I keep finding links about new E-M5 reviews and test. So it’s time for a new roundup:
Steve Huff (Click here) finished his E-M5 review: “To all of those who feared M4/3 in the past, fear no more. The E-M5 is versatile, capable, fun, serious, well built and offers everything we can ask for in a take anywhere camera. BRAVO OLYMPUS!”
Full E-M5 review by Pocket-Lint (Click here): “We like it, we like it a lot. But with a taller asking price than the Nikon D7000, and at just £200 shy of a Canon EOS 7D kit, there’s a lot to consider.”
New E-M5 review at E-P1.net (Click here).
A bit weird OM design thought at Minimallyminimal (Click here).
Olympus OM-D E-M5: mise au point manuelle at Lepidi (Click here).
E-M5 versus GX1 by Petter Magnusson (Click here).
10 minute video of OMD E-m5 video on a quadrocopter flying around a skate park, showing how good the video is and how well the IBIS works on Vimeo (Click here).
Hungarian E-M5 review by Pixinfo (Click here).
Silkypix RAW quality comparison by DSRLcheck (Click here).
Jérôme: “Here’s a fresh video from my OM-D E-M5 using best Zuiko & Panasonic lenses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Mv6j88vPA
And a direct link to download the Full HD movie: http://dl.free.fr/bXvQsUZFK”
Vittore: “Here you can find ( https://plus.google.com/u/0/105314449991381543946/posts ) a first little impression from a professional photographer with OM-D E-M5 here my portfolio if you want to know who I am: http://photographer.photoshelter.com/”
E-M5 (Pre)order links (Click on store name): Amazon, Adorama, B&H, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.
Bestseller list. Check the list (changes hourly!):
USA: E-M5 on position 10/13/18/19 (Click here)
UK: E-M5 is on position 11 (Click here).
Germany: The E-M5 is on position 4/12 (Click here).
France: not available (Click here to see rankings anyway).
Japan: E-M5 on position 3/6/16 (Click here).
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I would’t call the OM design post weird. I find it to be a very good criticism of camera design.
Well, the discussion assumes that the hump is there only as a retro gimmick, and contrasts it to the much less pronounced Nikon V1 hump. If that were true, I would certainly agree. But what if the hmp is needed to have room for the IBIS (as has been claimed)? In that case, the pronounced humb is needed. The article fails to take that possibility into account. Which kind of makes it weird.
Apart from that, I totally agree with the denouncing of retro sentimentality just for the sake of sentimentality.
Well, there is certainly space needed for the IBIS, but that does not mean a hump is needed. Olympus could easily have made rangefinder style viewfinder or a less pronounced hump, but I think they didnt want to. They embraced this retro design, and now it’s a little stupid to say the hump was a necessity.
This remains an unfounded claim from your side until someone has opened the camera and has seen how much space the IBIS system actually takes. Yes, a rangefinder style of course would have been possible — actually I would have preferred that myself as I prefer a brick-shaped form. But not if it would have been necessary to make it considerably larger than the PEN to accomodate a humpless camera with IBIS.
Maybe future implementatipns of the IBIS will be smaller. Olympus is most likely less good than e.g Sony to miniaturize designs, but may achieve it with some more time. But I guess with their difficult past 6 months, they may also have decided to ship a product instead of keep iterating on the design.
Here you go BLI. Take a look for yourself and tell us if you think the ‘hump’ was necessary or a bunch of wasted space in the name of retro design.
http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7009/6845557041_eed9a0c14d.jpg
(I do remember seeing higher res images of this cut away view but I didn’t have any luck finding them. Maybe someone else can help?)
No, I don’t see much wasted space (as one should expect). Perhaps a little bit in front of the EVF which perkaps could have held a built-in flash or remote controller for flashes. But the image is too low resolution to say much. Besides, I’m not a designer. And furthermore, it is too late to change the E-M5 :-).
original page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62942199@N08/6845557041/
hi-res
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6845557041_d2a939462a_o.jpg
TO add to this, take in mind that the EVF has IBIS also
LOL what ? You’re saying that you actually believe the EVF to have its own IBIS ? Think about that for a second.
Point by IS sensor in hump, is not space but place. 😛
Interesting thoughts from Petter Magnusson. A couple of comments, though:
* Yes, the E-M5 is bigger than the GX1 (and the PEN E-P3). However, if you add EVF to those, the situation changes.
