Too bad the deal is over but it is good to know that there are third party E-M5 batteries that will actually work on your current Olympus charger! [shoplink 30754 ebay]Click here to see the battery specs and eBay auction![/shoplink]
And here are some new E-M5 reviews and testings:
Pekka Potka (Click here) wrote a new post about the E-m5 dynamic range: “With more demanding subjects E-M5 gives even more headroom for adjustments. I would say that for me the total gain is roughly 2 stops (over the [shoplink 23568]Olympus E-P3[/shoplink]) in the way I tweak my images in Lightroom.”
Soundimagesplus (Click here) compared the X PRO 1 image quality with that of the Olympus E-M5 and Sony NEX-5n: “Firstly, using the same Nikon lens on the Fuji and Sony the Sony has purple fringing and the Fuji doesn’t. Secondly, while the Fuji is clearly the best at ISO 3200, just look at how close the Olympus OM-D gets to this much praised Sony sensor at that setting.”
On the road with the E-M5 by Colin Steel (Click here).
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 5/8/15/17/19 (Click here)
UK: E-M5 is on position 35 (Click here).
Germany: The E-M5 is on position 1/3 (Click here).
France: not available (Click here to see rankings anyway).
Japan: E-M5 on position 1/5/18 (Click here).
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Sold out already. They only had 2?
The DSTE batteries shown in the pictures, cannot be charged by the original Olympus charger.
Chinese vendors will say anything to sell you product and worry about the fall-out later. Product quality is always the lowest on the totem pole.
I too bought these batteries from an eBay listing that specifically stated “Can be charged with your original adapter or charger”. A day later they sent me an email that was posted on this site that their inspection department has determined that the battery CANNOT be charged by your original charger.
Here is the listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/110873924706
That Oly is fast…….. And damn the fuji focus is really crap. But at least it has a very good (size) sensor looks good and has iso 100.
yeah you’d have tons of clean out-of-focus shots! 😀
I’m not sure I believe they really were compatible with the Oly charger. They may have said so only to find out that these too are incompatible. That might explain why the listings were taken down so quickly.
Agree! They look exactly like the batteries that I bought before and that – according to the seller – cannot be charged in the Olympus charger (I get a charger for free).
I ordered 3 that were on offer as a bundle and then received a message to say that they will not charge in an Olympus charger but they will give me an alternative charger for free. I cancelled as the batteries cannot be an exact copy of the Olympus original or they would charge in an Olympus charger and I don’t want to risk my EM-5.
David
Adriaantie, give it a break mate, you are really making a fool of yourself
Maybe Steve has a bad copy, because honestly, in any light, my Fuji focuses better. I just tried the same test, and as long as the subject was 5-6″ away from the front of the lens, the camera locked no problem. Not Olympus fast, but about as fast as my 20mm locks under similar circumstances, except that the Panasonic won’t focus at all at this distance.
Maybe Dave has a special good copy, because honestly, in any light, my Fuji focuses dreadfully. Seriously Dave, like Steve I have missed so many shots that I am frustrated. The camera has a habit of locking its focus to what it deems right and the camera remembers that focus as correct. After shooting three or four times at a subject that can’t be properly focused, I had to turn the camera off and try again. And to no avail. I still regard this camera as the best digital on the market, but the focus is just not reliable.
If it’s so variable camera to camera that indicates a big problem. Worse than a hard fault. Hard faults can be fixed, variable functionality hangs around for years and the smell never goes away.
So, on top of unreliable focus Fuji also has problems with massive variability in quality from unit to unit … ? 😉
Well, I don’t know what to tell you. I don’t doubt you, that’s for sure. The only real problem I have had is for quickly moving targets, and the trick with fully pressing the shutter does, somewhat, alleviate it. But I don’t shoot much, if any, action photography. If I did I wouldn’t have stuck with this camera. The AF isn’t fast, but it hasn’t been painful for me. Then again, I went from the 20mm on an E-P2, no speed demon, to an X100, which was awful when it first came out. So I very likely have a different baseline. But I did test the 20mm on an E-M5 and it didn’t feel substantially faster in low light to me.
One thing I will mention. I redid the above test with the AF illuminator on, and I indeed DID have trouble locking focus. The last time I did it I did it with the AF illuminator off (silent mode). My only guess is that the cap was too close for the illuminator to work properly. It shined off that sucker like a star. Turned the illuminator off, and it found focus after about 1-1.33 seconds.
What a silly camera. How can a manufacturer seriously justify asking people to buy a camera for that kind of money that is that slow in focusing?
For that price it should be a no compromise camera.
Sure the image quality is good, but so is the Olympus. The special something everybody notices in the pictures is just bokeh from a fast 35mm prime lens. Nothing more.
I don’t know if there are copy issues. Maybe there are, maybe there aren’t. I just wish Steve would do this test in a more realistic way. I don’t foresee myself doing a lot of low light macro work, and when I do, I will just use manual. I am not trying to make excuses for it. Its AF is much worse than Olympuses. But Steve is making it sound like its terrible in all low light, and that really hasn’t been my experience. I’ve never posted a YouTube video before, but maybe I should just so I can show you what I’m seeing and you know I am not being a shill for Fuji
At 1:00 he mentions having the Fuji in macro mode—all of the in-depth reviews I’ve read mention that focussing is much slower in macro mode. I’m not arguing that the OMD is not a quicker focussing camera—just pointing out an anomaly in the demonstration.
The manufacturer DSTE has confirmed through their replies, that these batteries cannot be charged by the original Olympus charger!
Sorry to have to say that, but… ¡this a most unscientific test!
Steve Huff’s E-M5 video test was just as impressive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-wnypCNFhk
Why doesn’t he compare the M9 with E-M5? manuel focus speed vs AF
Compare GH2 with E-M5 … I never see enough comparison between mFT cameras.
LOL! I thought Fuji had the Phase Detection AF on Image Sensor technology, what happened to it? They should have used it. Or they should have joined Micro FourThirds. Hah!