OM SystemOlympus OM-5 Black Micro Four Thirds System Camera Outdoor Camera Weather Sealed Design 5-Axis Image Stabilization 50MP Handheld High Res Shot

I started with photography back in 1959 and shot with Nikon for over 40 years and later with LUMIX, Fuji film, and now the OM 5. I moved to the OM 5 because it was the lightest camera I could find with the quality I demanded. I have been a newspaper photographer, a freelance photographer,a wedding photographer and today a street photographer. This camera produces as good an image as any I have ever used.For some one thinking it is to complex a camera to learn on there is the “P” setting. You can grow to be a good photographer using this camera, if you let it teach you. The camera companies spend hundreds of dollars in research to make these systems that are a marvel of AI. This could well be the only camera you need. The lens available are plentiful and can often be found used. Just a really great system.

Best camera I’ve ever had. So many features and customizable. The photos from my Africa. Safari came out great. Couldn’t be happier with this purchase.

I've own EPL1, EPM1, EPL5, EM5 and EPL9, That's five Olympus M43 bodies and they all work great. I didn't need this OM5, but it sure is a whisper quiet, smooth machine,What the heck. I'm glad I bought it,

A beautiful little camera, nicely built and a solid performer. If they only had used the same menu as the OM1 it would be a 5 star travel and street camera. Maybe that’s the OM3?

You can read professional reviews of what't inside this. In its price range, although I think I got it on sale, this is the best m43 option for most people who are not convinced that more expensive gear means better images.The other guys' m43 near this price range have a bizarre hybrid focus system that once you push it you will see the issues. The phase type focus in this may not be the world's best but its a step up.The camera is well made, weather sealed (not waterproof) and yields excellent raw images (I have not shot a jpeg with any dSLR in many years so no opinion). It has some computational goodies, like stacked focus with appropriate lens, hi resolution mode and neutral density if that matters, and records quality non-log 4k video. I've been using m43 and ff side by side for more years than I want to admit--the Image Quality to camera heft ratio of m43 is unbeatable, particularly if you are fond of long teles (see comments about focus).The EVF is physically smaller than what you will get in FF so its important to block light coming in around the eye--true for all smaller EVF cameras. Otherwise it has every read-out you can imagine, some of which are even utile.One real knock, sadly common to too many dSLRs, is that the manual seems to have been translated from the original Klingon by a Wookie. You may have to do a web search to find out how to do what you want to do if you can't penetrate the manual.

I bought numerous digital cameras in last twenty years, and all cameras combined didn't have that many dead pixels as this one that I purchased the most recently.This shows just how bad the quality of the camera is. Not just the sensor, but overall: knobs, latches, buttons do not give this robust feeling when handling the camera.Talking about buttons and knobs, there are too many and they are scattered all over the camera. For a small camera like OM-5 the minimalist approach would be a better idea. I use the camera about once a week and in a year I still didn't find a good use for all the buttons.There is another huge design flaw that I never saw it being mentioned before. It is about holding the camera. Forget about holding it with a single hand, because it's impossible to do so without accidentally pressing a few buttons in the process. Among all the unnecessary buttons there is no room to lean the root of the thumb that gives the support when using a single hand.There was so much said about the awful menu system. I don't understand why not fixing something that so many people complain about.With OM System I learned there are PRO lens without manual focus button. I would be ok with that if I wouldn't have to spend time by clicking through menus to turn off auto focus.If I compare it to another 20MP camera that I have from a different brand and for the half price, it has better handling and more solid feel than OM-5.The retro look is unfortunately the only thing I can compliment on this camera. Even with all the various features that is not enough.

I own an OM System OM-1 and an Olympus E-M1 Mk 3, along with a PEN E-P7. I've been a four-thirds and micro four-thirds shooter for almost 16 years.My wife and I went to Charleston, SC over the holidays to visit her daughter and son-in-law. I brought along the OM-1 and the E-P7. I shot nearly everything with the E-P7.I did so because it's much easier to manage a smaller camera when you're out and about with family and a toddler. I love the E-P7, but there were times when I wished I had an electronic viewfinder.I decided that the OM-5 might offer a "best of both worlds" solution. It's very light, yet packs all of the features of the E-M1 Mk3, minus the custom settings on the mode dial. Handheld high-resolution is marvelous, as is Live ND (neutral density). The IBIS everything it's been praised for.As a smaller body, I probably wouldn't put anything bigger than the 12-100mm/f4 on it, and that's perhaps pushing it a bit. But put the 14-150mm/f4-5.6 zoom on it, and you have a very versatile, capable little camera you can carry on a sling all day, hardly knowing it's there. With a small prime or compact zoom, a wrist strap is sufficient.If you wish to step-up to bigger lenses like the 40-150/f2.8, or something like the 100-400mm zoom, you'll want to add the grip. But for a compact travel camera for anything other than a safari, it's a remarkable camera. Worth every penny.