I really can’t stop to post new links to E-m5 related news. There are so many new things to show you that here we are again with a new E-M5 related post:
Federico Cabrera shot a full fashion photo series with the E-M5. The title of his work is “Daydreamers” and you can read and see more about it at Olympus Finland, Federico Cabrera website and Revsmag.
Gakuranman (Click here) posted his E-M5 field test: “It will be exciting to see what Olympus can innovate next to improve upon the camera. I look forward to seeing their micro 43 pro model in time. But for now, the E-M5 is everything I need in a camera and much more.”
First Impressions: Sony NEX 7 vs Fujifilm X Pro 1 vs Olympus EM5 OMD at ThePhoBlographer (Click here): “This is a three way tie. OMD wins for autofocusing, NEX 7 wins for manually focusing in real life, and the X Pro 1 wins for the easiest ergonomics and getting your settings right if you’re a manual shooter.”
First nighttime test of the E-M5 at E-P1.net (Click here). The french blog Lesnumeriques (Click here for the translation) posted the full E-M5 review. The dutch website Focusmedia (Click here for the translation) also posted a new E-M5 review. The polish website Optyczne (Click here for the translation) also did his job pretty well.
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USA+Canada:
Black E-M5 body at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here), J&R (Click here), Henrys (Click here).
Silver E-M5 body at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here), J&R (Click here), Henrys (Click here).
Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here), J&R (Click here), Henrys (Click here).
Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here), J&R (Click here), Henrys (Click here).
Black E-M5 with 14-45mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here), J&R (Click here), Henrys (Click here).
Europe:
Black E-M5 body at Amazon DE (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), Jessops (Click here) and Warehouseexpress (Click here).
Silver E-M5 body at Amazon DE (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), Jessops (Click here) and Warehouseexpress (Click here).
Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens at Amazon DE (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), Jessops (Click here), [shoplink 30334 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Warehouseexpress (Click here).
Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens at Amazon DE (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), Jessops (Click here), [shoplink 30333 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Warehouseexpress (Click here).
Asia:
Black E-M5 body at Digitalrev (Click here).
Silver E-M5 body at Amazon JP (Click here).
Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens at Digitalrev (Click here) and Amazon JP (Click here).
Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens at Amazon JP (Click here).
Black E-M5 with 14-45mm lens at Digitalrev (Click here) and Amazon JP (Click here).
28 Responses
Olympus, when will I get mine?!? I pre-order but no word at my local shop. Why? Why? Why?
Yeah, I’ve got mine (Netherlands). Only one silver version was available, but in real life it’s pretty darn cool. The rest of the deliveries will be next week.
The 12-50mm lens isn’t that bad. Sold my G2 now I’m only having Olympus cameras but with some Pana lenses.
E-5 isn’t going just yet.
When are the UK’s coming I love paying 300 quid more than anyone else but I just wish the distribution would reflect it!
I like the kind of marketing Olympus is doing with Cabrera’s fashion shots. Test photos, reviewer photos, and early adopter shots do nothing for me when I’m deciding on a camera. I like to see what kind of creative, serious work can be done with these toys before I’m sold on them.
@casaubon I am totally with you on this. Olympus can take a page out of Fujis book in regards to this.
But Cabreras work is good start. Are these shot with the grainy film filter?
Besides this all we have is in my opinion, fairly average shots from Robin Wong. I don’t find these impressive at all.
> “This is a three way tie. OMD wins for autofocusing, NEX 7 wins for manually focusing in real life, and the X Pro 1 wins for the easiest ergonomics and getting your settings right if you’re a manual shooter.”
Wow. The latest greatest generation of cameras are benchmarked on manual focus. Bravo!
I think the ergonomics of the Fuji suck personally. This was one of the main reasons I sold it. Yes, the dials are nice. But to hold it, it feels very clunky. Nex7 is much nicer to hold. Not tried em5 yet.
I’ll buy that! My Olympus P2s (I own three of them) have gotten me back into manual photography, including manual focus and exposure using an incident light meter. The key is Live View with effective customization, which Olympus has in spades. Photography is fun again as I take time for precise composition, focus, and exposure.
I’ve decided to focus my future lens purchases on high quality native and adaptive manual focus lenses such as those found in the Nikon AIS and Voigtlander lines. Yes, I have a P3 and autofocus for the kids and birds but, at the end of the day, if you use an expensive ILC or DSLR for “point-and-shoot” it is still point-and-shoot.
