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April 2012
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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)
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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.
DSLRlike style, controls, speed and versatility, Rugged, weathersealed body with highres EVF, Tilting OLED screen; some touchscreen controls
Button customization options increase complexity, Drive speed slows to 3.5fps when Stabilizer is on, Autofocus could be more effective with moving subjects
Not much larger or heavier than an Olympus E-P3 camera with the optional electronic viewfinder installed, the E-M5 offers several benefits. Those include greater resolution, speed and versatility; as well as a splash-proof body, built-in EVF and OLED t...
Abstract: OK, the declaration first. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Olympus OM tragic. Have been since my high school days and was the proud owner of a Praktica until the OM-1 was launched. Suddenly my East German-built 35mm SLR looked very agricultural next to the jewel-l...
Abstract: It's a toss-up with Fujifilm's X100 as to whether it or the E-M5 is the camera we've been the most excited about road-testing. Regardless, the Olympus is also on the way to achieving cult status. Heritage aside, the OM-D system is critical to Olympus's fu...
Abstract: The OM-D E-M5 is Olympus's top-of-the-line MILC. It's aimed at the serious enthusiast photographer and gives a good challenge to the enthusiast DSLR cameras in the market.It comes with a pleasingly solid magnesium alloy body and it's equipped with an elec...
A superb camera that’s supported by a wide range of lenses and accessories, the OM-D is the perfect CSC for DSLR users looking for a lightweight companion camera.Related Tags: camera, compact, macworld, macworld australia, olympus, OM-D E-M5, photo, p...
Very good image quality, Stacks of functions and filters, Good video mode, Built-in EVF
Lots of menus, can be daunting to use, Some buttons are too small and uncomfortable, Hinged screen not useful for self portraits
The Olympus OM-D is a striking camera with a with a ton of features that cater to both enthusiast (or pro) users and casual photographers. We looked at the weatherproof kit, which comes with a splashproof macro lens and we definitely had a lot of fun usin...
Outstanding image quality; highly customisable feature set; weather resistant body; fast autofocus and burst mode
Menu system can be daunting; no built-in mic adapter, $1199 (body only); $1299 (with 14-42mm lens); $1499 (with 14-42mm & 40-150mm lenses)
Olympus is a leader in the compact system camera revolution and the OM-D E-M5 solidifies that. It’s a good-looking, well-designed, highly capable camera.Related Tags: camera, compact, images, macworld, macworld australia, micro four-thirds, olympus, O...
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Published: 2012-07-18, Author: Luke , review by: gizmodo.com.au
If you've got $1500 to spend on a camera and you want something that feels like it's worth the money you paid on it, you won't be disappointed with the OMD. Sure it has a few niggling concerns that might have you ache for that money back, but once you sta...
Solid build; Looks and feels just like an old camera; Awesome kit lens; Features both a viewfinder and a multi-angle touchscreen OLED display; Insanely fast autofocus;
No built-in flash; Tilted touchscreen needs more angles;
While there are a few improvements that could be made, the OM-D EM-5 is a top notch camera, combining some excellent optics, solid colour and image reproduction, and a look and feel that makes it unlike every other camera.Hats off to Olympus for this EM-5...
