E-M5 Owner - Comments, Critique, Reviews, and what-nots :-)

[theITguy]

Think TK Foto still have 25/1.4, about $800?

 

[wormz777]

Got my 12-50 kit yesterday, charged and brought it around my estate this morning. My first oly, but it sure feels good. A little too small if I were to nitpick.

I was a bit skeptical about the 12-50 (about it being slow etc), but I am finding it pretty useful and versatile. Maybe I will keep it?

 

[Sispecho]

Got my 12-50 kit yesterday, charged and brought it around my estate this morning. My first oly, but it sure feels good. A little too small if I were to nitpick.

I was a bit skeptical about the 12-50 (about it being slow etc), but I am finding it pretty useful and versatile. Maybe I will keep it?

Awesome photoS... Thx fr sharing man...

 

[dannyfoxy]

Hi all who already got theirom-d, can help to test the 2x telephoto function? Is it good and sharp??

 

[CrimsonS]

I would to see night shots and how effective is the five axis performance.

 

[BookmarkSG]

Hi all,

just join the M43 club from Pns Camera Club~! and a newbie to this forum.

Must say very impressed with low light indoor photography. Tested my 1st shot on my wife with ISO 1600 1/4 f5.6 and the image is still pretty clear, the OIS Rocks~!! However still cannot get the white balance correctly. Must learn from the Seniors here~!

 

[nordleadx]

Got my 12-50 kit yesterday, charged and brought it around my estate this morning. My first oly, but it sure feels good. A little too small if I were to nitpick.

I was a bit skeptical about the 12-50 (about it being slow etc), but I am finding it pretty useful and versatile. Maybe I will keep it?

are u shooing in raw files??? nice pics

 

[hyperFocal]

Taken with the 12-50 kit lens, OOC jpgs, resize only.

Some fun with LiveBulb (pardon the lousy handwriting) :

 

[hyperFocal]

My poor attempt at bokeh comparison between PL25 and Oly 45mm (focused on B key) :
Oly 45mm f1.8 @f1.8:

PanaLeica 25mm f1.4 @f1.8 :

PanaLeica 25mm f1.4 @f1.4 :

 

[zixaw]

Just a quick check about focusing with manual lenses since I can't seem to find it in the manual.

There does not seem to be a manual focus assist tool other than the basic zoom in? No highlighted edges etc?

 

[wonglp]

Just a quick check about focusing with manual lenses since I can't seem to find it in the manual.

There does not seem to be a manual focus assist tool other than the basic zoom in? No highlighted edges etc?

No focus peaking feature (highlighted edges)

 

[zixaw]

No focus peaking feature (highlighted edges)

Thanks! Pity or it will be almost perfect.

 

[wonglp]

Thanks! Pity or it will be almost perfect.

Yup, I think it can be done via firmware, but doubt they will do so. Hopefully on EM6?;p

 

[Newtoilet]

Got my 12-50 kit yesterday, charged and brought it around my estate this morning. My first oly, but it sure feels good. A little too small if I were to nitpick.

I was a bit skeptical about the 12-50 (about it being slow etc), but I am finding it pretty useful and versatile. Maybe I will keep it?

Now seem that there are 2 diff ways of appraisal a photo.

Wormz777, I view your work on the Ipad 1st gen and PC. Wow feel different....

Wonder how ppl appraise the photo nowadays?

 

[wormz777]

Awesome photoS... Thx fr sharing man...

Thanks!

are u shooing in raw files??? nice pics

I shot jpeg + raw, but since I have nt installed the Olympus sw to view RAW files, these are purely jpegs. These pics are OOC and resized and sharpened.

Now seem that there are 2 diff ways of appraisal a photo.

Wormz777, I view your work on the Ipad 1st gen and PC. Wow feel different....

Wonder how ppl appraise the photo nowadays?

How does the colours appear on your ipad and PC?

 

[rhema83]

Thanks!

I shot jpeg + raw, but since I have nt installed the Olympus sw to view RAW files, these are purely jpegs. These pics are OOC and resized and sharpened.

How does the colours appear on your ipad and PC?

The colours look very nice and vivid on my laptop (a HP EliteBook 2540p with matte screen), and even better on the desktop (a HP-Compaq LE1711 matt-screen business monitor). Will look at it again at home (a Samsung 2232GW glossy-screen entertainment monitor).

