Olympus OM-D E-M5

[unofficialPete]

Wow.

I've already jumped ship from Canon and sold all of my bulk for M4/3 but if I hadn't this camera would have sealed the deal.

Might find myself selling my Panasonic GF3 and slapping my 20mm f/1.7 pancake onto this, have to wait for the price to drop mind, not shooting enough to justify a new camera..

• ISO 200 - 25,600
• 5-axis image stabilisation
• 4.2 to 9fps

 

[Brazo]

Not convinced, same old, old sensor and low res evf and LCD screen.

 

[ukaskew]

Pre-ordered

Weather sealed (ish), magnesium alloy, official grip, the possibility of decent tracking AF....sold. Going to be an expensive year as the Panasonic 35-100 2.8 is also on order (and the new 75mm 1.8 looks tempting!)

 

[ChrisR]

Going to be an expensive year as the Panasonic 35-100 2.8 is also on order

Where from and any ideas on pricing yet?

 

[SamP]

Meh, rather have the Fuji X Pro 1.

 

[ukaskew]

Where from and any ideas on pricing yet?

Sorry typo there, it's on the shopping list but not pre-ordered anywhere yet.

Most interesting feature of the OM-D for me is the Live Bulb/Live Time thing, it gives you a preview of how your long exposure is doing (up to 25 times in one long exposure) at intervals you choose (starting from every 0.5 seconds) on the LCD screen. Extremely useful and a brilliant idea.

 

[unofficialPete]

It'd be a tough call between the Fuji X1, Pani GX1 and Oly EM-5 that comes down to IQ, price, lens availability and size. I'm sure they are all terrific, good enough that I no longer give DSLRs a second thought.