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Review on πŸ“· OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5 Mark II (Black): Ultimate Performance in a Sleek Body by Amit Kumar ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

A reliable product, quality is acceptable.

The camera caused very mixed feelings. On the one hand, there is a chic design, besides, a limited "titanium" version of only 7,000 models (according to the manufacturer) with a leather strap instead of a classic cloth one. I was pleased with the removable rotary microflash with a leader 9 (powered by the camera battery). There is an opinion that the built-in flash is the lot of amateur and semi-professional cameras, but here is such a life hack. After a full-frame DSLR, it sits unusually in the hand, since it is 2 times smaller for sure. But I think I'll get used to it. The dark side: Compared to my D610, the photo quality leaves much to be desired, to put it mildly. And it's not just the crop, my opinion is that the image quality of DSLRs for mirrorless cameras is like the moon (in 100% resolution). Photoshop, of course, works wonders, but this is not the case. By the way, my sixth flash did not open RAW files (requires ating). The video quality was also worse than the D610. But the stabilizer does a good job. The electronic viewfinder slows down, as does autofocus (Olympus 45 / 1.8 lens). When shooting video, sometimes it is completely lost, it starts to scour. The focus points are simply huge, you can focus on the eyes only in close-up, in other cases it catches at random: eyes, nose, forehead ... But the BB is good, the colors are cleaner on β€œauto”. Noise canceling is also not bad, it’s clean at 3200, then it slowly makes noise. Incident: when viewing photos and videos on a laptop, I found a broken pixel, called the seller with a desire to return it. It turned out that the menu has a function to "restore" pixels. Corrected, so far everything is buzzing. As you know, they are greeted by clothes, and the OM-D E-M5 Mark II is all right with this. Undoubtedly, it is necessary to work with the product in order to identify more pros and cons. But at first glance, this camera is for a measured rest - to take on a trip with a couple of fixes or one zoom, so as not to drag bulky, heavy and expensive equipment. Only from the outlet far and for a long time it will not work, the battery sits down only in this way. I did not indicate the price in the minuses, there are toys that are much more expensive.

Pros
  • Dimensions, design, ergonomics, workmanship. Removable rotary microflash. "Pure" white balance, working ISO.
Cons
  • Focusing. Electronic viewfinder. Power consumption, especially with flash. Warming up. Detailed instructions on CD only. Not critical, but Vietnamese.

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October 26, 2022
The main thing is to understand the menu