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Like it is with me some of you also still don’t know if they should get the Black or Silver E-M5. The best way to help you (and me) is to show you some sexy pictures of the E-M5 with different kind of lenses. Here is the list:
Silver E-M5 with Olympus 12mm at Digitalcamerareview.
Silver E-M5 with Olympus 17mm at ThePhoBlographer.
Silver E-M5 with Olympus 150mm lens at Hwupgrade. SWD link at Amazon.
Black E-M5 with Olympus 150mm lens on Flickr.
Silver E-M5 with Olympus 50mm f/1.8 OM lens at Hwupgrade. OM lens link on [shoplink 32966 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Silver E-M5 with Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens on Flickr.
Black E-M5 with Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens on Flickr.
Black E-M5 with Olympus 35-80mm OM lens on Flickr. OM lens link on [shoplink 32967 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Black E-M5 with Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 ZM lens on Flickr. ZM lens link on [shoplink 30081 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Black E-M5 with Olympus 60mm macro prototype lens on Flickr.
Black E-M5 with Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 lens on Flickr.
Silver E-M5 with Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 lens on Flickr (Click here).
Black E-M5 with Switar 25mm f/1.4 lens on Flickr. Switar link on [shoplink 32968 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Black E-M5 with Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 lens on Flickr.
Silver E-M5 with Olympus 50mm f/2.0 macro Four Thirds lens on Flickr. Macro lens link at Amazon.
Black E-M5 with Leica-Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 Four Thirds lens on Flickr.
Black E-M5 with Olympus 14-35mm f/2.0 Four Thirds lens on Flickr. Lens link at Amazon.
Silver E-M5 with Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 ZM lens on Flickr.
Overall I have to say that it’s safer to go for the Silver E-M5. Black and Silver lenses will loook always good on it!
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E-M5 order links:
Amazon, Adorama, B&H, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.
E-M5 Case:
There is the official [shoplink 31898 ebay]CS-36FBC Olympus case[/shoplink]. A [shoplink 31899 ebay]leather half case from Hong Kong[/shoplink]. A full [shoplink 31900 ebay]leather case with strap from Cina[/shoplink]. Than we have half cases from two well known producers, [shoplink 31901 ebay]Zelenpol[/shoplink], [shoplink 31906 ebay]Kaza[/shoplink] and [shoplink 31902 ebay]Gariz[/shoplink].
E-M5 Batteries, and other things:
The [shoplink 31905 ebay]Olympus GS-4 strap[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 31903 ebay]DSTE E-M5 batteries[/shoplink] you have to use with an extra charger. There is an [shoplink 31903 ebay]E-M5 car charger[/shoplink] a [shoplink 31908 ebay]new E-M5 LCD screen[/shoplink] and a [shoplink 31909 ebay]Front Cover+ Top Panel[/shoplink].
47 Responses
Olympus ZD 150mm f/2 is not a SWD motor
Right, but maybe them mean use MMF-3 on lens?
As Editor mention in the post,
Silver E-M5 with Olympus 150mm SWD lens at Hwupgrade. SWD link at Amazon.
Black E-M5 with Olympus 150mm SWD lens on Flickr.
Doesn’t seems that editor is talking about the MMF-3 but the 150mm lens. However, its not a SWD motor lens.
Or may be editor got some FT5 information that 150mm is using a SWD motor but not mention ? 😛
Yes the is not SWD motor on an 150mm anyway if we use an MMF-3 too. 😀
I will have a white OM-D with tan leather. 😉
I don’t want to rain on your parade, but in my book those two different types of silver on the OMD (rather cold) and on the 12mm lens (rather champagne) don’t match well. Not at all. Of course, YMMV.
I still cannot believe that the high end Olympus native m4/3 lenses (12mm f/2, 75mm f/1.8) are not the same grey colour as the grey OM-D. What a ridiculous cock-up.
In my opinion a black OM-D looks a bit better, but both are rather ugly with all those ridges and angles. And the overdone hump looks just silly. Again YMMV.
My Black OMD + 50mm 1.8 Nikon 😉
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabrys/7000548942/in/photostream
Well, assuming you had to put the EVF, accessory port, and IBIS sensors somewhere, how would you have designed the hump so it was not ‘overdone’?
