OM-1 vs OM-5 size comparison

[unhappymeal]

The EM5ii looks pretty tiny next to that behemoth, no?

Not really, no. Like I said, a bit taller, a bit wider. The only substantial difference is the E-M5 has the grip cut off.

 

[TomFid]

The EM5ii looks pretty tiny next to that behemoth, no?

Not really, no. Like I said, a bit taller, a bit wider. The only substantial difference is the E-M5 has the grip cut off.

More like a bit taller, a bit wider, quite a bit deeper, a lot heavier. But clearly the difference is in the eye of the beholder.

In other contexts (say, road bikes) people will pay hundreds of dollars to shave off 100g. On mile 15 of a hike, you can definitely count me among those who will give up some performance for weight.

 

[Tom Caldwell]

I've always found the E-M5/OM-5 to be a bit of an odd duck. It's only really appreciably smaller due to the grip and EVF size. The true size savings were always in the GX/PEN line compared to the E-M1/G95 bodies.

I am still depressed that we haven't seen a serious rangefinder-style successor in m4/3 and the last competitor that released one was the X-E4 or A7C. I guess the industry has decided you can only get the latest and greatest in a DSLR-style, roughly A7-sized and ~600-700g or stop buying cameras.

Since the GX8 the industry has repeated the mistake of putting a side hinged fully articulated lcd on a RF-Style camera body. I don't think that the idea of a compact RF style camera body works well with a flippy-everywhere screen.

Then when after this mistake these cameras don't sell well the manufacturers decide that the RF Style itself is not worth making for.

So the result is that your fashion prophesy is realised just because Canikon didn't want to startle the horses by making any ML camera body that was not styled like their abandoned dslr lines.

After all - proper cameras were always this shape.

 

[unhappymeal]

The EM5ii looks pretty tiny next to that behemoth, no?

Not really, no. Like I said, a bit taller, a bit wider. The only substantial difference is the E-M5 has the grip cut off.

More like a bit taller, a bit wider, quite a bit deeper, a lot heavier. But clearly the difference is in the eye of the beholder.

In other contexts (say, road bikes) people will pay hundreds of dollars to shave off 100g. On mile 15 of a hike, you can definitely count me among those who will give up some performance for weight.

If you're doing Mont Blanc or the Smokey Mountains, sure, every gram matters. For a regular hike (like say, my bi-weekly Mainz to Ingelheim), a few hundred grams on the body is usually not the major factor. The real weight is in the lenses.

 

[MNE]

Well, I’m actually in the “smaller is better” camp, but sometimes a smaller body is less comfortable particularly when using a larger lens. So, for me it’s about the feeling and control when using a larger lens like the 12-100 f/4 on a smaller body, not about navigating the controls on a smaller body, hence my addition of the half case for a bit of added purchase.

I agree of course.

I would love to keep my body smaller, but even with the grip, my pinky has to rest under the baseplate which I find irritating. Hopefully the M-1 III will feel better when I get it soon.

 

[Camrarat]

I've always found the E-M5/OM-5 to be a bit of an odd duck. It's only really appreciably smaller due to the grip and EVF size. The true size savings were always in the GX/PEN line compared to the E-M1/G95 bodies.

I am still depressed that we haven't seen a serious rangefinder-style successor in m4/3 and the last competitor that released one was the X-E4 or A7C. I guess the industry has decided you can only get the latest and greatest in a DSLR-style, roughly A7-sized and ~600-700g or stop buying cameras.

Ah this! I really wish there were a pen or em5 with ai bird detect and a better evf

 

[sootyvrs]

I think the case you have around your OM-5 Gary makes it seem a little larger in those images.

I have found these images from the Mirrorless Comparison website below to be the best for comparison as it's an overlay

OM system OM-1 vs OM-5 - The 10 Main Differences - Mirrorless Comparison

The OM-1 was the first camera released under the name of the new OM Digital Solutions company, which bought the Olympus Imaging Business. The Olympus name was left on the top front of the camera as a tribute. The OM-5, the second model to arrive under the new brand OM ... Read more

mirrorlesscomparison.com

 

[NorCal Jim]

I have a good idea of the size difference since I have an E-M1 Mk2 & E-M5 Mk3. Nevertheless, I enjoyed this message thread.

The E-M1 Mk2 is wonderfully comfortable to hold either with the 12-40mm f/2.8 lens or with a larger "Super zoom" lens. The E-M5 Mk2 always felt a bit awkward to hold with one hand and especially so with longer lenses. The lighter weight and design of the E-M5 Mk3 is a noticeable improvement but still is more comfortable to hold with two hands.

Somehow, I don't think that the degree of comfort of the E-M5 body is necessarily associated with the size of my hands but with the design of the camera body. While I never considered my hands especially large (just normal for my 6'7" frame), they were sufficient to catch and palm a basketball from a dribble with one hand during my basketball days (during the 60s and 70s).

Jim