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

Thanks for all the info, previous to my post the EM5 2 and the EM1 were the front runners, i need to have a look round for any decent deals, or maybe put a wanted ad in the classifieds here, and it will definitely be all black not silver :p
 
I've own (or owned), EM10, EM5ii, EM1, EM1ii.

I loved the EM10 for its simplicity, size and excellent image quality and it has enough modern features to be useful (wifi, phone control, live composite (iirc) etc). This got smashed and I replaced it with an EM5ii which is a much more powerful tool but bigger and more complicated and somehow I don't love it as I did the EM10. Around the same time I also got the EM1 for the better CAF and although I initially intended to use the EM5ii for most things and the EM1 for CAF type things (airshows etc) I ended up using the EM1 for pretty much everything and the EM5ii was relegated to second camera duties and rarely got used.

Recently I treated myself to an EM1ii and that is, by far, the best tool but it is big (relatively speaking) so now I have actually gone back to using the EM5ii as my travel camera and my EM1ii for everything else.

If I were to recommend anything it would depend on your requirements:

Small travel/second camera I would say the EM10 as there is something about it I love and it is nice and cheap, unless you need the weatherproofing in which case the EM5ii makes a bit of sense
Tool for serious duty = EM1 as it is a bargain price now and has a couple of really useful features that the EM5ii doesn't (better CAF and in camera focus stitching).
 
@Swissy have a look on e-group, they come up quite often there
 
Thanks to everyone for the invaluable help, i've narrowed it down to em5 2 or em1 just need to find either or at a decent price.

Do these 2 camera's share the same IBIS?

It's renown IBIS is probably the main reason i want an Olympus, because i shoot a lot with legacy lenses.
 
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I probably wouldn't value mine at much more TBH - it's on around 20k. I still keep thinking about the mk2....then a d500....then sticking with the mk1...
 
Yeah, when I get around to selling mine (it is fairly battle worn) I wouldn't expect to get more than £300 for it.
 
I probably wouldn't value mine at much more TBH - it's on around 20k. I still keep thinking about the mk2....then a d500....then sticking with the mk1...
Only 20K the shutter on mine failed at approx 125K but at least it was about £80 to replace.
 
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I like that Dale and am intrigued by the green hexagonal lights to the left of the tallest building.
 
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Question about colour on the E-M1 MkI vs the E-M10II. On Sundays I usually volunteer to shoot one of the junior park run events in Wimbledon. I use an E-M1 with a long lens and an E-M10II with a short lens. One thing that is quite annoying is that the colour of the grass looks quite different when I use the E-M1 versus the E-M10II (raw files processed using Lightroom).

E-M1 colour example:

20170625_094137_050 by Maarten DHaese, on Flickr

E-M10II colour example:

20170625_094132_184 by Maarten DHaese, on Flickr

The E-M10II colour looks warmer to me and the greens don't look as good as in the E-M1 shots - to my eye at least.

Both shots are seconds apart and in identical lighting conditions. I've tried equalising the colour temperature and the tint in Lightroom but the difference remains.

Does anyone know what causes this and if there is any way to get consistent colour between the E-M1 and E-M10II files?
 
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Question about colour to on the E-M1 MkI vs the E-M10II. On Sundays I usually volunteer to shoot one of the junior park run events in Wimbledon. I use an E-M1 with a long lens and an E-M10II with a short lens. One thing that is quite annoying is that the colour of the grass looks quite different when I use the E-M1 versus the E-M10II (raw files processed using Lightroom).

E-M1 colour example:

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151407326@N05/35483282056/in/datetaken/" title="20170625_094137_050"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4278/35483282056_5fb8638f93_n.jpg" width="320" height="120" alt="20170625_094137_050"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

E-M10II colour example:

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151407326@N05/35391728201/in/datetaken/" title="20170625_094132_184"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4213/35391728201_1ae4a03f68_n.jpg" width="320" height="180" alt="20170625_094132_184"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The E-M10II colour looks warmer to me and the greens don't look as good as in the E-M1 shots - to my eye at least.

Both shots are seconds apart and in identical lighting conditions. I've tried equalising the colour temperature and the tint in Lightroom but the difference remains.

Does anyone know what causes this and if there is any way to get consistent colour between the E-M1 and E-M10II files?


Have you tried changing the colour profile to an Oly one (I use neutral) in the camera calibration?
 
Question about colour to on the E-M1 MkI vs the E-M10II. On Sundays I usually volunteer to shoot one of the junior park run events in Wimbledon. I use an E-M1 with a long lens and an E-M10II with a short lens. One thing that is quite annoying is that the colour of the grass looks quite different when I use the E-M1 versus the E-M10II (raw files processed using Lightroom).

E-M1 colour example:

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151407326@N05/35483282056/in/datetaken/" title="20170625_094137_050"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4278/35483282056_5fb8638f93_n.jpg" width="320" height="120" alt="20170625_094137_050"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

E-M10II colour example:

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151407326@N05/35391728201/in/datetaken/" title="20170625_094132_184"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4213/35391728201_1ae4a03f68_n.jpg" width="320" height="180" alt="20170625_094132_184"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The E-M10II colour looks warmer to me and the greens don't look as good as in the E-M1 shots - to my eye at least.

