New Olympus E-M1 for $999 in USA.

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1. All who bought it so far did it at a considerable loss and had one camera. Meanwhile I had three E-PM2s with a different lens on each body, for roughly the same overall price of a E-M1 body. And each E-PM2 has a 20% higher ISO capacity than the E-M1. You better listen to me … 🙂 But it’s your decision after all. And I may now buy a E-M1 too.

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   1. LMAOFOTF….Your claim about the 20% higher ISO…is total hogwash. Just nonsense.
      I compliment my EM1 with an EPL6 camera…both are great…but….
      The EM1 RUNS CIRCLES around my EPL6 and your EPM2’s.
      Frame rate, handling, customization…something to hold onto with the larger lenses…available battery grip for lenses like the Oly 40-150mm etc…..
      There just is no comparison to the entry model bodies. So …stop with the silly comments!!!!

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      1. Thank you all for your reactions. To me functionality is worthless when you get more noise – due to the weaker sensor.

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         1. Any of the Olys with the 16MP sensor variations will be very much the same image quality, so any of E-PL5/E-PL6/E-PM2/E-P5/E-M5/E-M1 will deliver much the same result. In fact there’s too little a difference between them that any change would be worthwhile, unless you were after some specific operating feature on a different body.

            The tiny differences you see in places like DxO testing would be rather insignificant in real life. Way more can be achieved by careful post processing of the RAW file in your converter of choice.

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            1. Tend to agree in general but some differences are great. Check “the differences” between Pentax K-30, K-50, K-500 in DXoMark. Almost no differences! Where there are, they are 2-3-5%. And why is the E-PM2 20% stronger in ISO terms compared to the E-M1? Because the E-M1 costs four times more?!? This is ridiculous! And I do not buy ridiculous products! Now, at $999, it is another story, this is a fair price.

            2. DxO is nonsense.
               I bought my E-M1 a year ago from Japan for $1029 shipping included.
               9 times out of ten I pick that up over my E-PL6. There is no comparison in the photo creating experience. None. …and NO ONE will see any difference between the files. As a matter of fact..I challenge you to “show” me that the EPM2 is better. Not a useless DxO quote.

               The files coming out of the E-M1 are state of the art MFT. Period.

               Your claims are really silly and baseless.

            3. E-PL6 is probably the same Pana weak old-generation sensor, not the state-of-the-art Sony sensor of the E-PM2.

         2. Then why exactly are you using Micro 4/3 cameras? Get a full-frame camera and you’re gonna have much lower noise levels.

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            1. I have a Pentax K-30 and lower noise levels. I use Olympus for compactness, good lenses (including Panasonic), etc. If only Olympus had listened to their customers …

   2. I bought an EPM2 right after I bought an EM5. It was no contest — the EM5 was pleasurable to use, the EPM2 was frustrating due to worse screen, worse viewfinder, slower framerate, smaller buffer, poor IBIS, worse controls (no front or top dial), etc. It felt like using a compact camera while the EM5 feels like a DSLR with slow focus.

      And that’s just the EM5… if the EM1 had better video quality (total loss of detail in a pan for EM5 and EM1 doesn’t look much better) and AF in video, I’d have bought one months ago.

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   3. Stick to your toys ….. ROTFLMAO !!

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   4. Wow. Now you have three cameras worth $130 each that are a magnitude less functional.

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2. So many price drops a sign of a replacement? (E-M1 II)

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   1. Well, a replacement is inevitable …. maybe Photokina in September ? What changes do we want? I don’t care about video in the slightest but an upgraded sensor is a MUST with improved high ISO. Stick with the same battery pack but improved battery life would be great too.

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      1. Photokina is every 2 years, so it won’t happen again until 2016 as it just occurred last year.

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      2. I so don’t care about video.

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      3. AF should match or exceed panasonic’s offerings. Sensor needs updating, denser (21-24mpx), better noise control at high ISO, more DR. Keep working on the menu system. And I DO care about video. Bring it up to standard ffs.

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      4. Photokina is biannual!

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3. Will this camera auto-focus as fast/accurate at the sony a6000?

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   1. Depending on the circumstances and the specific lens it will or will not. Overall, the a6000 AF might be faster especially in continuous/tracking AF situations. Then again, the E-M1 is the only existing mirrorless camera that focuses adapted DSLR lenses (Olympus/Panasonic) really fast by phase detection AF without needing an adapter containing a translucent mirror.

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      1. Put on face detection on the A6000 and it rarely misses a clear focus and face exposure.

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         1. Face detection on the Olympus isn’t too bad, either. You can configure which eye to target and it still works in really dim light.

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            1. http://snapsort.com/compare/Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-vs-Sony-Alpha-A6000

            2. As I said, on some occasions, the a6000 AF will probably be somewhat faster. After all and to my best knowledge, it is the most sophisticated AF so far found on any mirrorless camera, and the a6000 for sure is an excellent camera. The snapsort result, though. as any attempt to attach final scores to complete cameras, is nonsense. Both cameras are clearly made for different audiences.

      2. And they are doing the best they can for it to remain “the only existing mirrorless camera that focuses adapted DSLR lenses”.

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         1. Which, as much as it can be understood as a business decision to protect E-M1 sales, is indeed stupid, if the introduce the-highest-megapixel-count mirrorless camera on the market but don’t support some of the best lenses they sell…

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            1. YES!

4. Some want Video some want Photos, i do not cut this in two scenarios. This is a dam cool and
   goos camera, but… ( i Olympus-man since..1989..) now the NX-1 is my winner, and i do not
   buy every 6 months a camera, and yes Sony has itas big shine Pro-cameradepatment..and i
   will not get much of that–now. 2020 is a nogo… So i jumed out of this game, the old manufactures did, because they think i jump every year and get next cam? In 10 years this would be about 10.000,-$…so.. are all crasy? hm? 10.000,-$ would be one mega-phot-machine
   ( maybe Nikon and Glases, d750) and one Cinematique 4k Raw-bomber… but.
   10 years and 10.000,-$
   not with me and not the next 3-4 years. im out till 2019.. have new NX-1..

   a non camera producer!! a massproduction-smartphone-manufacture.. the big old ones
   should think a bit and abit faster.. maybe first 1inch 4k f2,0 Smartphones stop all this
   ambitions faster they all think–then this cam would be a 5000,-$ Camera again and only
   9999 were produced.. like 80 years before …is it that?

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