[ OFFICIAL RELEASE 2010.09.14 ] - Olympus E-5

[elgkh]

thats what I dont want to hear bro this will be the last DSLR or 4/3 :cry:

EVF/OVF does not bother me, as long as I like the handling (grip, responsiveness etc), and I get to use my current lenses.

 

[albertri]

EVF/OVF does not bother me, as long as I like the handling (grip, responsiveness etc), and I get to use my current lenses.

I dont mind mirrorless but dont be too small as PEN should be like E620 just nice not too big not too small or maybe NX10 size

and also Oly need to revamp thier lenses and Af speed pls pls pls...

 

[diCam]

only on special sale with limited sets. dun think i walk in to anyshop today, all e3 is priced at SGD999. I check amazon last night, at USD999.

If i remember correctly, the last piece of e1 on amazon is at USD590 when e3 was announced.

Camenta did a fire sale of E-1 bundled with 14-54mm for just USD999.99 before the E-3 announcement. I entered my credit card details and confirmed the deal. Guess what? Error response from the site for unknown reason! The next thing I knew? Sold out! :mad2:

 

[bousozoku]

I think like others who have E1/E3 the upgrade to E5 is not really a huge one..... but for those using the smaller E-System that may want to go up the food chain I think would like the E5.
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I'm not sure how you're coming to such conclusions. I think your enthusiasm is greater than your patience to follow your thought 100 % sometimes. :bsmilie:

My E-1 is good, but mainly, it's a body for bright sunlight though it can effectively be used for flash photography. Auto exposure is slow to lock during low light. ISO 400 photos are grainy, even with decent light. An E-4x0 or E-5x0 body is more modern, though it's difficult to see through that peep hole they call a viewfinder.

I'd just like to be able to take an occasional photo at ISO 800 when it's not really dim enough for flash but f/3.5 is too slow.

For all the things that the E-5 doesn't seem to be, it's a reasonable step up from an E-1, ergonomics be damned. Hopefully, the marketing talk isn't too far off base and it really does have great (for Olympus/Four-Thirds) image quality. If it comes up to the D300's image quality, even after 3 years, I'd be pleased.

 

[eow]

For all the things that the E-5 doesn't seem to be, it's a reasonable step up from an E-1, ergonomics be damned. Hopefully, the marketing talk isn't too far off base and it really does have great (for Olympus/Four-Thirds) image quality. If it comes up to the D300's image quality, even after 3 years, I'd be pleased.

why would u used D300 image as a benck mark? it a 3 yrs old technology already
between myself and my friend, we had used similarly range camera among nikon, canon and sony...if this what u going to based yr E5 on...sayonara olympus

 

[betta01]

Buy the new E5 only if u collect antiques coz it may be the last of the E series.:bsmilie::bsmilie::bsmilie:

 

[bousozoku]

why would u used D300 image as a benck mark? it a 3 yrs old technology already
between myself and my friend, we had used similarly range camera among nikon, canon and sony...if this what u going to based yr E5 on...sayonara olympus

It was an obtainable goal, as far as camera design goes. As a semi-professional camera, it had a lot of the attributes that the E-3 should have had. Pricing was similar in the new models. The E-5 is not much more than an enhanced E-3. I'm sure you must see this.

 

[nightpiper]

I'm a E-3 user. The progression to E-5 is a huge upgrade for me in term of image quality.

The IQ improvement by how much? Righting the "wrongs" (eg. early clippings) from the start is not really an improvement in my books. Sorry. Like i said, Oly is not the only company that can deliver good quality pics.

Until i see the 3D pop up look from Canon 1series combo with the realism of E1 will i concede E5 is worth the money. But before that, i'm skeptical still, prove me wrong pls. :angel:

I think not all E3 user are feeling the same

Sorry to say but there's not much huge leap to technology on what Oly did for E5 look at other similar models out there, Pentax K7 has most of E5 feature and thats was last year's model and I heard Pentax will be replacing K7 soon... D7000 is another contender for E5 to surpass...

Correct. Many E3 owners felt that this E5 shud be an E3e (enhance) for last yr launch. PL1 innards coupled with E3 body is not something that needs 3yrs to develop.

2nd part also true. Features sell cameras. Features bring fun & also aid photographers, there's nothing wrong/harm with putting more features for photographers & for marketing purpose. Oly really needs to come back to 2010, or back to earth since they r involve with NASA :bsmilie:

Talking about 3rd party.... i read somewhere long ago that Leica is exiting the 43 arena. So sad



Another songs for all the guys & girls out there...

"There's a lot to be learnt, and u learn when ur heart gets burn" ---> Depeche Mode

"It's hard when you're always afraid
You just recover when another belief is betrayed" ---> Billy Joel

"Thats the price that we all pay, a value destiny comes to nothing
i can't tell u where we're going, i guess thats juz no way of knowing" ---> New Order


Shoot more Worry less :lovegrin:

 

[Anthony Lee]

I own a fleet of OM SLRs and OM lenses and when I decided to go DSLR, I tested the Oly E series against the others and selected Canon. Now that my EOS 5D is old and since I do not have any Canon lens, will the E-5 suit me against what I have been using, EOS5d + Om lenses, mostly primes from 24mm to 200mm. When I tested my OM lenses on the then E-3, I was quite disappointed with both the IQ as well as the adaptation as there was no difference against using them on the Canon system. Will the E-5 be different. How can a former Oly guy get back home?

