joshroot Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 <p>Specs and preview article of the new Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds body posted here:<br> <a href="../equipment/olympus/om-d/e-m5/announcement-and-preview/">http://www.photo.net/equipment/olympus/om-d/e-m5/announcement-and-preview/</a><br> I was able to spend some time with a pre-production OM-D E-M5 last month at CES and have put some of my thoughts into the preview. In short though, I'm excited and think it was a really good move for Olympus.<br> Agree disagree or insults, please post as comments on the article itself. Thanks.<br> <a rel="nofollow" href="../equipment/pentax/k-01/preview/"></a><a href="../equipment/olympus/om-d/e-m5/announcement-and-preview/">http://www.photo.net/equipment/olympus/om-d/e-m5/announcement-and-preview/</a></p> <p><a href="../equipment/olympus/om-d/e-m5/announcement-and-preview/"><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15130855-sm.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie_cheung Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 <p>Any word on the EVF, say, compared to the Nex 7 EVF?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 <p>Given that the unit I used was a pre-production model, and that I didn't have a NEX 7 there to compare, I think it would be unfair for me to give an opinion on comparing the two.</p> <p>I thought the EVF in the pre-production model was pretty good though. But I'm also not the most familiar with the NEX 7's having only played with it a little bit.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mcdermott1 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 <p>As a long-time Pentax user, it makes me sad to look at this and the Nikon D800 announcements (and the imminent Canon 5dX), Sony's NEX line and Panasonic's excellent offerings, while those ludicrous toys, the Q and K01, are, apparently, Pentax's take on the market and where it's going.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie_cheung Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 <p>I've got to wait it out anyway. It's this or the sony...for me, the chrome version looks so much more ugly than the black...</p> <p>Jim, lighten up. The pentax toy cam takes your pentax lenses natively and has IBIS. The K-5 was the best of the recent aps-c dslr bunch. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg M Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 <p>The online complaints about the .92x magnification is obviously a case of people crying before they know all the facts. You can set the finder up like a DSLR with limited information underneath the image, meaning the image is smaller. If you use the finder like the Pen VF-2 finder, at 4:3 with the image across the entire finder and the data overlaid, the magnification is the exact same 1.15x as the VF2.</p> <p>Using the lower magnification finder setup is a user option.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 <blockquote> <p>As a long-time Pentax user, it makes me sad to look at this and the Nikon D800 announcements (and the imminent Canon 5dX), Sony's NEX line and Panasonic's excellent offerings, while those ludicrous toys, the Q and K01, are, apparently, Pentax's take on the market and where it's going.</p> </blockquote> <p>It's not really fair to lump the Q and the K-01 in with the N800 and the new 5D. That would be like grumping on Canon for only announcing the G1x when Nikon announced the D4 at CES.</p> <p>That having been said, there are legitimate arguments to be made for or against Pentax's path in the mirrorless segment as compared to this camera or the NEX line.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_mcdermott1 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 <p>Leslie, I'm as lightened-up as I need to be. Pentax is a small company with limited resources that they're flinging away at present. Yes, the K5's a beauty: why didn't they follow it up swiftly with a KR replacement that would cash in on the sensor's excellence and - sorry, but I have to be profane here - generate some market-share? Instead, they burn time and effort on a toy (the Q), and then come drastically late to the mirror-less party with a joke product: plug-ugly, big and costly as a dslr, and - without evf or articulated screen - only one means to frame a shot: the very worst one (so good luck with those long legacy lenses).<br> And Josh, I'm comparing business-, not camera models. You make niche products when you have a cult following, like Leica. Whimsy isn't going to get Pentax back into volume sales.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltflanagan Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 <blockquote> <p>Pentax is a small company with limited resources that they're flinging away at present.</p> </blockquote> <p>From 2007-2011, Pentax was a part of Hoya, a company with 34,000 employees. Since mid-2011 they are a part of Ricoh, a company with 108,000 employees. I thought Hoya really wanted Pentax for the medical imaging products. I'm still confused as to what Ricoh wants to do as the combined 2 companies have tons of niche products. Maybe that's good enough, I don't really know.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvy Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 <p>Does Ricoh intend to keep the Pentax line going?