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Right now the E-M1 is in Stock via Amazon US (Click here). It’s the first time Amazon US itself has them in Stock!
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Right now the E-M1 is in Stock via Amazon US (Click here). It’s the first time Amazon US itself has them in Stock!
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They had a shipment come in last week for previous orders. Mine arrived yesterday. So hopefully we’ll see them start to catch up.
Ordered mine last night, shipped this morning.
OOS
Amazon used to be a lot more attractive before they started charging tax. Mine should be delivered later today from Adorama.
I agree. I’ve stopped buying from Amazon because of tax.
ordered mine more than 2 weeks ago from B&H with 12-40mm …. and I am still Waiting …. *sob*
My local Nikon dealer has had two copies of the EM-1 in stock for several weeks. I went down to his shop to take a look and was happy with the weight and the feel of it, but decided not to buy-in until I see a confirmation from reputable camera reviewers that for the EM-1 Olympus has solved (not just offered a work around to) the double-image “shutter shock” problem of the EM-5. Has anyone read anything on-line to confirm the issue has actually been solved?
It is supposedly a different shutter. It seems strange that it would have a problem that the earlier model was reputed to have. I say reputed because I have never had any problem with the em5 and it would seem from earlier comments that has been the case on this site.
I’m yet to encounter evidence of shutter shock in my own photographs taken with my E-M5. Maybe I’m not using it properly? 😉
Then again I recall a diatribe regarding the “noisy” IBIS as he was convinced it would distract his daughter during her violin recital at the school concert. Who mentions the IBIS noise now? (Except me just then, obviously)
What is this “Shutter Shock”? I’ve had my E-M5 for 18 months and shot thousands of photos and I’ve seen no evidence of such a thing.
It only occur on hand held with long focal ranges and slow shutter speads. But there is a anti-shock function that reduces the effect drastically.
I’ve taken lots of pictures at 150mm with all sorts of shutter speeds and haven’t seen anything like that.
However, someone already posted that the problem is with the E-P5, not the E-M5.
Yes, but that anti-shock measure drastically reduces the camera’s burst rate. That’s a crude work-around, not a real solution.
Have a look at the complete review at dpreview.com which was published on Oct 28 (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympus-om-d-e-m1/20):
“And thankfully, the image shake issue that has plagued some Olympus cameras does not appear to be a problem in the E-M1 as compared to the E-P5.”
(As stated there, it was indeed the E-P5 that showed the problem, not the E-M5.)
Thank you for the link. And to the others who responded, thanks for your comments, too. I’ll sit on the fence for just a little while longer and if trustworthy reviewers don’t bring the issue up, I’ll assume the best and put my order in. There’s no great hurry. My D800 still works perfectly. Still, a new EM-1 would make a nice Christmas gift to myself. Trouble is, what excuse do I offer to my wife when she sees yet another new camera arrive in the mail?
Its hard to justify a em1 when you already have the camera that have ‘everything’
I want the E-M1 for travel. Given the typical 10 kg weight limits for airplane carry-on bags, the D800 is too heavy once I add in two pro-quality zoom lenses. MFT gear makes more sense for the out-of-the-way, hard-to-get-to places I like to visit.
Baba, no. Actually on dpreview m43 forum several people say they do have shutter shock problems on em1 between 1/80 and 1/250. May be just a few bad cameras, or maybe a design problem. Who knows.
Or maybe the people with the alleged “shutter shock” problems just need to switch to decaf.
…or stop using the energy drinks?
After testing the camera at an Olympus event, I came back with a lot of images on my memory card, and one or two of them were blurred without an obvious reason, so I thought it could be the shutter shock thing, but it might probably have been a different reason or even a combination of different reasons (AF, object movement, whatever).
Dpreview, who had been the first reputed testers to confirm the problem for the E-P5, said they didn’t find it in the E-M1.
I been using em5 over 10000 frames and have not encounter double images
Screw Amazon and their taxes!
Oh, poor lamb. Are you upset because you now have to pay tax instead of avoiding it?
Yes, all those schools, hospitals, roads, building inspectors etc etc.
Why should you contribute when it makes your hobby a little bit more expensive.
I’m sure you’re not really a selfish twat…..
Maybe because VAT is the most anti-social tax.
Out of stock now!
Purely looking at the Amazon stocking situation of the E-M1, I think we can safely conclude that Olympus shot it out of the park with this one.
Other than a few ‘know-it-all’ bitching about the prices on various forums and how the m4/3 format is dead, I have yet to see any serious review of the camera showing the E-M1 in a negative view.
Why have a headline that a camera is in stock at the biggest online store when there are only two left?
Maybe it’s because of the headline that there are only two units left. 😛
Two = stock. Not a lot, but it is stock.