Olympus camera

I've been using Olympus OM film cameras since late 1970s and love their compactness and innovative features and design, so my first DSLR, over 15 years ago, was an Olympus one, but it did not suit what I was shooting so I abandoned it for Canon full-frame, which I still use as my main work cameras. However, I wanted something smaller and lighter for everyday use, so started looking at MFT cameras and found that the price to features and quality ratio of both Panasonic and Olympus far outweighed those of other formats. But just relying on specs is never a good way to buy a camera. As £300 for this model didn't seem like an excessive amount to pay to try out the Olympus system I took the plunge. The first thing that struck me was how small it was, especially coming from a Canon full-frame, but even compared with my old OM1 film camera. Initially it took a while to adapt and find a comfortable way to hold it as I have quite big hands – not hams but normal for a person of my above average height. Once I got to grips (so to speak) with it, the Canon now seems really big and heavy. One thing Canon does have is a great, intuitive menu system, but the Olympus one is less so. However, after reading through the downloadable manual and watching some videos on YouTube, I found it had a very logical system to it, and with this being their entry level model it has been even further simplified, and has help on the screen to show what each setting does (which can be switched off). In fact, the camera is highly customisable through the menus, and you can assign function buttons to get it to work how you want it to. Personally, I leave it on manual and keep it as simple as possible. There are so many functions and features I will never use, such as the different video modes or the "art" filters, which have their purpose, just not for me. The image stabilisation is market leading although I haven't noticed it, which is a good thing when something does its job like that – like the best CGI effects in movies. The autofocus is fast and seems very accurate, but not as good as the Phase Detect of its big, expensive brothers. It also has focus peaking, which makes it very easy to use manual focus lens, either some of the new ones available or vintage ones with an adapter. Coming from a DSLR, the shutter is very quiet, and almost silent in electronic mode. Also having the WYSIWYG in the viewfinder is great, which means no need to check the shot for exposure on the back screen after taking it (the dreaded chimping), along with all the focus points that can easily be moved using either the screen or the arrow pad, all without taking your eye from the viewfinder. Micro Four Thirds gets a lot of flack from users of APS-C and full-frame camera users, but you get a great technologically advanced camera that is also easy to use, with excellent range of lenses for a fraction of the price of other systems. And the image quality is superb under decent lighting conditions – not so great in low-light compared to a full-frame, but still acceptable. You are definitely better off buying one of these instead of getting a very expensive smartphone for its camera, especially as you can easily connect this to your phone over wifi and post to social media that way. For anyone wanting to buy their first "proper" camera I would definitely recommend this, and it is more than capable of producing images to match the quality of those taken with the professional OM-D models, at a bargain price. It's actually made going out taking photos fun again as I don't have to carry a big bag of heavy gear with me. If it was better in low light I would happily use for my work too.

Had the camera for years but reviewing as you can still buy new old stock and refurbished on amazon. Bought this as was tired of lugging around big bulky Canon kit. This was the entry level Olympus camera that had an EVF. But for entry level there are a lot of manual control options. In 2022 if you want to get into MFT cameras on the cheap you can get a refurbished for under £300 - $350 and new with a kit len's from £450 - £550 on amazon. It maybe worth a look. PROS: Usability really easy with shallow leaning curve but with real functionality when you delve deeper into the menus.. Actual buttons and dials really help. Excellent image quality at 16 mega pixels which is enough for most people. Photo quality far exceeds images from a mobile phone even with the kit lens (which tends to be pretty good anyway). Fantastic in body stabilisation and very little rolling shutter (Jello effect) when shooting video. Good quality HD video at a reasonable bit rate, Slow mo 120fps at 720p also available. 4K video with basic options at 24p, 25p and 30p. I've actually used the 4K video for B Roll on UK broadcast TV. Small and light weight but with good build quality. Very comfortable in the hand to use. Wifi with easy connectivity to IOS and Android devices via the OM app which has full camera control and file transfer. So you can shoot on the cameras and get your images onto Instagram very quickly. Has an electronic viewfinder unlike the PEN series so much easer to compose images in bright sunshine and also easier to manual focus. Huge range of len's from basic to high end pro. CONS: An old model with newer models having 20 mega pixel sensors and improved processing power. 4K Video options a bit basic although actual image quality is fine No USB Charging but this is the same for even the never Olympus and OM System cameras. A Spare battery is therefore recommended. The screen is not fully articulated so can't flip out for selfies or blogging. Need newer models or the PEN series for that option. Overall this is my favourite ever stills camera. Some people say MFT is dead but it seems pretty healthy to me and I like the format. I have shot stills and video on this camera using decent len's (f2.8 12mm - 40mm, F1.8 45mm, F1.8 25mm) that have been published / and broadcast. Hope this helps.

