This is how the E-M5II shutter sounds when you unleash the full 10fps speed!
And if you need to read more about the new camera check out the full review at Mirrorlessons with an additional note on the sensor:
You might wonder if there are other “hidden” improvements such as overall image quality and autofocus performance for stills. Olympus couldn’t confirm to me if the sensor is the same. Regarding image quality you get the same nice colour rendition of Olympus cameras. There is a slightly improved detail rendering at high ISOs thanks to the new TruePic VII Processor.
Some more new E-M5II test. French Hands-on at Hybridcams.
Preorders (if you preorder through those links you will support 43rumors…thanks!):
E-M5II in Black at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II in Silver at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II In Europe at AmazonUK, Jessops, WexUK, Namencolor.
14-150mm II lens at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
FL-LM3 Flash at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus ECG-2 External Metal Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus HLD-6P Battery Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8g at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
EE-1 Dot Sight at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
E-P16 eyecup at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8G and HLD-6P kit at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Full leather case at Amazon, Adorama and GetOlympus.
Olympus PT-EP13 Underwater Housing at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-860 at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
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either that is very quiet or they hade the microphone in the next room
The former I think given it’s likely shot on an 5 II so the mics would likely be quite close to the subject there unless they were using a long lens.
The audio in that clip is misleading, they are using automatic volume control, and it’s dropping the recording level as soon as the camera starts firing. Just listen to the change in background noise and the speech levels before and during.
Also very badly edited, clicks and clunks, and an overlap repeat echo
First rule of video shooting is turn the mic auto-level off.
Reportage video is usually shot on a GH4 with a shotgun mic.
I thought that. Also hear stuttering indicating an edit; probably used auto-level.
Don’t Ollie use electronic open and mechanical shut?
The shutter is already open, just needs to start recording.
The first thing the IBIS has to do is lessen the mech shutter bounce and it doesn’t like an opening thump.
Nice 🙂
I think I will start saving a little, sell some lenses and buy this nice little guy. For 4k video I will use my Gopro4 which is soo small and good enough for hiking and videos of my baby. Let’s hope that they don’t have quality issues with the sealing of the screen again, like on my (and many others) EM5. Have a nice Sunday
Full-HD is more than good enough for your needs there because 4K has to be down sized for use. 4K is cinematic size and intended for broadcast use; it is expected to be edited and down sized to FHD distribution; 4K tellies are as rare are rocking horse poo.
4K computer monitors are appearing but expensive; I using a colour calibrated older 1080 version of the new Samsung 4K wunder-monitor, can’t see me coughing up for 4K screens yet.
4K needs a lot of processing power just to run them, even this 8-processor tower pc works overtime to run 4K video; I have to run them in 4K to edit them down to FHD. Editing 4K can be a pain. Tonight’s shoot will concentrate on the audio so I shall probably shoot in FHD to get a better audio synch between camera and 4-track in the editor.
gorgeous in silver!
From what I have read so far, I’m impressed with Olympus regarding the EM5. It sounds like they are listening to their customers, and delivering useful features. It will be interesting to see what they have up their sleeve for the EM1 mk2. If they deliver 4K video, and a new sensor it could be out of the park.
I think there’d be no point in releasing a new flagship without at least acquaring new sensor tech IMO. Rushing a new EM1 II only for organic sensors to be released 6 months later would be such a waste, better ¨settle¨ for this new EM5 II and wait for new sensors.
They will release the E-M5ii at the current E-M1 price point, so does the E-M5ii become the new flagship?
Has anyone checked how many RAW images does the buffer take? I hope they improve the RAW buffer size for the upcoming OMD-E-M1II and battery life as well. Naturally it has to have this improved 5 axis stabilization+8pic 63mpix RAW or more. 4K recording and mic and headphone sockets. 120fps 1080p. I’m by no means saying that they should not improve the AF system even further on the E-M1II .. they def. should.
Key specs for upcoming OMD E-M1II
-same improved IBIS
-Higher resolution OLED view finder + smaller lag
-same or improved AF eprformance
-Larger RAW buffer even if only from 40 to 50 (ram is cheap)
-true 14bit raw’s
-Electronic shutter based timelapse modes
-electronic or physical shutter based 4-6K timelapse recording into a proper video format
-4K photoshooting like panasonic
-internal 4K video or at least clean HDMI out with embedded timecode
-log mode
-flicker synching.
-beter battery life
-Zebras
-focus peaking
-UHS-II card slot
-USB3
-olympus waterpfroof OLED /AMOLED monitor addition (buy sepperately, precise color monitor)
And I will pay pretty penny for it 🙂
+ back lit sensor
Key specs for upcoming OMD E-M1II
-same improved IBIS [That’s a given]
-Higher resolution OLED view finder + smaller lag [This is a key improvement, most DSLR-fanboys still argue about EVF vs OVF]
-same or improved AF performance [I’m hoping they can implement something like Pany’s DFD]
-Larger RAW buffer even if only from 40 to 50 (ram is cheap) [That’s feasible]
-true 14bit raw’s [one day, but not with current sensor]
-Electronic shutter based timelapse modes [avoiding shutter consumption would be nice but electronic would also introduce some problems i.e moving verticals]
-electronic or physical shutter based 4-6K timelapse recording into a proper video format [isn’t this the same as above?]