Not a single response, how sad :cry:

Someone on BnS just advertised to buy an old OM-3Ti and is willing pay S$ 1250 for it. Maybe Olympus should just go back to produce those good old faithfuls. Actually I don't mind if they just put an FF sensor on those Om-3Ti/4Ti and I will be very happy.

One last try. Can the E-5 with 12-60 beat my old EOS 5D with Om 35-80f2.8 in absolute IQ. I don't care about AF.

 

[diCam]

Not a single response, how sad :cry:

Someone on BnS just advertised to buy an old OM-3Ti and is willing pay S$ 1250 for it. Maybe Olympus should just go back to produce those good old faithfuls. Actually I don't mind if they just put an FF sensor on those Om-3Ti/4Ti and I will be very happy.

One last try. Can the E-5 with 12-60 beat my old EOS 5D with Om 35-80f2.8 in absolute IQ. I don't care about AF.

One man meat is the other poison.

Try it yourself to conclude your own finding.

 

[diCam]

An interesting discussion at DPR on Judy Herrmann's response:

E-5 - Photographer Judy Herrmann

 

[albertri]

An interesting discussion at DPR on Judy Herrmann's response:

E-5 - Photographer Judy Herrmann

add this one bro

http://www.elabs3.com/functions/message_view.html?mid=2045024&mlid=72837&siteid=23123&uid=4cf8054550

but someone posted:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=36332076

and this

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1022&thread=36339391

 

[diCam]

add this one bro

http://www.elabs3.com/functions/message_view.html?mid=2045024&mlid=72837&siteid=23123&uid=4cf8054550

Thank you. I was looking for this link too.

I don't know... I suspect some will say this is marketing barb. :sweat:

 

[albertri]

Thank you. I was looking for this link too.

I don't know... I suspect some will say this is marketing barb. :sweat:

yep someone said John never tested the cam and yet he was already been qouted in the Oly website

 

[Evilmerlin]

Who is this "someone" and how does he know?

 

[Anthony Lee]

One man meat is the other poison.

Try it yourself to conclude your own finding.

After all these years, it remains status quo. I would have expected a simple and positive answer like," Mr Lee, come and try the E-5/12-60, you will be amazed how much better it is going to be against your 5D/OM lens". It seems I have to continue looking somewhere else as I may require AF very soon, chuck everything and begin afresh. Thank you for showing me the door.

 

[Evilmerlin]

After all these years, it remains status quo. I would have expected a simple and positive answer like," Mr Lee, come and try the E-5/12-60, you will be amazed how much better it is going to be against your 5D/OM lens". It seems I have to continue looking somewhere else as I may require AF very soon, chuck everything and begin afresh. Thank you for showing me the door.

But he did ask you to try it for yourself and be your own judge. Which is about as much as any of us can tell you since we won't know what appeals to you or what you find to be so appealing about the results you get from your current equipment.

 

[diCam]

After all these years, it remains status quo. I would have expected a simple and positive answer like," Mr Lee, come and try the E-5/12-60, you will be amazed how much better it is going to be against your 5D/OM lens". It seems I have to continue looking somewhere else as I may require AF very soon, chuck everything and begin afresh. Thank you for showing me the door.

??!!!

 

[albertri]

Who is this "someone" and how does he know?

Reading the forums he seems to know John Isaac one of Oly photograpehr tester.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=36326565

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=36336916

:bsmilie:

 

[nightpiper]

Not a single response, how sad :cry:

Someone on BnS just advertised to buy an old OM-3Ti and is willing pay S$ 1250 for it. Maybe Olympus should just go back to produce those good old faithfuls. Actually I don't mind if they just put an FF sensor on those Om-3Ti/4Ti and I will be very happy.

One last try. Can the E-5 with 12-60 beat my old EOS 5D with Om 35-80f2.8 in absolute IQ. I don't care about AF.

No need to despair.

My conclusion from past experience with E1 is, a good prime will out resolve a good zoom. But bear in mind ur 35mm OM lens will suddenly become a 70mm on the E/mE sys. My better shots were done with the Nikkor 55mm prime & Leica 90mm prime.

If u intend to invest in the E sys, the ZD primes r better than legacy primes. Eg. the ZD50mm is better than the Nikkor 55mm across all apertures. The ZD150 beats the OM90mm hands down :devil:

Hope this helps :lovegrin:

Edited: Sorry i didn't make myself clear. Good zoom refers to HG class of lenses like the 11-22, 14-54 etc. If 12-60 falls under HG, i assume the primes will outresolve it. SHG zooms r juz like the primes