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21:51:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 21:51:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><em>I\u2019m not a professional photographer or reviewer of gear. I\u2019m an amateur so if you\u2019re looking for an end to end review of the Olympus OM-D E-M1, hit up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpreview.com\/reviews\/olympus-om-d-e-m1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DPReview<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Self-Shot OM-D E-M1&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13356628745\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Self-Shot OM-D E-M1\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7358\/13356628745_b24e120acf_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a month of research and reading reviews, I decided to upgrade my aging Olympus E-PL2 that I bought in <a href=\"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/14\/why-ive-adopted-the-micro-four-thirds-camera-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January of 2011<\/a>. The three year old camera was functioning just fine. I used it extensively every few days and never had to replace a part, the 2 batteries I had worked great and every button is in great shape. Well, the On\/Off button is slightly recessed and the turn knob sometimes gets stuck but it does the job. I\u2019m not selling that camera and with the 17mm f\/1.7 pancake lens will stick on that body and remain my \u2018pocket camera\u2019 for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Around Hanover New Hampshire&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13382464975\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Around Hanover New Hampshire\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2839\/13382464975_d3ab4b7377_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s actually no surprise when you<a href=\"http:\/\/snapsort.com\/compare\/Olympus-E-PL2-vs-Olympus-OM-D-E-M1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> compare the camera I bought and the E-PL2<\/a> that they are not even in the same league anymore. The differences are staggering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For this review, it\u2019s not fair to compare the two so I won\u2019t. It is challenging not to compare them as I\u2019ve only owned 2 M43 cameras and they were both manufactured 3 years apart.<\/p>\n<p>The E-M1 from Olympus is intended to be the flagship semi-pro camera of Micro Four Thirds systems. Think of it like the Canon 1D and the E-M5 as the 5D. Both are great cameras but the E-M1 is the granddaddy. It\u2019s priced at $1299 for the body only and it has that $179 battery grip which is way overpriced (just like the one from Canon). You can use the viewfinder or live-view, it has WiFi built in, a tilting OLED display and is weather sealed. In fact, it\u2019s the only weather sealed camera from Olympus. Keep in mind weather sealing bodies are only as good as their lenses. If you\u2019re not using a weather sealed lens, then that benefit is moot.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Parker Pie - West Glover Vermont&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13450417974\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Parker Pie - West Glover Vermont\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7157\/13450417974_05b31e2e6f_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until just yesterday, the E-M1 was the only camera in its class that had a 5-axis image stabilization feature and sensor cleaning at startup.It truly is a professional camera for four-thirds owners except for that pesky small APS-C sensor that in no way compares to what the 5D and 1D have. That is its only shortcoming. For carrying, it\u2019s actually great. Very light, lenses are smaller and the 2x crop means my 200mm lens is 400mm equivalent. Which means, the f\/1.4 Leica 25mm I bought is a fantastic 50mm equivalent lens that takes amazing photos.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Home after a Snow&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13450528494\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Home after a Snow\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3756\/13450528494_14a77bb565_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best thing about the OM-D line of cameras is the body size allows for more buttons and they have the added benefit of a built-in viewfinder. I have really missed that a lot. I can now look into the view finder and setup ISO, shutter speed and aperture or even shooting modes without going through many menus. It was rare for me to shoot in manual mode on my PL2 because of the constant digging through menus. The viewfinder allows me to really concentrate on the subject and frame in ways that a screen on the back of a camera can\u2019t do. The E-M1 has the same SLR features such as using the screen as a view of all of the photo settings and then you use the viewfinder to shoot. It\u2019s a touch screen so raising your eye to the sensor disables the screen.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;A Day at Hill Farmstead&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13449347415\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"A Day at Hill Farmstead\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2890\/13449347415_1b7d322724_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WiFi was a nice concept but I really haven\u2019t been happy with its application. The iPhone app has worked once at collecting GPS bread crumbs all day and then applying them to my camera\u2019s photo SD storage with lat,long information. So that\u2019s nice because the RAW,JPEG files will have geo-data on them and that carries into Aperture and Flickr. The extra feature of WiFi is saving photos on my Olympus SD card to my iPhone camera roll but I haven\u2019t gotten that to work. WiFi and Geo-Data collection runs the battery on both my iPhone and Camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tilting display is a nice thing and the camera feels very well built. The battery grip is very much a requirement and so was the move from an 8GB SDHC card to a 64GB SDXC (Class 10) card. First, the camera only gets 350 shots per charge (400 in my tests). If I\u2019m going on a weekend trip, I\u2019ll run the battery down fast so the battery grip is nice to double up the charge. Second, shooting in RAW at 16 megapixels is a lot of storage and the shutter speed is limited by the card speed. If you don\u2019t have a Class 10 high capacity SDXC card, you\u2019re going to want to get one. Unfortunately, the camera does not have two SD slots. I\u2019d love to have Compact Flash + SDXC but the body is just too small for that.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Around Hanover New Hampshire&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13382566115\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Around Hanover New Hampshire\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3747\/13382566115_dcafc6904d_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One final thing about the battery grip. I want to plug the camera in to the wall and charge both cards. Unfortunately, I have to use the battery charger which means I have to disconnect the battery grip to get to the 2nd battery and then charge them separately since the included charger only does one battery. A minor annoyance but if both batteries are dead, it\u2019s going to be a lot of charging before I\u2019m back up and running.<\/p>\n<p>The photos I\u2019ve taken so far have been impressive. Sometimes, the auto-focus doesn\u2019t work. This is the case on the 14-40mm and 25mm lens. I\u2019m shooting rapidly, go to a different subject, press the shutter half way down and nothing happens. It\u2019s on S-AF (single autofocus) but switching to continuous AF doesn\u2019t fix the problem either. I\u2019m still troubleshooting this one.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;New Camera OM-D E-M1&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13356659545\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"New Camera OM-D E-M1\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3706\/13356659545_79cc10cd62_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the E-M1 is a very capable camera. It does need improvements but nothing that would get me to upgrade to the next model. I\u2019m good for a few years. I just ordered a new photo bag that will allow me to store this and all of the new lenses and a new sling strap so I can easily carry this camera on my hip versus around the neck. It\u2019s larger but not 5D or even 70D large yet the photos are on par with the 70D in my opinion. Finally, I stuck with this platform mostly because of the lenses I already had. Yet, when I grab a 70D and a 140mm lens, it\u2019s very clear just how much smaller the 4\/3 system is to Canon or Nikon. The body and lenses are much smaller and I like that. My days of looking like a tourist when doing street photography are over though. This body looks VERY professional. No more getting away with taking shots of strangers without looking creepy.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Around Hanover New Hampshire&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/13382890394\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Around Hanover New Hampshire\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7413\/13382890394_b5830401ca_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019m not a professional photographer or reviewer of gear. 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