATELY
only 1 SD = PASS
Wifi a backup to your tablet if you are concerned. Not RAW for sure, but I have not had a card fail me in 60k photos taken. i used two cards for a while, but it slowed the buffer too much. Thinking about it, you should know straight away that you have a failed card by the non-transfer..
it’s already been spec’d as one slot …
Only, one word: Wonderfull. I think EM – 1 will be the first, mirrorless camera, with perfomances as DSLR.
It’s amazing how shiny things can blind fanboys.
PDAF would like a word with you
For all the trolls equating size with value, please show us your 8×10 Sinars, Linhofs etc.
Leica encountered the same trolls in the 20’s yet somehow went on to re-write camera history.
+1 So true.
Yes i is agree an realy pro camera have two card slot, anyway have E-3 card slot for XD and CF or E-5 have card slot for SD and CF, so i see you think this is strange, and wonder.
Since the debut, E System camera have all 2 slots: XD and CF, excepte E-5 has SD AND CF, but I think it will be strange that E-M1 has XD card, so with the cover size, it should be XQD card, giving that the rumor before it has only one SD slot.
It looks like they lowered the prism hump. Flatter on the sides too I think.
More in line with legacy OM-4/3.
Hoping on some real video specs they kept quiet.
No, they haven’t lowered the prism (I don’t think), but have raised the shoulders compared to the E-M5 & also the hot shoe sit sits a few mm higher too. They needed room on the front for the placement of the PC sync connector & the higher shoulder allows that. It’s a bit like the difference between the E-5 & E-30, except this E-M1 is wider than the E-M5 by about 8mm mostly in the grip area.
And they’re paying for it right now. Then when this camera doesn’t sell like they hoped it would, and the E-P5 sinks even more in sales, the Olympus masses will be at last….
HUMBLED.
LOL for shouting out humbled. Too funny.
I “LOL” myself sometimes…
18 months after it was introduced in April 2012, EM5 is still the 8th most clicked camera at http://www.dpreview.com/
Congratulations! Your comment wins nerdiest comment of the year award!
In respect of your “E-P5 sinks even more in sale” statement he is correct.
the new lens is more interesting then the camera, cameras come and go, but good lenses you can even use in 20, 30 years 😉
If there are bodies to work well with them.
That was my thought when I bought the E-1, 11 – 22, 14-54 and 50 – 200.
The E-M1 provides a current sensor and PDAF to work with those lenses – hence giving that good glass a new lease on life. Yea!
Peter
Yes! The 14-54mm was the primary companion of my E-1 (& E-3). The E-M1 has potential to be a real accomplishment. From the looks of the E-M1, it captures the ergonomic spirit of the E-1, IMO among the best of all time.
Now let’s keep a Good Thought the E-M1 lives up to (PDAF) expectations.
ok, you are right, in my enthusiasm about the (hopefully) excellent new Olympus m43 zooms I forgot the problems of the people who own some excellent 43 lenses, and I will hope we will not have these problem with m43 in a few years… 😉 no, really, if I’ve bought some expensive 43 lenses before I would be very angry about Olympus after waiting so long for a new up-to-date body. So I’m happy with all the people who will have a new camera to use with their 43 lenses (if they don’t already sold them…).
it’s is growing on me
Wannabe pro camera DOF and dynamic range at higher iso??? Is just a expensive point and shoot
You and Mr Full Caps are likely the one and the same Panasonic fanboi. Along with your buddy True Homer – who posts links to gay male porn – you are a sorry lot.
So now youre pointijg out specific people you dont want in your oly felatio fest? Give me a break. Ive never posted a link to anything non photographic. Post a link to the comment page were I did. Ill seat here and wait for nothing because it doesnt exist. The only porn around here is you and a few others performing felatio on each other since the em1 was announced. What you say is the thruth and nobody else is entitled to a slightly negative opinion about oly because you and the oly fantard defense squad jump on them and attack. The onpy way to get rid of you Iis to present you with fact anx then ask you to post proof about what you say. You suddenly become either very quiet or idiots with insults. Face it for 9nce and for all, the em1 is big and expensive for what it is.
Quite frankly when people exaggerate to the point where this camera is described as too big, when it is likely to be smaller than GH3, or too expensive when that is its status as above the $1300 release of GH3, the oly fantard defense squad are at liberty to shoot the shit out of factless fucktard you.
Interesting, these people who thing a camera is better because it’s “full frame”. I am a semi-pro, who uses an E3 as my only working body. I’ve just about worn it out, with over 160k images on it. I charge $1200/day and stay pretty busy. I also do a lot of wildlife photography and there, the 2x crop factor is a huge advantage. Admittedly, not so good for those who shoot u/w lenses, but that depends on what floats yer boat.
Pro cameras get treated hard… and I value the fact that Oly (Toronto) has repaired my camera 4 times now, always under 48 hours. Once they managed to do it in 2 hours! That means that even with 6000 miles of shipping, the camera is back in my hands, in 7 to 9 days. With my Leica’s, I was lucky to get a body back in under 4 months! (A major reason I don’t shoot Leica, any more!)
Those who say the E-M1 is expensive, because it doesn’t have a lot more features, for the higher price, are amateurs, with no idea what a pro camera is about. Those who bemoan the “poor” video features should be buying a video camera.
I for one, will be standing in line to buy one, so I can get more use out of some absolutely oustanding Zuiko glass.
Buy the latest National Geographic and have a look at how horribly noisy the Canon is in the photo of New York at dusk. It’s terrible!
I want to thank all the efforts to remove the dirty messages as the one who like 4/3 cameras and the 4/3 rumor site.
This controversy is between Japan and Korea, so I didn’t want to involve people around the world. It’s a shame as Japanese.
I don’t understand why the leaker did such a thing.
The photos only told us what/who is productive and what/who is not productive.
Please note that it is a lie to mimic Japanese Korean
Plagiarism, fabrication history, prostitutes, illegal immigration,
It is a subservient ethnic great camera made in Japan inexcusable
is full frame? not even iso 100 i can imaginec the noise at iso1600 just and other m43 fail
There is probably more noise in you brain thant in E-M5 1600 iso files…
Yes buy a full frame Nikon D800 or D600 complete with oil and dust spots on the sensor and an always out of focus upper left corner. The back focus problems makes the DOF so thin that nothing is in focus.
Someone wrote on dpreview that you cannot use 4/3 optics with the EC-14 or EC-20 on the EM-1. Does anyone know the answer. I’m always using my 150mm and 35-100mm with the EC-14 at sporting events. This would put a damper on many future EM-1 buyers.
That is total bull! He read the manual for E-M5 not E-M1, right. Btw E-M5 works with EC-20, but Olympus doesn’t recommend that because in some situations with low light Contrast AFdoesn’t work well, and with an EC-20 you loose 2 stops of light. Since E-M1 has both contrast af end phase af there shouldn’t be a problem.
I wonder if the 4/3 Neanderthals ever heard of the Digital Teleconverter, which m4/3 Oly cameras have, and which not only crops but also uprezzes the detail to 16 Mpx. It is actually quite good and could do away with their piece of junk.
You really are an ignorant idiot
Would you like a necklace of little mirrors and a mechanical alarm clock that you can wear on your belly?
Long time ago the local populations loved it when we began to trade with them. It might still work.
I wonder if you primate have ever heard of IQ?
Crop and uprez… yeah, taht’ll give you details, all right!
Hahaha – priceless!
We laso have some pretty feathers for you unwashed. Alzheimer however we can’t cure…
No problem. Works like charm with ECs
I meant it seriously. Whatever it does, there is a growing consensus that the new DTC might be better than the old EC converters:
http://www.fourthirds-user.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12748
It costs nothing, it does not add to size. But what does an arrogant 4/3er now about the digital evolution in m4/3. So he smears, to be on the safe side.
would be PERFECT with a in House F L A S H !!!!
why not Olympus…
Why not built-in flash? Because pros use fine external flashes – learn how to shoot with external flash and you will never regret it… and will never miss the internal one. Thats it!
There are several high grade weather sealed bodies with built-in flash including from Olympus the E-3 and E-5 which have excellent build quality.The D7100,D600,D800 all have built-in flash. For adding a little fill light to a situation this can be very useful even more so as a way to easily control external flashguns.
