Olympus OM-D E-M5, E-M1, E-M10 - Mk1, Mk2 & Mk3 Owners Thread

minnnt said:
I wouldn't buy from them, the kit is £1600 iirc which is silly.

Damian, how's yours going? In the pub yet? :p
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Good to see I was wrong about wifi :)

I just meant to try it in your hand and get an idea, even with it in the sale (which it is) its still more expensive than Amazon. One thing I have noticed though is that they don't come up for sale often - which probably says a lot.
 
Well couldn't resist and just picked up the 19mm and 30mm f2.8 art sigma lenses for my new Em5.
£248 for both delivered seems a very fair price indeed.

I have been amazed by the 5 axis IS when just doing some test shots in the house.
I did a 2 second hand held at 150mm and the image was sharp enough to use. I took the same shot with the IS off and off course it just looked like a wall of blur.
Looking forward to testing the IS in video tomorrow.
 
Photopaque said:
Well couldn't resist and just picked up the 19mm and 30mm f2.8 art sigma lenses for my new Em5.
£248 for both delivered seems a very fair price indeed.

I have been amazed by the 5 axis IS when just doing some test shots in the house.
I did a 2 second hand held at 150mm and the image was sharp enough to use. I took the same shot with the IS off and off course it just looked like a wall of blur.
Looking forward to testing the IS in video tomorrow.
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I haven't really started thinking about other lenses yet, but it is good to know that there are some 3rd party options amd reasonably priced. I will be interested in seeing some results.
 
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Very impressed with the fly in flight, did you use af, or wait until if came into shot?
 
Wow Huw, thanks for sharing. Excellent shots indeed. It's definately on my hit list now!

Just wondering, would I be better buying another lens now though as macro season (well, the kind I would be interested in at least) doesn't really start for a few months. Does it?

So... 9-18mm perhaps? :D would probably sell the kit lens if I got the 9-18 aswell.
 
JohnN said:
Good to see I was wrong about wifi :)

I just meant to try it in your hand and get an idea, even with it in the sale (which it is) its still more expensive than Amazon. One thing I have noticed though is that they don't come up for sale often - which probably says a lot.
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Here are some poor phone shots of my E-M1 with grip and 12-40mm f2.8 and my E-M5 with 12-50

Gripped E-EM1 compared to a non gripped E-M5 by alf.branch, on Flickr

2015-01-01 17.13.40 by alf.branch, on Flickr
 
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JohnN said:
Very impressed with the fly in flight, did you use af, or wait until if came into shot?
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I've a feeling it was down to the E-M5's rapid S-AF although to be honest I can't remember 100% :)

minnnt said:
Wow Huw, thanks for sharing. Excellent shots indeed. It's definately on my hit list now!

Just wondering, would I be better buying another lens now though as macro season (well, the kind I would be interested in at least) doesn't really start for a few months. Does it?

So... 9-18mm perhaps? :D would probably sell the kit lens if I got the 9-18 aswell.
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Thanks David, the 60 mm is definitely a sharp little weapon, so I would recommend it if you're into macro (or plan getting into it).
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With regard to other glass in the meantime, the 9-18 is a nice compact wide angle zoom, infact it's amazingly compact for the optical quality which is pretty good, I did own one in the past but sold it before briefly getting embroiled with a Fuji-X system.
I would probably get another were I not awaiting the forthcoming 7-14 f/2.8.
If you like UWA you might want to also consider the Samyang 7.5 which is an excellent M/F fisheye prime http://www.samyang.co.uk/index.php/csc-lenses-mirrorless/samyang-75mm-f-35-umc-fish-eye-mft
I have one and doubt I will sell it... loads of fun.
 
I very much tip my hat to you, I'm somehow more impresed you got it with AF, I never managed that with the Canon.

I didn't know samyang did a UW for mft, great news, I have the full frame 14mm and it's a great lens.

Alfbranch, thanks for the comparison, I know it's complete with the battery grip but it looks huge compared, I really could do with figuring how much of a jump in size and weight compared with the E-M10 with grip. I think I'll still try one if I can find someone who wants to part ex with my 5D3, but I think most people seem to be moving to mirrorless.
 
JohnN said:
I very much tip my hat to you, I'm somehow more impresed you got it with AF, I never managed that with the Canon.

I didn't know samyang did a UW for mft, great news, I have the full frame 14mm and it's a great lens.

Alfbranch, thanks for the comparison, I know it's complete with the battery grip but it looks huge compared, I really could do with figuring how much of a jump in size and weight compared with the E-M10 with grip. I think I'll still try one if I can find someone who wants to part ex with my 5D3, but I think most people seem to be moving to mirrorless.
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John, just regarding the size of the bodies, take the vertical grip off and exchange the 12-40 for the 12-50 and the size difference is not all that great.
The horizontal grip is then really the difference, quite a bit more substantial with the E-M1 (I have both bodies too).
 
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Cheers, I might take a look at the measurements and see what it's like compared to the 60D.

I've the 12-40 so I know it's big (for mft), but I hear it's even better balanced on the E-M1, would you say it's better with or without the grip?

Edit: Now I'm back at my PC I can look properly - yes, size\weight wise theres not as much in it as it looked - certain a good size smaller than the Canon 60D and the E-M1 is almost half the weight of the 5D3 so still very valid as a smaller\lighter body (link)

Edit 2: The Samyang 7.5 isn't too bad a price depending where you pick it up too - £197 from OneStopDigital (link)
 
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Greytop said:
John, just regarding the size of the bodies, take the vertical grip off and exchange the 12-40 for the 12-50 and the size difference is not all that great.
The horizontal grip is then really the difference, quite a bit more substantial with the E-M1 (I have both bodies too).
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Would definately agree there. My mate has the E-M10 and The E-M1 the bodies are more or less the same size, but the grip on the E-M1 is just so nice. I have Nikon D200 and D300 and the the E-M1 feels to me like a miniture D300 nice and solid as well.

