Review on Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III Black Body with Black M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4.0 PRO Lens Kit and ECG-5 Grip by Olympus for E-M5 Mark III by Pin Lin ᠌

Name: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III Black Body with Black M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4.0 PRO Lens Kit and ECG-5 Grip by Olympus for E-M5 Mark III
Item: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III Black Body with Black M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4.0 PRO Lens Kit and ECG-5 Grip by Olympus for E-M5 Mark III
Rating: 5

October 29, 2022

I'm very happy with the product, it's very satisfying.

Having installed a budget fix 45mm f1.8, I felt such high sharpness and good bokeh that the screams of full-frame connoisseurs no longer carry anything constructive for me.
The weight of the device with the lens allows me to walk freely and take pictures even with my sore back. The swivel screen also saves your back at non-standard angles.
Cannot see exposure settings (shutter speed, aperture, ISO) when shooting video.
Lens hoods for conventional lenses are so small that they are easy to lose.
Features of the bundled flash: not built-in (detachable from the carcass), predictably weak, has the ability to turn the head, is powered by the camera.
The flash cannot be fired when the silent shooting mode is set.
The ability to take high-resolution photos (50MP) from a tripod.
The creative mode “Shooting streaks of light” (Live Composite Mode) is interesting, you can get interesting results (albeit not on the first try).
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Pros

A compact body that allows you to put the camera in a spacious jacket pocket with a regular pancake zoom. You can feel the high-quality assembly and the strength of the case, although you still don’t want to drop it anyway. Decent 4K video quality (compared with top-end smartphones).

Cons

To turn on the camera, you need to use your second hand (we hold the camera with one hand, turn it on with the other), it is unrealistic to do everything with one hand. The menu is quite tricky, and no matter how Olympus himself and his ambassadors praised this menu, it was not possible to get used to it in a short period of time. Lack of 4K 60fps. Importing photo and video material to a smartphone is some dancing with a tambourine (I thought that after the first pairing of the smartphone and the camera, the connection would proceed automatically, but this is not the case). Unable to import large video files to smartphone. The camera does not have a built-in GPS module, and therefore geotagging on the photo is possible only through a special application on the smartphone.