The Olympus E-M10 is collecting great feedbacks every week! First Dpreview said it’s “truly an impressive camera” than DxO said it’s a “mini marvel” and now the camera earned an “Essential!” mark at Photographyblog (Click here):
Commendably the E-M10 is as solidly-built and stunningly designed as its more expensive brothers – the only real concession to price is the lack of weather-sealing, something that many users at this level won’t miss anyway, especially as the camera’s buttons are subsequently a little easier to press. The Olympus OM-D E-M10 is cheaper than the E-M5/E-M1 and most of its similarly-specified rivals too, making it a real bargain that importantly makes very few concessions to hit that very tempting price-point. Essential!
Store links for US and Europe:
Special page with all new products at Amazon.
E-M10 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama , GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
Olympus SP-100 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus TG-850 iHS at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus ECG-1 Black Camera Grip for E-M10 at Amazon, Adorama.
Olympus 9mm f8.0 Fisheye Body Cap Lens at Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex Uk.
Olympus V321200BW000 Macro Converter MCON-P02 (Black) at Amazon,
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What’s the last camera not named essential by photographyblog?
Well…ACTUALLY…fewer than you would think….Photography Blog gave that honor to a camera almost two months ago…(which is eight cameras ago)….and they gave that “Essential” award to the FujiFilm X-T1…which is, in my book…a pretty damn nice camera!
And so is the E-M10.
I agree!
In M4/3 terms, the same rating they gave to the GX7, EP5, EM5, G3, GH2…
Does it auto-correct for CA ? With both Pany and Oly glass ?
How does this new EM10 compare to EM1 when using old 43 lenses?
Any on sensor PDAF? Would like to see some reviews on this aspect 🙂
Fully agree. Outstanding no-compromise compact camera
I think em1 supports 43 lens with the ability to do autofocus and all that was suppose to do on a 43 body while em10 is just gonna be another legacy lens u slap an adapter on with manual focus. Not 100% sure but I think thats one of the highlight oly put on em1. As far as optic and IQ guess there wont be too much difference seeing all the review all praise the em10 on this for having equal or similar IQ to em1.
EM10 focusing performance with 43 lenses is the same as on an EM5. It will auto-focus, but performance will be slow. Some 43 lenses are CDAF optimized like the 14-54 II and will work OK(although not great compared to native lenses).
I am tempted, but to be honest I would love to see a bit more video in their next body… So my money will hang around my pocket until then… Why not GH3/4 for me, to be honest the IBIS, which with some improvements to the video (such as mic in and headphones out and a few more framerates etc) I would pre-order.
This really is the camera I’ve been waiting for. When I can get my hands on one for around 400,- I’ll definitely pick one up.
Oh….so you will buy one about 3years from now. Cool.
I hope to pick up a refurbished one or a used one with around 1.000 clicks within a year :).
The only thing I didn’t like about this camera is that there is no obvious way to set exposure comp in M+auto ISO (according to the Olympus guy I asked). Also I couldn’t figure out how to use M with Art filters (because the art filter is an item on its own on the mode dial) but I guess that must be possible somehow.
It will only works if you shoot raw and do it in post using Oly Viewer 2 software for exposure comp and art filters.
Or you can do it in-camera by shooting RAW And then turning the mode dial to art filter And selecting jpeg processing in display mode, in fact, jpeg processing will pick any config thats currently set in the shooting mode And apply it to the raw
Or, you could change your colour mode when in M from ‘natural’ (which is the default), and keep pressing the -> button until you get to the art filters, then you’ll be able to use the Art Filters completely in the manual mode.
oh a BLOG says that… wow.. never before had single person so much influence it seems.
10 years ago nobody cared what someone, who has no journalistic background, would write….
Shoot the messenger, not the message…
for me: no pdaf on sensor, no buy…
That’s also were I stand unfortunately. But it’s a very nice camera nevertheless.
So you have a lot of Four Thirds glass you want to keep using? That’s basically the ONLY reason someone would ask for PDAF on an Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera.
I still have my E-5 and all of my lenses for it, so at some point, I will upgrade to the E-M1.
Help me. Refurbished E-P5 or E-M10? and why?
Thanks
Get the cheaper kit. Why? If you’re not put off by the obvious form-factor differences, they’re basically the same camera. (I discount the rumors of shutter-shock with the E-P5, at least as far as them having an impact on me – I’m still learning and will screw up a single shot in 15 more obviously my fault ways before I’ll come close to losing any detail to shutter shock.) Arguably the E-P5 is the better camera (5-axis, 1/8000, 2×2 control) but then again the E-M10 is newer (TruePic VII, long exposure tweaks).
I went with the E-M10 for cost and integrated viewfinder – coming off the E-PL1 I really wanted something that handled (and looked) like a more traditional DSLR. Plus the OM-D was cheaper with the 25/1.8 than the E-P5 with the 17/1.8.
I just got the E-M10 recently (coming from a Panasonic GX1), I was blown away with the improvements and image quality. I really like the built in image stabilizer.
I was comparing both the E-P5 & E-M10 in the beginning as well, but I want an integrated viewfinder, so I got the E-M10. I think the image quality for both cameras are likely very very very VERY similar unless you do a 100% side by side crop comparison
In my opinion, get the E-P5 if:
– You don’t need an integrated viewfinder
– You like the rangefinder look
– You need 1/8000s shutter speed
– You must have the 5-axis stabilization (difference in 0.5 stops compared to a 3-axis stabilization according to review sites)
Get the E-M10 if:
– You want an integrated viewfinder
– A new E-M10 is cheaper compared to a new E-P5
– Better WIFI functionality
– Newer processor, which shows better high ISO performance… apparently…
“… has a 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor with on-sensor phase-detection auto focus (81-point)”.
“Completing the EM-5’s top-plate …”
“The EM-5 offers …”
That’s the consequence of creating reviews with copy & paste.
Does this mean the end of the PEN lineup for the western market? No recent news on the PEN lineup, and I am not seeing many stocked in my local camera stores.