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laur1 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 <blockquote> <p>Does Ricoh intend to keep the Pentax line going?</p> </blockquote> <p>LOL.</p> <p>I'm sure you'll laugh too after reading this:<br> <br /> <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/09/Ricohs_Pentax_division_absorbs_Ricoh_cameras">http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/09/Ricohs_Pentax_division_absorbs_Ricoh_cameras</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_Es Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 <p>Simply put, this is the m 4/3 camera for me. Its viewfinder is built in. It seems solidly built. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltflanagan Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 <p>The fact that the Pentax name is first may mean something. Or it may mean nothing.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szrimaging Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 <p>It probably just means that they feel the Pentax name is stronger than the Ricoh name. Same thing happened when Kmart bought Sears & Roebuck then became Sears Holding. Of course, upper management has screwed over Sears Holding.....</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_newton Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 <p>Sigh, yeah I think Oly finally won me back. A decade of using a hand-me-down OM-1 from my father and then collecting my own OM lenses and bodies with plans to get a Canon full frame body at some point to reuse all of the glass.<br> Then my wife got an EP-L1 for her birthday this past spring and now there is a critical mass of micro 4/3rds glass and now THIS. That design really brought a tear to my eye. Everything I could possibly want (okay, it doesn't have a penta prism and reflex mirror, but I am convinced I will never find THE perfect camera). It won't be anytime too soon, as I just don't have the spare money right now. However, my 30th birthday is next May, and I am thinking an OM-D, kit 14-42 and a pany 20/1.7 or 14/2.5 sounds like a good way to start things out.<br> Those lenses, an Oly 8-16 or Panny 7-14 and an Oly 45/1.8 should pretty much cover all of my photography needs with reusing a bit of my old glass.<br> Man, what a beautiful camera.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnielsen Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 I feel exactly the same way as Matthew. It is as if they designed this camera just for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Nice that this Oly post is turning into a Pentax thread. K-01 seems to be a pretty low-risk move for Pentax since it's not really a new system, and it's priced more like a consumer DSLR than an enthusiast body like EM-5 or NEX-7. It's my understanding there will be a K-r replacement within a few months. The new Oly looks promising with a good specsheet and it appears to be priced pretty aggressively vs. NEX-7, and it's good that they offer a number of accessories. It seems both this and the K-01 are pretty polarizing in terms of aesthetics. Count me as someone who kinda likes the Pentax's modern look and isn't quite convinced by the baby-classic-SLR look of the Oly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmanthree Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 <p>I like it, as well. And now my Panny primes will have IS. Not insignificant.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcuknz Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 <p>With a common M4/3 standard I suppose it is not neccessary but I'm waiting for the GH3 before I jump :-) The idea of IBIS is attractive.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_c1 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 <p>The GH3 is gonna have built-in stabilization?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg M Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 <p><em><strong>The GH3 is gonna have built-in stabilization?</strong></em><br> <em><strong></strong></em><br /> No way. The only place Panasonic puts stabilization is in their lenses. If you want in-body stabilization in this system, Olympus is the only choice.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveysteeves Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I'm kinda liking a GH2/OMD combo. I have some Panny glass and they are coming out with their new fast zooms this summer. All I really want is the Oly 12mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay bee Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 <p>Does anyone know if there will be adapters for using Leica M lenses like the NEX-7?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szrimaging Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 <p>John, it uses the m43 mount, so any m43 to m-mount adapters already out there will work.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_c1 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 <blockquote> <p>No way. The only place Panasonic puts stabilization is in their lenses. If you want in-body stabilization in this system, Olympus is the only choice.</p> </blockquote> <p>Greg, that's what my response to JC meant.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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