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

minnnt said:
Paid £449 for mine on Friday which I thought was good so the one in the classifieds is a bargain!!
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Secondhand? I'm thinking of one as a walkabout to go with my D750 which is just for home use. Was considering the X30 as I like Fuji, but I think these offer better value / flexability as the X30 price will take a while to come down.
 
Yeah second hand but it hasn't had any real use from the looks of things.

I've owned the x20 before and the iq is vastly different imo. If you look closely at images from the baby x's they're a bit smeared, but the olympus files hold much more detail. They're a very similar size too and the lens choice is great. Both are good for general shots though if you're not a pixel peeper (when I say pixel peeper I mean 100% viewing)

Mine came with the ez lens and I purchased the 25 and 45 1.8's aswell.
 
I have had two X20 and she has the XF. I chopped the X20 in when I went to the Xpro1 as with the 35mm attached it was jacket pocketable and I couldn't see the point of the X20 then. I think a trip to Currys maybe in order to have a look at one.

How is that EZ lens, is it like a pancake lens and controlled by the camera or on the lens???? I didn't like the similar Panasonic one where you controlled the zoom on the lens.
 
Swanseajack said:
How is that EZ lens, is it like a pancake lens and controlled by the camera or on the lens???? I didn't like the similar Panasonic one where you controlled the zoom on the lens.
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It is a power zoom, I have one which occasionally use with my E-M5.
Not a bad little lens at all.
 
On the lens and you can alter the speed it zooms at and you can choose different speeds for stills and video which is handy. In reality, when I get the lenses I want, I doubt I will keep the ez. Once I get the 9-18 (or the 12mm f2) it won't be of any use to me as I will have the 25 for normal stuff and the 45 for a mid range portrait lens. Hopefully going to pick the 40-150mm R up tonight from Currys if they still have some in as at £100 it's a bargain imo.
 
and the 40-150 isnt much larger than the 45. Gonna have to buy loads of lenses to fill the rucksack that took the d7000 and 3 lenses ;)
 
minnnt said:
On the lens and you can alter the speed it zooms at and you can choose different speeds for stills and video which is handy. In reality, when I get the lenses I want, I doubt I will keep the ez. Once I get the 9-18 (or the 12mm f2) it won't be of any use to me as I will have the 25 for normal stuff and the 45 for a mid range portrait lens. Hopefully going to pick the 40-150mm R up tonight from Currys if they still have some in as at £100 it's a bargain imo.
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Even though I have primes and 12-40 covering this range I will hang on to my 14-42 EZ because it can very useful when space is at a real premium.
 
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I'd flog it tomorrow. :D Or right now come to think of it. :D

Just been to my local Currys and they have no stock of the 40-150 and i cba to drive to Nottingham to pick one up so it looks like I'll have to make do with it for the time being. :(
 
I've got a 14-42 pancake coming ... hopefully ... from evilbay Germany.
I shall enter the thread with images if it arrives.
 
Thanks guys - I have to admit this little fellow packs a punch.

David, sport isn't my thing at all, but I love the Ready and Waiting shot :clap:
 
Haven't used it for my normal kind of shots so maybe it will redeem itself. I think I'm being unfair to it really as I've been spoiled by primes. I was the same with Nikon. After using primes, zooms just don't cut it imo. Need a day out with the 25mm and give it a good going over.

Read a few reviews and they all seem to favour the Oly 25mm f1.8 over the PL 25mm f1.4 which is reasuring. :)
 
Thanks John. It was a new venue and the low white ceilings were doing it no favours. The ready and waiting shot was my favourite of the night. :LOL:

Will sort the link out to the 'spot the tog' shot, it's not showing for me now?!
 
The OMD M5 is a great little travel camera, there really isn't any need for a DSLR and all the heavy lenses. Personally there isn't a compelling reason to upgrade this body anytime soon. This can do everything a DSLR can and more thanks to the IBIS. Focus is more accurate and faster than any of the back/front/mis focusing Canon/Nikon kit I've had before.

Happy I sold my D7000 + lead weights a few years ago. I've picked up an X100S & Ricoh GR APSC now, probably should break out the OM-D again sometime soon. Shooting more film at the moment tho.

