New Olympus OMD E-M1
Discussion
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympus-om-d-e-m1
sort of pre-view review. Looks and sounds pretty good! Look at all those buttons! Its got me contemplating another switch. I plumped for the NEX-6 over the OMD E-M5 at the end of last year and have never been 100% sure I made the right choice. This new OMD E-M1 looks fantastic. However, it also appears fantastically large as well!
It is obviously not DSLR sized, but it is markedly larger and more chunky than its E-M5 brother and even that was slightly more chunky than the NEX I eventually bought. Given SONY and others have packed larger sensors in smaller bodies, you have to wonder what Olympus is thinking, the advantage of the m4/3s was that it was supposed to be small!
Still you cannot argue with all those buttons. It will take some time to learn, but once you do, selecting the right modes on the fly is going to be peachy.
sort of pre-view review. Looks and sounds pretty good! Look at all those buttons! Its got me contemplating another switch. I plumped for the NEX-6 over the OMD E-M5 at the end of last year and have never been 100% sure I made the right choice. This new OMD E-M1 looks fantastic. However, it also appears fantastically large as well!
It is obviously not DSLR sized, but it is markedly larger and more chunky than its E-M5 brother and even that was slightly more chunky than the NEX I eventually bought. Given SONY and others have packed larger sensors in smaller bodies, you have to wonder what Olympus is thinking, the advantage of the m4/3s was that it was supposed to be small!
Still you cannot argue with all those buttons. It will take some time to learn, but once you do, selecting the right modes on the fly is going to be peachy.
The big advantage to m4/3 is not really body size but lens size. The smaller and squarer sensor allows the lenses to significantly smaller than APS-C which makes a big difference once you start carrying several. (The alternative is the NEX "beer-can on a matchbox" approach, which has never appealed to me)
Back on topic, I want an OM-D. Can't afford one or justify one, but really want one!
Back on topic, I want an OM-D. Can't afford one or justify one, but really want one!
Gassing Station | Photography & Video | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff