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A new era in Micro Four Thirds technology is about to begin. The new, revolutionary mirrorless camera, the OM-D E-M5, has an exceptionally light and compact body. Its Electronic View Finder enables photographers to check exposure levels, white balance and preview Art Filter effects in real-time.What's in the box: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera (Body Only, Black), FL-LM2 Flash Unit, BLN-1 Lithium-Ion Battery, BCN-1 Battery Charger, Body Cap, USB Cable, A/V Cable, Shoulder Strap, Olympus Viewer 2 CD-ROM and 1-Year Limited Warranty.

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THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW

A new era in digital SLR technology is about to begin. Up to now, digital SLRs simply replaced film with an electronic imaging device, which did not significantly change the products in terms of size, weight and user interface. The new, revolutionary mirrorless camera, the OM-D E-M5, has an exceptionally light and compact body. Its Electronic View Finder enables photographers to check exposure levels, white balance and preview Art Filter effects in real-time. When shooting, the photographer can instantly "create" a truly unique world and preserve it in exceptional quality. The "world" will be transformed from something you see to something you "take part" in.

The OM-D is a groundbreaking, new digital interchangeable lens camera perfect for people who want to "take part", "create", and "share".

ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER

The OM-D's new high-resolution electronic viewfinder (EVF) features a 100% field-of-view coverage and 1.15x maximum magnification that let you totally immerse yourself in your subject, and actively control image creation. The EVF also enables you to enlarge the focus point for precision focusing in virtually any shooting situation, and can show you the effect of Highlight & Shadow Control, White Balance, Exposure Compensation, Aspect Ratio, and a host of other settings and advanced digital image processing functions right in the viewfinder. With improved precision and responsiveness that make it as easy to use as an optical viewfinder, the OM-D's advanced EVF gives you virtually unlimited creative control.

HIGH IMAGE QUALITY

Three key factors contribute to the OM-D's unprecedented image quality: a wide lineup of M.ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses for sharp, clear subject capture, a new 16-megapixel Live MOS image sensor for rich tonal expression, and an advanced TruePic VI image processor for superb color fidelity. The optimal balance of these factors ensures the high resolution, sensitivity, and color accuracy you need to brilliantly capture the world around you.

FAST AF

The world's fastest* AF system, FAST AF, has been made even faster and more accurate on the OM-D. Improved new 3D Tracking AF assures you won't miss the moment even when subjects move toward or away from you, and the new high-sensitivity image sensor ensures superior AF performance even in dim light. *Among digital cameras with interchangeable lenses available as of February 8, 2012, when using the OLYMPUS M. ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm F3.5-6.3 EZ lens with the E-M5, based on Olympus in-house measurement conditions.

9 FPS HIGH-SPEED SEQUENTIAL SHOOTING

Thanks to the new 16-megapixel Live MOS image sensor's high-speed read-out performance, the OM-D offers maximum sequential shooting at 9 fps, making it easy to capture sports action or fast-moving subjects such as pets and wildlife. In addition, a compact new high-speed shutter mechanism enables the OM-D to offer this performance without compromising the handling advantages of a light and compact body.

5-AXIS IMAGE STABILIZATION

The OM-D is equipped with the world's first 5-axis image stabilization system, and can compensate for vertical, horizontal, and rotational camera shake that conventional 2-axis systems of the past have been unable to handle. Built into the camera body to ensure effective stabilization with all lenses, its unique 5-axis design makes it particularly effective when taking high-magnification telephoto shots, macro close-ups, and long exposures. In addition, it can be activated by pressing the shutter button halfway, so you can also use it to stabilize the viewfinder image and obtain a crisp, clear view of your subject that makes it easy to frame and compose your shots.

DUST-PROOF & SPLASH-PROOF CONSTRUCTION

Trouble-free shooting in all environments is assured by our proven dust-proof and splash-proof technology. Numerous specially constructed seals throughout the body protect the camera from sand, dust, rain, and water spray, making it ideal for all kinds of outdoor shooting. What's more, this protection extends to the M.ZUIKO ED 12-50mm F3.5-6.3 EZ lens, the bundled detachable flash unit, and the optional HLD-6 grip and power battery holder.

