D4 to OMD-EM5

daddyo wrote:

The issue of Olympus start up time has been debated and discussed to death on the Olympus DSLR forum. While Olympus is not as instantaneous as many of the DSLR's on the market, the lag time is very minimal and the reason for it is very valid.

According to the Imaging Resource review of the E-M5, start up to first shot is 1.1 Sec. (my personal experience is about the same) -- this is a far cry from "2-3 seconds"

Most people turn on their cameras prior to raising it to their eye -- my experience is that the E-M5 is read to go by the time I need to shoot.

The reason for the lag time is that Olympus, and correctly so in many users opinions, opts to cycle the sensor dust reduction system at start up, rather than at camera shut down like most DSLR maker choose to do. To me and a lot of others, it make much more sense to do it at start up, because that is right before you start capturing images, and after any lens changes that might allow dust to settle on the sensor. People can debate this all they want, but the proof is in the pudding -- the Olympus dust reduction system has shown itself to be the most effective on the market ever since Olympus first invented the system.

I have been using Olympus DSLR's and mirrorless cameras for some years now, and have yet to lose and important shot due to slow start up time.