* Petter assumes, incorrectly I think (??) that you cannot angle the add-on flash to the ceiling.
* In portrait mode, you have no use of the tiltable screen. True, but is that really important? My use of the tiltable screen would probably be limited (1) to reach over a crowd and still see what I will aim at, (2) to reach low e.g in macro pictures, and (3) if I don’t want the target to be aware of being photographed. I doubt that portrait mode is very important in any of these three cases. But I may be wrong 🙂
It is in 3), could also be in 1) wat about a long plant seen from below, or 2) imagine a large crowd in a morrow street, easy..
I’m sure that the fact it isn’t fully articulated will limit possibilities and drive you to shoot more in and landscape mode. However having a fully articulated display I’d say that it is harder to hold the camera steady when you have the camera at arms length in portrait mode, for instance if you want to shoot at a flower; you are rarely comfortable in this position. In landscape mode, the flip up display can’t be imitated by the fully articulated display you have to fold it out which I often find noyous, because it interferes with the neck straps.
Right. And the large viewing angle of the screen makes it less important to fold it out anyway.
> In landscape mode, the flip up display can’t be imitated by the fully articulated display you have to fold it out which I often find noyous, because it interferes with the neck straps.
That’s the problem with side folding display.
But Sony A77’s screen doesn’t have that problem.
http://vimeo.com/28116427
Shooting in portrait mode with a fully articulated screen, you shoot from waist level, pulling tight on the camera strap to steady it. Or brace your arms against your body and hold it closer. I rarely hold my camera out with extended arms when using he LCD.
I would be happy if the OM had a non-moveable screen. It has a viewfinder. That’a all that this photographer needs. (I shoot stills only). The camera would be more compact and possibly cost less.
But are you saying you are unhappy that it does???
Well I am in the EXACT position as Peter Magnusson (Compares GX1 vs OM above). I have a GX1 and am buying an OM (just sold my G3 on ebay last night to help pay for my silver OM, so I have to WAIT, too! LOL) and I agree with almost everything he says. But, I also have to agree with a comment above that Peter neglected to mention, if you are going to compare the 2 cameras fairly you must include the LVF2 on the GX1 (from a cost and size standpoint). That being said I think the GX1 is still a simpler camera in-the-hand. I think that the OM, for me HAS to have the battery grip (top-part-only to handle well with my big hands. So I want to own both, for now.
My feeling about the screen on the OM is this: I would rather have it be fully articulating to give complete benefit for the increase thickness and cost, or not have a moveable screen at all. I don’t “get” this style of screen. (maybe it is a video thing?). I found that my G3 complemented my GX1 perfectly. What one camera lacked the other had. So on that rare occasion, for me that I needed an articulating screen I had one.
I have decided to go for the OM to replace my G3 for all the reasons that Peter mentions: improved ISO performance, IBS, and also frame rate.
I do find that particular screen style a bit of a head scratcher for a camera that does so many things well! I am not losing any sleep over it though as I use a viewfinder 99.9% of the time. (note…my GX1 has the added benefit of swiveling up so that I can a least shoot landscape style shots with the camera on the ground if need be).
I don’t get your swivel screen arguments. The only thing you can’t do with this type of tilting LCD is shoot the camera backwards aimed at yourself. It shoots low and it shoots high, which is all that you need from a tilting screen is it not ?
Yes a separate EVF can swivel up, but on the OMD there is the LCD for that (rare?) occasion.
I agree tho that by their bad (maybe on purpose) grip design they force us to buy the add-on, that can only be bought as both parts. As if €1300 for the kit isn’t enough already. I’ve held it, and it is horrible without the extra grip indeed.
Also i would have rather had a fixed screens as well, if only to make the buttons more easy to handle. Settings kept changing on me the time i used it. And i’m really not clumsy at all. If only it was possible to lock important settings from accidental change, or even the buttons themselves.
I bought an E-330. The reason for the 330 was the tilting screen, well other factors as well, ibis, liveview, size. None of these features were available on any dslr at the time, and how the ‘experts’ decried them as un dslr like totally unnecessary. It is now almost impossible to find a dslr without these features in some form or other.
Tilt screen? in operation its fine, use the viewfinder at eye level use the screen overhead or waist level. In portrait mode use the EVF or stand side on to the camera on a tripod and use the screen. I can never understand buying any camera that has to be held out straight in front of you to see what your shooting. In Sydney a screen cannot be seen most of the time.