They could have upped the overal dimensions a bit, and then move the EVF eyepiece to the left to get rid of the hump.
Why? The OM-D looks very good, and the ‘big’ hump… i can’t tell unless i’m scrutenizing a photo. Unlike 99% of the people here, i simply look at the one on my desk.
It’s never been an issue, same with the ‘noise’ it apparently makes. Everyone that owns a OM-D that i have talked too says the same thing…
The only complain i hear… black OM-D + silver lens = weird.
Like Sony did even with a bigger sensor?
http://camerasize.com/compact/#375,33,289,ha,b
I’m not a fan of the Sonys’ style, but they show it can be done.
Very sexy camera ! Much better than this dslr-like gh3…
it looks awkward with 75/1.8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53804251@N07/7795444444/in/photostream/
Well…it definitely does not shoot awkwardly with the 75mm.
Well, thanks for this overview. I am currently just about to buy a OM-D, so this overview helps. Or does it???
I have now sold all my Four Thirds lenses but two and these will look great on either silver or black body.
Then I have various OM Zuiko-Lenses which really look great on silver and also nice on black.
Then actually, I would like to get the high end m4/3 lenses, but their colour doesn’t really look good on either silver or black. Maybe a bit better on black.
I know I only have a luxury problem but still, it’s a problem: I simply don’t know which to buy… one day, I’m sure it can’t be anything else than silver, but today, it feels more like black…
Aaargh….
R
Never mind the E-M5, what you really want is to wait for the E-P5 this Spring 🙂
Probably the champagne lenses are suited to its new livery.
dSLR shaped cameras are doomed anyway 🙂
They need the hump for IBIS. It is physics. So the e-p5 will have a week IBIS or an ugly hump somewhere.
Same here. Still using the E-P1 and waiting for the E-P4 or E-P5 to arrive. 2-axis IBIS has been good enough for me.
Indeed. The E-Px have better IBIS than the E-PLx, OTH they probably need less energy.
I had a film SLR with a hump, and that thing always got stuck in clothes. Having too many corners when you can have a flat design, is a bad decision for daily use.
Barnack designed his first Leica with portability in mind, with as a few corners as possible. They also attract dust, leaks, rip clothes…
As for the colour of he lenses, to me it’s a mystery what they can’t have two form the start. The other day I read that the black 12/2 will at last cost like the silver one. So why the bad joke?
Seems to me that Marketing is issuing contradictory orders.
Robert…don’t get me wrong (I own a silver OM-D)…but the champagne Oly lenses look MUCH better on my “other” MFT camera!! Too funny. A perfect match, actually.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7157/6712544549_f1b1afb053_b.jpg
Damn that looks cool Bob,..the Oly12 is really perfect match with GX1, the square shape of the lens hood and a square body +EVF ,it. really blends well,.so how your 75 ?
I think my 75mm has a slightly more silver appearance that the 12mm…I also got a Rainbow Imaging Metal Hood that is as-good or better than the OEM hood and it matches perfectly. I prefer to use that lens on my OM-D with the grip..and it looks just fine on my silver body…I am more into taking photos than worrying so much about what the wardrobe looks like…BOTH lenses are fantastic pieces of glass and allow MFT to be all that it can be…..color shouldn’t matter all that much. I am a photographer…I don’t care so much if my purse matches my shoes :-)…I am looking for a shot!
I could not decide on silver or black but here’s what I think. The silver has a much nicer faux leather texture. The one on the black OM-D looks very 1980s passe. Otherwise I’ll be happy with either silver or black.
Now if only the power that be would shed some light on what the rumoured Olympus 40-150/2.8 might look like. I count the days…..
A very big silver lens ! 😀 I hope I’m wrong it would be very ridiculous…
That is because the black one does not even try to look like faux leatherette. Its more like a textured rubber, much more industrial and modern. It looks and feels great.
Black! A great, sexy, elegant color for cameras and womens lingerie! (Ymmv) :p
Seriously, i love my black e-m5. It is gorgeous. It is such a stupid marketing move that most of the high end olympus lenses are not available in that color. Just plain ridiculous. I much prefer panasonic’s consistent look. Very modern, utilitarian, understated.
They make some lenses in silver only so they can later make limited edition black versions at a 50% markup.
