Olympus Goes Nostalgic - The Olympus OM-D E-EM5

Olympus finally went nostalgic with the announcement of the OM-D E-EM5

In case you've never seen a camera dated back from the 70's or 60's you might wanna take a good look at this new Olympus range of mirrorless camera - it is designed to look like its classic predecessor the OM Series SLRs. With 16MP and features 5-axis image stabilizer, you can get a lot from this camera. It has a 4:3 sensor which is a relatively large sensor on a small camera body though it is not as large as the ones you would find in DSLRs. The camera offers  a live view mode as well as an electronic view finder (100% coverage) which proves to be useful when shooting outdoor. 

Front view of the Olympus OM-D E-EM5

Side view of the Olympus OM-D E-EM5

The rear of the Olympus OM-D E-EM5

SPECS WISE: 

- 16MP

- 3.0" inch screen

- ISO range from 200-25600 (200,400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600)

- 12 different white balance settings

- AV, TV, M mode available 

- Min shutter speed 60 sec

- Max shutter speed 1/4000 sec

Did I mention that it comes in black and dashing silver? 

This brand new camera was just announced only recently and I think that Olympus had made a wise decision on going for the classic look on a modern camera. Manufacturers such as Fujifilm had already went for the old-school rangefinder camera look with the release of the X100 last year. Nowadays, we have seen too much people holding a large chunky DSLR and the tiny compact camera which sort of made us forget about the classic SLRs or film camera which our parents or ancestors had used before us. Hopefully, Olympus would not disappoint us with the performance and capability of this camera.