The camera is mostly gorgeous, mostly perfectly balanced and thought out, mostly excellent at what it does and mostly, as I have argued above, at least 'good enough' in terms of IQ. Paired with the excellent 12-40 F2.8 zoom it provides me with something I have never before found.
The in-body IBIS is so good (there's a fly in this ointment that I will later come to) that even with an F2.8 max aperture lens in really quite low light, I have been able to stick to low ISO shooting nearly all the time. In fact with a very wide lens such as the Panny 7-14 or a fast lens such as the Panny 20mm F1.7 I have been able to shoot inside cathedrals on cloudy days at ISO 200. Sports shooters will see this all rather differently though!
http://tashley1.zenfolio.com/blog/2013/11/the-olympus-e-M1-micro-four-thirds-comes-of-age
How is the video quality, compared to GH3?
E-M1 has sensor stabilization, that can be advantage for short clips and manual glass. Otherwise it is not targeted to video guys.
How is the video quality, compared to GH3?
With the OM-D E-M1 Olympus has delivered a truly professional level camera, with the Panasonic GH3 as its top rival.
The E-M1 is splashproof, freezeproof and dustproof, with a magnesium alloy chassis and watertight ports.
The heft of this camera is impressive, without a lens it weighs more than a pound and is more than 5 inches wide. However, it's still vastly smaller than any larger sensor competition (Canon competitor is pictured below):
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/olympus-e-m1/olympus-e-m1A.HTM
Results from DXOMark at
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Camera-Sensor-Database/Olympus/OM-D-E-M1
The E-M1 has excellent image quality proving its semi-pro level. Its sensor is smaller than the APS-C imagers of its Nikon D7100 and Canon EOS 70D peers, but the difference it makes in real world shooting is hard to spot. You need to put the E-M1 up against a full frame to see a significant difference in image quality
Noise comparison at http://www.focus-numerique.com/test-1766/compact-olympus-e-m1-bruit-electronique-12.html
Samples - http://www.focus-numerique.com/test-1766/compact-olympus-e-m1-exemples-photos-15.html
Olympus OM-D E-M1 has improved image quality, and with improved handling, as well as an excellent and large electronic viewfinder this should be much more appealing to the professional user. With the addition of built in Wi-Fi, improved handling and controls, and new lenses coming we think the Olympus OM-D E-M1 is all the camera you'll ever need.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-om-d-e-m1-full-review-22863
That 5 axis tech is uncanny!
I think it will be Panasonic to implement IBIS earlier than Olympus will do non-crippled video. They already have it in their camcorders, they have a simplified version in GX7. So it's very likely to see some competition to Oly's 5 axis IBIS in AF-100 or GH3 successors.
Who knows? We can just hope it's all true. Ibis, 24p, 4k, above all something better than h264/avchd. These are the dreams. And goodbye to panasonic.
Theres a feeling that EM1 video could be improved to 24/25p with new firmware Do you think that is true?
“As you know Olympus is a company which is coming from the photographic side of the business. Therefore our top priority is to develop cameras which fits perfectly to the needs of photographers. However we know that the movie functionality becomes more and more important and we are getting the same request from customers. Therefore we could ensure that we are aware of this. Movie capabilities will be a top priority in future.”
It is usual polite response. Also usually EU/US managers have absolutely zero influence in Japanese companies.
All else is just fantasies of the guy.
Video will be top priority for Olympus (Guest post by Vincent Verweij)
Future models of Olympus camera’s will have more video capabilities, says European product manager Michael Guthman. “Movie capabilities will be a top priority in the future”, Guthman writes in an email to Dutch journalist and documentary maker Vincent Verweij. The latest OM-D E-M1 has been heavily criticized for it’s lackluster video capabilities and apparently Olympus is addressing the issues.
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