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April 2012
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169 Reviews
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164 Reviews
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Very good photo quality (though best results are achieved by shooting RAW)
Wellbuilt
Weathersealed metal body with a retro flair
Fiveaxis
Sensorshift image stabilization system
Beautiful 3inch articulating touchscreen OLED display with 610
000 pixels
Plus a large and sharp EVF
Full manual controls
With lots of white balance options
Five kinds of bracketing
Realtime tone curve adjustment
A cute little camera that's packed with features and offers excellent image quality
Appealing body design
Smaller camera is easy to hold and quite small
Battery grip makes the E-M5 feel like a tiny professional camera
EVF works well
Tilting OLED touchpanel display
Water resistant body
Advanced in-body image stabilization
Excell...
A dust-and-weather-sealed design distinguishes the Olympus OM-D E-M5 from the rest of the interchangeable-lens crowd
And its class-leading performance doesn't hurt
Either. Plus
It's got an interesting
Relatively streamlined shooting design
Excellent image quality
Very good metering
Reliable Automatic WhiteBalance
Superb builtin stabilization
Virtually no shutterlag
Fast contrastdetect AF
Good shottoshot speed
Very responsive
Excellent automatic Manual Focus Assist
Unique LiveBulb m
Outstanding image quality
* Highly customizable feature set
* Compact design
* Wide selection of accessories and lenses
* Weather resistant body
* Art Filters add fun factor
* Good macro mode on 12-50mm zoom
* Fast autofocus and burst mode
Good images and video
DSLRlike feature set
Compact
Stylish form factor
Compact body. Fully weather sealed. Crisp LCD EVF. Articulating rear display. Sharp kit lens. Impressive high ISO performance. Fast autofocus. Shoots at 9 frames per second. In-body stabilization. Large native lens library. Optional grip available.
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Excellent image and video quality
Blistering performance
Extremely attractive
Great battery life
Superior image quality
Even in low light
You can really push ISO without sacrificing resolution
Durability
Very powerful auto-focus and image stabilization technology
Very good image quality
Even at high ISO
Bright
Punchy JPEGs make the most of camera's capability
Very fast autofocus with most Micro Four Thirds lenses
Weather-sealed body
Built-in image stabilization helps increase number of sharp shots (in single-frame mode)
Good level of direct control despite small body
Tilting OLED screen very good
Large amount of control over image parameters
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Incredibly fast autofocus5-axis image stabilizationManual/auto-zoom kit lens
Tough weather-sealed build quality
Outstanding High ISO noise performance
Great quality viewfinder and tilting OLED touch-screen
5-axis image stabilisation which works with any lens
2
3
5 and 7-frame auto bracketing.
Lovely design
Premium build
Solid performance and great images
The editors didn't like
Occasional underexposure and highlight clipping
Tiny
Cluttered button layout makes it way too easy to accidentally press the wrong one
OLED display difficult to see outdoors
AF system tends to "hunt" when recording movies
"Hiss" from IS system may bother some folks
No builtin flash (though included external flash is pretty good)
Movies cannot be edited incamera
Full manual on CDROM
Just never felt comfortable shooting with it
Price
$999 (body only
In black or silver)
$1
299 (black or silver body with black M.ZUIKO Digital ED 1250 mm f3.56.3 EZ lens)
Www.olympusamerica.com
Odd power switch location
Exposure compensation dial changes easily
Can't be turned off
Small buttons
EVF proximity sensor sometimes activates unexpectedly
Moderately high chromatic aberration from 12-50mm kit lens
No in-camera chromatic aberrati...
