Despite the long and difficult-to-remember name, Om-D E-M45,
the newest m43 camera of Olympus, is very impressive in the mirror-less
segment.
Olympus OM-D E-M45
Despite the long and difficult-to-remember name, Om-D E-M45,
the newest m43 camera of Olympus, is very impressive in the mirror-less
segment. This product is always sold up in the foreign market. With classical
design, high image quality, operation in different weather conditions,
5-dimensional anti-shock, and the high quality lens system, E-M5 promisingly
compete with 2 top-leading mirror-less cameras Sony NEX-7 and Fujifilm X-Pro 1.
This review will introduce briefly about the camera only.
Touchscreen
In the old SLR film world, Olympus has 2 prominent series:
tiny PEN and OM with better quality and bigger size. In the m43 series, all
cameras are PEN and now the OM is reborn. However, OM – D (D for Digital) is no
longer SLR but changed into m43, which Olympus and Panasonic are pursuing both.
As a result, the upper path is no longer prism, but changed into an electric
viewer EVF with 1.4 million pixel resolution. The upper viewer OM-D has good
colors and details, and the less latency than X-Pro1.
Made of metal and water-proof materials, OM-D delivers a
nice feeling of holding, solid, not too light and not too heavy. In addition,
the grip is smartly-designed. It is not too deep like NEX 7 but gives enough
fulcrums. The most pity point is that some buttons are so small due to physical
limitation and we have to lift the screen to use connection port. That is a
strange decision of Olympus.
Detailed configuration
Sensor: 4/3 Live MOS Sensor (Micro Four Thirds 16.1
megapixel)
ISO: 200-25.600
Flash synchronization speed: 1/250s
Eye Level Finder: Eye-level electronic viewfinder, approx.
1.44M; Eye-level electronic viewfinder, approx. 1.44M: 0.92x*1 - 1.15x*2
Screen: 3.0-inch OLED monitor, 610k dots, Touch control,
Upward tilting angle : up to 80 degrees / Downward tilting angle : up to 50
degrees
Image processing kit: TruePic VI
35-area multiple AF
Movie format: MPEG-4AVC/H.264, Motion JPEG, Micro Stereo
integrated
Movie speed and resolution: 1920 x 1080 (60 fps), 1280 x 720
(60, 30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
Single AF: 9 fps; Continuous AF: 4.2 fps
5-axis image stabilization
Dust reduction: Supersonic Wave Filter
Face detection preview: up to 8 faces
Bundled flash: FL-LM2
File format: RAW 12-bit, MPO (3D still)
Optional Power Battery Holder HLD-6, dust and water proof
Adapter transferring 4/3 lens to Micro Four Thirds MMF-3,
dust and water proof
Color: Black, Silver
SDXC memory card, UHS-I speed, Eye-Fi Card compatibility
USB 2.0 and micro-HDMI
Size: 122 x 89 x 43 mm
