OM-5 ii vs E-M5 iii

[rye_a]

I’m thinking about jumping back into the world of Micro 4/3 for street photography after being gone awhile, and now find myself a little confused by the whole addition of OM System. Can someone please tell me the differences between the OM-5 ii and the E-M5 iii? All I can see is that the OM seems to offer one additional stop of IBIS while the E-M5 has a more robust build? Has one proven to be better than the other?

 

[Skeeterbytes]

I’m thinking about jumping back into the world of Micro 4/3 for street photography after being gone awhile, and now find myself a little confused by the whole addition of OM System. Can someone please tell me the differences between the OM-5 ii and the E-M5 iii? All I can see is that the OM seems to offer one additional stop of IBIS while the E-M5 has a more robust build? Has one proven to be better than the other?

They have the same all-plastic build.

Either OM-5 has TruePic IX, which adds welcome features like starry sky, good face and eye detection, HHHR, Live ND, my menu and some others. Worthwhile improvements, IMHO.

Mk ii has USB C charging and a few other differences.

Cheers,

Rick

 

[offtraildog]

I have found this site to be mostly accurate

https://cameradecision.com/compare/OM-System-OM-5-Mark-II-vs-Olympus-OM-D-E-M5-III

 

[john isaacs]

I’m thinking about jumping back into the world of Micro 4/3 for street photography after being gone awhile, and now find myself a little confused by the whole addition of OM System. Can someone please tell me the differences between the OM-5 ii and the E-M5 iii? All I can see is that the OM seems to offer one additional stop of IBIS while the E-M5 has a more robust build? Has one proven to be better than the other?

They have the same all-plastic build.

Either OM-5 has TruePic IX, which adds welcome features like starry sky, good face and eye detection, HHHR, Live ND, my menu and some others. Worthwhile improvements, IMHO.

Mk ii has USB C charging and a few other differences.

Cheers,

Rick

I have both cameras.

The E-M5iii can use the FL-LM3 flash, but the OM-5ii cannot.

Otherwise, the OM-5ii has many of the features of the E-M1iii (although with some limitations), can use a bluetooth remote shutter, has the re-designed menus which are in my opinion much better, has USB C charging which I think is great for travel, and is available in Sand Beige color (which looks great with black lenses, but I don't like it with silver lenses and my small Olympus primes are all silver so I went with the Silver color).

The two look similar, and I think the silver versions are the best looking cameras on the market.

The both have the same base geometry, so the RRS base plate for the E-M5iii fits the OM-5/OM-5ii.

I passed on the OM-5 because of the lack of USB C charging and updated menus. I wanted a camera that was closer to the operation of my OM-1 and OM-1ii.

I am not concerned about the build, because I don't use Peak Design clips.

If you need to save money, the E-M5iii is one of my favorite cameras. But I think the upgrades in the OM-5ii are well worth the money, especially if you don't have the larger OM-1/OM-3 bodies.

In addition, you may be able to get the 12-45/4 PRO lens kit, which saves a lot of money on the lens, and it's a perfect lens for the smaller body. As are any of the small f/1.8 class of prime lenses.

 

[Allan Brown]

I’m thinking about jumping back into the world of Micro 4/3 for street photography after being gone awhile, and now find myself a little confused by the whole addition of OM System. Can someone please tell me the differences between the OM-5 ii and the E-M5 iii? All I can see is that the OM seems to offer one additional stop of IBIS while the E-M5 has a more robust build? Has one proven to be better than the other?

It is the EM5 MkII that has the more robust metal body.

Starting with the EM5 MkIII the bottom plate is plastic - and, an under-engineered plastic at that.

The OM5 Mk1 is the same whereas, the OM 5 MkII is slightly different and yet to be proven.

Allan

 

[Dann-Oh]

I’m thinking about jumping back into the world of Micro 4/3 for street photography after being gone awhile, and now find myself a little confused by the whole addition of OM System. Can someone please tell me the differences between the OM-5 ii and the E-M5 iii? All I can see is that the OM seems to offer one additional stop of IBIS while the E-M5 has a more robust build? Has one proven to be better than the other?

If you're looking to buy the EM53 and are in the US, please shoot me a PM, Im looking to sell off my EM53 + 12-45f4 kit.