Both shots are seconds apart and in identical lighting conditions. I've tried equalising the colour temperature and the tint in Lightroom but the difference remains.

Does anyone know what causes this and if there is any way to get consistent colour between the E-M1 and E-M10II files?
There are a couple of things that immediately come to mind here in that one is underexposed compared to the other and whilst the light might be the same the angles and framing of the shots are different and so maybe this is effecting WB. I would run some controlled tests and then compare. If you're still getting different results the check the Auto WB setting (assuming you're using auto WB?) as you can set auto WB to warmer colours IIRC. I you're still getting different results it could be due to the EM1 using a Panny sensor rather than Sony on the other models (I believe) and so you'd have to set up a preset for the EM10 to match the EM1 by changing individual colour hues and luminance which would be a huge PITA.
 
There are a couple of things that immediately come to mind here in that one is underexposed compared to the other and whilst the light might be the same the angles and framing of the shots are different and so maybe this is effecting WB. I would run some controlled tests and then compare. If you're still getting different results the check the Auto WB setting (assuming you're using auto WB?) as you can set auto WB to warmer colours IIRC. I you're still getting different results it could be due to the EM1 using a Panny sensor rather than Sony on the other models (I believe) and so you'd have to set up a preset for the EM10 to match the EM1 by changing individual colour hues and luminance which would be a huge PITA.

Thanks - some more useful suggestions here. Yes I am using Auto WB.

The colour difference is quite consistent - when I review the Flickr photostream I can tell which shots are E-M1 vs E-M10II just by looking at the colours.
 
You mean camera calibration in Lightroom? I have just looked it up and it looks I'll need to give that a try.

Many thanks for the suggestion!

I think Ned means the in-camera setting

I meant in Lightroom, it changes the raw conversion to be more like Oly colours as opposed to Adobe standard.

I find changing to Camera Neutral and applying a medium tone curve is often all the PP I need to do.
 
Question about colour to on the E-M1 MkI vs the E-M10II.

The E-M10II colour looks warmer to me and the greens don't look as good as in the E-M1 shots - to my eye at least.

Both shots are seconds apart and in identical lighting conditions. I've tried equalising the colour temperature and the tint in Lightroom but the difference remains.

Does anyone know what causes this and if there is any way to get consistent colour between the E-M1 and E-M10II files?
Be sure that Menu G "Keep Warm Colours" is set to OFF on both cameras. After a firmware upgrade the setting can get reverted to the default, ON.
 
I'm playing about with white balance at the moment, replacing the sheet of white paper with a section of plastic milk bottle, during manual setting, natural, A+6
 
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guys, quick question please. With all my previous cameras with dual card slots, (Nikon DSLR's, Fuji X etc.), when i select Raw to be saved to say Card 1 and jpeg to Card 2, on import using Adobe's Lightroom import tool, both the Raw and Jpeg files for each image were imported (even though they were on separate cards), and LR bundled them together and displayed them as one file (Raw+Jpeg) - If I am recalling this correctly.

However on my new Olympus OMD EM1 MK2, using the same settings, Lightroom sees the camera as two separate external drives, and so i have to manually import the raw files and video's from card 1, then the Jpeg's from card 2, but Lightroom doesn't group them together (despite the option bring set to on in preferences), and so I end up with duplicates of every image - one OVF and one Jpeg side by side. Am i doing something wrong or is this just how the OMD and LR works ?
 
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So I took my EM5 II to my son's sports day (aged 6) and it performed much better than I thought it would for running races etc. I was concerned not taking my DSLR, but it worked out really well and of course the main reason I got it, a lot lighter to carry around. Very pleased. Definitely need a spare battery when out (I have 2 3rd party ones off amazon).

Anyway, here is one from the 60mm handheld, pretty much straight out of the camera and cropped.

Bee (2).jpg
 
Does anyone know if it is possible to lock the function buttons on an EM5 II to stop them being accidentally pressed?
 
guys, quick question please. With all my previous cameras with dual card slots, (Nikon DSLR's, Fuji X etc.), when i select Raw to be saved to say Card 1 and jpeg to Card 2, on import using Adobe's Lightroom import tool, both the Raw and Jpeg files for each image were imported (even though they were on separate cards), and LR bundled them together and displayed them as one file (Raw+Jpeg) - If I am recalling this correctly.

However on my new Olympus OMD EM1 MK2, using the same settings, Lightroom sees the camera as two separate external drives, and so i have to manually import the raw files and video's from card 1, then the Jpeg's from card 2, but Lightroom doesn't group them together (despite the option bring set to on in preferences), and so I end up with duplicates of every image - one OVF and one Jpeg side by side. Am i doing something wrong or is this just how the OMD and LR works ?

Is the "Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photo" box checked in Preference>General?

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Nope, that's off it's the first thing I checked.

Thanks anyway
 
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