I really like it. I haven't got a smart phone so I don't know how those features work. Three things have prevented me from giving a 5-star rating: (1) Since this can create a wi-fi hotspot to send pictures to a smart phone, why can't you also send pictures to PC over wifi? How hard would it have been to include that? It already has wi-fi, don't they know that most people will want to transfer pictures to a computer? (2) The viewfinder is obviously just a tiny (very high-res) screen showing the same thing as the main screen - that's why this isn't a DSLR. That's fine, but there is quite a bit of jitter on the small screen that is very annoying and really reminds you that you aren't using a DSLR. The image on the main screen is very smooth so I don't know why it has this problem on the viewfinder. (3) Speaking of the main screen, it's always on unless you have your eye right up to the viewfinder. It would be really good to have a button which turns off the main screen. You can stick something over the sensor next to the viewfinder, but then if you do want to use the main screen to view your photos, you have to un-stick it. A button would be great, and would have been easy for them to do. Even better would be if the screen was able to flip around to protect it and turn it off - it does move but only tilts at a 45degree angle, it doesn't turn all the way around. Apart from these issues, it's a good camera, you can read about the good points on the Olympus website.

Ho acquistato questa fotocamera a luglio, è la mia prima macchina fotografica professionale. Dopo oltre sei mesi di utilizzo posso dire di essere soddisfatto dell'acquisto. Innanzitutto, e non è un fattore secondario, la fotocamera si presenta benissimo dal punto di vista estetico, è di dimensioni ridotte ed inoltre consente di scattare foto molto belle anche in condizioni di scarsa luminosità. Tutto funziona bene, in particolare giudico molto positivamente il fatto di potere trasferire le foto scattate dalla fotocamera al telefono in un attimo tramite la App di Olympus. Concludendo, se siete appassionati e desiderate cimentarvi nella fotografia, togliervi qualche soddisfazione e magari scattare anche foto "da copertina", o se cercate una fotocamera da viaggio, questa fotocamera (unita ad un buon obiettivo come ad es. il 17 mm. F.18) può essere l'opzione giusta senza spendere molto.

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Muy buena calidad/precio, tamaño pequeño comparando con una reflex/full frame, facil de llevar, materiales de construccion de calidad, muy bien acabada. Las fotos son excelentes, teniendo en cuenta en el rango de precio que está. Los videos, lo mismo, sorprendido por excelente calidad y nitidez de las imagenes y con un estabilizador maravilloso. Antes tenia una bridge (canon powershot g10) gama media/alta, y el salto de calidad en las fotos es otro mundo, parecen profesionales. Viendo esta gran diferencia no recomendaria comprar una bridge, porque cuestan lo mismo y el tamaño es mas o menos igual, y con una evil como esta, tienes la posibilidad de cambiar de objetivos.

denn meine Intention war eine eine kompakte Kamera, die man einhändig bedienen kann, aber keine Kompakt- oder Bridgekamera ist. Ich bin oft mit dem Hund unterwegs und und da kann man die üblichen Boliden vergessen und so, da ich schon über umfangreiches Olympus-Equipement verfüge, fiel meine Wahl auf die OMD-EM 10 Mk 3 und es war eine goldrichtige Entscheidung. Ich kann an dieser Systemkamera einhändig die Belichtung und auch die Blende und darüberhinaus sogar noch mit dem Pancake-Setobjektiv (EZ im Kürzel), das ein Motorzoom aufweist, die Brennweite (Mittelfinger) einstellen. Wenn eine Hand durch eine quirlige Jagdhündin, die so überhaupt nicht folgt, gebunden ist, sind die "normalen" Zooms praktisch unbedienbar und auch sonstige Einstellungen, wie die so wichtige Belichtungskorrektur, kann man nur unter Mühen vornehmen und echte Schnappschüsse damit nicht möglich. Selbst mit dem für mich so wichtigen Setobjektiv (eben Motorzoom) ist die Bildqualität sehr gut und klar, mit dem 12/40er, F2,8, sind noch bessere Ergebnisse möglich, aber eben nicht praktikabel. Von mir wurde zusätzlich das Halfcase von MegaGear beordert, ein ansprechender Riemen wird mitgeliefert, sieht rattenscharf aus, schützt ein wenig und gibt der Hand mehr Halt. Anbei noch Bilder mit der OMD EM 1 Mk 2/12-40, F2,8 und der OMD EM 1X/12-100, F4,0, die den Größenvergleich verdeutlichen sollen und da wirkt diese OMD 10 wie ein Spielzeug, doch dieser Winzling hat es in sich und mehr braucht man nicht. Bemerkenswert ist, dass Olympus mit der 1X einen Boliden aus der Taufe gehoben hat, der einer E-5 mit Batteriegriff (siehe Bild) beinahe um nichts mehr nachsteht, wenn man vom Gewicht absieht, denn die E-5 mit dem 12/60er ist um einiges schwerer, als die 1X mit dem 12/100er. Bilder wurden mit der E-5 und dem 12/60er sowie der OMD 10 mit dem Setobjektiv angefertigt. PS: Ein Wermutstropfen ist, dass trotz 4K-Video, man kein Mikrophon anschließen kann und ich noch keine Möglichkeit gefunden habe bzw. es sie gar nicht gibt, dass man eine Blitzbelichtungskorrektur via Schnellzugriff vornehmen kann und man immer über den Umweg des Info-Bildschirms gehen muss.