Judging by the price only I still wonder if the EM5 is a good value for money. Do you guys realize that the GX1 ( even if highly criticized it’s still quite new ) and the GH2 ( ok, past year model ) cost 700$ with a kit lens ? I believe the IQ is very similar, and I don’t think the weatherproof + image stabilization + viewfinder justify paying twice the price.
Only the shutter sound alone makes it worth to buy E-M5 over GX1 imo. It’s near silent, very much like E-1.
If you can live with last year tech, it’s always a better value for money as value deprecates usually faster than tech gains advantages. I’ve bought a E-PM1 last month. And a GF2 with 14 is dirt cheap here in Germany too. Those will do 99% of the things most people need.
If you want the newest stuff, you’ll always pay a premium.
As I read some reviews, I noticed that there is some prejudice against m4/3 based on sensor’s size, not exactly on IQ, DR and High ISO performance. I mean, the guy from The Verge, for instance, he recognizes that IQ is up there and so is the overall package but he puts that the simply fact that the sensor is smaller as a negative and the fact that a m4/3 sized sensor camera should not cost 1000$, seriously, it doesn’t make sense.
One could argue about DOP, crop factor, but that wasn’t used as part of the argument and even if it was, it’s a relative point, since sometimes you want bokeh and that’s a good thing, but sometimes you want deeper DOP without losing light and that’s a good thing. So I think it’s very prejudiced to call the size of the sensor alone as a negative – even more twice.
“We like it, we like it a lot. But with a taller asking price than the Nikon D7000, and at just £200 shy of a Canon EOS 7D kit, there’s a lot to consider.”
I understand the idea behind this argument but at the same time it feels a bit pointless because I think that someone that is looking for something like a DSLR like D7000 or 7D won’t be looking for a E-M5 or vice-versa. Of course there is some intersection people that would be in doubt about both, but for the majority I think that these two groups os cameras are very distinctive.
Or you want a DSLR and all its size, functions, phase detection AF, lenses or you want a smaller mirrorless, more discrete and practical camera. You hardly want both at once in the end there are more chances that one could end up with both than in doubt about one or another.
Well put.
There is also the lens collection to consider. Give me several thousands worth of 43/m43 glass and I will not ebay it all away to switch to Canon or Nikon simply over a $200 price difference on a body.
> Or you want a DSLR and all its size.
Unlike this obsession to unergonomically small in mirrorless DSLRs size isn’t there for the sake of size:
It’s for giving good ergonomy and fitting direct controls without on screen menu hell.
And because of physical requirements of that highwe end bodies where that size already in film era before that D was added in front of SLR, just look SLRs of last ten years before they became digital.
Camera can be small and compact or bigger and ergonomic but not both at once.
That’s why there are different cameras to different market segments. Which is something mirrorless has failed to understand yet and reason why mirrorless hasn’t been able to lower sales of DSLRs in Europe and NA.
Or do you want mirrorless to stay just as that small camera and complementary to DSLR instead of offering full body range capable to taking future away from mirror systems?
“that size already in film era before that D was added in front of SLR, just look SLRs of last ten years before they became digital.”
No, the (my) Canon A1 or Nikon F were only as large as an E-M5, for unknown reasons (professional) DSLRs doubled or trippled in size.
Cars were smaller in the past, too. Products evolve.
They are assuming smaller things should cost less. Quite the contrary in manufacturing, miniturization sometimes costs more
As a concept designer I disagree with the author of minimallyminimal. He talks about a relationship between a design and the time it was born, but In this period of recession a glimmer of the good old days is not bad at all, coming up again with a retro enclosure for a new technology makes me more comfortable and secure.
I wouldn’t change my automatic mechanical watch for any digital one, I just simply love this piece of metal and gears and how everything works together flawlessly. I just wanted to say that the “minimalistic” approach doesn’t work for everything.
All these reviews are great & all, but it would be nice to get delivery of my first hour pre-order. 😐
I ordered my silve one on Fri. I am thinking “maybe” sometime in June or July! LOL!
My pre-ordered silver body from Amazon USA arrives today. I placed my order in about the first 20 min of it being up on the site.
Just got another “still on backorder” email from Adorama. 🙁
Hey thanks Mark. I didn’t think that any Silver Bodies would be shipping until the end of the month!
