[ OFFICIAL RELEASE 2010.09.14 ] - Olympus E-5

[elgkh]

I'm surprise to learn that 14-54mm MK II produced chromatic aberration images. This is one of the best Zuiko Olympus has ever designed and build in HG category. Is it visible, pronounced? Which body have you mounted this lens to?


My dream lens. :lovegrin: Saving very hard to get one...

I have it on an E520, and have seen it a couple of times. Its only very pronounced at 100% though.

Is it quite easy to remove? I didn't try to get rid of it as it did not bother me.

 

[Tenelia]

wow there really is that much CA in the 14-54??

Haha,it would seem so, make time then :bsmilie:, if you're complaining, can always sell to me But I never really take notice of CA, anyway, 14-35 is out of my budget and would probably the least used lens if I own it

I haven't seen a problem after 6 years. Compared to the OM-series lenses, there couldn't be much. Still, it doesn't have an ED element in it.

I'm surprise to learn that 14-54mm MK II produced chromatic aberration images. This is one of the best Zuiko Olympus has ever designed and build in HG category. Is it visible, pronounced? Which body have you mounted this lens to?


My dream lens. Saving very hard to get one...

I have it on an E520, and have seen it a couple of times. Its only very pronounced at 100% though.

Is it quite easy to remove? I didn't try to get rid of it as it did not bother me.

No no no people!:bsmilie:

I'm just too spoiled by the ZD lenses liao. hahahahaha!

I'm really surprised everyone actually believed sia! Hahahaha!

I've been using the 14-54mm MKII with my E-30. Never taken it off except to try the 14-35mm. I upgraded after using the E-410 w/14-54mm MKI and the Nikon D80 with a huge ass variety of lenses.

The 14-54mm MKII rocks I tell ya. If the E-5 pricing reaches my budget range, I'd get it and slap my 14-54 onto the body with no hesitation. :thumbsup:

This is, of course, not to say that the 14-35mm sucks. But that I'm too used to the 14-54mm focal length after having used it extensively for 4 years of digital photography. :sticktong

 

[diCam]

I have it on an E520, and have seen it a couple of times. Its only very pronounced at 100% though.

Is it quite easy to remove? I didn't try to get rid of it as it did not bother me.

I only shoot E-P2 with 14-54mm MK II and has not experienced chromatic aberration. Maybe I'm not sharp enough to notice this effect.

If you shoot in RAW, Olympus Viewer 2 has a Aberration Compensation tool. You can do the correction from there. Third party software like Lightroom 3 has this correction tool too.

I hope this information helps.

 

[K3N]

One of the first videos on Youtube.

[youtubehq]BNLE2w0rqwQ[/youtubehq]

 

[arctos]

One of the first videos on Youtube.

It came in an EPL1 box? :bigeyes:

 

[albertri]

It came in an EPL1 box? :bigeyes:

yeah it was funny, i guess they have not created the consumer box for E5 but they could have used the E3 heheh anyways... I am waiting for reviews:think:

 

[K3N]

Found one of the first full size E-5 picture on the web.

Click on the photo below to see the full size picture (12mp).



Thanks to Olddo. His Flickr Here.

 

[K3N]

It came in an EPL1 box? :bigeyes:

Olympus PEN is Olympus's new love now.

 

[albertri]

some initial physical review (no photos yet)


Olympus E-5 review conclusion
The Olympus E-5 is an incredibly solid, dependable DSLR camera. It is a camera with which you can work in any circumstance, it is a loyal workhorse, if you will. The finishing is of high quality and the Olympus E-5 emanates reliability in all its facets. Whether this is enough to attract a new group of photographers is doubtful. Owners of an Olympus Four Thirds system DSLR camera (E-1, E-3 en E-30) will jump at the chance to switch cameras. But if you are attracted to trendy functions, professional Full HD video functionality, high resolutions and the highest ISO values, you will most likely be attracted to the competitors.

teken from http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/27117/olympus-e-5-review/

 

[microcosm]

some initial physical review (no photos yet)


Olympus E-5 review conclusion
The Olympus E-5 is an incredibly solid, dependable DSLR camera. It is a camera with which you can work in any circumstance, it is a loyal workhorse, if you will. The finishing is of high quality and the Olympus E-5 emanates reliability in all its facets. Whether this is enough to attract a new group of photographers is doubtful. Owners of an Olympus Four Thirds system DSLR camera (E-1, E-3 en E-30) will jump at the chance to switch cameras. But if you are attracted to trendy functions, professional Full HD video functionality, high resolutions and the highest ISO values, you will most likely be attracted to the competitors.

teken from http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/27117/olympus-e-5-review/

Don't you find such statements incredible?

It has to make it into the stores and yet people are claiming it is a reliable workhorse.

Right.

Its like saying, "My little boy is showing such potential, he is (not might) growing up and becoming the next prime minister".

What kind of rubbish review is this? The production models has yet to make it into the market!

