Fredrik Gløckner had a quite genious idea to record the E-M5II sensor shift image stabilization in action! Watch the video!
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No matter how good is the EM5 2 ‘s image stabilization but it’s still with that ageing
16 MP sensor .
Better skip this OMD while wait for real 2015 m43 stuffs , the GX7 successor for example ,
Or other APSC stuffs , a7000 & X Pro 2 that are much much better & promising .
Will any of these have second generation 5-axis sensor-shift technology ?
I didn’t think so… :-b
Don’t take any photos this year, wait until next year for better sensor – no, wait, better still to wait for the following year when an even better sensor is bound to come along – no, wait…..
Come on .
Considering a7000 , GX7 successor & X Pro 2 is coming .
Why not just accept the fact the EM5 2 is not good enough for 2015 ?
Do you mean we should delete all the pictures taken before 2015?
It’s even more dire than that .. every year every single photo taken before that year has to be retaken with that year’s equipment, or people will be unable to appreciate their composition, subject, lighting .. none of which is as important as the SIZE and VINTAGE of the SENSOR .. now quick, to the reanimation facility, to bring Ansel Adams back to life armed with a helicopter and a D810 !
🙂
Please. Adams wouldn’t use a sensor that small. 😉
C’mon, don’t you realize that Ansel wouldn’t be caught dead using a camera with a sensor as tiny as the one in a D810.
Hasselblad is his P&S!
Yun has a valid Question, yet like the typical M43 user, instead of replying with a Valid answer, it’s followed by a string of jokes, or worse, petty name calling.
Yun, you already have your answer.
No, everybody can see the joke in Yun’s comment (even if he didn’t mean it that way), because the reality is, USE THE CAMERA YOU HAVE NOW, because it is futile forever waiting for that better camera to come all the time. In other words, “Get a life & enjoy today”.
lol, exactly what most professionals have been telling. If the camera gets some limitation often there are workarounds.
some are still confused with the sensor? noob!
Yun asked a question. That it was valid is the debate.
X Prp 2 will not arrive in 2015 but 2016
Yun is saying EM5ii is not good enough for 2015 but the cameras that were not even released are?? OMG!!!! Really?!?!? So if Yun is really moving on to apsc or ff maybe is good for him. Not everybody understand the beauty and the potencial of m43. Let it be…. ☺️
The hi-res mode is at the best FF standards but some insist it’s a gimmick. Lol… ok!!
The only person who considers your ‘fact’ to be true is you.
Oh can wait for that promising X Pro 2… Should I switch Yun?
Of course X Pro 2 is better in image quality compare with any m4/3 cameras .
I like the Fuji’s colour .
But we need to see & wait further how m4/3 latest sensor compare with X Pro 2 .
I want THE BEST image quality. Should I go medium format then, or the PRO X 2 is the best I can get?? Thanks!
Pfft….why use medium format when large or ultra large format is superior?
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/.a/6a00df351e888f8834014e8c4dbcd0970d-800wi
Yun, I’d advise you to wait and see what the GX8 is like, before you jump on a X-Pro2. that is, if you’re invested with M43.
I was going to make the jump to the Fiji X system when the XE2 first released, but I waited for the GX7. Seeing that there was barely any improvement in IQ, I picked up the XE2.
I’m going to hold on to my M43 lenses, just because I picked up a G6 for a steal, which will be regulated to video.
Still, I would like to see what this GX8 is all about.
I also think Yun should man up and go FF with an a7ii. Don’t know if Fuji will improve too much in IQ compared to m43, that’s what I felt when tried an XE2 for a week. But if Yun is really going aps-c I heard from a sony rep that the a8000 will be groundbreaking. I would wait.
You’re joking, right?
There isn’t a M43 camera out that can best or even come near a Fuji camera in regards to IQ. And don’t get me started on dynamic range, detail and low light!
But hey, if you feel that way about IQ, cool. Because in features, I feel the GX7 is one of the top cameras in my book. In some circles, they would choose features over overall IQ.
You must be the Master Pixel Peeper Of All Times!! Where do you see all that diference?? For you the BEST picture is the one with less noise?? Really?
The other day my friend and I paired a X-pro 1 + 56 1.2 and a E-M1 + PL Nocti and it was hard, very hard, to choose one versus another.
