EM-5, I got it.

[cosmonaut]

My E-M5 finally got here after weeks of waiting. My first impressions are. Wow it's small. The 12-50mm is much bigger than I expected. The noise levels are much better than anything else from Olympus. 3200iso is very usable.The flip screen is just like the NEX series. I wish it spun around for protection. The EVFer is better than I thought being only half the resolution of the NEX 7.
I don't like the finder in the center of the camera. I much prefer the finders placement on the NEX 7. I like the controls and programmable buttons on the E-M5 much better than the NEX 7. I like the buttons much better than a dial. I am not sure what they were thinking when they invented the dial on the back. That idea is a flop.
Focus speed is very fast, inside under household lighting. Navagation is pretty much like all the other Olympus cameras. Way better than the NEX 7 but I would think any camera is. Olympus needs to put focus peaking in the firmware.
I think the E-M5 is a wonderful camera. Olympus listens to their customers. I think this is the best of the mirrorless cameras, not counting Leica, on the market.
I prefer it over the NEX 7.


E-M5-02 by Cosmonaut's, on Flickr

 

[jsrockit]

😱 Wow, amazing size comparison! 😱 Thanks for that. 🙂

 

[rbelyell]

its small, but deceptively 'chunky'. i would often put my old ep2/cron40-c plus evf n my pocket. cant do that with the omd.
tony

 

[Trius]

Hmmm ... well, if I can use (and love) the XA, I guess I revise my (negative) opinion of the size of the OM-D.

Great post, Cosmonaut.

 

[shadowfox]

Hmmm ... well, if I can use (and love) the XA, I guess I revise my (negative) opinion of the size of the OM-D.

Not necessarily the same, Earl.
We don't need to fiddle with buttons and dials on the back of XA, but you'll do that quite often with an OM-D.

I still think if you have a big hand, the grip is a must. Now that would make it a perfect camera size.

 

[Trius]

I know it's not the same -- I briefly handled Gene's OM-D and it felt ... well, a bit weird. Very solid though. I am pretty sure I would need the grip.

I guess what I was thinking was that if my hands (and brain) can adapt to the XA, then I might be adaptable to the OM-D.

In any event, it's not a priority right now.