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Letsgodigital tested the new Olympus E-5 flagship camera: “When we only look at the specifications, it seems as if the Olympus E-5 has been surpassed on all sides by most camera manufacturers. However, practice leads to a completely different conclusion.“..:”the Olympus E-5 has improved or renewed its finest details. It is very solid, very complete and very versatile. “. The final verdict is EXCELLENT! I repeat it again. It’s amazing to see how a 12 Megapixel sensor can be optimized to deliver a top image quality (at leats at Low ISO!). Read the full review at Letsgodigital!
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Let the floodgates of negative reactions open… hehehe
No need to, its just bit noisy, otherwise its fine camera. I think with some carefull noise reduction and shooting at base ISO, it will perform good. Thanks to zooms having f2, it shouldnt be hard to keep ISO pretty low.
Other story is.. why its not better. 🙂
“We also expect that the Olympus E-5 is the latest top model from the E-series of DSLR cameras.” The last ? or latest ?
Both.
All you have to do is look at the other “reviews” on that site.
They’re not reviews. They’re advertisements (which, by the way, has little to do with whether the E5 is good or bad).
I thought the review was good. I would like to know of a camera that is under $3,000 that you can shoot at ISO 3200 and above and get a great image. It doesnt exist. We shoot with 7d’s 5d’s and e-5’s non of which is good enough to use at 3200. Ok I agree the 5d looks better at 3200 than the e-5 but so what neither can be used without noise reduction software, and if you use noise recuduction software then the end result is the same.
I wish people would look at all cameras for more than Hi ISO performance. There are many advantages for using the e-5 over Nikons and Canons and there are many advantages for useing a Canon or Nikon over an e-5. It all depends on what your using if for
A+
FYI: I was in Henry’s a camera store downtown Ottawa today: There’s no 4/3rd gear on the shelves and M4/3rd is in the far corner of the store.
becouse you are Rocky, that situation does’nt have to stop you from get what you want.:))
I was about to put: “one camera does not a system make”
but then … there are two other systems that have just one camera:
– Sigma
– Leica
mmmmmmmm, maybe they can do it? (wakes up from dream)
the e-5 is certainly getting good reviews, perhaps there is a modular future ahead (thinking: sensor, mount, finder … and the mount can be 43 or m43). it would certainly be good to consider swapping the chip, and Oly is known for novel things.
but when the e-5 was announced I had 4x FourThirds lenses, I now have 2x and my investment in the FourThirds system is staying at 50/2 & 14-54 II … my e-30 is a wonderful tool, I cannot bring myself to buy the last camera in a system that Oly is potentially about to abandon.
m43 needs two lenses now: a portrait prime and a fast standard zoom … it’s not much to end the bigger FourThirds system is it!
dCap… you can use the excellent SHg f2 glass on your GH2 for shooting film as well… And they double as excellent glass on your E30 to shoot stills (or even better on your E5 if you own one).
Really I think there is no reason not to buy into four thirds glass. It is really outstanding glass which will work for years to come on the new 4/3 bodies that will be released in future.
You can use these lenses for shooting film as well and they even get highly recommended for it by pro cinematographers… like Philip Bloom.
http://philipbloom.net/2011/01/26/which-lenses-for-your-gh1-gh2-af100-af101-etc/
i wonder why no body ever talks about the shg 2.0 glass. Maybe thats why I love my e-5 so much. I own a 12-60 but its a toy compared to my 14-35 and 35-100. Even the Canon shooters at the studio and believe how sharp my images are even at 2.0. they all use L glass and have to shoot at 4.0 cause they cant get sharp images at 2.8
I suspect not a lot of people here have used a SHG…. Most people here are talking about m4/3 stuff.
I tested a couple of SHGs on my E-620, and here is my conclusion: you need an E-5 to see the benefits of SHG. There is no sharpness difference between 50-200mm SWD and 14-35mm f2 on E-620, because the sensor is the bottleneck, not the glass. 14-35mm f2 does have the benefit of less vignette at the corner and other optical excellence (and of course sharp constant f2). But if you have E-620, the best price/performance value lenses are 12-60mm SWD + 50-200mm SWD combo. The price of 14-35mm SWD is those two lenses combined. The opposite is true. If you have an E-5, SHG is the way to go. All depend on what type of work you do, obviously.
Agreed on the Canon lenses. I’ve seen samples of Canon L lenses and they can be good, but not good enough when compared to SHG for the reason you stated. They over spec-ed their lenses and must be stopped down.
SHGs aren’t AF performers though. That’s based on my test on E-620. E-5 probably does a better job (especially with a firmware update specifically aimed to increase 14-35mm SWD’s AF speed). 14-54mm mk II with high speed imager AF is faster on E-620 (high speed imager AF is CDAF, SWD is PDAF). So if you like to shoot in LiveView, 14-54mm mk II is the standard zoom lens to get. But the two SWD lenses I used (14-35mm and 50-50mm), they have incredible sharpness and contrast, and color is very rich. Each lens has their own pros and con.
I had the 50-200SWD -excellent lens- but sold it since it was my biggest investment in the system …. the f2 zooms I think are out of my price range, the e-5 if it was £1000 instead of £1500 it would be more tempting, but as ‘possibly’ the last camera ever made for this system I wanted to pull out. I looked hard at the new d7000 and the 60d as well as the d300s and 7d but the glass just isnt there for me with one exception: I want a fast standard and oddly the nikon 35/1.8 looks like the best fit for what i want, but I considerered the canon 35/1.4. for the moment my E-30 and 14-54 II and 50/2 are my studio tools and my e-p1 14/17/20 is for out and about
I used to have the nikon d700 and a couple of primes but left FX to come to the 43 idea which is why I’m most displeased with the Olympus quitting move. if I knew the system had more cameras coming and more lenses even if it was in a few years time then I’d be loooking into getting an E-5 as what could be he best studio camera out there, it’s certainly a nice bump up from very good E-30 … my safety factor is watching the market and then dumping my three items before the used market gets flooded, the lenses are already selling out of stock in a few stores! brrr. but nothing canon or nikon do tempts me enough (apart from a return to the d700 or maybe a 5dII) that is how much I like my e30 it beats all APS kit hands down. I just can’t lay down 1500 quid on what Oly have said is their last camera!
grrrrr …. want one, need to talk to Olympus rep and get some hope for a future ?
Olympus Have never said the E-5 will be the last one.
I guess I wasnt talking about sharpness. The sharpness of all the lenses are great. Being able to go down to f2.0 and get the quality of 4.0 of a Canon is very important. Ill take the 2 stop advantage of the lens over the 2 stop advantage they have on ISO all day long
I was hoping to see an E5 but they said that they were hard to come by. My E3 will do the job until I legitimate my wants & Needs… 😉
PS let’s go digital got their review out before dpreview!
Olympus should work very hard how they can transition the 4/3 lenses to m4/3. once they are able to make it focus as fast as phase-detect or even faster, I’m sure people would be more confident to plunk in their money to these lenses since they know it will still be supported in the future. we all know Oly said that it’s their Zuiko lenses that brings the most out of the system, they should live by this
I doubt the 4/3rd lenses will ever work as good with contast focus. Its totally different technology but I dont forsee them droping the 4/3rd system. They have stated the E-5 has been a great success. I am sure they will follow every business philosophy (supply and demand)