Maybe I'm color blind but I don't see a green cast that prevents me from judging the shot on the screen. Guess I'm lucky!
Try photographing something white outdoors on a sunny day, using Auto WB. Even when you are composing the shot in the EVF or on the OLED screen, there will be a very slight green tint to it. After taking the shot, open it on your computer and the green tint will be gone. What happened to me was that I tried to compensate for the green tint by dialling back the green to -3 in the WB settings. But alas, I was deceived by the tiny EVF and OLED screen (which I knew I should not trust, what was I thinking?) and tried to make the colours look neutral on the spot. I should have just shot RAW and left nothing to chance. That said, there is probably nothing wrong with the EVF or the OLED screen. They are not meant to be colour-accurate in the first place, and different people's eyes respond differently to colours. My eyes could be more sensitive to green than others, who knows?
Putting aside this green tint issue, there is another minor annoyance which is the electronic level. They are close enough but not exactly level from factory. So make sure you mount your E-M5 on a tripod with bubble levels, and calibrate the electronic level before leaving home (if you are not bringing the tripod). It may be even better to calibrate after arriving at the hotel because there will be very slight variations in different parts of the world (the Earth is not perfectly round).
On a positive note, the E-M5 performed admirably throughout the trip. The minimum ISO of 200 and maximum shutter speed of 1/4000s were limiting at certain times but not significant enough to distract me from the fun I was having. The dual electronic levels also helped with taking architectural and landscape photos. The incredible IBIS helps a lot when shooting at slower shutter speeds. I could get reasonably sharp images at speeds down to 2 stops below 1/actual focal length (e.g. 12mm is about 1/15s, I could get almost everything at 1/8s and many keepers at 1/4s). With the 12-50mm kit lens, it was a versatile package. At f/5.6-f/8, the lens produced sharp images across the frame. The zoom ring was a little iffy when shooting upwards because you can accidentally put it into e-zoom mode. My other lens, the Leica-branded 25mm f/1.4 lens, lived up to its high price and reputation. Aside from some purple fringing, the images are sharp wide open and even sharper at f/2.8-f/4. The large aperture coupled with the IBIS allowed some very clean shots in the evenings. Bokeh is just wonderful from this lens.
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