JerR wrote:
Hello,
I am new to Ugly Hedgehog and a new owner of the Olympus OMD5. While I am still getting use to my new camera I would like to hear from some of you who own and are using this camera. Some of the ins and outs and what you especially like and don't like. I am a senior who loves talking pictures of people, landscape and wildlife. Since I look at this as my "last" camera I own the following lens: The kit 12-50 and 40-150 along with the Zuiko 45mm 1.8 and Lumix 20mm 1.8 I guess I would be called an amateur/intermediate. I have read the manual and find it a bit confusing at times. Are you aware of a forum for users of this camera. Thanks for your help.
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Hi JerR,
I too am the proud owner of the Olympus OMD EM-5, and believe it or not, this camera has changed my life! I have re-discovered the joy of photography! It is such an incredible piece of equipment that I love it more now than when I first bought it.
Olympus does have the infamy of having a complex set of controls and subsequently, instructions. But upon understanding them you will discover that the camera is totally customizable and that almost every button can be set to the function you would like best in that spot. Yes, the buttons are small, but I've gotten used to them, as have most others who own it. The EM-5 offers multiple setups for shooting jpegs but I always shoot in RAW which greatly simplifies operation.
I highly recommend the battery grip, HLD-6, or an after-market equivalent.
What makes this camera amazing:
-Almost instant focus with native lenses. The 12-50 will focus in a fraction of a second and you can set it to continual focus which will make the lens work like the lens in a video camera.
-Adapters. You can use almost any lens ever made for an interchangeable lens, film or digital camera with the proper adapter. More and more options are available all the time.
-Electronic View Finder. Having a monitor as a viewfinder gives you an option not possible with optical viewfinders, 1 to 14 x magnification. This allows you to get a close up look of subjects for better manual focusing and to check the accuracy of your automatic focusing. In jpeg mode it acts as a digital zoom.
-Image Sensor. Pixel for pixel this sensor, made by Sony, is one of the best quality sensors on the market, period. Many tests and professionals will attest to this fact. Others may tell you different but the images don't lie.
-5 Axis Image Stabilization. This has to be the EM-5's most amazing feature! It works wonderfully. With native lenses, it adjusts automatically for focal length, with other lenses, you can set the focal length manually, from 8mm to 1000mm. I can get sharp, in focus images in as slow as a half second! Plus, you can set the image stabilization to engage when you push the shutter half way down while focusing, which allows you to see a "stabilized" subject, especially when zoomed.
http://fourthirds-user.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=75http://m43blog.com/tag/olympus-omd-em5/http://www.mu-43.com/showthread.php?t=25130These are a few points of interest. There is also a book:
"David Busch's Olympus OM-D E-M5 Guide to Digital Photography"
I hope you find as much joy in this little jewel as I have.