Frankly the group of mFT “Pro’s” is so small that it would not make any money.This cameras as with similarly priced options from other makers is by a large margin going to sell more to the keen amateur.The reality is that Olympus will be lucky if 1% of the actual Pro market uses them over Canon or Nikon.
I dont think Olympus are trying to capture a portion of the pro market. When we had the big five Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Minolta and Olympus only Nikon and Canon where serious about system SLRs for the pro market, the others were mostly ignored by pros and didn’t really make the effort after a few failed attempts to make inroads into that pro market. While Nikon cameras where used by Nasser in space Olympus were producing the Pen half frame porro-prisom SLRs aimed at the amateur market. The same applies today amateurs out number pros by 1000s to 1 and its a share of that market that drives Olympus, Sony, Pentax, Panasonic and Fuji. And if pros on a budget use their systems all the better for them.
Admin, is there any bottom view of the camera?
Bad olympus bad
This camera looks promising. If it really works with 43-lenses, I will get it as soon as possible.
Will work bad you guy shut get a real camera
(To Full Frame)I do use both formats m4/3 for high volume portraits and full frame for other work. Just like in the film days you use the best format for the job
Sinar 4×5,Mamiya RZ67 medium or Nikon for 35mm any schooled pro would now this.
Don’t be so narrow minded.
Yes I use both I have epl5 and omd the omd is a very goos fri.e bd of the devise center ( terrible service from olympus ) my fl-600 also I’m ditching m43 now and will get rx1 or fuji because image quality now ff will be soon mirrorles and m43 will die
Strangely enough, this looks more like the classic black 35mm OM series film SLR’s of old than even the EM5. Strange.
That 12-40 f/2.8 makes the camera. Very nice.
Not sure I want to buy one, but I do hope everyone else does.
– Olympius
Has ANYONE seen pictures with the screen articulating (or even swiveling)?
Maybe that is the surprise – that (I hope) it fully articulates?????
Video **could** be hacked. A screen cannot.
RT
Transformers crapera.
A very expensive crapera lol. Maybe it can transform into a toaster or something… Would be of more use then (still wouldn’t get one, though)
No olympus! What were you thinking? Is this price a joke? Nearly as much as a full frame camera! Do they think we are fools? really?
Good job changing your pseudonym.
Bad job on message, though, since the article fails to mention price.
Doh.
Troll BUSTED!
Canon 6D can be yours for $1700 (well not for you – for someone with common sense)
Olympus EM-1 launch price $1500 (nano four thirds for those who liked to be ripped off)
Busted!
(I won’t mention lens prices – wouldn’t want to embarrass you)
Canon does not exist in my book, I hate that brand with passion because every product I bought branded Canon turned out to be trash. I wish you an everlasting happiness with your Canon gear and the amazing L lenses!
I couldn’t care less about Canon – just a faceless multi-national. However OLYM-puss are outright fraudsters – a cancerous polyp on the anus of humanity
Personally, I reserve my stronger emotions for things that matter.
The m43rds/43rds product line-up represent value for those who see value in it’s strengths.
You may disagree, but why bother with so much emotional baggage for a large corporation to whom you are but a grain of sand… Kind of like barking at the stars.
now, everybody with a bit of brain chooses a Fuji or a Sony, and to me NEX, with current excellent lens line up, suddenly becoming more and more attractive(already have both m43 and NEX, though).
the Zeiss 16-80f4 is a much lighter than this overpriced huge Oly lnes that only covers tiny micro sensor.
Oly is literally making the same mistake that completely killed on paper very attractive E system again and again and again.
the new high end lenses for m43 are way too big for many many people. if anyone serious enough to carry that kind of weight all the time with him or her, she or he would opt for FF or at least for NEX or Fuji X-E1 or Samsung NX.
I think Oly literally trying very hard to make the system less attractive to scare us away from it.
IOW, it seems to be seeking the right way out of this camera business which is no longer earning
any money for it.
That is the advantage of m43. You have the choice of going big or small. With other mirrorless solutions you are stuck with limited choices.
6/10 for effort. Not bad.
Trying to compare it to NEX lenses was your biggest mistake though.
