I'd originally not suggested the E-M5 to Marnie as it was over her budget AND a bit larger than she was looking for. The GX7 I suggested she might look at was also over her budget, but the form factor (compact with built-in EVF) was in line with what she wanted.
The new E-M1 is larger still than the E-M5 by a little bit, and it's another $400. It will be my next camera, though ... I've been waiting for this one since early 2012 when I sold the E-5. Knowing Olympus pro-grade bodies as I do, it is going to be a terrific performer with my 11-22 and 35 Macro lenses. And the Novoflex Leica-R to mFT adapter is now on order. :-) I have no worries about the sensor performance. I only rarely find myself needing stratospheric sensitivity settings and even the 2003 E-1 does a fantastic job at ISO 1600, acceptable at 3200. I'm quite sure this new sensor will perform satisfactorily at any setting I'll ever use. Godfrey On Sep 10, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > This link showed up in my mailbox today, Adorama's review of the > OMD EM-1: > http://www.adorama.com/ALC/BlogArticle.aspx?googleid=0014299&alias=Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-Hands-On&utm_source=RSYS&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Email090913OlympusNPA&j=Email090913OlympusNPA > > They, of course, say little if anything bad about it. If I were going > u4/3, I would get the latest sensor available. > > My guess is that with a sensor several years newer than the K-5, the IQ > will approach that of the K-5. With half the sensor area, the sensors > will be one or two "Moore's cycles" behind what can be done on APS. > > As I mentioned earlier, we seem to be in the middle of camera announcement > season, so if you can hold off buying something new for a couple of months, > you'll probably get a lot more benefit than waiting a couple of months > if it were June. When new models come out, you have your choice of > better performance, or good deals on the last generation. > > Alternatvely, if u4/3 looks like the way you want to go, you can pick > up a cheap used "second body" now. One that is a couple generations old, > and which will do fine in bright light (under ISO 800), then in six months > or so start looking at the new OMD EM1, or whatever. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
