It’s time for a short E-m5 recap!
1) Damian MacGillycuddy (Click here) started a new Olympus competition and posted a new E-M5 nude picture.
2) Federico Cabrera (Click here) posted some fashion photos taken with the E-M5. Nice!
3) Full resolution OM-D E-M5 samples compared to Pen E-P3, Lumix GH2 and Sony Alpha 55 at Four Thirds User (Click here).
So, when will our postman deliver us the E-M5? BHphoto (Click here) still says it’s coming on April 16th. Amazon UK (Click here) says the E-M5 will now ship within 1-3 months. Amazon Japan and Digitalrev will ship the camera from March 31th. Amazon US (CLick here) doesn’t share any info and the first [shoplink 29946 ebay]eBay preorders (Click here)[/shoplink] are up via Malaysian store 🙂
I don’t believe Olympus will be able to ship all the E-M5 preorders. The requests are really high and the E-M5 Olympus camera keeps staying on the Amazon US top seller list (Click here).
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Here are all full store search linsk I check from time to time to see if the E-M5 shipment/preorder status changes:
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The BandH date could be because they’re closing for Passover.
“B&H will be closed Friday April 6th in observance of Passover and will reopen on Sunday April 15th at 10:00AM EST.
Orders must be placed by 4:00PM EST on Thursday April 5th in order to ship before the Holiday.”
Too much traffic on Fedrico Cabrera’s site????
Site is just not opening !!!!
The nude photography by Damian, isn’t that shot with EP3?
I am speculating that e-m5 might be using Sony’s sensor, same as nex-7
Why you think this ?
Don’t think so. The per-pixel quality looks quite a bit better on the E-M5.
hahaha, are you saying the EM-5 has a better sensor than the best sensor on the market with nearly the same pixel density (pixel pitch around 3.8 µm) ??
I think this because you compare camera iso which are not true iso (the dpreview test ?) but I really hope I’m wrong and EM-5 has the best sensor… I would buy it as soon as possible if it is the case !
Does it matter what sensor it is if the camera provides the results??? Having shot a few frames at Focus’ I can only say I’m mightily impressed with it, only wish I could justify buying one.
Hmm…I don’t care if Oly doesn’t have enough as long as they have enough for me to get one 🙂 I ordered mine on Feb 20 from BH. How many do you think they will get. They said I was about 50th in line, but I’m not sure how accurate that since first he said he didn’t know how far I was in line. Told me to call back end of this month. I would think they’d get at least 50 right it’s a big camera store?
Those ordering before 20…um…don’t forget to cancel your order and put it in again to get the rebate on the free accessory hahaha.
BTW, I ordered on Feb. 8 from Amazon. The word is that all Amazon U.S. customers will see their E-M5 orders shipped BEFORE any of the B&H orders,or orders from other vendors, are fulfilled. Sorry.
Okay, okay, that was a joke. I’m sure some of you just had cardiac arrest.
-smile-
JPEG and RAW on Four Thirds User make me believe em-5 has same sensor as GH2. Noise is VERY similar although the rendering differ but that is the processor job and both camera do employ different processor.
In the end it doesn’t matter but it’s a fun hunt for pixel peepers to guess who made the sensor 🙂
If you are right, I think I will buy a 600 euro GH2 instead of a 1000/1100 euro EM-5 !
Wow, just looked at FTU comparisons. GH2 smokes the other m43 outputs in the details department. Quite disappointed actually since I was expecting more from EM5.
This is due largely to a combination of different lenses and different focus points. What you’re seeing is mainly the difference between the new 12-50mm and much sharper panasonic 14-140mm. The guy that did the photos stated he did the test as an ISO comparison and he didn’t use the same lens because it wasn’t meant to test sharpness.
I think it depends a lot on what part of the picture you look at. Inconclusive test.
Ian, who did the shoot from FTU explained the EM5 shot was not in focus. He said he’ll try to redo the shot.
If you look the the DPreview comparison shots you see it’s not the case.
So the Hype over the new and amazing focus system is over too?
Who would have guessed?
Olympus is turning into the Pinocchio of the camera world…
another E-M5 fiasco?
Olyfanboy: XPro1 sucks because of AF system, it’s like AF is EVERYTHING in a camera, if AF sucks I do not care about IQ, DR, colors, ISO performance or anything, AF is like super important
looks like E-M5 focus system keep missing, 3D tracking is poop… basically, oly AF is not that awesome except for still life.
E-M5 is a sweet machine but it looks like they went with quantity rather than quality when it comes to features. IQ suffers because of it, it shows sample pic after sample pic. I’d rather have less features and awesome IQ but that’s just me I guess.
And this is your conclusion from a random inaccurate test?
Wow you’re sensitive to opinion a lot.
Boring.
I will wait for the next OMD model, which will be cheaper and come later this year.
Federico Cabreras site is back online, too many visit i guess?
http://designyoutrust.com/2012/03/26/federico-cabrera-diary-om-d-em-5-daydreamers-singapore-pre-release-series/
Cool video Omd on order
My Amazon UK order status says that it is expected to be dispatched on Saturday (31/3). That’s for a black body-only.
I guess the 1-3 months it shows now is for new orders.
Fredrico work is quality. Did he use the grainy film filter for one of those shots?
Damians not my cup of tea. I don’t like glamour shots personally
The model is a bit “hippy” for me.
British oly marketing seems to be a bit more open to using “skin” for promotion whereas Olympus Germany doesn’t even allow posting nude or even slightly erotic pics in it’s own user forum.
I guess the cam will sell better in the UK 😉
judging by the average English and German tourist I see, the different marketing approach makes a lot of sense.
The pictures aren’t particulaly erotic, if you ask me. Frederico’s model seem almost anorectic to me.
Wow. I just looked at the price Dital Rev wants for a body only. About $50 more than Oly Aust and they are a load of thieves wanting $300 more than the US price. DigitalRev want AUS $1320 that is US$1391 for a body only. I will have to change my IP and see if they are doing a con and pricing on the IP address.
I wouldn’t trust them for anything, no matter how good the price is.
So it looks like we are being forced into a position of not supporting local business because of the bloody-mindedness of Oly Aust.
Fills one full of doubt for the future of Australian retailers, when its not their fault its the greedy middle men and manufacturers.
Yea, it sucks. I would love to shop local, but I don’t like getting fleeced. I’d say it will be BandH for me.
I bought the X100 locally when it was new but recently bought a G3 from the USA for about $300 less than australian shops are still asking for.
Its not a good situation!
Amazon will not deliver camera equipment to Australia. So Admin you might as well leave them off the list.
Another company that I don’t have confidence in. I’d rather buy from B&H as they have proven to be reliable in my purchases from them so far (& I’m also in Australia).
+1 i have also been very happy with BandH (also in Oz).
I wonder if OM-D testers were asked not to post longer videos:)
Actually, I recall reading somewhere that there is an embargo to that effect. Wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Wow.. great pics!!
All I can say is a great photographor doesn’t need a fancy camera. IF they use a compact camera, I believe, they’ll give us impressive pictures :p
I’m a bit worried she is going to dislocate a hip =/
Great Camera.
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