TILTING 3-INCH OLED TOUCHSCREEN

In addition to offering dial and button controls, the OM-D is the first Olympus camera to feature a tilting touchscreen monitor for intuitive fingertip operation. The 3-inch OLED touchscreen delivers high-resolution images of your subject with rich color reproduction. It also responds instantly to your touch with fast operation that makes it easy to focus on subjects, play back images, and adjust settings such as exposure and white balance.

LENSES AND ACCESSORIES

In addition to its new electronic motorized M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm F3.5-6.3 EZ lens with quiet, linear drive AF, the OM-D is supported by an ever-expanding range of wide-angle, macro, portrait, and telephoto Micro Four Thirds M.ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses. System accessories include cases, straps, filters, external flash units, and mount adapters for Four Thirds System lenses and OM System lenses.

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Yep, OMD makes micro Four Thirds a legit replacement for DSLR

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2012

Style: Body OnlyColor: SilverSet: US VersionVerified Purchase

**************Update 2014-05-02 OMD EM5 with the Oly 12-40 f2.8 zoom************

The Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 zoom is a fabulous complement to the OMD EM5! Outstanding build quality, sharp as a tack across the zoom range, elegant to operate, extends the UI of your camera with another Fn button. Olympus M Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro Interchangeable Lens

Adding 1-2 stops of speed across this zoom range vs. options like the 12-50 kit lens makes a night and day difference for my everyday shooting, while the convenience to frame via zoom vs. primes has always been a strong preference of mine going back to film days, and now I can do so without compromise as function of focal length. Cool! Indoors, I get way more flexibility in shutter speed (isolate action, avoid blur) and/or ISO (reduce noise). Outdoors, I can play with DOF more without resorting to primes, and can shoot at really low ISO for lowest possible noise. While I knew intellectually that this would be the case, the *degree* to which this lens opens the operating window of my OMD under a wide range of shooting conditions is just remarkable. It's like I was sitting on the head of a pin with some of the other lenses I own, without much room to move before making a big compromise in image quality (e.g., too slow shutter, too high ISO). I'm using my OMD more a result, and having more fun to boot!

Regarding lenses I'll now sell as a result of this purchase, here is the low down: Selling my Sigma 19mm f2.8, Sigma 30mm f2.8 (both very nice primes), the Oly 12-50 kit lens, and my Oly 9-18mm wide angle zoom. Will keep my long zooms, the Oly 14-150 and 75-300 for those occasions when long zoom is needed, and my Pany 14mm f2.5 as my most compact option for those times when total size of camera+lens matters. The one other purchase I am still considering is Oly's new compact zoom, for street shooting and vacation photos in bright light.

But if I could only have one lens to use with the OMD, this would be it for me!

*********************** Original Review ******************************

First, I'm old enough to remember the original film OMD's and I truly love the retro styling and look of the Silver OMD EM5. A huge bonus for me in the coolness department was that all my son's 16 year old friends raved about how it looked as well. As I say, bonus points!

So, what makes this a legit replacement for a (much larger) DSLR?

The biggest one is this: for a similar learning investment in the OMD, you can get image quality quite comparable to a DSLR in many circumstances, with a much easier to carry and use kit that also wins you style points.

Specifically:

*Image Quality - incredibly close to APS-C sensors in DSLRs in resolution and low light performance. The bigger difference now is what lenses you use, and how well do you know how to shoot photos vs. sensor size for IQ.
*AF Speed - equal in good light, and once you learn the tricks to a contrast detection AF system, you can make it work well just about anywhere.
*Size - a big win! The best camera is the one you have with you, as the saying goes, and for most folks, the OMD is going to go more places, and be more socially acceptable to use, than a DSLR.
*Lens Selection - Fast primes, fast zooms, super zooms, wide zooms, just about every niche is now filled, AND the rapid growth of micro four thirds camera sales is attracting even more lens development, meaning selection will grow even more rapidly.

Additional OMD delighters

*Best Micro Four Thirds camera for stills
*Build quality and feel
*Great manual controls combined with touch screen
*Battery life
*Micro Four Thirds ecosystem of lenses, backup bodies and accessories

Limitations

*Learning to shoot really fast moving subjects with CD AF. Can be done, but you have to learn a few tricks.
*Menu complexity - you have to master the menus a bit to get the most out of the OMD, as it is not really a P&S replacement unless you are really ready to step up and learn the basics of photography including aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and Depth of Field relationships plus some translations of these into the digital world and the Olympus menus. Worth the effort, but there is a learning curve.
*Very good video, but NOT the top m43 choice if video is your TOP priority, that would go to Panasonic GH2/GX1 and their lens ecosystem.

