Today I had the chance to play with the em-1 at a promotion event in a store and chat with Mr. Terada. I was mainly interested to try out how my ft lenses would focus on the em-1 and how the evf would feel to my eyes.
Clearly I would have felt more comfortable initially if the em-1 had an ovf but I don't think I will have a problem using it. This promotion took place in a not too brightly lit room without windows under fluorescent light and the evf actually was probably even better than the e-3 vf in allowing to compose and check already in the evf if half pressing the shutter gave correct focus.
7-14 and 11-22 mm: focusing did not seem different than with e-3, maybe a tad slower, but this would not be a problem in real use.
50/f2.0: focus feels faster on the e3 but experience shows that I better feather the shutter to make sure that focus is really exact. I have more confidence with the em-1 to get correct focus without feathering the shutter.
14-54 mk1: absolutely instantaneous focus (just as with the e-3).
50-200 mk1: just as with the e-3 so it seemed to me.
90-250 mm (not mine): fast focus similar to the 50-200 lens and good handling with battery grip. I had never held that lens, it really is big and heavy - I didn't have the impression that the lens was unduly unbalaced with the camera. I shot wide open at 250 mm at 1/40 sec and the image was tack sharp. Amazing IBIS!
Face detect and near eye detect now are also available with the ft lenses! I was not aware of this until I noticed that there were rectangles placed over the faces in the evf. I think that is a very valuable improvement for ft lens users.
Distortion, CA and sharpness are automatically corrected for all Oly ft and mft lenses. This also works with all third party ft and mft lenses, except for sharpness correction, because Oly does not know their exact specifications as Mr Terada explained. That panasonic ft 1.4/25mm is now tempting me a bit. These corrections are applied in camera to the jpegs and also when the raws are converted in Viewer.
The em1 feels very nice and substantial. The e3 still feels perfect to me but I am sure that I will get used to the smaller em1 very quickly.
I pre-ordered camera plus battery grip.
I hope some will find this post helpful.
K.
Clearly I would have felt more comfortable initially if the em-1 had an ovf but I don't think I will have a problem using it. This promotion took place in a not too brightly lit room without windows under fluorescent light and the evf actually was probably even better than the e-3 vf in allowing to compose and check already in the evf if half pressing the shutter gave correct focus.
7-14 and 11-22 mm: focusing did not seem different than with e-3, maybe a tad slower, but this would not be a problem in real use.
50/f2.0: focus feels faster on the e3 but experience shows that I better feather the shutter to make sure that focus is really exact. I have more confidence with the em-1 to get correct focus without feathering the shutter.
14-54 mk1: absolutely instantaneous focus (just as with the e-3).
50-200 mk1: just as with the e-3 so it seemed to me.
90-250 mm (not mine): fast focus similar to the 50-200 lens and good handling with battery grip. I had never held that lens, it really is big and heavy - I didn't have the impression that the lens was unduly unbalaced with the camera. I shot wide open at 250 mm at 1/40 sec and the image was tack sharp. Amazing IBIS!
Face detect and near eye detect now are also available with the ft lenses! I was not aware of this until I noticed that there were rectangles placed over the faces in the evf. I think that is a very valuable improvement for ft lens users.
Distortion, CA and sharpness are automatically corrected for all Oly ft and mft lenses. This also works with all third party ft and mft lenses, except for sharpness correction, because Oly does not know their exact specifications as Mr Terada explained. That panasonic ft 1.4/25mm is now tempting me a bit. These corrections are applied in camera to the jpegs and also when the raws are converted in Viewer.
The em1 feels very nice and substantial. The e3 still feels perfect to me but I am sure that I will get used to the smaller em1 very quickly.
I pre-ordered camera plus battery grip.
I hope some will find this post helpful.
K.
