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Olympus E-M5 news and tests roundup…(ships in US on April 10th, in Japan on March 30th) (109 posts)

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admin said 3 months ago:

For those of you that are waiting for the E-M5: BHphoto (Click here) says the E-M5 will be available on April 10th. And Amazon Japan (Click here) reports that the camera will ship on March 30th. Don’t know yet how many E-M5 cameras will be produced per month and how many preorders Olympus got. So you may will not get the camera on those days. At least on Amazon the E-M5 preorder hype looks like to be over and the E-PL1 is the king of the mirrorless ranking again -> Click here to see the ranking. Also the Panasonic GF2 is selling well and probably super interesting after the recent hack release!

But there are (again) many new E-m5 news and previews today:
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Preview at Photographyblog (Click here). And image samples (again at Photographyblog) and at Tomshardware (italian). Extreme ART filter image sample on Flickr (Click here). The swedish magazine Fotosidan (Click here) posted a camera preview. A hands-on at AP (Click here), Techradar (Click here) and a spanish hands-on on youtube (Click here). Test shots and video-illustrations (stabilization, AF, live bulb) at Onfoto Russia (Click here and Click here). A video shot with the E-M5 on vimeo (Click here). The english E-M5 manual (Click here to download the pdf).

E-M5 preorder search (Click on names): Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Any idea of when it will ship in Hong Kong? Please say 25th march.

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YouDidntDidYou said 3 months ago:

The 5 axis stablisation on the E-M5 looks incredible if I was a steadycam maker I would be worried!

Flickr O-MD user group here http://www.flickr.com/groups/om-d_user/ (so more image samples)

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YouDidntDidYou said 3 months ago:

@thevoiceoverman
I figured there would be goodies there

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Yes, but wouldn’t it be smarter to wait for the E-M7 pro camera? #beingevil

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YouDidntDidYou said 3 months ago:

@Nikku
prob OK to just turn up or pre-book at the Focus on Imaging show at NEC Birmingham UK 4-7th March http://www.focus-on-imaging.co.uk/

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

I’m most impressed by the Continuous AF demo on the Russian site, where they helpfully provide a video of the back of the camera while it does its work. The viewfinder blackout looks no more disturbing than that of a mid-range DSLR, and the focus lock looked pretty reliable!

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

The fact that the underpriced EPL-1 is still the number one of Olympus’ mirrorless cameras, should be a shock for that company, because it means that the advantages of the newer models are not attractive enough to warrant the higher price point.

It seems that the EPL-1 was totally overproduced.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Amazon Japan says 30 March but when I was in Map Camera this weekend they said it’s still not confirmed. They guaranteed it would be in March but they had no more details.

I notice the other Japanese sites are all still saying “Within March” and not being any more specific. Amazon may be correct but I am leaning towards the crowd and saying it’s not confirmed yet…

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YouDidntDidYou said 3 months ago:

You will probably have to wait for an online cashback deal as Oly and Panny understandably aren’t too keen on bricks and mortar stores in the USA having had their fingers burnt by Wolf stores, Ritz cameras and Circuit city in the recent past and Best Buy currently struggling…

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

That’s just ridiculously good,

Does the EP3 discriminate focus point that precisely?

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YouDidntDidYou said 3 months ago:

@mahler
The EPL-1 WAS NOT OVER PRODUCED and “no fire sale” it may still even be in production (you’ve been reading bias articles on the wrong website), word has it that Nikon will continue to produce the D700 even after the D800 release, so go figure…

Olympus are just been competitive with their pricing and if you actually read and dissected what is said on forums and flickr you would realise that many DSLR owners have and are purchasing the EPL-1 to “test the waters” and then upgrading or will upgrade or they are buying for their girlfriends, wives, partners etc and then having a play with it themselves (I see this story countless times on the web).

Also Olympus has single handily created a new market in camera joshi (who are price sensitive) and successfully saturated/penetrated it (except in the USA) to the detriment of the Nikon 1 target market.

SO NO SHOCK to Olympus, just successful strategy.

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YouDidntDidYou said 3 months ago:

@Charlie
yes I think if you go into the settings and change the focus parameters, would be good if they had cross hairs or an actually spot instead of that box…

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

any idea what lens was used in that video?

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lnqo-M said 3 months ago:

I think not Olympus is shock of the, but the is many so will new have gear AF on FT lens by CDAF, and i think the is to hight price.

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