Olympus OM-D brings retro style to your Micro Four Thirds life

The Olympus OM-D, the digital remastering of a classic SLR camera, is now been announced by Olympus following weeks of leaks and rumours. So now the Olympus OM-D, or E-M5 as it is marked, is official, let’s run down what you get.

Adopting the Micro Four Thirds method the OM element of this new camera appears to be mainly about positioning and external styling. To use OM lenses from the original 35mm SLR cameras, you’d require an MF-two OM Adapter ring (£160).

However, it is compatible with Olympus’ existing MFT selection, and will come with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-50mm lens (24-100mm in 35mm terms) as a kit. You will also get a climate proofed body, so much less prone to harm from brief dust or damp exposure.

Nevertheless, there are a number of contemporary headline functions of the new Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera, like 5-axis stabilisation and lightening fast autofocus, to assist you get sharp 16-megapixel pictures out of the Live MOS sensor. 

Of more interest, even so, could be the integrated electronic viewfinder. The lack of a viewfinder, or having to use an external accessory, has been a criticism of compact method cameras considering that their inception. Some Panasonic Lumix models, Sony’s NEX-7 and a lot more lately the Fujifilm X-Pro1 have all addressed (in several techniques) the viewfinder issue.

The OM-D capabilities a 1440k-dot electronic viewfinder. It’s beautifully integrated in retro fashion into the leading of the camera. We’ve utilized Olympus’ accessory viewfinders in the past and the top quality is extremely good on those, so we have high expectations of it right here too.

Fascinating accessories contain a battery grip, which sort of defies the original raison d’être of a compact method camera. But, with some just wanting a retro-style camera, with familiar and sophisticated digital overall performance, the Olympus OM-D may well be just the ticket.

As such you will get ISO up to 25600, a wide choice of inventive Art Filters, Complete HD video capture, and a three-inch vari-angle touchscreen OLED display, producing this retro wonder fairly the contemporary superstar. 

But as retro as it looks and sophisticated as it sounds, at £1149.99 it fees as considerably as a mid-range DSLR, which may be a stumbling block for some.

The Olympus OM-D will be readily available in April 2012, as we’ve already seen it, so be confident to check-out our photos of it in the flesh.

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