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Rating
- Image quality m43rd's does not get better than this.
- Video quality Not as good as my Panasonic GH2
- Battery life Not bad, in fact quite good, but where are the Olympus spare batteries?
- Design and form factor Looks Retro which is cool. Small and lightweight. A joy to carry. Love the viewfinder.
- Durability Weather sealed magnesium. Can I say more?
- Speed (start-up time, lag) This is a very responsive camera with great autofocus.
- Ease of use Very extensive menu system that take time to learn. Very flexible. Love the two dials for control.
Detailed review
As a OM-D EM-5 owner, I can say it is the best Compact System Camera to date. Bravo to Olympus.
"I put my hands on an Olympus OM-D (EM-5) and I loved it right away. It left the store with me. When Olympus first announced the camera I was impressed but was not that excited. I loved myPansonic DMC-GH2. The early reviews are raving about the picture quality so I had to go to see one to see what the fuss was all about. This is review of primary using the EM-5 as a stills camera since it does not beat the GH2 as a video camera. Olympus is going to sell a lot of them."
"Olympus has pulled out the stops when they created the E-M5. The image quality is excellent. The biggest complaints about the four thirds format have been conquered. High image noise, focus speed, built quality have all been raised to it’s mighty expensive brethren, the “Big Boys”, Nikon and Canon’s APC cameras. With the E-M5 other benefits are a very quiet, no mirror vibration, seeing what we get as we shoot and of course small size and weight. We can carry a lot smaller camera bag. We don’t have to carry as much. Combine that with some stellar lenses and we finally have a stills camera built for the 21st Century."
Read my full my review at: frugalfilmmakers.com/2012/07/10/i-could-not-resist...
"I put my hands on an Olympus OM-D (EM-5) and I loved it right away. It left the store with me. When Olympus first announced the camera I was impressed but was not that excited. I loved myPansonic DMC-GH2. The early reviews are raving about the picture quality so I had to go to see one to see what the fuss was all about. This is review of primary using the EM-5 as a stills camera since it does not beat the GH2 as a video camera. Olympus is going to sell a lot of them."
"Olympus has pulled out the stops when they created the E-M5. The image quality is excellent. The biggest complaints about the four thirds format have been conquered. High image noise, focus speed, built quality have all been raised to it’s mighty expensive brethren, the “Big Boys”, Nikon and Canon’s APC cameras. With the E-M5 other benefits are a very quiet, no mirror vibration, seeing what we get as we shoot and of course small size and weight. We can carry a lot smaller camera bag. We don’t have to carry as much. Combine that with some stellar lenses and we finally have a stills camera built for the 21st Century."
Read my full my review at: frugalfilmmakers.com/2012/07/10/i-could-not-resist...
good review!
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review history
- 2012-08-09
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Edited comment on Speed (start-up time, lag)
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