Olympus OM-D E-M5 explained

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
• 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]

See also

• List of retro-style digital cameras

Further reading

Olympus OM-D. Ed. Godden. Practical Photography. 114–117. Spring 2012. Peterborough. Bauer. 0032-6445. 749128201.

External links

• Official website
• Olympus instruction manual (PDF)
• User Guide: Getting the most out of the Olympus E-M5 at DPReview

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympus OM-D E-M5 . 19 May 2014.
2. Web site: Olympus EM-5 In Depth Review - Conclusion. 2012-07-20.
3. Web site: Dpreview Users' Poll: Best Camera of 2012?. Dpreview. 30 December 2014.
4. Web site: Camera of the Year 2012. photographyblog.com. 30 December 2014.
5. Web site: Olympus OM-D E-M5 scoops up another Camera Of The Year award. wirefresh. 30 December 2014.
6. Web site: Best Gear Now. Popular Photography. 30 December 2014.
7. Web site: Olympus EM-5 In Depth Review - Performance (Speed and AF). 2012-07-20.
8. Web site: The Olympus OM-D EM-5 Review - Creative Freedom. 2012-07-20.