The Olympus OM-D E-M5, announced in February 2012, is a Micro Four Thirds compact mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. In style and name it references the Olympus OM series of film SLR cameras, but it is not an SLR camera (there is no optical path from lens to viewfinder: a high quality electronic viewfinder is used). The successor is the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II.
Overview | |
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Type | Micro Four Thirds System |
Lens | |
Lens | Micro Four Thirds System mount |
Sensor/medium | |
Sensor | Four Thirds System 16MP Live MOS |
Film speed | ISO 200–12800, extendable to 125-25600 |
Storage media | SD, SDHC, SDXC |
Focusing | |
Focus modes | Automatic or Manual |
Focus areas | 35 area selectable auto-focus |
Exposure/metering | |
Exposure modes | Manual, Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, User settings |
Exposure metering | Intelligent Multiple |
Flash | |
Flash | Detachable and can trigger remote flash |
Flash synchronization | up to 1/250s |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder | 1.44 million dot Epson Ultimicron LCD |
Image processing | |
White balance | Auto / Color temperature setting / Manual measurement |
General | |
LCD screen | VGA-equivalent 3in OLED touchscreen tilts upwards and downwards with live preview |
Battery | Li-ion Battery Pack |
Dimensions | 4.8 in × 3.5 in × 1.69 in (122 mm × 89 mm × 43 mm)[1] |
Weight | 14.99 oz (425 g) with battery |
In April 2012, the enthusiast photography web site Digital Photography Review (DP Review) awarded the OM-D EM-5 a Gold Award.[2] On the same website it was subsequently voted Best Camera of 2012 in a photographers' poll.[3]
Other photography news and reviews websites that awarded the OM-D EM-5 "Camera of the Year" for 2012 were photographyblog.com [4] and wirefresh.[5] The camera also won a 2012 Pop Photo award from the magazine Popular Photography.[6]