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The next positive [shoplink 17163]Olympus E-5[/shoplink] review has been published by the German magazine colorfoto.de (click here to read the google english translation). The camera gains 73/100 points. By comparison the Nikon D7000 has 69.5/100 points only. The real strength of the camera is the new Truepic V+ imaging processor. And the only major weakness is the high price. You can download all image samples and chart results here: http://www.colorfoto.de/produkte/olympus-e-5-1036192.html.
Also the hungarian website Pixinfo.com posted a new E-5 review (google English translation toll doesn’t work here).
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Honestly, I haven’t read any unfavorable comment to a camera body by these German photo magazines. They are ridiculously writing after their advertisers, the given analysis is very simple in comparison to the thoroughness of dpreview, nor are the tests real field reports where personal experience of the tester has more influence.
The magazine tests are nowadays almost useless not worth the paper they are printed on.
That does not mean that the E-5 is a really good and competent camera, but a high magazine score has no much meaning.
100% agree
Interesting to see that if a magazine writes a nagetive review on a camera they should have made a good review and when they write something nice it is because they need to please their advertisers.
I can remeber the colorfoto issue with the E3 test. It was totally burned into the ground. Then nobody discussed the test. Now they made a nice test and it is to please their advertisers…
Why not try to accept that Olympus put out a very descent camera with the E5?
> the given analysis is very simple in comparison to the thoroughness of dpreview
DPReview tests bodies /without/ lenses and uses fancy PP few can afford => results are generally unreproducible => test is B.S. Body-only tests might have been OK for 43 bodies (where performance of the lenses is quite predictable) but for Canikon the (affordable) lenses are still hit and miss.
What I like in simplistic reviews, that they take a kit for a spin and tell in the review how it worked for them. And that to me personally worth more than the piles of sophisticated diagrams. After all, for that one can always go to the DxO Mark.
God damn Olympus, if you only had some better video specs, it would be a no brainer. But only 720P@30FPS i think i am looking elsewhere. These days it is not about still performance since every manufacture has that nailed down, video on the other hand…..
To be a good photographer, you need a camera that takes great 1080P video.
I would call that a videographer. How often is 1080 HD video needed above 720 & how noticable is it for most of its applications? Have a think about who uses it & what they use it for, not just your wish for “bigger is better”. Is it for large TV screen display or You Tube?
Adobe just updated Lightroom to 3.3 and so E5 is now covered…. GREAT news.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4927
Hi, this magazine has a very brief comparison between Olympus E-5, Pentax K-5, Canon EOS 60D and Nikon D7000. Mainly based on resolution and noise data.
http://www.colorfoto.de/testbericht/test-vier-slrs-bis-2000-euro-im-vergleich-1037854,268.html
The Oly gets the second place after the Pentax K-5 and before the equally third placed Nikon and Canon. The verdict says, that the E-5 can compete in terms of image quality (I guess resolution) up to ISO 800. Above it is weaker. As well they highlight the tough body and the articulated screen.
They roughly guess the noise ranking like this: Pentax, Canon, Nikon, Olympus.
“Intruder
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To be a good photographer, you need a camera that takes great 1080P video.”
Snarky… Also truly wrong.
It’s nice to see all these good E-5 reviews. Last week Roberts here in Indy had gotten in seven E-5s and sold six of them.
A really good thing about the cam I have not heard mentioned is how quiet the mirror box is. Compared to an Alpha 900, the E-5 is SOOO QUIET.
I used to abhor hearing my 167MT’s shutter noises. Don’t like loud cameras.
Yea, didn’t think to mention it, but it is super quiet! probably the quietest I have ever used. No need for silent mode 🙂
That sounds promising, because my E30 is not quiet. The plastic body obviously resonates more. The IQ coming out of the E5 has me wishing for one.
For those who say that this site is always favourable to all DSLR’s please read this one. It’s an interesting comparison among Pentax K5, Olympus E5, Nikon D7000 and Canon 60D:
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=it&ie=UTF-8&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.colorfoto.de/testbericht/test-vier-slrs-bis-2000-euro-im-vergleich-1037854,923.html&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhhP9tmM-_XstTfVdVQy_BTCj2X2jQ