Good enough for me
a7000 lenses are quite large, Yun. You should man up and get an a7ii and keep a MFT around for a portable cam.
A7000: great sensor technology and possibly 4K. Worth a look.
XPro2: electronically not as good as Sony, but its color is good and can’t be beaten.
GX8: smallest sensor but without 5-axis IBIS. HAHAHA is this a joke? For my need it’s trash, so no thanks. 🙂
That’s a lot more shifting than I ever imagined.
Indeed. At the extremes of the movement on the edges, it probably reaches aps-c (which means that lenses need to accommodate a sensor somewhat bigger than m43). And I don’t think there would be room for such an amplitude of movement of a FF sensor in the small Sony e-mount, which would mean that m43 sensor based stabilization is bound to be better than FE mount. OTOH, Sony have plenty space to move an aps-c sensor in the e-mount, be it seems they just let go that format, sadly.
dun worry, Sony lenses also has optical OSS which Olympus doesn’t have, so no problem of space. IBIS + OSS, so FE is bound to be better than small m43.
I didn’t know m43 has such a pathetically small sensor…
the sensor is bigger than most smartphones!!!
So we have a new smarty sucker. Appeared in Pana 30 macro post and now here. Zeikon!! Time to act 😉
so “small sensor” is a banned fact on this site?
No. Idiots neither 😉
No, trolling is.
Kind of how you shoehorned ‘fact’ into your comment.
I will ask Andrea to kick you out…
People preoccupied with size tend to lack it….
…So how big did you think 4/3 of an inch was going to be ?
still bigger than your pennis
Still bigger than some “brains” appearing here. The size hasn’t change since 4/3 format was introduced some time ago. And even an average intelligent person is aware of it 😉
Wow, that sensor’s really moving around.
An advantage of using m43 is we get very sharp image if you use a FF or APSC lens because the sensor is so small that we do not need to worry corner sharpness, everything is sharp.
Having fun sucker??
shooting 16:9 video on a 4:3 sensor is smart.
Come on, you can do better… he he
It is a great video, but still, quite funny to see two cameras kissing and moving together. 😛
Tusen tack, Fred 😉
Would really have liked to see it just held normally so that you could see it “floating”.. instead he tried to exaggerate the movement way too much.. I mean at least mix it up a little.
That is impressive technology that Olympus should be praised for. They’ve been like a dog on a bone with this idea and are now collecting the rewards. Now if they would just get their camera designers to rethink the ergonomics and buttons of the EM-1, not to mention the hair pulling menu system, they could smoke all MFT contenders. Thankfully, Panasonic has their own amazing tech like 4K video and 4K Photo Mode on the GH4. Would love to have the sensor IS however for my Olympus 40-150mm on my GH4. Competition is good for all who love photography.
Daniel J. Cox
http://www.naturalexposures.com
I have to say I can’t fault the ergonomics of the E-M1 at all, nor the button placement…on the contrary, I find it fantastic!!
To each their own. That’s what makes the world turn. However, wouldn’t it be nice to have a dedicated ISO, WB and +/- EV buttons that even if you are starting with the camera would be easy to see and know what they do? I’m guessing you’ve spent a lot of time setting up and figuring out your EM-1. I borrowed this camera to try on a shoot in Cuba last year and had to spend three hours trying to figure out the buttons, the lever etc. One of the buttons they do dedicate is for Hightails and Shadows??? That’s a great tool but why on earth would Olympus dedicate an entire button to this feature when they don’t even have a button dedicated to ISO? I change ISO’s like I change aperture and shutter speed. It’s constant. Having to dig in to the Super Menu, which is also a misnomer, to change ISO is a huge failing in my opinion. I finally put the camera away after missing many, many photos from the inability to change ISO quickly.
As I said above. To each their own but for those who want to pick a camera up and start shooting with it right out of the box, without spending hours and hours reading the manual and setting it up, Olympus is not the way to go. I wished it was since I love their lenses but compare ease of use of EM-1 to the amazing simplicity of the Lumix GH4 and you will see what I mean. Just one man’s opinion and like noses, we all have them. For those interested here’s a short review I did on the EM-1 while in Cuba http://naturalexposures.com/olympus-om-d-em-1-a-very-short-review/