Yeah, nex glass is crap
Nikon is crap dusty oily backfocusinig frontfocusing crap
‘the new high end lenses for m43 are way too big for many many people. if anyone serious enough to carry that kind of weight all the time with him or her, she or he would opt for FF or at least for NEX or Fuji X-E1 or Samsung NX.’
Cough, your kidding right. Another person who has not actually held or seen the lenses
Are you really comparing the 12-40 f2.8 to the 16-70f4… We dont even know the price of the 16-70, but if Zeiss’ previous pricing is anything to go by it will make the Zuiko look cheap. Plus there is no noise advantage with the f4 lens…
Cirst its 16-70 not 16-80, second f4 doesnt compare to f2.8 third you obviously havent seen the lens, it is not small by any means. Its certainly not smaller or even close to the oly
and it is embarrassingly huge for a micro sensored camera, is there any pro designer at Oly?
if they do not have it , then get it outside(maybe borrow the one designed the GX7 form Pana or the NX300 from Samsung?)
THE number one complaint about the EM-5 was it was too small and ergonomically unfriendly. Now you want to complain it is too big. It is ~ 8mm wider than the EM5. I personally don’t find the EM-5 too small but some button placements are a nuisance. A lack of grip has been mentioned many times. This is a pro / amateur enthusiast camera that is better than the majority of DSLR, there are plenty of smaller PEN cameras.
I own a small m43 system, based on the E-M5. The E-M1 is very welcome, I like the looks and the innovations. Two more things I would have appreciated:
Tilting viewfinder, altough is likely that for extra money one can add an EVF-4.
Fully swiveling screen.
Damn ugly but better than Pancraptastic anyday. IQ will destroy Lamepix and Fujifiend.
i have saw retail document of campaign where there is topic for the 4/3 serial number owners will get new MMF adapter free of charge or by greatly discounted price (depending on region) Hope this will turn to reality!
It will and there will be even more free goodies for early adopters!
I’d be happy if the mmf3 was a free gift from Olympus and they’d also offer a large discount on the grip for early birds. This may lesson the weight a little for us making a purchase specially those who intend to buy the lens, grip, adapter, spare battery and camera etc…
It’s a lot nicer to see all the images at once, you can see much more of the camera as a whole. Looks very nice.
Lovely.
Will I be able to attach my FL-50 on the hotshoe? Are they compatible? :]
No reason why not
All the FLxx and FLxxR flashes work on the OMD EM5, so I expect they will work on the E-M1 as well. Olympus has a standard hotshoe contact arrangement for several years now across the Pen, Ex, Exx and OM line. And yes, the master/slave flash (radio) works OK as well with the FLxxR flashes. Your investment is safe….
Thank you ^^ I only had E-series cameras so I was a bit worried about that 😀
Just wondering if anyone is familiar with pre-orders and how those work – once announced is it likely we’ll be able to pre-order this wonderful camera at the major places like BH, Adorama within a week?
It looks great, and I expect it will be a great camera. But its way overpriced – no getting away from that fact.
Not considering its Pro factor.
@ admin:
You really need another forum system without anonymous postings and a banning system. Those ignorant trolls and fanboys (of any system, sensor size or brand) are destroying your efforts and work and also spam all the fruitful and nice discussion in this forum.
I know that this needs time but I had to tell you this. Sorry, for this repetition. 😉
I beg you all: Let those trolls and fanboys not overtake the forum and don’t respond to them! Thanks. 😉
+1
Amen!
Looks gorgeous, as far as I can tell. The grip is finally big enough and the entire camera not as massive as its FF counterparts. I also like the finish and the additional battery grip so that it will fit my hands.
I’ve been a Canon user for 40 years. With images published in Nat Geo, CNN, Smithsonian Museum, NASA, etc. I’ve had my EM-5 with the 7-14 Lumix, 45 f:1.8 and 12-50 for a little more than a year…and 95% of my images are now taken with this set up. I still use my Canon 200 f1.8 and 400 for sports and rock concerts. The capacity and final imagery of the Oly are simply amazing…and so lightweight. I do not miss my heavy Canon gear and those sore necks and back. My fellow pros with their heavy, bulky Nikon and Canon gear are blown away with images taken with lightweight set up. Some have followed and now have the OLY system for less demanding(sports) situations with results equal to their cumbersome gear.