Recommended lenses

*The kit lens is only so so. OK for the price difference in kit vs. body only, but in general if you want this camera, you'll also want one or more additional lenses to get the most out of it depending on what kinds of shooting you do:

Some lens perspective from another post of mine, below, so you can see what I've chosen and why...

I'd like to present an alternative trinity of prime lenses below, with costs new on Amazon US as point of reference and a bit about why I chose them. I own two of these three.

Pany 14mm f2.5 ($280 vs. $799 for 12mm f2) - own it - my fast wide prime for indoor groups
Panasonic Lumix 14mm f/2.5 G Aspherical Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras

Sigma 19mm f2.8 ($199 vs. $799 for 25mm f1.4) - own it - my street/night/candid prime and most used lens overall
Sigma 19mm F2.8 EX DN -Micro 4/3 400963

Sigma 30 mm f2.8 ($199 vs. $399 for 45mm f1.8) - my choice for a candid portrait/more tightly framed street shots
Sigma 30mm F2.8 EX DN- Micro 4/3 330963

Total cost $678 vs. $1997.

I especially like the Sigma's, they are sharp, very fast to AF on the OMD, high quality and generally underrated, at least by some folks.

Not to say that Jim's original trinity might not be better for your needs, rather, just sharing another option for your consideration, one with high IQ, bit different focal lengths, perhaps less panache' but much lower costs.

Zooms:

My keepers:

Oly 9-18mm - wide landscape/day/crowded street shooting
Olympus M ED 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 micro Four Thirds Lens for Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Third Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

Oly 14-150mm - my casual/travel/daylight walk around zoom, my copy just a bit soft wide open, good from about 20mm on, mounted on my OMD most often other than the Sigma 19mm. Got this as part of an EPL1 kit for less than the cost of the lens alone, which provided me with both the lens I wanted, and a "free" backup camera emoticon - grin.
Olympus ED 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 micro Four Thirds Lens for Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Third Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera

Oly 75-300mm - long/super zoom. What a great FUN lens to have in my kit. 600mm equivalent in good light rocks!
Olympus 75-300mm f/4.8 Lens for Olympus Pen Cameras, Micro Four-Thirds Mount Cameras

Kit Zooms:

Oly 12-50mm - first shots with this were unimpressive, but plan to use it more now that I'm more fluent with the OMD and see what the actual quality is. Potential replacement: Pany X 12-35mm f2.8

Oly 14-42mm compact zoom - everyday lens for the EPL1. Potential replacement (to create an even more compact backup kit): Pany X 14-42 pancake zoom, but ONLY when blurriness issues are fully resolved!

Bought and Sold

Pany 20mm f1.7 - great on my original m4/3 kit (Pany GF1 and GH1), but AF speed and reliability in low light were too frustrating on the OMD. Like the Sigma 19mm MUCH better.

Oly 40-150mm - very nice IQ, excellent value for the price, but not flexible enough for me compared to the 14-150.

Oly 14-54 FT + Adapter - great, fairly fast short zoom lens, again, just too slow to AF, and too big and heavy on m4/3 body.

If you get an OMD, have fun selecting your glass, you can create a very high quality, flexible, and portable digital camera kit that is customized to your needs and shooting style.

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My thoughts after a year of ownership.....

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2013

Style: w/ 12-50mmColor: SilverSet: US VersionVerified Purchase

My background.... I am a part time professional photographer and I own a range of canon cameras and lenses. I still use the canon for my work photography most of the time, but I am starting to use this olympus more and more.

Let me start by saying that I absolutely love this little camera. I clicked the "buy it now" button the moment it first appeared on amazon. I waited several months for the backorders to clear and I've now owned it close to a year. I have absolutely no regrets. As odd as this may sound, this camera makes me happy. Whenever I use it I imagine I have a dopey grin on my face.