I was shocked to get the email from Amazon Saturday, I wasn’t expecting it either and I needed something for my Utah hiking trip in 2 weeks. Big thanks to Olympus for getting them out now! My lenses have been sitting gathering dust for weeks after I sold my GF-2 and E-PL1.
I’m starting to think the X Pro 1 must be applying RAW NR – it looks consistently cleaner in RAW than anything else, but also consistently softer, even though the absence of an AA filter should make it sharper. Something doesn’t add up here.
Wouldn’t be the first time.
I think it was Canon who was caught doing NR at raw/sensor level already about five years ago.
But there can be also other reason adding to it:
That new irregular colour filter arrangement causes resolution loss in red and blue channels compared to normal CF!
In normal CFA there’s always only at most one pixel in between before next same coloured pixel in any direction while in Fuji’s hype sensor that gap in between same coloured pixels can be up to five pixels in some directions.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/fujifilmxpro1/3
I would have made the same hump if I were the designer.
By the time EM5 was in development, there was NEX series already in the market. And if we know NEX7 and XPro-1 is coming, Olympus probably knows it too. At similar price point from experienced camera builder, build quality would be similar too.
So next question, would you design a so-called “range finder” style body knowing that you can be only as good as other competitors?
So, like it or not, the designer have to make a significant difference in body design to make EM-5 stand out.
I’m tired of trying to convince people that a smaller sensor is not a liability, or inferior. Some people get it, others do not. Personally, I’m thrilled to have my new OM-D and a nice collection of EXCELLENT lenses. I’ll also be getting the HLD-6 and Zuiko 14-54mm mk II for traveling. That, along with the PL 25/1.4 and Panny 7-14mm will make a great travel kit.
The smaller sensor has it’s advantages. I was shooting a magic show with my GH2 and I needed to shoot wide open on the lenses I used and having more DOF helped me get more good shots. I used the 20, 25, 45 (oly) and the 7-14 and the kit held up.
Ability to shoot at bigger apertures for same DOF actually gives possibility for evening up differences in light gathering area in certain situations.
4/3 sensor’s area is about one fourth of “full frame” sensor. Now guess what’s the difference in DOF: Roughly two stops.
So when using f-ratio giving same DOF sensors of both cameras receive same total amount of light in same exposure time because two stops bigger aperture gives four times the radiative flux.
And if target is stationary you can use IBIS to get extra stops of exposure time for gathering more light or allowing lower ISO.
Truth is simply that every single camera/system is always compromise between lots of various things.
People just don’t see this. Even in the E-5xx days I had a small camera with excellent kit lenses which as a double zoom kit was very cheap. Others with contemporary Canon cameras felt better as their camera was larger – but they didn’t take them as often as I did and the kit zoom – back then – was blurry.
The hump doesn’t bother me. What bothers me is when you prioritize form over function. I wish the add on grip was built into it. That would have had room for extra stuff so the camera could have been thinned to provide built in flash and an articulating screen. Hump or not I would have bought one then.
+1
Exactly my thoughts.
There’s no doubt E-M5 is an excellent camera, but styling is too retro. A much better interpretation of classic OM look could have been made. minimallyminimal.com article made excellent comparison with automotive design. While some cars take old design cues and incorporate them in modern shape, others are just bad copies. Although, I cannot find any car from a major manufacturer that would have as bad retro design interpretation as Fuji X100 or X1 Pro.
The hump on E-M5 is that large precisely because there’s no built in flash: extra height was needed to accommodate accessory port, used primarily by addon flash. Let’s hope Olympus makes a modern looking camera with E-M5 internals.
Btw, comparison with Nikon V1 is not fair because its viewfinder is much smaller.
I have commented on this forum on several occasions that when the Pro version arrives it will be bigger. it will be somewhere between the em5 and the e30. There needs to be more space for function buttons on the outside and more space for the electronics on the inside. This increase in size will probably necessitate a change in form and style.
Get your requirements in quick.
this prolonged criticism suggests that the omd design effort is simply aping the om 1234 design aesthetic , however a close examination of the form between the 2 cameras shows that there are many formal differences existant
the look of the omd is not the look of a 70s slr , sir…. rather it an homage
and the hump? get over it olympus needs someplace to put the evf and other goodies …
no one freaked when pany did it with the g 1 g2 gh 2 did they?
why ? cause it has a flat top …….really?