…but I thought Ren Kockwell was a MFT pornstar?
Dude, how does that work?
Its all in the name?
And with pana 20 mm:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/j-f_leguen/7128342435/
Overall I have to say that it’s safer to go for the Silver E-M5. Black and Silver lenses will loook always good on it!
Yeah right…..if only olympus can maintain the silver plastic tone the same across the lens…. unfortunately they can’t and oh there’s other problem I could gather from m4/3 forum since most people think silver more “look good” the chance they got defect silver OM-D get’s bigger compared to black OM-D due to the high demand of silver OM-D. Somehow Olympus can’t keep QC of silver OM-D. I think people should know about that.
Got any proof?… Or is it just hot air?
Now, don’t get me wrong I have the E-M5 and love the performance and features but I absolutely hate the fake retro design lol. From my perspective I would rather have a more modern styled body { “IF” it had all the same features} that’s the thing with any design you cannot please everyone.Just before you accuse me of being a young whippersnapper lol I am an old fart and had cameras that look like this 30 years ago. Like my wife says about me you can learn to live with ugly if it does a good job lol .
Then go buy one of the bazillion other camera’s that look like a bazillion other cameras… Whats the problem???
Olympus even gave you a black version + modern texture JUST FOR THAT modern look you want………………………
Some people will never be happy…
Oly’s Marketing must have in mind that Alpha Plus Male like Kockwell buy lenses like male jewelry i.e. alarm clocks to wear against one’s pectorals.
Marketing depts. love 43rumors, it’s part of their wet dreams 🙂
You accusing me of wearing my lenses like phallic symbols? If that be true I’d be wearing a Canon 300mm f2.8 not m43. Those are big, white and grab lotsa attention. Why would a alpha plus male want to be associated with micro?
Anyway I see your need to poke fun at the ridiculous Kockwell name. I myself am having fun at a certain Rockwell. Related to Kockwell in spoonerism. Keep it coming if you will. Keeps things lively!
Shalom.
That was because JF mentioned that the 2.8, would be a big silver lens, and that you said you couldn’t count the days.
One can see you wearing it around your neck, as a protective device against impotence, Mr Kockwell. 🙂
Ok Amalric, king of you know where, you of all people should know how important potency is to us as a people. We need to make more of us and return from exile to claim what is ours. Hope to see you there brother.
But big silver zoom lens, hell no! I’d rather don a big white canon any day.
Shalom brother.
Anamorphic via Moller Bolex 8/19/1.5x Anamorphot, in front of a 45/1.8 (which I recently sold and is now replaced with a nicer MF Olymous Pen-F 38mm 1.8)
http://edgarmaguyon.tumblr.com/image/30983414710
😉
Owning both the m.zuiko 45/1.8 and the f.zuiko 38/1.8 (2nd version), I wonder, why do you think the 38/1.8 is better? Is that for video or stills?
For all I can tell, the 45/1.8 is sharper still, far less flare prone, and not worse then the 38/1.8 in all other aspects, but I mostly shoot stills, not video.
I also have the g.zuiko 40/1.4, this lens gets to see a lot more use then the 38/1.8, mostly because of what are technically flaws in the 40/1.4, but which give a pleasant ‘classic’ rendering.
I just like MF better for video and timelapses. For timelapses, no flickering with olf MF lenses, since it’s a true manual diaphragm and blades (so no on-and-off closing of the iris for each and every frame like on AF lenses (though minute, will induce/result in a flickering timelapse) = no flickering). I like true MF focusing and not AF clutch focus for video, quicker to focus, also has distance marks for faster focusing and memory, and also just plain feels much more solid and confident in focusing and doesn’t twitch or move like on the 45mm. Build is better. Metal front filter threads better for anamorphic adapters. I like the wider 38mm vs 45mm. About a .5″ shorter, so more compact. Just all around better for video users, anamorphic users and also timelapse makers.
Thanks Edgar. Quite different from what I do most of the time, but I can quite follow why you think the 38/1.8 is nicer for what you do.
Whoa, it seems I’m not the only one who can’t really make up his mind. Why don’t Oly just offer it in black and green, that choice would be rather easy then.
Bob, that GX1 with the 12mm looks really great…