I’ll probably own an E-M5 or a P4 someday, but I’m waiting for the dust to settle. I’ve been burned before when an early adapter of photographic gear.
+10
Funny how with all the auto-everything doodads on today’s cameras, manual control and manual focus are still critical benchmarks.
Yep, I’ve gone through about the same transition, except with a GH2. like you, I’m also buying mostly Voigtländer (Leica M mount) and Nikon AI-S lenses instead of native M4/3 auto-lenses. This adds the flexibility of being able to adapt them to other systems, like NEX, for only the cost of lens adaptors.
I also laugh reading the sentence….should create the new term : Digital Manual Camera to differentiate with Digital Automatic Camera….:-)
I am looking at the voigtlander pancakes at the moment, there are a lot of pix on Flickr of them being used on m43 cameras they seem to be a good match. I do not go in for razor DOF and the f3.5 and f4 seem fine for me with the e-m5 doing high Iso well.
The range is good 12, 15, 21, 25, 35mm there is a problem though, which ones and cost, I am leaning to 15 and 25mm at present. Or was it 12 and 21mm………
I would like focus peaking on the e-m5 though.
Tatarara now i got the camera !!!!!!!
First impretions wwwoooooooowww
Damn FAST , fuc….g FAST !!!
Feels really hard and consistent
EVF has a lot of options and
The focusing with my 12-60 SW with olympus adapter is fast and acurate!!!
That is just one hour with the camera , And this is only the beginning ^^
Ernest, I am a bit worried about what “fast” means when it comes ZD 12-60mm. Could you please compare with other camera-lens combos, if possible? For example, is it even comparable with the Oly 4xx(5xx, 6xx) with the kit lenses?
Many thanks!
Well actually how can i say it , i just have 2 lenses 4/3
12-60 , 50mm 2.0, and well with the ep3 and the mmf1 the focus was faster , compared to a normal 4/3 body , ex my E30 , but with the EM5 is like 4 times faster , of course im using good fast lenses 2.8 & 2.0 but instead the focus is really fast , the 5 axis stabilization system works really good , actually when u grab the cam U CAN FEEL IT !!!!
But im really happy with my new toy ^^
What nonsense….
Your 43rds lenses focus faster on m43 than on E-30? Yea right…
Yeap!!!
To the e30 it cost to focus depending of the situation , em5 with an adapter and 4/3 lens, focus really fast ( i mean – finds the focus point quickly !!!
totally prove it !!!
I know it doesn’t sound right coming from Ernest, but you might be surprised.
The EM5 and E30 have different algorithms.
EDIT: Actually, I’ll take that back. Just tested and the E-30 focuses much faster than the OM-D with the 50mm Macro 4/3 lens.
Mmm i think i didn’t explain myself in the right way!!!
EM5 focus damn faster than the E-30
— shoting from the screen —
In liveview mode !!!!!!!
I cannot wait to try the E-M5 and 50 mm f/2.0 combo. I hope what you say is true, as my EPL-2 and 50 mm are ok to use on auto focus for some situations, for the most part it is too slow so I manual focus – it will be a nice treat if the E-M5 really focuses the 50 mm fast – like my old 4/3rds bodies…
Just picked up my E-M5 from Henry’s in Halifax. Battery is charging and I’m reading the manual.
A local camera shop down here in Metro East near St Louis just got some black OM-Ds with the 14-42 in. I canceled my body only order on Amazon and will pick one up in the morning. Hopefully, I can offload the lens for $75 or something.
B&H has the black one with the 14-42 in stock!
If anyone’s interested, the cons listed by Optyczne are:
– a bit uncomfortably placed fn2 & play
– bad screen: reflections and blueish tint when viewing at an angle
– evf has its issues
– a bit uncomfortably placed fn2 & play
Try it with the grip. I’m going to guess that it’s based on it without the grip.
– bad screen: reflections and blueish tint when viewing at an angle
I think that’s mor eto do with the film coating on the plastic cover than the actually LCD.
– evf has its issues
It’s actually quite good. The response time to sense that you’re covering it and to switch to LVM it actaully pretty good.
If that’s all to pick at, then I’d say it’s a brilliant camera! 🙂
“I think that’s mor eto do with the film coating on the plastic cover than the actually LCD.”
Lol are you going to put your own non-reflective plastic on then ? 😛
“If that’s all to pick at, then I’d say it’s a brilliant camera!”
Exactly !
the three imnages are ugly.. look like some bad death metal cover
agree not
Also disagree