The size comparison image by Imaging Resource. On right you see the [shoplink 28222 ebay]OM-1 (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
You can’t get enough of E-M5 reviews? Then fere is the next from Imaging Resource: “Resurrecting a popular design from its past proves fruitful for Olympus: Not only does the Olympus OM-D E-M5 look great, it takes great pictures, meeting or exceeding the quality of some pretty surprising competitors. Its interface is designed with photographers in mind, with ready control dials and a smart interface, all in a very small package“.
USA readers will be happy to know that the E-M5 will be in Stock on Monday: Black E-M5 with 12-50mm camera (click here). And here for the Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (click here). And at the moment of writing exactly those two kits are ruling the Amazon mirrorless ranking (Click here to see it).
Meantime new ebay stuff for the E-M5 is coming out. Right now I found a new LCD screen you can buy to replace a damaged one ([shoplink 31683 ebay]Here is the auction[/shoplink]) and a new leather bag case that also “works” with attached flash ([shoplink 31682 ebay]Here is the auction[/shoplink]).
New E-m5 and new lens (pre)orders:
E-M5 at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.
Olympus 75mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon Germany and Amazon UK.
Panasonic 12-35mm X lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.
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It is a great design & nicely reminiscent of the OM range. Apart from the design, it caught my eye for the built in EVF along with everything else it offered.
The side by side image reminds me of just how beautiful the OM-1 was.
Yes, the OM1 was a design classic; much missed.
I don’t ‘miss’ mine, I still have and use it.. 🙂
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrobjective/6327183800/in/set-72157627957067781
Its a beautiful camera indeed.
OM-D looks so much more like an OM-3/4 anyway.
The E-M5 is only the first camera in the OM-D line. I wonder what the next one will look like, maybe closer to the OM-1??
“Cons:
Compression artifacts with rapidly-moving subjects.”
??!
JPEG compression is applied globally within the picture, so if any compression artifacts will show, you’d also see it on other susceptible details. Subject movement does not influence nor induce any JPEG artifacts! Moreover, the Oly JPEG engine is renowned to be the best of them all, and their std. compression rate is 1:2,7, as opposed to 1:4 for most other brands, so I find this con from Image Resources a pretty weird conclusion.
They ran out of cons..
Who are they trying to con? 😉 Sorry for the bad joke.
They are referring to bad compression in full HD video,not in Jpeg.
“Bad compression artifacts in full HD H.264 video with rapidly-moving subjects (compression artifacts largely disappear in 720p HD mode clips, though)” : it’s a con for video quality
It is referring to video I believe.
That con was likely for video.
The very good news is the dynamic range test that put the EM-5 near the best APS-C Sony sensors: 12,2 stops of total DR in RAW!
The OM1 was/is a much better/beatuful design – the EM5 looks like a not-so-talented try to copy that.
Does not mean I think the EM5 is a poor camera, it is excellent. Had Oly decided for a more contemporary design, it would have been even better.
Love the look of the 12 mm and E-M5.
45 mm (!)
I did my first model shoot today and after using my Nikon D700 for a few shots, I truly felt the OM-D was a better camera and quickly moved to that for the rest of the day.
3 latest shots on my 500px page if you wish to look: http://500px.com/stephen-nesbitt
Nice pics!
Yeah, nice work!
I can’t help observing that the OM-1 pictured here, like the one I owned, sports a standard lens: an f1.8 50mm. Back then such a lens was normal, standard, routine, inexpensive–and wonderful to have and use. We need an equivalent badly for m4/3. What we have so far is a super-expensive f l.4, plus a bunch of zooms of modest aperture covering this range. A 25mm f 1.8 or f 2 prime, please!
There is of course the 20/1.7, which is a little bit wider then those classic 50mm lenses on a film camera, but actually closer to a ‘true normal lens’. Its relatively affordable, and quite good. An updated version with a more silent, faster focus motor would be nice tho.
+10
The best thing I like about mine is every image is always in focus. I wish I could say the same about my e5
Maybe you should try and go back to manual focus… at least some of the time.
I cant see good enough to manual focus with long lenses
That’s not an OM-1…this is an OM-1! (And yes it’s mine)
http://flickr.com/photos/pooroldpunch/7324966462/
The hotshot is removible I think.
Love the look of the original. The hump of the e-m5 makes me keep laughing. Thats one serious design error.
In your case, someone forgot to add a brain to the design.
Side by side image reminds me of my previous thoughts that OMD shoud have been 1cm wider.
It would look a bit more classic and in proportion.
It would have helped with the ergonomics a bit too. 🙂
I also did a few photoshoots with OM-D. I really love this little camera. You can check a few photos here http://500px.com/kktp/sets/photo_shoot_with_olympus_om_d_em_5