Oly E-M1 got leaked

Actually I am ok w/ the look for the most part.. I found the omd-em5 grip to be too small, so i,ended up adding a RRS one to it anyway. This grip looks like the one on my Sigma sd1m which has ended up being one of the best I have come across.

I am not a fan of cameras w/ dedicated movie buttons.. As I said before.. I'm clumsy. Knowing me, I will inadvertently hit that little red button by accident at the wrong time..

Gary
 
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GaryLH said:
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I am not a fan of cameras w/ dedicated movie buttons.. As I said before.. I'm clumsy. Knowing me, I will inadvertently hit that little red button by accident at the wrong time..

Gary
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Gary, with the E-M5 (and I'm sure the E-M1), it is quite easy to remap the button to almost any other function you like (DOF preview and 15 others).
 
den_sh said:
Targeted towards "professional" photographers.
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i.e. don't expect it to be cheap.

I remember when the E-3 came out with the 'target for professionals' tag line.
One magazine review ( AP ) took this to heart and compared the E-3 against the Nikon D3 and Canon 1D mkIII. I think you can guess the outcome.

I'm still annoyed with Olympus for not producing a weather sealed wide or normal prime.
 
Well, I googled the guy who did the video and he's legit. So the camera likely is legit too.

I got suspicious after seeing that grip: it looks molded onto the body, the gripping and the body seem to misalign...

Olympus and I never got along anyway...
 
It's too bad that m43 has been moving in a bigger, chunkier direction since the GH3, given how compactness with pro performance has always been one of its strengths. I use my EM-5 professionally, and I love that I can attach the battery grip for extra power and a vertical shutter release. When it's removed, it's a great compact travel camera as well.

At the least, I'm hoping this leads to a few more pro-level m43 zooms and primes... is weather sealing too much to ask?
 
I, too, use my EM-5 for paying gigs that pop up every now and then and it is a great camera. However, this move towards bigger bodies takes away from one of the main reasons I got into the m4/3 system several years ago- compact and lightweight gear.

Still, it looks pretty cool. Not sure I will be rushing out to buy one as my EM-5 covers most of what I need professionally. It will be interesting to see what the price is for this model.
 
Looks fugly to me. Like they stuck an OM prism finder on top of an E-620. I think one of the main reasons the OM-D is so popular is that it looks like an original OM.

I'd like it a lot better if the grip were removable.
 
Rick Waldroup said:
I, too, use my EM-5 for paying gigs that pop up every now and then and it is a great camera. However, this move towards bigger bodies takes away from one of the main reasons I got into the m4/3 system several years ago- compact and lightweight gear.

Still, it looks pretty cool. Not sure I will be rushing out to buy one as my EM-5 covers most of what I need professionally. It will be interesting to see what the price is for this model.
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I pretty much agree; happy with my EM-5.

That said, I gather part of the reason for its introduction, if not its design, is to provide a body that 4/3 users can upgrade to (better high ISO, wireless etc). Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. I'm not crazy about it, but I'm happy with the looks of my E-M5, which is the target of much disdain here from time to time. I don't do studio, or much tripod, work, but the demonstration of the wireless tethering looks extremely cool.
 
Methinks the odd grip is a preproduction version, but overall I quite like the look. If they have really stepped up the video capabilities, I might get one for the handheld work that the GH3 can't do without stabilization.
 
I don't care so much what a camera looks like so much as I care what it feels like to work with and look through.

The video reveals a lot of details that make me happy. The E-M1 design aesthetic seems to have much more to do with the E-x series bodies than the pretty and petite E-M5. The E-x bodies are not beautiful, they are functional first. And they are terrific - my last pro DSLR is still an E-1, which I find nearly impossible to part with, and the E-5 was brilliant (I sold it to a friend who uses it in his photo business when I closed down my photo business).

The grip looks to be very similar to the one on the E-1, which has very good ergonomics. I like the new fore-aft control dials (similar to the GX7, did you catch that?) much more than the ones on the E-M5. It looks like there's room for the hand to find a natural and supportive position for the thumb, and all the buttons look human-finger-sized rather than little fiddly things to fit in too small a space. The majority of the camera also looks elegantly spare to my eye, and the big viewfinder hump is hiding the huge EVF (likely the same guts as the new VF-4 or*even better).

It will be very interesting to see it in the flesh when it arrives on the market. Handling is everything to me now that most digital camera sensors and data systems are more than capable enough for anything I need.

G
 
plummerl said:
Gary, with the E-M5 (and I'm sure the E-M1), it is quite easy to remap the button to almost any other function you like (DOF preview and 15 others).
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That's true 🙂 forgot about that.. Sony nex5n movie button cannot be disabled....

Thanks
Gary
 
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