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Leandro1712

Favolosa!

Reviewed in Italy on May 12, 2015

Possiedo da anni una Nikon D700 con obiettivi Nikon 50mm 1.4, 24-70mm 2.8, 70-200mm 2.8. Eccezionali. Ma è una fatica portarseli dietro per una giornata intera. Prediligendo negli ultimi anni la Street Photography ho acquistato questa mirrorless con un obiettivo Panasonic 25mm 1.4.
Un'accoppiata perfetta! Una macchina estremamente maneggevole e leggera. Difficile sentire il rumore dello scatto. Per fare delle foto "mosse" bisogna decisamente impegnarsi, dati i 5 assi di stabilizzazione. I 16 Mega pixel consentono foto di alta qualità che non mi fanno rimpiangere la D700 per la Street e non solo. (Ovviamente la D700 è ancora sopra per foto professionali soprattutto con gli ottimi obiettivi 2.8).
Come pecca la OM-D EM-5 ha i tasti sul retro un po' piccoli, bisogna abituarcisi. Soprattutto il tasto info a volte si preme senza volerlo. Come tutte le mirrorless tendono a "mangiare" le batterie, quindi dotarsi sempre di almeno due batterie di scorta. Occhio a prendere le originali Olympus anche se costano di più. Quelle di concorrenza durano molto meno. Conclusione: la ricomprerei.

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Cliente Amazon

Perfecta

Reviewed in Spain on July 26, 2019

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Perfecta para el precio que me costo!! Muy bien

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Mr. T. A. Maurice

Rewards perseverance in setting up.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2014

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Although advertised as 'New', the box containing the camera, and it's accessories, was unsealed.

A phone call to Amazon resulted in an immediate apology, and a satisfactory resolution to the situation.

The camera's firmware was Version 1.2 dating from July 2012.
Having downloaded the Olympus Digital Camera Updater, updating the firmware to the current version 2.0 was easy and straight forward.

Then the battle began.

The camera is correctly described as being highly configurable.
The downside is that the menu system is the most lengthy, convoluted, and user unfriendly I have experienced in all my years of using digital cameras.

Why, for heavens sake, is the SCP (Super Control Panel), which makes life so much easier to alter parameters, switched off by default?

One has to steadily work one's way through so many menus, and sub-menus, that setting up the camera is not for the easily daunted.

In fact, having missed a couple of settings, I was convinced that I had a faulty camera since certain features were inoperative.

Several resets, and attempts later, the camera was set up to my satisfaction.

After such a steep learning curve, it would have been a severe disappointment if results from the camera had been anything less than stellar.
Suffice to say that, in conjunction with my Panasonic Lumix 14-45mm lens, the OM-D EM5 produces JPEG images that are very impressive even in low light situations.

The camera with it's 5-way image stabilisation, and high ISO capability, make hand holding a slow lens in low light no bar to producing excellent image quality.

Apart from the poorly placed on/off switch, I have found the various buttons and dials easy to operate, and the overall handling of the camera, even with my large hands, is fine.

Handling should be even better with the HLD-6 Grip which is available free with the Olympus promotion which runs until the 31/08/2014.

The Grip has a retail price of approximately £200, which makes the package with the OM-D EM-5 an extremely attractive one.

To anyone contemplating buying an OM-D EM-5, I would say don't let a less than user friendly set-up procedure deter you from acquiring a tough, weather sealed, well built camera that is ultimately configurable to produce excellent results to your personal satisfaction.

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Giuseppe

Un viaggio molto lungo..

Reviewed in Italy on December 23, 2014

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Nulla da dire alla omd em5 davvero una ottima macchina superiore alle ultime aps-c ma no alle ff 6D ecc.. Le mie 3 stelle sono per il tempo che ho dovuto aspettare per arrivare quasi 10 giorni invece fotocolombo portava 1-2 giorni lavorativi.. Avvero deluso da gls.

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Blacker

Boîtier très bien conçu avec une belle ergonomie !

Reviewed in France on July 8, 2013

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C'est un petit boîtier génial, très bien conçu et bourré d'astuces. On voit bien qu'Olympus a un vrai savoir-faire dans ce domaine, ce qui fait de ce boîtier un bel appareil photo compact pour de VRAIS photographes. J'ai beaucoup apprécié la molette de correction d'exposition, très pratique et qui devient vite incontournable.
Au premier abord, il peut paraître un peu compliqué, mais c'est au final qu'une apparence et pas du tout une réalité. Il est facilement configurable pour l'adapter à chaque utilisateur. Et j'ai réussi cette prouesse sans ouvrir la doc.

