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The E-M5 is now on [shoplink 29969 ebay]eBay Hong Kong[/shoplink].
The new Olympus E-M5 is supposed to hit the stores in Japan in three days at Amazon Japan. But the first two cameras can be already bought on [shoplink 29969 ebay]eBay Hong Kong (Click here, with international shipping)[/shoplink]. If you are not from Hong Kong please be aware that you have to pay import taxes. The Chinese website PChome (Click here for the translation) unpacked and reviewed the E-M5. As usual the google translation tool makes reading very painful but you can also look on the pictures only.
Olympus Japan announced that the new PT-EP08 underwater housing for the [shoplink 29074]Olympus E-M5[/shoplink] will be on sale at the end of July in Japan for ¥112,350 ($1,360). There is also a new waterproof lens port (¥38,000 or $460) and also a port adapter for Four Thirds lenses (¥17,000 or $206). The maximum depth you can reach with the housing is 45 meter (Source: Olympus Japan / Via: The Verge).
Preorders:
USA: Amazon, Adorama and B&H.
Europe: Jessops, Amazon UK and Amazon Germany.
Asia: Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.
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I hope to learn to scuba to need this soon…
Being an experienced scuba diver who likes to shoot underwater photo/video a lot, please let me ask you not to hurry taking a camera with you. Take your time to become excellent in controlling your buoyancy, first. The reefs have suffered too much damage already from people who forget to control their buoyancy while taking photographs, and a single touch-down of a diver on a coral can destroy a fragile organism that takes decades to regrow to its former size & beauty.
That said, I would recommend to opt for a camera with excellent video capabilities for underwater shooting, as the majority of things to see there are much more interesting to watch in motion.
+1 with pn
and if you want to take this kind of camera underwater make sure you have very good sense of humor coz if the seal fail all you can do just laugh for the rest of the day….hahahahhaha
Thank you Captain Planet!
Luckily, the reefs aren’t as widespread as you think 😉
Selling my EPL1 and housing, getting E-M5 and housing
Keeping my E-PL1, and am looking for a bargain on a housing!
Buying the E-M5, but keeping my E-p1 as backup!
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I was hoping the housing would be cheaper. It is no better than third party producers which are more flexible. Think I might as well stick with Panasonic.
When will we see an in-depth review about the video? Why does this seem to be avoided with short poor clips and no real in depth commentary. My guess is anything on the video is held to just before the release. I’m not expecting a full review on video but it’s almost like reviewers are avoiding any real comments and skirt the issue. I’m not a video person but it seems odd to me and a bit controlled on the information side.
A lack of 25/24P feature might have something to do with it.
Hopefully this can be addressed with a firmware update in the future.
Given the specs (interlaced only, low bit rate) everything but a disappointment would be a surprise.
It’s just an interlaced wrapper 60i wrapper around 30p footage. Slightly annoying, but most editors will unwrap it for you. No 24/25/60 and low bit rates suggests it’s not really intended for more than casual video of course.
it seems to me if you can learn to deal with the limitations mentioned, it is still capable of recording hi quality footage, as seen in that japanese videoclip recently posted here.
I’m curious, is it difficult to convert from 60i to 24p?
I myself have done a few video production with my lovely GF1, and seen a lot of great clips filmed with GF1. I can tell you, they are more than just ordinary video.
The problem is, consumers always demand more than what they utilize in a real-life shooting situation. But as a m43 user, we all can be delighted to have two companies that have two different stratigies regarding product directions. Video, go for panasonic, enough said.
Bitrate is 20MBps, not that much different to GH2 really.
Of course, you can always hack GH2 and void it’s warranty, but if we’re talking OEM specs, it’s similar.
Hopefully, Olympus will add 24p and/or 25 fps support via firmware as it’s IBIS seems to rock in video.
Just because you have the same bit rate doesn’t meant you have the same video quality. Thats like saying that two cameras with the same Jpeg file size won’t have very different Jpeg output.
Also you should really not buy a camera on features you need or really want based on faith that the company maybe perhaps
Possibly add them
In a firmware upgrade
Isn’t that how all Nex users buy their gear? On faith the company will produce some good lenses?
“I’d heard that Olympus intends to Sony learning, developing a built-in Ring of the phase focusing module to the M4 and 3 high-speed drive of the body 4/3 lens.”
Hope this is true!!
Ok… I just preordered at the local dealer — silver w/12-50 for €1299. By preordering, they tossed in the extra grip + an extra battery. I’m #4 on their list. Perhaps they add the grip etc in countries where they need to boist the interest?
(boist?– boost!! you stupid, stupid iPhone keyboard :-)).
I’m glad to know about the EM-5’s towering warships Ministry!
LOL.. That made me laugh when I read it 😛
The important info is not who preordered it. The important info is what the offer is/what is included, and perhaps the number of preorders. Warship? He, he… :-).
One already sold, one to go!!!!
The review shoots in a few conditions I am more interested in and reveals
Exactly legacy I expected: ISO pretty decent up to ISO 3200, gx1 alike performance and current entry level aps-c performance (read: no k-5). Dynamic range still a question but the ISP tests done look good for micro four thirds. Didn’t see banding hints up to the shots tested which bodes well as an image quality step forward- this is a big issue with the e-5 at high iso
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Looking forward to the underwater housing! I hope the bayonet fitting is the same used on existing 3rd party lens housings!
Dear Admin,
Would you please phone Jeff Bezos (just tell his secretary it is 43rumors.com calling) and ask when my OM-D will ship please?
Tell him I am suffering from OMDAD (“OM-D anticipation disorder”) and any help he could provide would be very therapeutic.
Nic
send you a youtube link to the promotion clips?
Latest review from Taiwanese website:
http://www.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=11729
And that usually means that E-M5 will appear in stores in a few days, I can’t wait!
Have a look at the first of the video samples on that page (the indoor scenery with the group of women): Exposure jumping like crazy, focus hunting like crazy – if that’s the best the OM-D can do, forget about its video mode.
Alas, none of the sample videos on that page show some really demanding scenery (as in e.g. a pan across some city skyline, moving detailed vegetation, a surfer on a rough sea – scenes that could expose moire, rolling shutter or lack-of-bitrate issues).
Wondering that, is it the lens (12-50) or setting issue instead of the camera?
I doubt anyone buying the E-M5 is in it for the video mode. There are better options in m4/3 for that (a.k.a. GH-2).
great idea and system . I’ll be happy to switch around and see how my style of shooting works with the new
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