-4K photoshooting like panasonic [nice feature but goes against Oly”s pure still philosophy, also, they’re one stubborn company]
-internal 4K video or at least clean HDMI out with embedded timecode [yeah, they’ll need to jump into 4k bandwagon otherwise their flagship will look like a joke, but hey, it’s olympus we’re talking about, they never jumped into the EVF-equiped RF model bandwagon]
-log mode [couldn’t care less]
-flicker synching [this is nice but there are ways around it]
-beter battery life [wouldn’t we all want that, for all our cameras]
-Zebras [couldn’t care less]
-focus peaking [they already have it]
-UHS-II card slot [if they do 4k they need it, IF]
-USB3 [2.0 by now would be a crime, they should put type C but I don’t mix hope and Olympus in the same glass]
-olympus waterpfroof OLED /AMOLED monitor addition (buy separately, precise color monitor) [Why should they waste they resources in a field they’re not experts in ? they’re loads of ext.monitors out there, far better than what Olympus could make in they first attempt]
You forgot some TRULY important omissions:
– NEW ORGANIC SENSOR or BSI
– GLOBAL SHUTTER
– 2-3 stops more of DR
– Optical performance EVF (no lag, real time EVF with high resolution and no noise)
– Improved Keystone feature with both adjustable Shift AND Tilt with more degrees
– Improved HiRes mode with selective exposure (more or less the same as photoshop stacking feature where only still elements remain at the end of processing and moving elements are discarded) or (FASTER shutter and processing HiRes mode for moving subjects)
Some less important ones:
– Submersible chassis (no more add-on underwater cases)
– Fireproof (just so Kai and Lok cannot burn it)
– Improved video up to Pany standards
– Sony A77 type tilt-swivel LCD
I would take next ones:
– Larger EVF, with a 1.8x magnification (0.9x)
– Higher resolution EVF (from 2.36Mpix to 3.54Mpix = 1.5x densier)
Lag is not a problem with current 16ms or 32ms modes. Photographer reaction time is way slower than what the EVF even can cause.
The current models have about 6-8GB of cache, push it up to 12-16GB and improve processing so data can be previewed and reviewed while it is flushed from cache to memory card and problems are solved, especially if you can change settings WHILE flush is going.
– Electronical shutter for timelapses, yes. That is needed as to consume 3000-9999 shutter releases in one take is just crazy!
You can keep all the timelapse photos today, just don’t encode video in camera but do it later! The in-camera feature is only for mobile use where you want to upload video as is.
Other things I am not interested as long the video gets 25 & 50 fps option.
Epson will show off its latest 4,4 mil. dots EVF during CP+. I am sure we will see it in new olys flagship camera.
DfD ia patented Panny and they have no incentive to give it away.
Olly’s PDAF on the E-M1 needed a Panny sensor, it could not be done with a Sony.
DR is already 13EV up and there with the full frame, more would be nice. Problem is it is a log scale. Perhaps the full 21EV one day?
Then you describe the GH4 ..
Zebras are really useful and far less distracting than Olly’s blinking orange.
UHS- yes but 200Mb/s requires a “U3” card, SD card descriptors are barking mad.
I hate micro-USB holes but it is also an AV-out
The mini-HDMI slot may limit 4K bit-rate, perhaps optical feed needed?
To improve video further they will have to use a heat sink, which means no IBIS. Ollie video uses “M-IS” digital stabilisation, the sensor is frozen out of necessity in movie mode.
Fully articulated OLED not LCD, and OLED EVF 🙂
Ollie really need to fix their wifi/EyeFi system, it is so last year.
E-M1 already has one of the largest buffers that has been placed in camera.
Like today with fast cards (95-280MB/s writing) clearing full RAW+JPEG buffer once its full is just below 10 seconds. Shoot just JPEG and you basically have unlimited buffer. Or choose a RAW only and you get couple second waiting time after longer bursts.
Problem with 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-fit files is the architecture of the SD card, it is not equipped to deal with high-bit structure files: we need a new architecture storage medium. The SD card was a Panasonic development and about time they updated it to something new with 64-bit or 132-bit capability..
The 280Mb/s cards are Panasonic’s idea for the GH4 (that speed is needed by GH4 at full chat) and are much faster but expensive whilst the slot retains backwards compatibility. The next generation of cameras are going to need something much better.
The present card file structure restricts storage and wire output.
Your proposed spec practically describes the GH4
One deal overlooked is $200 off the 14-150ii when purchased with a new Olympic camera, e-m5 ii included. That’s $1499 for both. Just see this deal at get olympus.
I can’t find it. Link please
$200 off of lots of lenses with bundle.
https://www.getolympus.com/us/en/lens_promotion?icn=bluebar&ici=lensbundle
But sales taxes are being charged. Something which can be avoided for now by ordering from out of state.
Betting BH and adorama will have the same deals in a week
There is a funny thing about the sound of its shutter, changes if you are using noise reduction configuration or not