So yes, how it looks depends a lot on the monitor.

 

[wormz777]

The colours look very nice and vivid on my laptop (a HP EliteBook 2540p with matte screen), and even better on the desktop (a HP-Compaq LE1711 matt-screen business monitor). Will look at it again at home (a Samsung 2232GW glossy-screen entertainment monitor).

So yes, how it looks depends a lot on the monitor.

Agree.

I am using the Thinkpad X1 back at home and I was actually a bit dissapointed with the colours - they look a bit muted unlike what I heard about Oly colours. I should go adjust / calibrate my screen if possible.

 

[esoeij]

Aiyoh, cannot judge photo quality using sub-standard monitors or laptop screens lah. My current laptop screen is quite crap, colors look washed out. I find iPad much better. But a good calibrated monitor should be best.

Edit - some laptop screens are pretty good, like the MacBooks.

 

[Gulliver]

Take this with a grain of salt since I've only had my hands on this thing for a couple of days.

Coming from a Nikon and GF1 background, I was immediately struck by a few things:-

1. This thing looks really nice - black works for me. No paint flaking off anywhere, even with rubbing.

2. I miss the ISO and WB buttons. This is something I use quite a bit and I've had to map this to some buttons to get faster access to it and even then, it seems to take a step more for most things.

3. The thumb dial requires a little reaching compared to the GF1. Also, the GF1 thumb dial is clickable to make your selection. This allowed function switching with the dial (eg. changing from aperture adjustment to EV adjustment.)

4. I'm not sure if this is correct but the GF1 seems to have a start up time that's just a tad faster than the EM5. This is especially noticeable if the lens is not mounted. Even with the lens mounted, I found myself waiting a bit more. This may not seem like much but I was able to whip out the GF1 on a moment's notice to snap a shot.

5. The shutter release is further towards the middle of the body and also needs a bit more reach compared to the GF1 or Nikons. Having said that, the button does feel well built and rugged.

6. The FN2 button could be more responsive. I have had to press it all the way down and hold it to get the function. This could be a software design issue but it makes it feel less responsive the way it works now.

7. The four-way selector is a tad sensitive. I've overshot my selection several times, thus slowing down the usage.

8. This may be my coming from the GF1 but the menu system feels like it's not as intuitive. I've had to hunt for settings for a long time (for example to find the video focusing mode.) The GF1 menu system was more to the point it feels. Having said that, it does look nice on the screen.

9. It's nice that it has dedicated support for Eye-Fi.

10. It's really nice to be able to change the focus ring direction in the settings.

11. I'm still trying to get around some of the INFO screen system. With the GF1, I got everything on one screen. With the EM5, I had to cycle the screen with INFO button. Some stuff, such as battery level, shows up for a while and then disappears.

12. Speaking of the battery display, it's not very linear - it shows full for a long time and then tapers off real quick. Again, the GF1 seems to have found the right mix of information and simplicity so that I don't have to keep fiddling with the screen and get on with shooting.

13. I'm not sure about this one but there was an instance when I rotated the dial to open up the aperture and the camera didn't seem to want to open it up until several tries later. I'll need to verify this with more testing though.

14. Shooting at ISO1600 is no problem at all. If you're not careful, you may leave it in there without noticing.

15. 12MP to 16MP isn't that noticeable. Those of you with earlier generation M43s should not feel that you've been left behind.

These are some of my first impressions, FWIW. The video quality was better than that from the GF1 but seems to be still short of a good videocam such as the HFS-100. You gain lenses though, and DOF. Recorded audio is tinny but is fine for this type of device. I'll leave image comments to others as I've not had time to run it through all tests yet.

Daniel

Daniel,

I'm a GF1 user myself. So far I've quite reluctant to put forth a budget for this yet. Not sure it is worth the upgrade or not. Since, you've comparing between the OM-D and GF1, would you mind to let us know more about the comparison such as...

a) GF1 has chromatic aberation correction for Pana lenses. Does pairing the Pana lense to OM-D shows any significant difference?

b) Does Pana lense focus speed wise good or better on the OM-D?

b) Does video recording sound audible? Good enough for home viewing?

 

[As7eroidS]

im left with the 25mm f1.4 to complete my collection :s13: but pocket already big hole now