I decided to buy an Olympus OM-D E-M5

kygarden

Some of my early photos:
http://www.openbloom.com/GEAR-Etc-1/Olympus-OM-D-E-M5/22627033_PhcrtS

I really like it and paired with the Olympus 45mm f/1.8...wow!

Enlarge this one to full resolution :-)
http://www.openbloom.com/Other/Olympus-OM-D-E-M5-ISO-TEST/22671688_mx99rt#!i=1816448411&k=MKG647n&lb=1&s=A

mr peas

I love that shot blown up. Gorgeous images. That's an EVF correct? How's the shutter lag? The camera is reminiscent of my pop's oldie Olympus, I still use the 50mm 1.4 Zuiko on my Canon w/ an adapter, love it. Thanks for sharing!

ziggy53

I was just reading about this body today. Is this the first Olympus CMOS sensor?

ISO 3200 is very smooth with a very fine grain, and not unpleasant at all. I bet 16" x 20" prints would look splendid at these settings. Still tons of detail. For larger I would use some additional luminance NR as well.

This is major improvement over previous Olympus digital bodies.

Congratulations on the new body and bravo to Olympus. clap

Thanks for posting the link to the test gallery.

MarkR

That is a camera that is getting a lot of attention, apparently for good reason. I must admit to giving it sidelong glances. ;-) I think micro4/3 is really starting to come into its own and showing what is possible with that sensor and lens size.

kygarden

mr peas wrote: »

I love that shot blown up. Gorgeous images. That's an EVF correct? How's the shutter lag? The camera is reminiscent of my pop's oldie Olympus, I still use the 50mm 1.4 Zuiko on my Canon w/ an adapter, love it. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks :-) Yes it has an EVF. In good light you don't notice any shutter lag. Of course Olympus in their marketing claims it's presently the world's fastest AF.

kygarden

ziggy53 wrote: »

I was just reading about this body today. Is this the first Olympus CMOS sensor?

ISO 3200 is very smooth with a very fine grain, and not unpleasant at all. I bet 16" x 20" prints would look splendid at these settings. Still tons of detail. For larger I would use some additional luminance NR

Thanks Ziggy. I think the ISO performance is very respectable and more than adequate for my purposes :-) I hope to not be in the higher ISOs except when I really need it. Most of the time I have a reasonable amount of light.

RStrick

Thank you for the test gallery (and all the other wonderful photos). That camera is looking like a real winner.

Internaut

Yes, this is Olympus's big step forward on the imaging side of the equation. In addition to competitive high ISO, the camera also seems to have great dynamic range. Need to under expose by a stop or more and then dote over the raw file in Lightroom and Photoshop? Yes you can. And yes, owners of recent Nikon, Pentax and Sony cameras, I know. I do know, but this is Olympus and Panasonic finally playing catchup .

Smordant

Looks nice I've been checking out the reviews, I use the E-PL2. Reminds me of the OM 4 collecting dust on my shelf.