Olympus OM-D E-M5

Olympus OM-D E-M5
Overview
Type Micro Four Thirds System
Lens
Lens Micro Four Thirds System mount
Sensor/Medium
Sensor Four Thirds System 16MP Live MOS
ASA/ISO range ISO 200–12800, extendable to 125-25600
Storage SD, SDHC, SDXC
Focusing
Focus modes Automatic or Manual
Focus areas 35 area selectable auto-focus
Exposure/Metering
Exposure modes Manual, Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, User settings
Exposure metering Intelligent Multiple
Flash
Flash Detachable and can trigger remote flash
Flash synchronization up to 1/250s
Viewfinder
Viewfinder 1.44 million dot Epson Ultimicron LCD
Image Processing
Custom WB Auto / Color temperature setting / Manual measurement
General
Rear LCD monitor VGA-equivalent 3in OLED touchscreen tilts upwards and downwards with live preview
Battery Li-ion Battery Pack
Dimensions 4.8" x 3.5" x 1.69" (122 x 89 x 43mm)[1]
Weight 14.99 oz (425 g) with battery

The Olympus OM-D E-M5, announced in February 2012, is a Micro Four Thirds compact mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. In style and name it references the Olympus OM series of film SLR cameras, but it is not an SLR camera (there is no optical path from lens to viewfinder: a high quality electronic viewfinder is used). The successor is the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II.

Awards

In April 2012, the enthusiast photography web site Digital Photography Review (DP Review) awarded the OM-D EM-5 a Gold Award.[2] On the same website it was subsequently voted Best Camera of 2012 in a photographers' poll.[3]

Other photography news and reviews websites that awarded the OM-D EM-5 "Camera of the Year" for 2012 were photographyblog.com [4] and wirefresh.[5] The camera also won a 2012 Pop Photo award from the magazine Popular Photography.[6]

Features

  • Magnesium alloy body with extensive weather sealing
  • Up to ISO 25,600
  • 16 MP Four Thirds sensor, with substantially lower noise than the earlier 12 MP sensor[2]
  • HD video capture, including 1080i at 30 fps and 720p at 60 fps
  • No built-in flash (a small shoe mounted flash is included, which can act as a wireless commander for E-system flashes which support wireless mode)
  • TruePic VI processor
  • 5-axis in-body image stabilisation
  • Up to nine frames per second continuous shooting
  • Very fast contrast detect auto focus[7]
  • "Live Bulb" (without toggle) and "Live Time" (with toggle) bulb mode settings, where the viewfinder and display get updated 'during' the exposure in order to allow the photographer to inspect the exposure while it "develops". The display refresh rate for this mode can be configured between 0.5 s and 60 s.
  • Tilting 800 x 600 LCD OLED touchscreen, allowing shooting from awkward angles and with the ability to select the focus point and release the shutter with a touch[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Olympus OM-D E-M5". Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Olympus EM-5 In Depth Review - Conclusion". Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  3. ↑ "Dpreview Users' Poll: Best Camera of 2012?". Dpreview. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Camera of the Year 2012". photographyblog.com. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Olympus OM-D E-M5 scoops up another Camera Of The Year award". wirefresh. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Best Gear Now". Popular Photography. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Olympus EM-5 In Depth Review - Performance (Speed and AF )". Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  8. ↑ "The Olympus OM-D EM-5 Review - Creative Freedom". Retrieved 2012-07-20.
Micro Four Thirds cameras timeline
Brand Form Class 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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Olympus SLR style
OMD		 High-end E-M1 E-M1 II
Advanced E-M5 E-M5 II
Mid-range E-M10 E-M10 II E-M10 III
Rangefinder
style
PEN		 Mid-range E-P1 E-P2 E-P3 E-P5 PEN-F
Upper-entry E-PL1 E-PL2 E-PL3 E-PL5 E-PL6 E-PL7 E-PL8 E-PL9
Entry-level E-PM1 E-PM2
remote Air
Panasonic SLR style High-end Video GH5S
High-end Photo G9
High-end GH1 GH2 GH3 GH4 GH5
Mid-range G1 G2 G3 G5 G6 G7 G80/G85
Entry-level G10
Rangefinder style Advanced GX1 GX7 GX8 GX9
Mid-range GM1 GM5 GX80/GX85
Entry-level GF1 GF2 GF3 GF5 GF6 GF7 GF8 GX800/GX850/GF9
Camcorder Professional AG-AF104
Kodak Rangefinder style Entry-level S-1
DJI Drone . Zenmuse X5S
. Zenmuse X5
YI Rangefinder style Entry-level M1
Z Camera Entry-level E1
JVC Camcorder Professional GY-LS300
SVS-Vitek - Industrial EVO Tracer
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