HUW, pictures are exquisite.
 
JohnN said:
Cheers, I might take a look at the measurements and see what it's like compared to the 60D.

I've the 12-40 so I know it's big (for mft), but I hear it's even better balanced on the E-M1, would you say it's better with or without the grip?
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To be honest I quite like the vertical grip with the E-M1, I would say I have it fitted more often than not. It's still very much on the smaller side of 'dslr' packages with it fitted yet feels just about perfect from a handling point of view with the 12-40 or the new 40-150 fitted.
It's just my opinion mind you ;)
On the other hand I've gone from having my E-M5 gripped to gripless with primes as my lighter weight solution, again just about perfect for my needs.
Hope that helps.
 
in preparing to sell on my Nikon, I took a comparison photo of the OMD-EM5 and D90 to show the size difference with grips on each body.
 
I think it was £100 delivered, £90 collect. (link)
 
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You did well with "You want some" - I always fluff those shots and end up binning them
 
Could work, keeping some of the light through the wings I presume.
 
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lol, no idea :)

Thanks though - funily enough the one needing the most work was the robin - it was in the shade so I made the light in lightroom - gotta love cheating!
 
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I'm going out in a few but can no doubt help out (if I can) tomorrow.
Recently I switched to jpeg from RAW as the unprocessed image as flat (as it should be) and as such was overlooking images that were fine - I did pick up on most but wasn't happy that I was deleting so many more than with the 5D3.
Settings wise have left most stuff on defaults.
Whats wrong though, your images look good, and what are you used to and what sort of image are you trying to achieve?
 
Hmmm, maybe worth a go with the JPEGs then. I've found the images to be lacking any real pop up to yet.

I like to shoot into the sun but the camera seems to be lacking a bit of dynamic range and although they can be rescued in PP, it just ruins the contrast and clarity.
 
I'm not sure Lee, I like it, and the shots are so sharp with loads of detail, but i just can't get the pics to pop like i did with my D7000. But no such complaints from yourself and damian who have both swapped to Oly's from D7k's.

Meh.
 
I've read lots of people say that the JPGs look great and it's really difficult to replicate them in PP. Might be worth a try.

I'm going to look at the JPGs from this afternoons walk around the New Forest, the raws seem a bit flat too. I definitely did see nasty CA on the PL25 wide open when shooting trees into the sun, suppose that shouldn't be a surprise...
 
I'm not complaining, the way I looked at it was that it was on par with the D7k and that going forward the sensors will develop quickly and catch up, all that being in a smaller package!

I've seen plenty of underwater photos to tell me that they can produce quality images and a lot of people I know use these little cameras now.

Maybe it's just a slight different approach needed on Processing?

I am by no way an expert and it sounds like you look into your photos more than I do, I probably still need to get out and use mine more to notice the differences :-)
 
It will be interesting to see some shots Ned with the PL to compare with my Oly, especially wide open. I read that Panasonic bodies correct CA but Oly's don't. No big problem though with Lr, either the eye dropper tool or a defringing brush works just fine for me.

Be interesting to hear your thoughts on IQ vs your D610. Especially if you use it with a 50 f1.8. This a route I've been considering also.

Lee, yes, I've been looking into different processing methods and will look at JPEG's.
 
I think all the recent images posted on here look really good and make me feel very happy with my Em5 purchase. I went out today and struggled a little with the camera but thats down to user newness.

It makes me laugh trying to imagine going out today with my d600, 105 vr and 24-85 and 2 kids in tow. But with the Em5, 12-50 and 45mm it was a breeze. I didnt even notice them in my coat pocket.
 
minnnt said:
It will be interesting to see some shots Ned with the PL to compare with my Oly, especially wide open. I read that Panasonic bodies correct CA but Oly's don't. No big problem though with Lr, either the eye dropper tool or a defringing brush works just fine for me.

Be interesting to hear your thoughts on IQ vs your D610. Especially if you use it with a 50 f1.8. This a route I've been considering also.

Lee, yes, I've been looking into different processing methods and will look at JPEG's.
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I use a 50 1.4G on my D610 (and D700 before it) and also a D60 and D3200.

I'll need to do LOTS more shooting before I can say anything with any evidence but I can tell you now the full frame cameras with the 50mm on is stunning and from what I've seen so far I can't see the M4/3 ever being as good. I tend to only use the 50mm in low light situations so FF is always going to be better for me here.

Compared to the DX cameras though the difference is less clear, I gave my D60 to my mum and sold the D3200 last week so won't be able to do any comparisons of the same scene but I wouldn't have thought there would be much difference. I doubt there would be much difference in a properly exposed image but I like to push shadows quite often, the EM10 is way better than the D60 in this respect, probably not quite as good as the D3200 (which was good in this respect) but time and more playing will tell.

So, I am very happy to have all the advantages of the smaller M4/3 over my now gone DX kit but it isn't as good as full frame, no surprises there.

The question I still need to figure out is how much of my usual shooting the M4/3 will do for, if it is over 70-80% it will become my main camera with the D610 only being used for special occasions, if it's less than that I'll probably stick with the D610 and V1. I'm going on a city break in Feb and will take only the OMD so will have a better idea then.

For lenses I have the P14, PL25 and an O40-150 at the post office to pick up tomorrow. Was a bit dismayed by the CA on the PL25 today but will shoot more to learn its quirks - might switch to the O25 or O17 if I don't get on with it.
 
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