As I mentioned earlier from my experience with this E3 chassis is that it is more prone to dust entering the focusing glass and prism than the E1. Already proven to be LESS reliable than the E1. Just proven that the reviewer above is simply cock.

Would have been more trustable if the statement is :

"From the first impression, the new chassis is pretty well built and have improvements over the old E3 though similar in outlook, and from the pre production model, the image quality is a jump in quality and high ISO performance seems to point the camera in the right direction as compared to the other brands' offerings out there. Looks like a winner, but let's wait and see how the production will perform. Knowing the enthusiasm of the engineers at Olympus, the final firmware might tweak the E5 into a really fine camera."

 

[Oly5050]

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

I guess. I think the difference in IQ is similar to that between the E3 and the EP1/EPL1.

I can think of one possible expansion with E-5. Shooting tethered wireless.

E-5 come with a SD card slot. With TREK FLUCARD, I think pictures can be uploaded to any Wi-Fi capable desktop and laptop for immediate preview.

Isnt this similar to the Wifi SD card? Only difference is that u can do peer to peer transfer?

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

Actually, I think that EVF right now has one limitation. The benefits are numerous, but for EVF, if u have to shoot fast, OVF still rules. The mirror can still return an image faster on OVF than when u release the shutter on EVF. It might be an electronics or processing problem. I am sure they will overcome soon, but for now, this is the problem.

 

[bousozoku]

Olympus PEN is Olympus's new love now.

That's where the money is because there aren't many competitors.

However, when the E-400 was introduced, it was the absolute smallest dSLR and we can see what happened with that.

Hopefully, they can do something about their niche status and put an exceptional camera body in each category.

 

[spidey89]

Don't you find such statements incredible?

It has to make it into the stores and yet people are claiming it is a reliable workhorse.

Right.

Its like saying, "My little boy is showing such potential, he is (not might) growing up and becoming the next prime minister".

What kind of rubbish review is this? The production models has yet to make it into the market!

As I mentioned earlier from my experience with this E3 chassis is that it is more prone to dust entering the focusing glass and prism than the E1. Already proven to be LESS reliable than the E1. Just proven that the reviewer above is simply cock.

Would have been more trustable if the statement is :

"From the first impression, the new chassis is pretty well built and have improvements over the old E3 though similar in outlook, and from the pre production model, the image quality is a jump in quality and high ISO performance seems to point the camera in the right direction as compared to the other brands' offerings out there. Looks like a winner, but let's wait and see how the production will perform. Knowing the enthusiasm of the engineers at Olympus, the final firmware might tweak the E5 into a really fine camera."

Thanks K3n for sharing the image, I agree with Microcosm, it is hard to believe such a statement if the production model isn't out yet. It shouldn't be even called a review, probably and initially thought would be more appropriate

I just realized how much the E-5 looks like the E-30 at the back, take the whole row of buttons at the bottom away,pull down everything, stretch the screen to the right, and hey presto, looks like E-5, guess what Microcosm said is true about the design, the power switch on the E-5 a bit far, like not easy to reach as compared to the E-3, E-1's power switch is just pure genius

 

[theITguy]

Found one of the first full size E-5 picture on the web.

Picture only 1024x768?? Anyway, will wait for the production plus full review instead

Thanks btw

 

[diCam]

Interesting read.

Olympus E-5 Overview by Imaging Resource

The diagram above shows the more traditional approach to moire and false color reduction on top with the E-30, while the E-5 is said to allow more of the detail through, including the detail that can cause moire and false color-inducing patterns, relying instead on processing via the new TruePic V+ processor.

Interesting development.

 

[spidey89]

I concur

 

[NazgulKing]

It just means that they increased the information bandwidth. Like Nikon uses 14bits per.. something. No doubt they keep it as a trade secret.

 

[K3N]

Picture only 1024x768?? Anyway, will wait for the production plus full review instead

Thanks btw

Its my pleasure.
I think you have to be on his contact list to see the full picture. There will be more pictures and information out on Monday. It seems Olympus has an embargo until then.

 

[spidey89]

It just means that they increased the information bandwidth. Like Nikon uses 14bits per.. something. No doubt they keep it as a trade secret.

IIRC, Olympus seems to be 12 bits

Its my pleasure.
I think you have to be on his contact list to see the full picture. There will be more pictures and information out on Monday. It seems Olympus has an embargo until then.

It would seem so. I am very curious as to whether the colours have been improved next to the E-3, I want my E-1 colours back:bsmilie:

 

[bousozoku]

Interesting read.
...
Interesting development.

Yes, If you look at the diagram, it's as though the anti-aliasing filter has been removed to incorporate a completely computerized design, even though that is apparently not the case.

It seems to me that graphics hardware for computers and monitors has been removing the moiré and false color for quite a long time, so I'm not sure why they think it's impossible to do it. Finding room in a camera body may be more difficult but hardly impossible.