OM sweet OM: Olympus OM-D E-M10 review

Clearly, this camera's closest competitor is the Sony A6000.

How does this E-M10 compare to a Sony RX100-2 as a light carry around camera? Yes I realize the Olympus has interchangeable lenses and the P&S doesn't. But I mean wrt being a lightwt, high quality image (JPG & raw) producing cam in roughly the same price point.... Thx to any thoughts from users of both.

Love the M10. Despise Adobe. Being a troglodyte (of the cave dweller, not the stupid variety), I continue to use XP on my main computer. I also use Photoshop Elements 11. Adobe now refuses to provide RAW support to either. Not even the DNG converter works in XP. Being a non-professional with merely modest photo skills, I rarely use the M10's RAW mode. Adobe's refusal to accommodate my occasional desire to utilize this feature is, at best, a mere inconvenience. Fortunately, Olympus does provide Viewer 3, and the ORF files generated by the M10 will also open in Corel's Paint Shop Photo ProX2 (despite it being several years older than Elements 11). I suppose not being as fussy as other folk does work to the advantage of my wallet.

I used this camera with the 25mm f/1.8 m.Zuiko (both rented) during a recent week-long trip to New Orleans. Despite never having used it before and not having an owner’s manual at my disposal, I was able to configure it to my liking and get some great shots. Its performance was, for all practical purposes, flawless. I’d be hard-pressed to think of a better value at this price, especially in a small, lightweight, yet capable camera, which is why my Nikon V1 and Canon EOS 60D will soon be for sale.

Can anyone tell me if CA-correction works with all MFT lenses from Olympus, also with older types?
I'm thinking about the E-M10 in combination with the M.Zuiko Digital 9-18mm 1:4.0-5.6 which shows some serious CA, according the 2010 test here on DPR. I would like to know how this combination performs.

I have been using my EM-10 for about 6 months now and love it! However...
While on vacation last week, I shot with it for two days without problems. On the third day I pulled out the camera and it was dead. I tried two other freshly charged batteries and still got nothing. When I got home two days later I pulled out the camera ready to call olympus and it worked fine.
Has anyone else had or heard of this problem?

I have been using the camera for about 2 weeks now shooting almost every day outdoors and indoors, mostly with the honest Pana 14-45mm lens. My brain has no doubt that it is a great camera, especially for its price and size. My gut is taking its time to get used to it. It is simply hard to believe that this little thing can be so absolutely brilliant and fun to use. My main camera has been a Pentax K5 and, hey, that's a real camera, right? I have a ton of part-time pro experience and know what I want from my gear. So, as soon as I got the camera I checked out all the controls, fixed and customizable, and set them up just right. Now I can change settings without taking my eye off the more than decent EVF. I just ordered a second body, will sell my APS-C gear and buy a few of the M43 pro line lenses. Between the Sony A7 and this camera, there is no doubt in my mind that the future is mirrorless and EVF.

I love the size and easy of "Taking it along", and the photos are excellent, but for some reason over the past few weeks I find I am longing for my D7100. Not its size as much as its "reality". My adjustment to this camera is more philosophical than technical (although the menus system as we all know is a rabbit hole), it seems real, it performs, yet I continue to give it second looks. When I grab my S110 I know what it "is". The D7100 the same. This new "feel", small, light, powerful, DSLR-ish, I am learning to take it seriously... time will tell... I wore this last night after I left it at the bar, its diminutive size, unnoticed as I exited. This could have been aided by that third glass of wine..

The new EZ kit lens has proved to be too soft for my taste and although it looks the part its resolution is just not good enough at this price point leaving it out classed by my fixed lens compacts....RX100 and G1X .
With smallish fingers , I find handling to be awkward with knobs turning inadvertently and finger stretching to achieve simple tasks ( even to switch off)

Fitted with a decent prime there's much to like but overall I feel that it's been over rated.
Oh, the firmware change to electronic shutter has sharpened up the images a little ....enough to notice though.

After using the E-M1 with it's fabulous grip and button layout, I found the E-M10's lack of a proper grip and the close layout of the top deck's F2, Movie Record button (which I reassigned to ISO), and the F1, to be too awkward to use. I don't have large hands but found that I had to twist fingers and shift my hand position in to order to activate those controls, especially in using the camera with manual focus lenses, which meant using Magnify. All in all, very disappointing handling. I found that Allison Johnson also complained about “grip” issue in the Handling section, so I see that I am not alone. I did find the image-stabilization to be very effective though. And image quality was excellent.

I am having trouble with E-M10 noise levels. Majority of the wonderful sample images in online reviews seem to be RAW based. Default JPEG noise is unacceptable above ISO800 for portraits. Both my 5 year old D300 and athe new Sony a6000 have much lower noise and significantly better dynamic range. I tried RAW and got fairly good results but do not have time for processing - this is for taking pictures of our kids to be uploaded to facebook and shared with family.
I use kit lens with 45mm 1.8 on its way. Still the lens should help with sharpness (I have problems with as well - mostly due to inaccurate focusing) but not with the noise.

I tinkered with noise reduction settings without much success. Even at ISO600 there is way more noise than one would expect. Any suggestions on settings? I know everything is relative but I am comparing it head to head with Nikon D5200 and Sony a6000 under the same settings and there is something wrong with the Olympus. Thanks.