Why don’t you write an article for 4/3 rumors, I’d like to read your story 🙂
That’s a nice story, but I thought the 7-14mm lens was not really that good, and many people say the 12-50 is not very good either. Certainly they wouldn’t compare with L glass. Are you really using those lenses and not better primes?
The 7-14 Lumix is a very fine Ultra-wide zoom. And sharp wide open. It does have one major problem: when shooting night scenes with bright light sources, the files appear with purple spots. This apparently is worse with the E-M5 than Lumix cameras. Hence, it can be pain get remove these spots in Photoshop.
The 7-14 is much better than the 10-22 EF-s….which needs to be stopped down to f 11 to be sharp everywhere. The 7-14 is as sharp as the 16-35L…and without the decreased sharpness on the sides inherent with a FF.
The 12-50 is adequately sharp, but not stellar like the 45f 1.8 nor the 75 f1.8. It’s a cheap kit lens. I bought it because it is a tote lens and water-resistant. The new 12-40 f2.8 should be much sharper.
I have used my 135L with an adaptor on the E-M5 with fabulous results. But…it is manual focus and needs a tripod. My 45 OLY appears to be as sharp as the 135L. I surmise the 75 OLY would probably be as good or better than the 135L.
Nothing, absolutely nothing is as sharp as the Canon 200 f1.8L. A few years back, Photodo.com had the 200 as the highest resolution of any lens ever. That’s why NASA uses these every night, 4 in tandem, to survey the sky…checking for Near Earth Objects. OLY has some extreme primes in their 43 format. But they need to come out with more in the M43 format.
My Canon system will do everything the OLY does….but the major reason for the switch to M43 is the size and weight issue. Which is a very big reason…in the long run.
ALSO and very important: while a FF Canon or Nikon will give you velvety smooth, noise-free files, IQ isn’t everything. The emotion impact of a photo is immeasurably more important. And, if you have no camera with you, you missed it. The small M43 caeras and lenses allows you to take it everywhere. ALSO…many a photo would not have been usable with my Canon stuff…but was easily done with the OLY: because of the built-in Image Stabilization. Yes…it is fabulous.
Thanks for taking the time to answer in detail. I am a Canon crop user considering a move to a high end m43 system (EP5, GX7 or EM1). Not great quality zooms is one thing I am concerned about. From what I’ve read elsewhere those two lenses are not as good as you found them. But it’s good to have your input. I’m quite surprised you say “the 7-14 is much better than the 10-22 EF-S” since I have read the 10-22 is a good lens.
Have you experience with the Olympus 40-150 R lens (often found in a double kit), and the 100-300mm lens? I hear both are decent but would like to get a better idea of how good they are. I shoot more long than wide. I’m planning to use the Panasonic 14-45 as my standard zoom. I use slrgear’s graphs as my favourite comparison tool but I don’t think either of those lenses has been tested. 45mm 1.8 will be of course a must buy.
hi AW
My 10-22 EF-s was quite soft at f3.5. It needed to be stopped down quite a bit…as I had learned on Fred Miranda’s site. My 17-40L was sharper at f4.
You are correct, the 12-50 is a handy zoom and not brilliantly sharp. But sharp enuf. The new 12-40 coming out is said to be sharper than OLY’s 12-60. Which is very sharp.
About the 40-150: I read it is very good…albeit slow at f5.6 Best of all…inexpensive.
About the 100-300: don’t know. I tried the 75-300, version2 ‘in store’. At f: 6.7 at 300, I had a hard time getting sharp images as the lighting was not very good and handheld…was about 1/50th…not fast enuf for sharp images, despite the built-in IS.
-the 45 is a no-brainer. Always very sharp images at f1.8. Wonderful.