Initially I fought with this olympus to get sharp shots. If, like me, you are coming from a DSLR camera, you might have some difficulty adjusting to the balance of the camera. It is very light (which is one of the great things about it) but that means that it is a bit more prone to camera shake if you don't have it on a tripod and if, like me, you don't have rock steady hands. I stuck with the camera through my initial frustration and I'm so glad I did. I learned my own best way of holding it in order to keep it steady.

If you are thinking of buying this camera I think its important to hear some thoughts on what it can and cannot do. There are already so many good solid reviews here on amazon that I am only going to hit the high and low points as I see them. These might not be the same highs and lows that everyone else has so just keep in mind that these points are my OPINIONS.

THE GOOD....

- WEIGHT/SIZE Light as a feather and beautifully constructed. I can carry this camera in a small bag with 2 or 3 or 4 lenses all day and not feel any strain. I used to carry a camera with one lens with me EVERYWHERE, but after several years the dslr around my neck or on my shoulder started to take a heavy physical toll. Now I can go back to having a camera with me at all times.

- IMAGE QUALITY can be outstanding. I have taken some stunning photos with this thing. Punchy colors, Creamy bokehs. Good photos taken with this thing rival good photos taken with any DSLR. The olympus 45mm f1.8 lens is a relatively inexpensive thing of beauty.

- MENU SYSTEM. The super control panel is, hands down, one of the best and most intuitive menu systems I've ever used on a camera. Changing settings is effortless and takes only seconds to accomplish. You might not think this is all that important, but when you need to get your shot, you will be endlessly grateful for this brilliant super control panel. I've gotten shots with this camera that I wouldn't have gotten with my higher end DSLRs because I would have been fidgiting with the settings and the moment would have passed.

- FOCUSING Super quick focusing and enough focus points to keep anyone happy. With the grid system they use in this camera it is absolutely effortless to switch focus points. The touch screen is amazing. Touch any place on the LCD and the camera can instantly focus on that spot and take the shot before you can blink. I know the iphone can do this but it is my first experience with that touch focus. Focusing is accurate. Gone are the days of shutter lag. Reviewers more scientific than I am can tell you relative to other cameras whether the focusing is faster or slower, but for my purposes it is fast enough and tremendously accurate.

- UNOBTRUSIVE This might not be an issue for some people but for me it is. When I pull out a DSLR to take a shot it can draw a lot of unwanted attention particularly if I have a large lens attached. If I am photographing an outdoor event with a long white canon L lens, inevitably several people will come up to me to discuss just how big my lens is. So, this camera really doesn't attract attention to itself. I can get the photos I need to get without making folks self conscious and without ending up in long discussions about the length of my equipment. Seriously, unobtrusive is a good thing.

BUILD QUALITY
- this is a matter of personal taste, but I find this camera to be a thing of beauty

FUN FACTOR
- this little camera just puts the fun back into photography. I can't say that enough. Fun Fun Fun. I love taking pictures.

THE NOT SO GOOD

- HIGHER ISOs - I have several friends who are very good or excellent photographers who also own this camera and we debate this point heavily. I have not found this camera to be reliably noise free at ISO 800 or higher. My feeling is that you need to shoot wide open in darker settings and if your lens doesn't open up wider than f4, I think you will struggle with noisy shadow detail. That said, I have gotten some beautifully low noise images at ISO 800 or even 1600 when I use f2 and even with f8. I should say for the record that I do like some noise in my images at times particularly if I am going to convert them to black and white. But not all noise is created equal and I just don't like some of the noise visible in the backgrounds or shadow detail with this camera at higher ISO. Many of my friends disagree with me completely so this is up for grabs

TRACKING OF MOVING OBJECTS - I photograph active dogs a great deal and so far I have not been successful in using the focus tracking of this camera to get good shots. In fact, I am terrible with it. But I have seen shots from other photographers which are very good at this. I don't know what their secret is. I am guessing the majority of people will have problems with this the way I do and there are probably a handful of folks who can nail the focus tracking. So many reviews site it as a weak point of the camera so if sports is your thing and tracking moving subjects is your thing, this is not the camera for you. But lets put it in perspective... if you want to capture your baby's first steps or your childrens' antics, this camera would be quite capable.