I bought one to upgrade my m4/3 kit.
With the EZ 14-42 lens IQ is just good not great and needs a lot of PP.
I enjoy the compact size and build quality but sensor noise is way above my expectations.

My EM 10 will arrive by Monday . I did a lot of research and comparison. I knew that I wanted in camera stabilization and I had a price point that I had to stay within. My photo mentor urged me to move to Olympus too. From all the comments from other real owners on this blog and others I know I made a very good choice. But what I really want to say is how much I value and appreciate the hard work you folks do at DPR. I can not say how much it has helped me over the years. Keep up the GREAT work!

For the purpose of buying a closely fitting case, is the OM-D E M10 the same size as others in the OM-D range ?

I've got a question about wifi: can it connect to an existing LAN, and then to a smartphone? From the description it seems it's just a rather limited peer-to-peer connection with one tablet or smartphone.

Great camera for the price! Is a great complement for my E-M1 and to wonder around different cities doing street shooting is awesome. Light, fast and great image quality! I'm done carrying heavy camera and lenses for me this is the way to go!

As a Panasonic GH2 owner, I bought the E-M10 because I wanted to see for myself what all the fuss is about. The E-M10 stills image quality is definitely a step up from the GH2. It's a keeper!
I find autofocus more accurate on the GH2 with the same Olympus lenses.
The viewfinder on the GH2 is still - after all these years bigger, brighter and clearer.
I miss the C1,C2 and C3 dials that the Panasonic cameras offer and the extra external controls. On the E-M10, I waste too much time scrolling through the Super control panel and miss shots even after assigning all Fn buttons. The GH2 is operationally faster. I know Olympus offer the Myset feature but only one Myset can be programmed to an Fn button.
The GH2 can easily be used one-handed. Great for parents! The E-M10 requires two hands.
The Olympus software better than Panasonic but unbearably slow.
The Olympus has auto ISO in manual mode!
Overall the E-M10 is fantastic but I'll keep the GH2 for video.

Just a question, why isn't the Lumix G6 not on the list of camera's to compere with the E-M10?

The new Olympus E-M10 as well as E-M5 and E-M1 are nice cameras. The classic vintage look, the small size, the picture quality, the in-body stabilizer. I write this as a long-time OM-4 User (still have it).

Of course, Olympus is not Panasonic and an E-M10 or E-M1 is no a GH4.

However, if Olympus decides to include basic video features, this is more than welcome - for example if you like to travel light with basically one piece of gear.

BUT:
Why not include the 25 fps for us 50-Hz-people in Europe?
Should be a simple firmware upgrade, doesn't it?

Of course, we're in digital times and these 25 frames per second become more and more irrelevant.
But for compatibility's sake (with other equipment) they're still very useful.

Frankly: This ignorance from Olympus' side is felt more and more like arrogance (sorry!) and for me a reason to stay away: "Who cares for the other part of the world, WE are 60 Hz and 30p (e.g. in Japan and US) - be it all the others too!"

Good camera. color rendition and noise low levels, and compact size is what makes me a OM-D E-M10 future user. ))) still will keep my baby D600.

This new Olympus OM-D E-M10 has got me excited about micro four thirds again! Why? Because it doesn't seem to suffer from shutter vibrations, shutter shock or whatever you want call it. Many micro four thirds cameras suffer from it (i.e. Panasonic GX7, Olympus E-M5, E-M1, Sony A7R). It seriously degrades image quality at normal (and most used) shutter speeds.

The E-M10 is an awesome little camera that offers the same image quality as the E-M1, but in a much smaller (but high quality) and more affordable package. And without the shutter shock problem! What more do you need? If you don't specifically need the extra features (like shutter shock) of the E-M1 or the E-M5, I'd go for this excellent E-M10.

Before anyone renders an uninformed, negative verdict, go try the camera. It feels good, it looks good and it shoots well. Well worth the money they ask for it.

Where do we see which lens/ f-stop/iso is used for these studio comparisons, has as much influence as the bodies they portend to compare.

Can you please stop with the lower marks for bloody poor video!!! this site is called Digital Photography review, it you insist on scoring cameras down because of video make it a totally different section or start a Digital Video Review Site, i'm bored about the lengthy failings a camera has in its lack of video......

very nice colour rendition ang good detail definition in jpeg mode. nice work, olympus, wish canon could handle colours like that..

I spent some time comparing the images and I do not find any superiority of the Fuji... On the contrary! I can still read the words on the red brush in the lower right corner even at very high sensitivity... Just try and see...

I've never been a MFT fan - I believe size matters in sensors - but at under 800 ISO, this is impressive. For those who shoot in high light levels and post only on the web, this camera will do very well - impressively,

It was interesting to see how much better the lowly A3000 is than this camera over IS0 800. One poster who claims to have sent back his A7r and bought this for the IBIS must have been shooting under high light levels, because there's no comparison. If the A3000 sensor i what is in the A6000, I'd think that's a better machine for those who don't need IBIS to take slow shutter speed shots.

I guess if Olympus could pack this performance in a package as small as my old Olympus XA, just about any photographer could rationalize buying it as a true pocket rocket. But in a size and price competitive with small APS-C DSLRs, it will remain a niche product appealing mostly to MFT fans who can't afford or justify the top-of-the-line model.