Here are the latest E-M5 news:
The Lightroom 4.1 beta (CLick here) now supports the E-M5 RAW file. Time to make new testings with one of the best RAW converters 🙂
Meantime Engadget (Click here) posted the Fuji X PRO 1 review but talked a lot about the E-M5 too: “We haven’t reviewed the OM-D yet, but our preview hinted at promises of much better autofocus. It also has five-axis image stabilization and our few test shots revealed very good high ISO performance too. The OM-D also has a faster 9fps burst mode, is drastically cheaper and overall promises to be a real challenger to the X-Pro1’s perhaps more emotional virtues.” Yep, the E-M5 may be the better choice in terms of price-quality. But I would like Olympus doing a special edition liek the one you can see here at Fujirumors 🙂
More E-M5 bits: Fuji X PRO 1 versus Olympus E-M5 at Soundimagesplus (Click here). E-M5 versus NEX-5N versus G5 at Itmedia (Click here). E-M5 flower test at DC.watch (Click here).
UPDATE now Sold Out! The Black E-M5 with 14-42mm kit lens is (now was!) in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). A first Black body only is available at [shoplink 30578 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. And our reader Marc just wrote: “Picked up the black body only version of the om-d from Jessops in London. I was on a pre-order and I didn’t notice any in store on display so maybe they’re only fulfilling the pre-orders at the moment?”
The Super new Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 is in Stock for the first time at BHphoto (Click here). Another hot deal is the GX1 body at Amazon (Click here) which just got another $20 price drop.
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Out of stock again. I’m getting pretty tired of waiting on B&H, if I’m able to find it in stock elsewhere I will place an order.
Try to call 17th street photo ,. As i did last week.
I got two E-M5 black kit (14-42 & 12-50) now in my possession. I bought from 17th street photo as they called me last week . And then I canceled my Pre-ordered from B&H,.
Thanks for the tip, unfortunately they are now sold out too.
lol, worst lens for xpro1 against one of the best lens for m43… sigh, it’s hard to get good comparison with all the fanboy crap happening in every forum and on every site.
28mm should be compared to 14mm, or even better, use 35 1.4 on Fuji and 25mm 1.4 Pana-Leica on m43, than you got a fair comparison.
What lenses are you saying are the worst for the xpro1 and the best for m4/3? The reviewer tests the cameras with a couple different combinations.
My impression from reading his blog is that he has tried to make the most fair comparison with the lenses he has on hand and has tried to stay objective. He is also quite hard on the Olympus for some things (he says ISO 6400 is “nasty” and ISO 1600 is only “ok” and “The Fuji X-Pro 1 it isn’t!”)
I am guessing that you haven’t read the whole review. The real problem in every forum these days, is all the people who are so quick to denounce others as “fanboys”. The use of that term has become the venereal disease of the Internet.
Yep. Sold out already. This is why I’m not even going to try to get one now. I want one, but I know it’s going to be a while before they can catch up with demand. Add the fact that I want the silver version, and I’ll be waiting even longer. Gives me time to buy other things. Like a rug for my dining room. Haha.
In 3 months it’ll be $200 cheaper. No hurry.
“The Lightroom 4.1 beta (CLick here) now supports the E-M5 RAW file.”
Great !! 😀
Ugh. I haven’t really been too worried about getting this camera ASAP, but what is up with B&H??? I ordered the black ‘body only’ 1 minute after pre-orders opened on their site. What gives?
Anyone have any estimates from Olympus on when the ‘body-only’ version are going to be released in the states? (I guess B & H is not at fault if Oly hasn’t delivered)
Ditto. I gave B&H poor marks in a recent customer service survey simply based on their lack of communication re my preorder.
it should also be noted with the RC2 for lightroom- for you non-E-M5 people, it’s worth getting for the MUCH revised defringe tools- which before was total garbage in LR4 RC1.
as for me olympus image at iso 200 looks better and resolution is better.
Got my Voigt lens from Camera Quest last week. Heavy glass, tricky to use for close-up but it will focus to less than an inch from the front of the lens (one page listed it as a 1:4 ratio but I have to wonder at that distance). I need to spend some more time with it to get better at shooting (seems trickier than my 25mm Voigt.)
Yeah I agree with others, BH is kinda sketchy on their pre-orders. (I pre-ordered an NEX-7 with them in February when they said “ships Mar 1” but sure enough they didn’t get enough from Sony. I turned around and found the body-only from Cameta for the retail price and bought immediately and even got the camera in time for me to take it on a planned vacation in March. BH was kind enough to refund the money I paid up-front, but I think it was sketchy that they pulled the money from Paypal when I placed the order, not when they were shipping.)
Why have 1 person’s money when you can sell the pre-order stock to another while the demand is still high, then ship to the first person as stock becomes more avaliable. Not the best business tactic, but it makes financial sense for them I guess.
Well B&H does say up front that if you pay through paypal, they charge you up front. If you pay by credit cards they’ll charge you when your order if fullfilled. I don’t think that policy is much different than a number of other merchants.
