Ghostbuggy
Veteran
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- Hoher Fläming, Germany
- Name
- Phill
Hey John, I still think DPR made a mistake there. I simply can't believe the OM-5 is made of an magnesium alloy: It is exactly the same dimensions as the E-M5 Mark III, uses the very same kind of battery and weights just the same. I would be surprised if they managed to save so much weight on the internals so they could make a magnesium body to receive right on the gramm the same weight as the E-M5 Mark III.Some of these are:
Return to full metal jacket (? According to DPR) (hallelujah!!)
More powerful CPU
Better weather/dust sealing IP53
As usual with DPR, they damn the camera with feint praise, while ignoring their own provided information ...
In addition, Chris mentioned in his video review, the body is "exactly the same" as the E-M5 Mark III, minus the lettering as well as the color of the On/Off switch, which is now black. If it would indeed be a metal construction, I guess he'd mentioned and noticed that. In fact I think they made a very fair and very thorough video review about that camera, with over 13 minutes of playtime showing off even some features which were included on several Olympus cameras since years. The points of criticism raised are valid in my opinion and it is fair to point at OM Digital for missing the opportunity just to make the camera body better instead of just using it again.
If you strongly prefer IBIS, pretty much most Fujifilm cameras are out of the question. The X-S10 is the only more compact, lighter and affordable model which offers IBIS. Your only other options would be the latest X-H2(S) models, which cost way over 2000 USD or the X-T4, which again is quite a bit more expensive and larger as well compared to the X-S10. There is also the older X-H1 which you could get used, but again that camera is larger and heavier compared to the X-S10 and I also highly doubt it does a better job with AF and tracking when compared to it or the OM-5 for that matter.I'm open to non weather sealed lenses an bodies
Also willing to go up in size slightly with the prime lens sizes. The PL 25mm and 15mm are pretty small, but happy it it gets up to around the Oly 75mm size.
I forgot to mention in my initial requests, having IBIS is strongly preferred as well.
I'm still interested in the OM5, probably the thing that might hold me back the most, is how well the face/eye tracking AF is. Apparently it's improved but not on par with the latest AF from other makers.
What are my options in sony FF world, as it seems they are often touted as having great AF?
The X100V is also fairly expensive, it's also missing IBIS. Although I have to say it is a fun, capable and lovely camera for sure.
In my opinion the OM-5 is a very capable camera but it highly depends on your priorities, to my limited knowledge, if you really want the best eye detection and tracking, Sony still seems to be more or less the leader in this specific area and you don't even have to look at their FF bodies, the small APS-C A6x00 series of cameras also has very capable tracking abilities. Regarding the suggested A7C: That camera has a very small EVF, so if you value using an EVF, you might want to think twice about that one. It only features a .59x magnification, compared to .62x of the Fujifim X-S10 or .68x of the OM-5, that might be real downside, personally I was at some point interested in the A7C, but after reading about the EVF, I noticed that camera just wasn't for me.