Review on 📷 Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 16MP Live MOS Sensor, 3.0-Inch OLED Touchscreen (Black) - Body Only (Discontinued by Manufacturer) by Allison Sanchez

What a fantastic camera! The first thing I suggest is to update the firmware. Most likely the camera you received does not have the latest firmware. I had version 1.2 and upgraded to 1.5. Version 1.2 makes a soft hiss every time you turn it on. This is because image stabilization is always active when the camera is on. In version 1.5 it is only active when the trigger is pressed. And you can set it to turn on when you half-press the shutter button. Just make sure you have a fully charged battery when you do this. When I updated the firmware, version 1.4 was installed first, and then I had to go through the same process again for version 1.5. See: [.] After spending some time familiarizing myself with the camera, I saw the user manual on DPReview. They have some great suggestions that aren't obvious even after reading the full instruction manual. See: [.] If you're thinking about buying additional lenses, I'd wait until you've lived with a 12-50mm kit lens for a while. 12mm corresponds to 24mm in the 35mm world and is on the border of "ultra-wide". 50mm is a moderate telephoto lens, and with 16 megapixels, you can stretch it by cropping your photo. You will find that this lens is all you need. The rather limited aperture (f3.5 to f6.3) is mitigated by excellent image stabilization and low noise at high ISOs. The OM-D replaces my Panasonic G-1, so I already have a small collection of lenses that work great with the OM-D zoom: Panasonic 7-14mm f4.0: Great for landscape photography but can deliver distorted perspectives , when you put it on don't be careful. Panasonic 20mm f1.7: Great for affordable light photos. Pin sharp even with the aperture wide open. Panasonic 25mm f/1.4: twice the price and twice the size of the 20mm. Why did I buy this? Because 20mm is a soft wide angle lens and I needed a real "normal" lens. Even sharper than the Olympus 50mm f2.0 4/3 20mm macro lens with Micro 4/3 adapter. Autofocus isn't available when set on my Lumix G-1 but autofocus works when set to OM-D (Yes!) but it's slow and I need to find the right focus (Boo!) . Instead, I recommend getting a Panasonic 45mm f2.8 macro lens. Olympus 40-150mm 4/3 zoom with Micro 4/3 adapter. Again, autofocus didn't work on the G-1 and was slow on the OM-D. It's also a big, heavy lens. But I used it for a very low price. Various Nikon lenses with adapters. Do not worry! The manual aperture is a throwback to the 1950s and unusable. Of course, all such adapted lenses have manual focus. With VR lenses you get stuck at the maximum aperture. What's really cool is that any lenses you attach to the OM-D will have image stabilization as it's built into the camera! Hooray!