@@key2adventure This camera is Four Thirds. This camera is not Micro Four Thirds. Those are both standards for cameras and lenses, but they are not the same. They do use the same sensor size, but that is called 4/3". If you bought a Micro Four Thirds lens, it would not fit on that Four Thirds camera. This is why it is important to understand the naming.
Are you sure this is a micro four-thirds camera? I think this is a four-thirds camera. Micro four-thirds lenses won't fit on this camera. They were a slightly later development. The sensor is the same size as m.four-thirds, but the lens to sensor distance is different Micro four-thirds is a mirrorless system. Four-thirds is a digital SLR system. However, I agree with your observation. They were a very nice camera. I owned several of these E system cameras, starting with the E500. I also owned the E510 and the E5. The E5 was a particularly nice SLR.
Fabulous kit for the price! That kit was exactly my first digital camera. I ended up giving it last year to my niece for her use, she was thrilled and loves it! I went from that to an E30, now with EM1x and OM1...been using Olympus since 1973. Came to the system for compactness, stayed for the lenses.
Agree so much, it's fabulous for that price. And for many it would be quite enough, we are just misled to think we need the newest and most fancy equipment. Sometimes less is more. Your OMs are awesome in what they can provide from a compact system.
@@key2adventure Less really can be more if it forces you to work rather than rely on a technology crutch. I spent 5 years using only a Fuji GW690 III and it was a great way to focus on improving your own ability as a photographer...
@@key2adventure My travel kit is the OM1, 7-14, 12-100 and 100-400. That is all you ever need and no other system can come close to the quality for the size and price...
@@JohnOpie I still use a Fuji GL690 and I have three lenses for it. I love shooting it partly, as you also say, because it forces you to improve your ability, but also because when you nail it, it provides truly stunning images.
I agree completely. I have a very old Sony DSC S70 with 3.3 MP on a CCD. The colors are great and the definition is great, too, a great walk-around 23 year-old camera.
Its perfect if your exhibition is not any bigger than a laptop screen - great system OM - as a pro for 35 years my second camera was an Olympus Om and I loved the system - almost as complete as Nikon in its day. I use Nikon and Hasselblad in my professional work now but this is good enough for most people and a shy away from Fuji with their overly confusing menus and lens line-up
@@agusketle7069 I'm afraid I can't help you - I use Nikon ZF and Hasselblad X2D + 907X/CFV100c - get to dealer and try both - remember its not the camera - it's you - find the one that suits your eyes, your paws, and your purse!! - good luck
We put some extra ram in it, change the name and raise the price. Then all we need are "specialists" like this one who is parroting what Om system told him to say. A voila, a "new" camera.
You can toss it in the bin. You can get far superior results with even the cheapest used *REAL* M43 kit, and it wiil be like 1/3 the size and weight. Also it's just dumb to buy into a dead system, and four third mount is pretty dead for many years now... almost 15. Yeah Olympus made fun cameras to use, many users thoughts so, and the big audiance of m43 is partly due to that (just some, not that many users and that many legacy ones out of those). Really dude get something modern, with a modern sensor... You can find used E1MK2 with 12-40 or 12-45 for very affordable prices, and it's much more of a camera then this. I mean, good for you for having fun, but really, sensor is really outdated, it won't be usable for anything indoors, it doesn't have the ISO range...
Actually they are perfectly good enough from someone who has owned a 400 + 410 Oly cameras. For landscapes the better DOF was invaluable and in the pictures I have taken better results from APSC bodies with more MP. Just reading about something doesn't tell the whole story; actual experience is everything in some cases.
That is Four Thirds, not Micro Four Thirds.
The DSLR is Four Thirds, not M43.
Micro Four Thirds is the mirrorless system that replaced it
I only talk about sensor size, and that is to my knowledge the same in both cameras.
@key2adventure the sensor is a 4/3 sensor in both cameras. Micro 4/3 is referring to the mount in the mirrorless cameras that replaced your 4/3 DSLR.
@@key2adventure Yes, it is.
@@key2adventure
This camera is Four Thirds.