The OLY 50-200 43 lens is supposed to be a very sharp zoom, particularly keeping sharp at the end range, 200…which is tough on most zooms. And at a speedy f:3.5 ! My 17-40 was not sharp at the end…40. Nor was my 10-22 sharp at 22. My Canon 28-135 IS was general purpose tote zoom. Not brilliantly sharp, but good enuf. Canon’s 70-200 f:4 was very sharp for a zoom….sharper than the f2.8. My Canon 18-135 IS was not sharp and had a horrible yellowish cast. My Canon 50 1.8 is sharper than my 1.4. My 400L 5.6 is very sharp. I venture to bet the OLY 150 f2 is almost as sharp as my 200f 1.8.
Pixel peepers do not despair. Most people cannot see the difference in lenses. HOWEVER…in my book, a lens has to perform very well when shooting Wide Open. Most zooms and primes fail here. The OLY 45 an 75 are brilliantly sharp wide open. As my 135L and 200L.
About shooting long: turn off all noise reduction filters. Use a mid sized prime or zoom and try the 2X digital zoom. You may be surprised how well it works. I have compared it vs upscaling using my Genuine Fractals and S-spine pluggins. Yep, the GF and S-Spine is slightly better…but only slightly.
Hope this helps. Oh yes..one more time buy the 45…or better yet, since your zoom goes up to 45, buy the 75 !
No-one has speculated much outside of 4:3 to this point in the form of glass options, but I wonder if the e-m1 won’t be the go-to body for the Speedbooster approach as well? Imagine this matched up with nice old-school glass or even the new Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 .. ala, Speedboost ring, or manual ring, all those focal length aperture option variations. While the aspect of larger glass not an over-riding issue.
This is where a larger “compact” body will benefit and excel.
It looks like a very good camera. It should do very well for Olympus and if it focuses 4/3rds lenses as competently as the E-5, what’s not to love. My dream system would be E-M1, 11-22mm, 50-200mm, 45mm, 60mm, and 150mm and 300mm. Good times.
The E-M1 is a beautiful camera – outstandingly novel in design. Reminds me of the original OM-1 film camera in it’s incomparable styling. I’m not a fanboy, (I have the GH-3 and am waiting for the GX-7), but I would LOVE to have the new Oly E-M1.
As a 6 year camera repairman (during the mid ’70s), and 30 years as a tool & die maker I admire fine machinery and especially mirrorless cameras as machines. I commend Olympus for their determination to overcome great challenges and their courage to produce such avant-garde little machines to take our pictures with.
I hope Olympus sells a boat-load of this camera and it’s special lens.
That’s a nice looking camera there.
It looks like a cross between an e1 and an OM camera. I’m definitely buying this thing with the lens, grip and spare battery.
This camera will be black for me to match with the black Pro HG 43 zuiko glass as well as the new Pro m43 lenses.
When the em7 comes out it be the silver for sure to replace my ep3 and match with the silver primes.
Admin you once posted I remember the em1 weight was 430 grams. Is that figure still correct or a little conservative?
Good IQ comparable to smartphones. In a few years smartphones will catch up and no need for m4/3 overpriced crap. Will end up in ten cent stores. But Olympus will live on in guts of Sony cameras. 4/3 is for doorstop specialists.
Phones can’t catch up – take a look at that cut-away photo and try thinking for a minute.
Apart from an 8mm thick phone not having room for a fraction of what’s required, there’s the elephant in the room – lenses.
Compact cameras will more or less die, but the photo taking capabilities of phones will be limited by the room to fit in dedicated photo hardware and an a complete inability to fit in lenses with an appreciable focal length.
Maybe iphone6 better 🙂
@ Admin:
Admin, do you know if the EM-1 is wider than the EM-5?
I’m hopeful for something more akin to 130-135mm wide, closer to
the 520 or OM4
Very close to 620 wideth, it is wider than EM5
thanks for the update.
I believe the reason the GH3 is larger than any MFT, is because of who its targeted at.
Lens size matters as well, FT lenses are the past, no matter what the IQ is.
Making a camera that caters to a very insignificant base is going backward, and will end up hurting Olympus in the very near future.
that has to be the most limpdick reasoning I ever heard of
Well not the >E1 reincarnated as I hoped,and way too $$ glad I switched to Pentax K5II,about same size(more ergonomic) with APS-C sensor,weatherproofed & great lenses..for about 1/2 the price!!(body) what is Oly thinking