Certainly people freaked about the GH2 “hump”, specifically. Go back and read comments here (or the dpreview M4/3 forums) from the past year. There are countless diatribes about “the hump” and it’s uselessness and other typically shrill comments. When the OMD was first shown there was barely a peep about it’s “hump”.
The GH2 is not great or groundbreaking design, but it has pretty good handling for it’s size. It’s utilitarian. Could it better or even beautiful? Absolutely. I don’t spend any time looking at it. I just use it.
@ Mark and Miroslav +100!
with all the talk about grabbing back to old classic designs bein good or not, don’t forget lots of current cameras also have that “hump” right side of the lens mount, the part where the film cartridge was located. The Olympus E-1 was designed in L-shape, because that “hump” was not necessary. Later E designs moved back to the old shape again, prob because people are used to classic design. Btw,even a mirrorless camera with built in EVF in brickform is retroish lol.
I love my E-1 for dropping the “side-hump”. And people did not like it.
” Btw,even a mirrorless camera with built in EVF in brickform is retroish lol.”
+100
“Btw,even a mirrorless camera with built in EVF in brickform is retroish lol.”
Yes, this is a bit like looking for animals in the clouds, isn’t it? You can always find them if looking for them.
The black E-M5 is more modern because of it’s finish & the silver more reminiscent of the OM SLR & that’s the one I’m waiting for, just because I like the look of it, but the black would have been just as fine if that was the only choice.
Plain and simple: Get rid of the hump on the E-M6 and I’ll buy it. I have a feeling there are a good number of potential consumers who feel this way.
I reviewed the EM5 as a travel camera as I spent the past 2 weeks travelling around Japan with it, my header image is straight out of camera jpeg (cropped with logo put on top) on the website now: http://www.adventurerob.com/2012/05/the-perfect-travel-camera/
Ahh! how I wish I was on the escalator in Kyoto Station (fantastic building) heading for a coffee on the first level, before jumping on a bus at the bus station just outside, to goto ??? who cares I love bus travel in Kyoto. The worlds best bus map. The Pachinko parlour south of the station, massive, and the noise, did I mention the noise, you have to hear the noise.
Like your web site, I have the same temple, but mine is better!!! I’m in the shot.
I have to go back again, but I said that last time, and the time before, and the time before, well you get the idea.
Kyoto is a very photogenic place too, so many ladies in kimono, nice amount of greenery, old architecture. Wish I spent longer there.
When I read all of the criticism aimed at this camera, I find myself amazed that Olympus are able to sell more than a few hundred of them, not the thousands as seems likely by the constant wailing of ‘where is my OM-D E-M5, I ordered it on first announcment’. On the other hand perhaps many of them have bought it to try and will sell on Ebay in a few months time, goody will buy for £500 then. But on a serious note this is a fine tool for it’s job and as regards price, as has already been mentioned anyone with an already kit of lenses from other u4/3rds bodies will not be dumping it all to buy into another system, one that unless you buy APS-C or bigger will have fewer lenses to consider.
OMD E-M5 is now in shop in Paris.
My first samples here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabrys
Minimallyminimal = Right on target! And not just about the OMD.
Minimally has all the right points, very valid and logical. I find the coolest thing that right now I can choose if I want retro (with high tech) or “forward” design. I bought an OMD, not a V1. I owned a new Beetle (turbo), not an UP (that thing may be functional…blah..blah…but it is butt ugly! LOL…… Again, everything he says is valid…there is some human factor he is missing though in his logic? No?
Does anyone know when the Silver OM Body is going to hit the street????
2013.
Mine will be here in 2 hours. Pre-ordered through Amazon Feb 7
Steve Huff and Ken Rockwell are two fun to read photo bloggers – but not sure I trust any of them. Huff is very enthusiastic about the EM5 and Rockwell is deeply in love with the X-pro1. Strangely I never seen photos by these two guys that are great. I listen more to bloggers that are great photographers.
Both cameras are great, none perfect as I see it. Both are expensive, the EM5 seems to need the extra grip as most reviewers say. The EM5 is a more mature camera with only minor downsides. The X-pro1 is on EP1/2 level with one significant flaw (AF is like on EP1). Is the IQ of X-pro1 so much better than EM5? Don’t know yet, waiting for LR support of its RAW. Form factor is different, none problematic to me. (The OM1 looks far better than EM5 though; hump is better in harmony with rest of camera)
Would you buy a holiday vehicle that had a great engine, well designed layout, massive wheels and tyres but the power steering fails almost every time you turn the wheel at low and parking speeds. But hey, it looks great and sounds great. Would you live with it.