The photo quality is solid
But not outstanding
Especially if you shoot only JPEG
Poor color accuracy
Lowcontrast EVF
Not always ExposurePriority and frequently wrong LiveHistogram
Modal ExposureCompensation
Some tiny buttons
Uncomfortable eyelets
Poorly placed tripod mount
Low battery life
Rear controldial uncomfortably high
Menu system can be daunting
* No built-in mic adapter
* Small buttons can be difficult for large fingers
* Soft humming noise when powered up
Price when rated
$1000 (body only)
$1300 with 12-50mm 1
3.5-6.3 zoom lens
Costly bodyonly configuration
Grip and lenses add expense
A 2x crop factor doesn't lend itself to wide angle shooting
External flash. Lacks a standard mic input
No builtin popup flash. Can't change exposure settings while shooting video. Shallow eye cup diminishes the EVF's effectiveness in bright outdoor situations
Expensive for a Micro Four Thirds camera
Smaller sensor than most $1
000-plus cameras
Button design
No pop-up flash – accessory only
There can be some in-camera digging before you get your customized settings up and running
Focus tracking distinctly unreliable
Image stabilization not effective for continuous shooting
Small controls sometimes awkward (especially with cold/gloved hands)
No in-camera correction of CA (which can be problematic with 12-50mm kit zoom)
Default JPEG settings a bit keen to blur detail away
Several useful features hidden in obscure and confusingly-named menu options
Otherwise useful H
ExpensiveBattery meter issues at launchPoor focus accuracy in low-contrast scenes
Screen only tilts and there's no touch functions in movie modes
Distracting whirring noise from stabilisation motor
No built-in mic socket
Flash unit clips-on rather then being built-in
Continuous AF not as consistent as a phase-detect system.
sehr schnell, vielversprechende Fotound Videoqualität, hervorragende Bildstabilisierung, hochwertige Verarbeitung, Spritzwasserschutz
sehr teuer, leicht altbackene Erscheinung
Die Olympus OM-D E-M5 ist die erste nennenswerte Innovation im Systemkamerabereich seit längerer Zeit. Wer den hohen Preis nicht scheut und häufig auf Reisen fotografiert, sollte auf diese Kamera ein Auge haben....
Abstract: De Olympus OM-D E-M5 is een Micro Four Thirds-systeemcamera, waarmee Olympus eer betoont aan haar verleden. De E-M5 is namelijk een digitale variant op de Olympus OM-1, een succesvolle analoge spiegelreflexcamera die 40 jaar geleden op de markt kwam. Het ...
Met de OM-D E-M5 tilt Olympus het Micro Four Thirds-systeem naar een hoger niveau. Niet alleen door de fraaie weersbestendige behuizing, de uitgebreide instelopties en een uniek beelstabilisatiesysteem, met name de vernieuwde sensor zorgt ervoor dat de OM...
Abstract: Na de introductie van de ‘Pen' camera in 2009, die teruggreep naar de klassieke Pen uit 1959, heeft het bedrijf nu de analoge OM-serie nieuw leven ingeblazen. Deze serie kwam in 1972 op de markt in de vorm van de OM-1. De camera was destijds uitzonderlijk...
Natuurlijke kleurweergave bij daglicht, Hoge resolutie, Dynamisch bereik gelijkwaardig aan camera's met een APSC sensor, Zeer effectieve ingebouwde beeldstabilisatie, Snelle AF, heldere zoeker en een stille sluiter, Meer een fotocamera dan een videocamera
Minder videocamera dan fotocamera, Afspeel knopje moeilijk te bedienen, Constante ruis, zelfs als de IS uit staat, Relatief hoge prij
De Olympus OMD EM5 is een heel fijne camera om mee te werken. Aan alles kan je merken dat Olympus heeft meegedacht met de fotograaf. Knoppen zijn in het algemeen goed geplaatst, prettig te bedienen en via het menu te configureren naar je eigen voorkeur. H...
Abstract: Het unieke vijfassige beeldstabilisatiesysteem is één van de speerpunten van de OM-D E-M5 . De meeste gestabiliseerde sensoren kunnen trillingen over de horizontale en verticale as corrigeren. De OM-D doet daar een flinke schep bovenop. Gyroscopische sens...
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Published: 2012-04-17, Author: Mark , review by: focusmedia.nl
Abstract: De Olympus E-M5 is het eerste model van een nieuwe serie systeemcamera's in de groep OM-D. De Olympus OM-D E-M5 lijkt op een klassieke spiegelreflex, en hij heeft in tegenstelling tot de PEN-modellen een elektronische zoeker en een weerbestendige afwerkin...
Abstract: Olympus komt na de PEN-serie opnieuw met een compacte camera met retro-design. Maar dan wel geavanceerder en met de allersnelste autofocus. De digitale spiegelreflexcamera (DSLR) gaat volgens Olympus een slechte toekomst tegemoet. Dit komt door de opmars ...