Ses plus :
- Très belle ergonomie
- Bonne prise en main
- Images de très bonne qualité
- Paramétrable
- Viseur électronique (même si j'aurais préféré une visée télémétrique je pense)
- Vitesse max au 1/4000ème (pas toujours le cas sur ce type de boîtier)
- Capteur 4/3 à 16M de pixels
- Compacte
- Objectifs interchangeables

Ses moins :
- Un léger manque de réactivité au déclenchement, même s'il reste rapide je pense dans sa catégorie (mais je suis trop habitué aux reflex Nikon !). On arrive quand même à prendre des photos sur le vif, il faut anticiper un tout petit peu plus.
- Réglage de série un peu surex (1/3 à 2/3 de diaph), mais facilement corrigeable
- Balance des blancs auto en lumière artificielle qui tire vers le rouge (des ingénieurs de chez Canon ont dû se faire embaucher par Olympus !!!)
- Visée électronique qui crame vite les hautes lumières et déroute un peu. Elle permet quand même de faire des photos quand il y a beaucoup de soleil contrairement à de nombreux boîtiers qui n'en ont pas de série. Mais du fait que les hautes lumières soient cramées, je trouve quand même que le cadrage devient un peu aléatoire. Bref, rien ne vaut une visée reflex ou une visée télémétrique.

Les images délivrées sont de très belle qualité avec l'objectif Panasonic. Et mon référentiel est le Nikon D800! C'est dire ! Avec cet objectif, l'ensemble reste assez compact et léger. Il se fait vite oublier autour du cou.

Bref, un boîtier très attachant, avec une vraie personnalité. Mais le test de prise en main pour ce type de boîtier est vraiement primordiale, car le marché des compacts expert et des hybrides n'est pas du tout mature. Il existe des boîtiers et des approches ergonomiques totalement différentes d'un boîtier à l'autre, alors que sur le marché des réflexs, ceux-ci finissent au final par se ressembler un peu, surtout au sein d'une même marque (et ce n'est pas une critique, car cela montre que le marché est vraiment mature).

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クマゴロウ

唯一無二のカメラ。

Reviewed in Japan on January 24, 2023

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penにはない操作性の良さ。
omdにはない小型軽量。
mark２〜om5も十分小型軽量ではあるけど初代程ではない。
そんな初代にも不満がないかと言えば嘘になる。古い機種故にシャッタースピードが遅い、消音機能が無い、AF機能がイマイチ、連写も大して出来ない等の不満に加えて程のいい中古が手に入るかは運任せではあるけれどもそれが許容範囲であるのなら小型で防塵防滴、寒冷地仕様のカメラはこれしかない！

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Jose Ricardo Maciel Rubiao

Fantastic, but...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2013

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Have some bugs still need to improve. For example, some images are taken and are completely dark.
I bought the body only, black color. It came with a small problem in the paint near the usb port.
I'm really impressed with the colour and sharpness. Very customizable.

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Amin

Macchina fotografica eccellente

Reviewed in Italy on December 1, 2013

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Ho abbinato questo corpo macchina ad una lente Olympus 17mm f1.7(34mm equivalente). Non ne ho fatto un uso professionale e/o intensivo ma nonostante ciò posso sottolineare che la macchina produce ottimi file. La stabilizzazione è ottima. Per avere una discreta qualità video consiglio di lavorare in completa modalità manuale.

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dark heart

Utter gem of a camera !!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2015

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The Olympus OMD-EM5 is built like a swiss watch and as every function a enthusiast could wish for , ive been into photography for 30 years and have had a multitude of SLR's and DSLR's at the moment I own a Nikon D7000 / 16-85mm combo and find it utterly superb for everything I ask of it , in typical Nikon tradition its built like a tank and very business like , but that in itself creates a problem ! that problem is the fact that its tank like construction comes with heavyweight bulk . Having a lighter camera for day to day use seemed a great way to go , but being picky over image quality going backwards on the 7000's image quality never appealed so I ended up going a lot of places without a camera and missing opportunities , the micro four thirds camera's have a great reputation for image quality so I decided to give the OMD a whirl with a good prime lens attached , the EM5 is going for a bargain price now the newer EM10 (and EM5 II) have arrived , that made it a dead cert in my book , the rave reviews its had are thoroughly justified and its an astounding camera for this price , ive fitted it with a sigma art series 19mm and it really is a revelation to use and gives sublime results , I will never give up my D7000 as im a die hard old timer but this camera beats it on most accounts and the image quality is even better ! all I can say is if you've got any reservations about buying a OMD, don't have as the are a match for the DSLR's out there in everything and their smaller size brings the fun back into picture taking , infact id go as far as to say ill be sticking to the OMD range from now on . the EM5 its built as good as any Nikon and is a very very serious bit of kit ! And also the sigma primes are a perfect match if your after mouth watering image quality in a ultra portable package . I say well done mr Olympus for taking on the big boys and coming out on top !! I may never even buy another DSLR again once the 7000,s given up the ghost , but then again both these camera will probably still be going strong after ive given up the ghost there that well made lol .

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Thomas Ortolan

GRANDE Macchina

Reviewed in Italy on September 8, 2014

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La macchina fa tutto quello che devo in modo pregevole, piccole scomodità dovute alle posizioni dei pulsanti
ma niente di esagerato. Consigliata vivamente!

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