It is also annoying not having any word on when I might get my pre-order filled. Annoying to wait, but more annoying that I don’t even have a clue when I might finally get it.
I have a silver body only on order from B&H. From what I have heard a very, very small number of black body only and silver body only cameras shipped from B&H this week. So hopefully next week they’ll get a bigger shipment in. My pre-order date of April 3rd is making me feel like it actually could be June before I get mine. Sigh.
Ordered silver/body only at adorama on the 8th of Feb – still waiting 🙁
Great news, for LR support 😉
Be patient guys, it will be plenty of E-M5’s in a couple or three month. I also want one and cannot get it, but I’m happy Olympus is selling this so well. In the meanwhile I got the Voigtlander 17.5 and enjoying it in my E-p3. In case you want to know the best quality print you can get from a 12Mpix E-P camera, Ctein, an accomplished photographer and printer, is selling a high quality original print (17×22″) from an E-P1 with 45mm f1.8. He figured out how to reduce the costs of the print production as much as possible, so he is charging only 19.95 wich includes shipping only within USA. Here is the link.
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
How do you find the weight of the nokton on your e-p3? i have a silver e-p3 and i am thinking of getting the nokton. i had the 25/0.95 last summer but sold it before i get my e-p3. Are you using the mcg-2?
It is quite front heavy with the E-P3, but I find it quite usable, not confortable, but usable. I guess it will be much better on the E-M5 with grip, but I have to wait for it. I’am to exited now that I got the lens, maybe I’ll have another opinion after a month or so. I’m not using the mcg-2, but it can be an excellent idea with this lens, thanks. I’m just gettng used to the lens now.
the 17.5mm is noticeably bigger/heavier than the 25mm
Hrmpf…
I am a long time (Apple) Aperture user… and I just HATE the Lightroom interface or pretty much all Adobe products in general. I just cannot really get used to the UI. But considering all this and the improvement from LR 3 to LR 4 I should probably re-consider and give it a try.
Anyone else made the switch and is happy with it?
I’m a long time (and exclusive) Mac user (1985) and really loathe the file handling of Aperture. One of the best things about Lightroom is that I could the retain the same file system and folder hierarchy I’ve used for years. There was little need to reinvent the wheel to get started.
You’re right about the interface, it’s way too complex. I wish there were palettes like Photoshop or Illustrator that I could keep on my second monitor, instead of the one-window-tries-to-do-everything-(sorta)-whack-a-mole-disappearing-drop-down menu crap it has now.
As for what it can and does do, Lightroom 4 is great!
Thx for your comment Mr. Reeee.
From your previous posts I already knew you were an Apple User like myself. (I am actually even in the business selling them… but that is a different story).
For me it’s the other way round. I really LOVE the way the Aperture library works which lets me forget about where I physically stored my pictures.
And I love the way the Events are shown and laid-out in the Event Browser.
I have to test LR 4 thoroughly… and see whether I can accomplish the same with it. Plus… I get it for free 😀
I’m with you, Aperture stores and organises a photo library 10x better than Lightroom! I think part of the issue is that the UI for using a referenced library isn’t very clear – but it is more flexible than Lightroom; from what I’ve read/seen, anyone that says differently hasn’t discovered all of Aperture’s settings (but that’s Apple’s fault).
Personally I use Aperture for the conversions: some programs offer better noise reduction or resolve greater detail but for me Aperture produces the nicest images. Which is what I want from RAW developing software!
To me, the Lightroom interface is the most organized UI, you can find in any raw processor. The single module interfaces of Aperture, AfterShot Pro, RawTherapee, DxO, and Capture One are relative to Lightroom very cluttered and not good organized. In Lightroom you have one edit panel, from which you can easily access every editing tool, by just quickly scrolling up and down with your mouse wheel. The competition’s UI is mostly organized in tabs, which you have to click on, which breaks your flow of work. The separation of functionality in modules gives Lightroom a very focused interface, in which you can navigate with keyboard shortcuts very quickly.
Ya… okay okay I’ll give it a try 😀
Just have to find an easy way to migrate my Aperture Library to Lightroom. Otherwise… I’ll do it manually.
its a PITA (at best!) trying to migrate between them and keep your edits. btw Aperture can be used with existing file structures, its just not the default, but referenced master has been an option for a long time, for that matter you can mix and match mode s easily if that serves a need. I too am a long time Aperture user, LR4 has some nice features to be sure, but not enough to tempt me to migrate 20,000+ images! Luckily for me by time i can afford to order an e-m5 there’ll be a RAW update for Aperture lol!
The third Soundimages image at 12800, I mean, this is pixel peeping at ridiculous iso, but the Fuji is far better, look at the leaves. At 1600, its a tie.
Does anyone know if the in-body IS will work even if you mount third party lenses via an adatper on it ?
For example a PL mount prime lens via a PL to m4/3 adapter.
Thanks 🙂