CONCLUSION:

Did I mention this camera put the fun back in photography for me? I can't stress that enough. If you are an experienced photographer coming from a dslr you may be frustrated at first and you may not relinquish all of your photo chores to this puppy. I still do not trust it quite enough to bring it as my only camera for very important photo shoots. Or maybe the camera is trustworthy but I don't trust myself quite enough to coax the best out of it every time. If you are coming from a point and shoot you will be in camera heaven. Make sure you get yourself a couple of really good lenses to cover a range of situations. I can't stress enough how gorgeous that 45 mm f1.8 is. The 12-50 kit lens isn't half bad either. I also own the panasonic 45-200 lens. For the money, you can't beat it and I use it often, but there are better longer range lenses out there.

So why not 5 stars? I was tempted to give it 5 stars but I try to save those 5 star reviews for near perfect items. The grainier high ISO shots and the so so focus tracking keep me from pushing in that fifth star.

I get asked about this camera all the time and I lend it out often to prospective buyers. I am thinking of putting up an OMD-EM5 gallery on my website so people can see shots at different ISOs taken with different lenses. If it turns out that there is enough interest, I'll probably put the gallery up and I will edit this review if I do.

If you do get this camera, ENJOY and HAVE FUN!

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Vadim Kudryavtsev

Four Stars

Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2016

Style: w/ 12-50mmColor: SilverSet: US VersionVerified Purchase

Great camera for a wide range of users!

Poncho987

Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2015

Style: w/ 12-50mmColor: BlackSet: US VersionVerified Purchase

one of the best micro 4/3 cameras out there. great performance. cheap and good lens selctions

Andy

Amazing camera!

Reviewed in Canada on May 2, 2013

Style: Body OnlyColor: SilverSet: US VersionVerified Purchase

This camera is amazing, in short! Any advanced amateur will love it. And in my opinion it is a great alternative to SLRs for those looking for a more modern take. If you're considering a Canon APS-C mode, this makes no compromise whatsoever in image quality against the Canon and tops it in dynamic range. A point of interest is that the sensor technology is the same as used in the Sony mirrorless cameras, but this system has much better lenses available for it. Noise performance is within two stops of full frame, but so is depth of field, so as long as you have fast lenses you're at no disadvantage in either regard.

Keep in mind there is a significant learning curve with this camera. Over time you will learn to make amazing images with it, but early on it will take some customization and one on one time to get familiar with all the available options and to know the limits of the camera. I found eventually that I settled on a control layout I really liked. There are guides out there to help you customize it to your specific needs, be it action photography, landscape, or anything else, for that matter.

It has super dynamic range, over 12 stops at ISO 200 beating out any current Canon camera. I've had very good success with exposing low enough to keep all the highlight detail in landscapes, and then increasing exposure in Lightroom from the RAW file. This will preserve enough shadow detail to do a very nice single shot HDR. To accomplish this, I use highlight/shadow warning though the viewfinder almost all the time. This allows me to spot blown out highlights and underexpose to avoid them. For landscapes, I pull the exposure down a full stop quite often and can easily pull the detail back from the shadows in Lightroom. This is something that's simply impossible with an SLR without taking multiple test shots.

If you're shooting JPEG, the "LOW" setting on gradation also does a good job at keeping highlight detail. I personally prefer the look of the Vivid color mode for JPEG using LOW gradation for most things. The adjustable highlights and shadows are great if you want to do an in-camera single shot HDR look or a more punchy low dynamic range shot without having to run the RAW files through Lightroom. But I highly, highly recommend eventually starting to shoot raw. The RAW files from this camera are just incredibly malleable.

The EVF is great. I'm finding I prefer it to the optical viewfinders I used on my Spotmatics back in the day. The picture is bright and clear and manual exposure is a breeze when you can preview the result, and see the shot you just took flash in the viewfinder. Seeing live highlight and shadow alerts and accurate exposure preview really makes manual exposure so much fun and very rewarding. Manual focus is super easy with an automatically zoomed in preview when you turn the focus ring.

I use the EP-11 eyecup to provide a little more shade and padding for my glasses, and I use the EVF almost all the time. As a mirrorless camera, its main disadvantage here is battery life, since power which is consumed whenever the sensor is being read, even if no picture is taken. To extend the battery life significantly, I simply set the viewfinder to automatically switch when my eye is near it, then I press the live view button (on the side of the viewfinder) to switch off live view on the LCD. Then I use the INFO button to turn off the LCD entirely. Reports are that up to 1200 shots can be achieved on a charge this way, although I'm getting at least 800-1000 regularly.