Yes but does it come with a set of Ginsu knives?
I’ve had my E-M5 for a little over a week now, the monitor has cracked and is inoperable and after carrying it around my neck for three hours last Saturday the rubber eyecup detached itself and has gone missing. It’s pointless having a weatherproof magnesium body if everything on the outside of it breaks or falls off! I would add that in over thirty years of photography I’ve only damaged one other camera (I slipped on a rock and dropped a Leica M3).
Yes, it’s lovely to use and the image quality is superb – but to capture good images it all needs to be there and working.
My disappointment is all the greater because this is so very nearly the camera I hoped it would be. I’m quite happy to pay for it to be repaired. It I’m not prepared to wait weeks for it to happen. I will call Olympus tomorrow (it’s a public holiday here in the UK today) and see what they say. If it can be repaired quickly I will give MFT another chance. If not then despite its advantages I will move over to a format which can offer decent quality equipment.
Please keep us informed. Service matters a lot.
I have the E-M5 for two weeks now. Everything is fine, a great leap from the E/PL1.
I’m in the MFT-System with glass worth 1.500 EUR (much for me) and for me the E-M5 is without much compromise.
That’s unfortunate. Let us know how it goes. Olympus usually offers good customer service.
Sorry to hear about that. I have never carried my GH1/2 around my neck for fear that the rubber eye piece would get ripped off and the OMD is only marginally better than the GH1/2. It looks like they are going to have to make them a little more durable yet. How did the LCD get cracked? Was it just from bouncing around on the neck strap?
It bumped against my knee as I picked it up from a chair, by the strap, to put it around my neck. It was a very gentle impact and I didn’t realise any damage has been done until I wentvtonuse it a few minutes later. I have always carried my cameras around my neck as I find it convenient to do so and I believe that’s not unreasonable. I have ad to replace a few eye cups over the years as the rubber has worn from rubbing on my clothing – but that’s fair enough. However bits hold not drop off our cameras, certainly not cameras which are designed to be carried around.
I’ll keep you updated.
You’ll have no problem with Olympus service, it is second to none, something which could be said of Minolta when they were in business or of that one that starts and ends with the same letter, service is crap.
I spoke to a very nice lady from Olympus this morning and have sent the camera back to them for repair. She reckons I should have it back in about ten days if they have the parts available. She also suggested I write an email which she will pass on to Olympus marketing as feedback. Interestingly she told me that because the screen cracked in the inner layer and not the outer one, it might be deemed a defect and not my fault. On the other hand, if it is my fault, it will cost me £177…
Well, it’s only designed to be weatherproof, not dog bite proof!
🙂
Interesting design discussion by “minimallyminimal”! The Nikon V1 is a very good design from estetical/functional point of view – just maybe too small. As soon as I can get my hands on an EM5 I will see how the design works functionality-wise (in my hands).
The Fuji X-pro1 is another camera that is too retro and too much a Leica-look-alike. Functionality/usability is great though, at least for me.
The optimal m43 design concept is, to me, the Pana GF1/GX1: Great proportions, very nice handling. It “speaks for itself”, no silly retro, industry design at its best. A Pana with whatever name but also a built-in EVF and IQ, tilt screen like EM5 – that would be my choice. In camera IS? would be great, but Pana decided for lens IS and will probably stay there.
@ Admin – My EM-5 just arrived, thanks for letting me know that it was available at Adorama.
FYI, dpreview.com just posted a guide on how to getting the most of your Olympus E-M5 camera. http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9115179666/user-guide-getting-the-most-out-of-the-olympus-e-m5
Dpreview have done a User Guide for the E-M5.
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9115179666/user-guide-getting-the-most-out-of-the-olympus-e-m5
I haven’t had time to read it yet, but it looks like it could be helpful.
Hi all, nice to see you like my thoughts on teh OM-D vs E-M5! I have now got my OM-D and made a more in-depth analysis of the handling etc:
http://www.fotograf-stockholm.nu/olympus-om-d-e-m5-first-impressions-hands-on-vs-panasonic-lumix-gx1/