This camera is not Micro Four Thirds.
Those are both standards for cameras and lenses, but they are not the same. They do use the same sensor size, but that is called 4/3".
If you bought a Micro Four Thirds lens, it would not fit on that Four Thirds camera. This is why it is important to understand the naming.
Are you sure this is a micro four-thirds camera? I think this is a four-thirds camera. Micro four-thirds lenses won't fit on this camera. They were a slightly later development. The sensor is the same size as m.four-thirds, but the lens to sensor distance is different Micro four-thirds is a mirrorless system. Four-thirds is a digital SLR system. However, I agree with your observation. They were a very nice camera. I owned several of these E system cameras, starting with the E500. I also owned the E510 and the E5. The E5 was a particularly nice SLR.
That was my first proper digital camera, I got one for myself and one for my wife when it came out.
Fabulous kit for the price! That kit was exactly my first digital camera. I ended up giving it last year to my niece for her use, she was thrilled and loves it! I went from that to an E30, now with EM1x and OM1...been using Olympus since 1973. Came to the system for compactness, stayed for the lenses.
Agree so much, it's fabulous for that price. And for many it would be quite enough, we are just misled to think we need the newest and most fancy equipment. Sometimes less is more. Your OMs are awesome in what they can provide from a compact system.
@@key2adventure Less really can be more if it forces you to work rather than rely on a technology crutch. I spent 5 years using only a Fuji GW690 III and it was a great way to focus on improving your own ability as a photographer...
@@key2adventure My travel kit is the OM1, 7-14, 12-100 and 100-400. That is all you ever need and no other system can come close to the quality for the size and price...
@@JohnOpie I still use a Fuji GL690 and I have three lenses for it. I love shooting it partly, as you also say, because it forces you to improve your ability, but also because when you nail it, it provides truly stunning images.
@@JohnOpie what a wonderful setup 🙂
I agree completely. I have a very old Sony DSC S70 with 3.3 MP on a CCD. The colors are great and the definition is great, too, a great walk-around 23 year-old camera.
Your Sony is even with a CCD sensor. I quite like the look of the older sensor, but the Olympus is CMOS.
10 mpix is more than enough for posting online. a 4k monitor is only 8.4 mpix.
10 mpix is also more than enough for an A4 size print at 300dpi.
Yes exactly 🙂 - and my only real challenge with this camera is its low light performance. Otherwise a great little camera, and very, very cheap.
Its perfect if your exhibition is not any bigger than a laptop screen - great system OM - as a pro for 35 years my second camera was an Olympus Om and I loved the system - almost as complete as Nikon in its day. I use Nikon and Hasselblad in my professional work now but this is good enough for most people and a shy away from Fuji with their overly confusing menus and lens line-up
wich best beetwen nikon d50 and olympus e520?
@@agusketle7069 I'm afraid I can't help you - I use Nikon ZF and Hasselblad X2D + 907X/CFV100c - get to dealer and try both - remember its not the camera - it's you - find the one that suits your eyes, your paws, and your purse!! - good luck
We put some extra ram in it, change the name and raise the price. Then all we need are "specialists" like this one who is parroting what Om system told him to say. A voila, a "new" camera.
You can toss it in the bin. You can get far superior results with even the cheapest used *REAL* M43 kit, and it wiil be like 1/3 the size and weight. Also it's just dumb to buy into a dead system, and four third mount is pretty dead for many years now... almost 15. Yeah Olympus made fun cameras to use, many users thoughts so, and the big audiance of m43 is partly due to that (just some, not that many users and that many legacy ones out of those). Really dude get something modern, with a modern sensor... You can find used E1MK2 with 12-40 or 12-45 for very affordable prices, and it's much more of a camera then this. I mean, good for you for having fun, but really, sensor is really outdated, it won't be usable for anything indoors, it doesn't have the ISO range...
Actually they are perfectly good enough from someone who has owned a 400 + 410 Oly cameras. For landscapes the better DOF was invaluable and in the pictures I have taken better results from APSC bodies with more MP. Just reading about something doesn't tell the whole story; actual experience is everything in some cases.