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E-M5 sometimes annoys, maybe get an E-M10?

Started Jan 13, 2015 | Discussions thread
sderdiarian Veteran Member • Posts: 4,248
Re: E-M5 sometimes annoys, maybe get an E-M5 II, or maybe not
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Glad to hear it helped you, Rube.

Its been snowing here in eastern Massachusetts it seems forever, so with time on my hands (and boredom!) I put much of the last post together from earlier ones.  But as I did so it really came home what a deal the E-M10 is, and vice versa with the E-M5 II for those already owning E-M5's.

All many of us with 5's wanted was a firmware fix for shutter shock and the other features added to the 10 made available as a downloadable update.  Instead, Olympus miscalculated that we'd come out in droves to buy a new $1100 body with these fixes/updates, an upgraded EVF (that piece is nice) and some frills we never asked for (freeze proof, 40MP for objects with no movement, video upgrades with mediocre results (DPR), tweaked IBIS that was already very good, flip LCD, etc.).  Wrong.

A new 20MP sensor, 4K video and vastly improved tracking ability (the a6000, V3 and GH4 all accomplish this, why not Olympus?) would have transformed the 5.  As it stands, I'll be surprised if they sell many before discounting sets in, so why wait when the 10 is already such a great deal?

Best of luck.

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