I also highly recommend the Olympus battery grip (if you're using larger lenses) and picking up some after-market batteries and charger. Keep in mind that most after market batteries won't charge in the included charger, but the chargers are extremely cheap and often included. The aftermarket batteries usually also have falsely advertised capacities, which, in reality, are about 70-80% of the Olympus battery. If this matters to you, get the Olympus batter for a spare. But I'm perfectly happy with the cheaper alternatives.

I recommend investing in some good lenses! I would never shoot with the kit 12-50mm or 14-42mm lenses as they are at most half as sharp as a good prime and a real struggle to use in low light. This is my kit:

- Bower (Samyang, etc...) 7.5mm f/3.5 Fisheye - I love having a fisheye, and I'm happy to say that micro four thirds has a great fisheye lens! It's this one. The sharpness is out of this world. Fisheyes are especially fun on systems like this because of the vast depth of field. Set it to infinity, and everything from about two feet to infinity is in sharp focus at every aperture.

- Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 - Indispensable fast normal! Use it for almost everything.

- Olympus 12-40 f/2.8 PRO - Versatile substitute for the 25mm. Use it mainly outdoors, social events and for macro shots. It's good in the snow or rain!

- Olympus 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED - I love this telephoto, and at the price, it should be the first lens you pick up. Some of the best pictures I've taken have been with this lens. It's really useful to have this range of focal lengths for things like portraits, outdoor shots (airplanes, birds, etc...) and with the long focal length, you do get good subject isolation and nice bokeh, despite slow slower aperture. This lens retails for about $140 so it's certainly not out of anyone's price range who is considering this camera. I'll replace it with the Olympus 40-150 f/2.8 PRO when it's released, but I'm in no hurry.

Panasonic also has a couple of great zooms available: the 12-35mm f/2.8 and the 35-100mm f/2.8. If you want to invest in a pro kit (and you have the cash), these two lenses are all you'll need. I completely avoided the plethora of show normal zooms out there because in my experience slow normal lenses in have very limited uses. They're not much good indoors, you can't get good subject isolation and the image quality is generally not great. I'd recommend significant restraint in lens purchase, and always check out the more scientific reviews to see what you're getting into. there's nothing worse than getting excited about a lens just to find that the pictures you take with it look soft, washed out, or require extensive post processing. I've learned to be very cautious about any lens I can't find listed on lenstip or dxomark, as such lenses can be a lottery, even when they have seemingly glowing reviews. Sigma's short primes (19 and 30) and SLR magic's 12mm T/1.6 are examples of lenses that turned out to be optically terrible once I bought them.

Finally, I would not recommend this camera to a beginner or someone who would prefer just to take pictures and let the camera do the thinking. While the automatic mode is perfectly fine, my feeling is that this camera and most of its best features would be wasted on point and shoot photography, and what you're really paying for here is the power to make the image you want. Not the image the camera thinks you want. The iAuto mode is best after some tweaking and tends to produce pictures that are too warm out of the box, although it is very clever and tries to detect the type of photo you are taking, whether there are faces (one, or more), landscapes, snow, etc...

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Carter

love this camera

Reviewed in Canada on August 18, 2018

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great

C.L.

Good and compact

Reviewed in Canada on May 28, 2013

Style: w/ 12-50mmColor: BlackSet: US VersionVerified Purchase

I like the size and the features, especially the improved noise reduction. Compared to my older camera, the picture is also a lot sharper. My biggest concern is that there's no built-in flash.

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Brand	Olympus
Model Name	Olympus OM-D E-M5
Maximum Webcam Image Resolution	16 MP
Photo Sensor Size	Micro Four Thirds
Image Stabilization	Sensor-shift
Max Shutter Speed	1/4000 seconds
Min Shutter Speed	60 seconds
Metering Description	Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
Exposure Control Type	Program AE, Aperture priority AE, Bulb, Shutter priority AE, Scene select, Art Filter, Manual, Time, Automatic See more
Form Factor	SLR-style mirrorless

Olympus OM-D E-M5 16MP Live MOS Mirrorless Digital Camera with 3.0-Inch Tilting OLED Touchscreen and 12-50mm Lens (Black) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

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