In terms of my experience with it all is good except :
  1. I've gone through 4 viewfinder eyecups. They either fall off and I lose them or the rubber falls off.
  2. The electronic contact points for the grip accessory are rubbish. I've had mine repaired once and it's broken again. I think the contact points between the 2 grips themselves has gone as well.
In terms of the lenses :
  • Panasonic Fisheye : Sold it. Great little lens but traded it in as wasn't using it.
  • Panasonic 7-14mm f4.0 : Still own this, super wide and sharp but sometimes horrible purple flare on the M5. Worth keeping for 7mm.
  • Olympus 12mm f2 : Sold it, very soft wide open, awkward field of view, zone focus isn't relevant with the M5's super fast autofocus, stopped down f4.0+ side by side the 7-14mm is way better. 14mm f2.5 is better at f2.5 as well. Looking on flickr mine wasn't a dud, it's just the lens design.
  • Panasonic 14mm f2.5 : Sold it. Brilliant little lens, imho sharper and more contrasty than the 12mm (but not as good as the 7-14), lower profile, and a complete bargain. Might buy another.
  • Panasonic 20mm f1.7 : Sold it. Deserves all the praise it gets. Might buy another.
  • Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4 : Still own this, Cracking little lens. Enough said.
  • Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95 : Still own this. Different enough to the Panasonic to always have a place in my bag. Unique way of rendering the world. Sharpest lens I've seen stopped down. I saw a few people raving about the Sigma DP Merrill cameras. I downloaded some of the samples from Sigma's sites and compared them to very similar shots with the Nokton stopped down to f5.6. Nokton is easily equal and will be better in a few years when the sensors can catch up. Had to get it repaired once as apparently it has some plastic parts in it that can fatigue (mine had a very slight wobble). Came back with metal parts instead and good as new (in fact slightly sharper @ f0.95)
  • Olympus 45mm f1.8 : Still own this, sharp, cheap, light, and great bokeh. What more do you need.
  • Olympus 75mm f1.8 : Still own this, specialist lens but happy to have it there when I need it.
(I don't like zooms :). The 7-14mm I use as a prime mostly @ 7mm).

Anyway here's a few random shots from this camera, probably have better ones but the portable HDD is upstairs so these are just what's on the laptop :

PC170051.jpg by _Jo Gray, on Flickr


IMG_2154.jpg by _Jo Gray, on Flickr


Day 70 : Myanmar (Burma) : Balloons over Bagan by _Jo Gray, on Flickr

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MG_1408.jpg by _Jo Gray, on Flickr


Day 52 : Thailand : Hua Hin : Motorcycle Taxi to Nowhere (1sec exposure) by _Jo Gray, on Flickr


Day 10 : Prakhon Chai, Thailand : A couple of portraits just for the hell of it! by _Jo Gray, on Flickr


Cambodia : Koh Rong by _Jo Gray, on Flickr


SE Asia Tour 2013 : Cambodia : Siem Reap & Around (including Angkor Wat) by _Jo Gray, on Flickr
 
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Nawty said:
Some great pictures there Jo, really good (god I love SE Asia).

How do you feel about the 4:3 ratio?
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Thanks Nawty. To be honest I don't have any particular feeling about it or even register that it's a different aspect ratio when I pick up the X100S/coming from a D7000. I just frame based on what I see in the viewfinder. I'm quite liking squares at the moment thanks to my Yashica Mat TLR.
 
Very very nice and thanks for the lens run down, very handy. :D
 
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A very nice varied set Jo, thanks for posting.
I can understand your inclination towards primes and their compact nature.
Perhaps the shame is that Oly have a very strong reputation of producing stonking zooms ;)
 
Good stuff Jojo, not sure I'm brave enough to go out a sell all my Nikon gear before I've bought and used a M3/4 system but on that evidence I reckon they'll be good enough for what I need......Might have to wait for a bit now though as the monies I had put aside accidently got spent on some new speakers last night.....Will definitly be waiting to see what the EM5 ii comes up with now :)
 
I have just picked up a used M10, (thanks Nigel). It will be good to see how it compares with the EP-1 and G1 which I still have; looking forward to using the focus peeking as I have quite a lot of MF glass and also renewing my past close friendship with the Pana 20mm f1.7
 
I've just started another thread about do we always need to shoot RAW, but my conclusion is (from my OMD-EM1 anyway), that the Olympus in camera JPG's are just superb, and I'm now starting to not process loads of RAW files and switching the camera to just shoot JPG's except for exceptional circumstances. Coupled with the lightness and potability of M4/3, just shooting JPG's has really sparked my enthusiasm for photography again and reminded me why I got into it over 35 years ago !
 
Have to ask this, but has anyone got any bird shots at 150mm with the 45mm - 150mm lens
 
Sootchucker said:
I've just started another thread about do we always need to shoot RAW, but my conclusion is (from my OMD-EM1 anyway), that the Olympus in camera JPG's are just superb, and I'm now starting to not process loads of RAW files and switching the camera to just shoot JPG's except for exceptional circumstances. Coupled with the lightness and potability of M4/3, just shooting JPG's has really sparked my enthusiasm for photography again and reminded me why I got into it over 35 years ago !
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I've tried occasionally to just shoot jpg because it makes you get it right in camera (or try to in my case) It doesn't last long though! I clearly rely far to heavily on what LR can do.
 
so is it being said that it takes more skill to shoot jpeg successfully than to shoot RAW?
 
@minnnt That third one's a bit ropey ;)

So, I traded the last of my nikon stuff today for the 75-300II. Not the best day to do it as I imagine that if you're sitting on the sun, holding a torch, it would still need more light. Will see how I get on should the damn clouds ever part

Regarding the weight, it seems fine - a little front heavy but nothing major.
 
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