Overall conclusion

The Olympus E-M5 is Olympus' eighth Micro Four Thirds camera and by far its most competitive. It combines the company's pleasing JPEG engine with a more modern sensor to create a photographic tool that lives up to the capabilities implied by its evocation of the fondly-remembered 'OM' name.

Its retro design means it has a pleasantly traditional control layout which will be immediately familiar to most SLR and DSLR shooters. The E-M5 is also an extremely configurable camera, which means it can be tailored to your own preferred shooting style.

The consequence of this customization is that its custom menus can get a little daunting. For the most part they're well arranged, meaning you can usually find the setting you're after. Sadly, some of the most useful features (such as the ability to stabilize a magnified preview for manual focusing lenses) are hidden behind combinations of settings that are sometimes obscurely-named. Like most interchangeable lens cameras from Olympus, the EM-5 is worth studying if you want to get the most out of it.

Image Quality

The E-M5 sets a new benchmark for Micro Four Thirds images, thanks to a modern sensor and Olympus' excellent JPEG engine. It continues to produce good results in lower light than was previously practical and produces attractive output in all but the most challenging of situations. The combination of its small body and the small lenses available for it (specifically the Panasonic 20mm F1.7 and Olympus 45mm F1.8) mean it's a camera we found ourselves taking everywhere, without any concerns that we were having to make undue compromises on image quality.

The E-M5 can't completely overcome the light capture disadvantage brought by its smaller sensor, compared to APS-C, but it reduces it to the point that it's irrelevant for almost all practical purposes. At which point we think its size advantage, in terms of both body and lenses, will outweigh that difference for most uses. If you're absolutely unwilling to compromise on image quality then spending twice the money and moving up to the bulk of a full-frame is the only way of gaining a significant step up from the E-M5.

This capability, combined with an increasingly useful range of comparatively affordable fast lenses (the largest of any mirrorless system), makes it easy to get good results from a variety of shooting situations, even when the light gets challenging. The camera's default noise reduction and sharpening settings aren't entirely to our taste but they're not overly destructive and are easily changed for the better. That minor gripe aside, we've been impressed with the E-M5's output, whether in Raw or JPEG.

Handling

Despite being small, the E-M5 handles nicely - a well thought-out twin-dial control system with a handful of customizable buttons means you have most of the settings you're likely to want close to hand. The minimal use of the touch-screen can speed up operation if you want to use it, but you can switch it off with no loss of function if you prefer not to.

It's not completely without niggles, though - the camera's small size means the controls are all small and set very closely together, causing some inconvenience, particularly for those people with larger hands. For this reason we also found it very hard to confidently use the EM-5 in poor weather, when wearing gloves - ironic considering how well the camera is sealed against the elements. Some of the resulting awkwardness can be addressed by reconfiguring the controls to put your most-used functions on the buttons you find most accessible. Overall though, it's a fast and flexible interface that just lets you get on with the shooting.

The Final Word

The E-M5 is, without question, the most accomplished Micro Four Thirds camera we've yet seen and, given how well established the system has become, it vies for the title of most capable mirrorless option yet. It's not entirely without flaws and, predictably, most of those relate to continuous autofocus. But, for the most part, the E-M5 is simply an awful lot of camera in a compact and attractive body. It's a nice camera to use and the images it takes are just as enjoyable. Without any reservations whatsoever, it deserves our Gold Award.

这个测评中包括LEICA M9吗？

我也玩过不少，什么法拉利，林保坚尼，悍马，吉利，奇瑞，各有各的好。后来QQ因为底太小被我送人了

正在走取代DC路子的，不是棒子，泥坑的N1也不是领跑的，领跑的是O记的EPL2！最近一期BCN上，EPL2又有3种套装进入EVIL的前10，进一步凸显其相当于当年佳能5号电池A系列机的地位
低得发指的配置，日本市场折合RMB不到2500的套机价格，棒子也望尘莫及；即使J1的价格向其靠近，但J1好歹体型和配置上还略强

BTW：去年O记销量夺冠的EPL1，是1/2000的最高快门，2.7寸23万像素的屏幕（简直怀疑是肩屏），今年的EPL2在价格不变的基础上，终于将这两项提高到了合理的最低配上

本帖最后由 dhep 于 2012-5-3 17:23 编辑

回复 AreX 的帖子

这个是神马包包

人家三少刚刚收了奥巴送来的EP3在玩呢，怎么好意思再开口要一个这么热门的机器EM5啊，等市场冷却后，自然会拱手送上门的吧

路有多远，他就能2多远。

您自己非要拿全副镜头来比系统优势，现在又说自己2，您也算奇葩了。

原来你当了一代的小白鼠，怪不得苦大仇深，我同情你。

说出这句话，可见阁下心智不健全。

记得这么句话“心有多远，路就有多远。

玩的比较杂，单反，EVIL，数码，胶片，旁轴，双反。。。。。

M43只是一个部分

干嘛总和全幅干上了。这事让柯达死不瞑目。
看来135画幅真是空前绝后通贯古今了。

我也是对4/3单反比对m4/3有感觉，毕竟手上还有e-510，想这e-5就很有感觉。
你说重我也觉得，不过要是配50-200 12-60 ，还别说14-35 35-100 这类头，e-5比e-50重的那300克就不算什么了。在全系统重站的分量不高。

若不完全干脆守缺。也许我买nx。
三星下半年也许会好些，看渠道怎么走吧。我在隔壁说了，现在三星相机和手机合并了，也许会不一样了。

是的，所以他先要靠大底+饼干（尤其是饼干小变焦），先把DC取代了再说
事实上现在就是完全可以做到的
体积稍微大一点点，画质有提升，耐用性不要有劣势，就基本够赢了，操控都另说了

你买的G1的时候还算不上系统优势呢，第一部机器吗？
、不过你用R-D1拍的，看来的确玩过些机器。

没有胶卷时代的※※，没有制作专业相机的基础，一个市场形成需要好多年。
很少人关注这个三星也是正常的，随着时间……三星apsc大底微单也会发展的

第一代差点
第二代Nx20机身初步了解：进步不少。
详细情况等待测试
三星Jpg是差点，raw底子还是不错的。

哪天 NX 能把nikon1 PK 掉就说明偏见少了，神马全幅evil 还是YY 好了

很难理解你，入过43，又入过Ｍ43，你一直没走远。

主要是JPG算法差
但是毕竟底大，有饼干的话，和DC机器PK还是没什么问题的
所以他是DC升级首选，毕竟也就合一个G12的价钱

确实，三星已经在液晶和手机上PK掉日系联盟了

相机算是日系为数不多的壁垒了。

要是三星狠狠心，弄个全副EVIL出来。。。。。我相信，不少人会放弃门户偏见，

选择全副EVIL的。

棒子NX的镜头还不错，photozone刚测了85/1.4，3.5-4星

机身差～

那手表是儿童玩具表吧?
本帖由移动终端发布

脑子有多2才会拿手表跟闹钟比啊～

国内认知度很不怎么样，国外据说好点
得有个过程
只要价格降得快就好，他得先从跟DC机器PK来起步，慢慢往上爬
当年日本相机也都是这么过来的
刚入场的时候，谁拿你当腕儿呀

em5会考虑，现在有点过热。
另外还是要一只43单反（前面有消息传出e50），因为m43还没有zd1122 zd50200这种镜头

Olympus那只12／2居然比sony 24/2便宜不了多少，这脑子得多二的主才会把这个头拎出来说事儿？
本帖由移动终端发布

EM5感觉就是为你量身打造的啊

E5不错，问题是重了点，我要600g左右的机身