43 Rumors

Olympus E-M5 focus speed test.

There was an ongoing Olympus press meetings in Amsterdam and Yokohama and plenty of websites are now publishing new previews and videos. Here is a short roundup of the latest news:

Pen And Tell german report (Click here)
Interview at Akihabara (Click here).
New E-M5 accessories at Olympus Global (Click here and scroll down to see them).
Very basic ISO comparison at Zol (Click here).
E-M5 image samples on Flickr (Click here).

Biofos (Click here) has some news from Olympus UK about the Four Thirds lens support: “No AF improvement on 4/3 lenses I am afraid“. But Olympus made it also clear that they are working on that issue. Their goal is to make Four Thirds lenses fully operable on m43 cameras.

Focus Numerique now removed the ability to download the E-M5 RAW files. Our reader Olaf sent us this: “here is a raw-conversion from me aimed at maximum detail and less texture-smoothing than the internal jpegs, i think it really shows the potential of the E-M5, taken with a 300€ lens at f/1.8!
http://datenkeule.de/dl.php?file=file1329348705olympus-om-d-e-m5-preserie-exemple9.jpg
it is not easy to get the same sharpness olympus is doing with their jpegs while at the same time reducing noise and preserving texture-details.
now here the same file upscaled to 48mp (8000×6000) with a crop of here left eye (eat this nikon D800)
http://datenkeule.de/dl.php?file=file132934883148mp.jpg
here some crops to compare the potential of texture-preservation compared to the internal jpegs. 2 100% crops with jpeg to the left and the raw conversion to the right:
http://datenkeule.de/dl.php?file=file1329342465jpeg-raw.jpg
http://datenkeule.de/dl.php?file=file1329343823jpeg-raw2.jpg
unfortunately i wasn’t able to save all raws, i only managed to save 4 or 5 of them. maybe i can post some other conversions later, like the one from the bike and the other shot of the woman.”

P.S: If you love analyzing RAW files than check Fujirumors (Click here). They just posted the first X PRO 1 raw files!

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Full Preorder list:
1) Black E-M5 body at
Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Warehouse UK (Click here), Redcoon Germany (Click here) and Amazon Japan (Click here).
2) Silver E-M5 body at
Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Warehouse UK (Click here), Redcoon Germany (Click here), and Amazon Japan (Click here).
3) Black E-M5 body with 14-42mm lens at
Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Amazon Japan (Click here).
4) Black E-M5 body with 12-50mm lens at
Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Jessops (Click here), Redcoon Deutschland (Click here), Amazon Deutschland (Click here) and Amazon Japan (Click here).
5) Silver E-M5 body with 12-50mm lens at
Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Jessops (Click here), Amazon Deutschland (Click here) and Amazon Japan (Click here).
6) FL-600R wireless flash at
Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
7) MMF-3 Four Thirds adapter at
Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
8.) HLD-6 power battery holder at
Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and Amazon Japan (Click here).

Not only it took Olympus a week to come out admitting there is no support for 4/3 lenses , they dare not specify when exactely will they have it.
YES Olympus owes me that much !!! I f I as many others bought with my hard earned money 4/3 lenses for 2,000 USD I expect not to be deserted because of Olympus’s sudden whim to change formats.
WTF !!! this is as close as it gets to deceiving , well when think about it again that what Olympus directors have been busy with in the last few years.
Anyone interested in 12-60 SWD and 50-200 SWD + E520 in excellent condition ?

@admin
Olympus hinted that they might introduce a none weatherproof O-MD in the future (saw it on a youtube video from reddotphilippines somewhere)

LOL…. E-M5 is maybe like fast so E-520 on the two lens, but you can go for a OLd E-3 and a E-5.

Good work Olaf! The post processed RAW looks great. Notice the improved color fidelity compared to the flattering jpg. The EM5 is a really good camera.

If they knew when it would be they would have held the camera back until that date. They simple don’t know as they are still working on it. When they make the breakthrough they will launch it on a camera. I have been a 43 user since the E1. You need to just be patient, wait for the E7 which is being developed or change systems. They are not deceiving you at all regarding this. A photographer who has used the camera with an old 14-54mm MK1 said she found it to be slightly faster focusing than the E1 and very accurate.

@OLAF: What RAW converter have you used to generate these JPEGs?

Raw Photo Processor is free and will open the Raw files up from the camera.