Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark ii Review - Good Things Come in Small Packages
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- This is my full review of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark ii. For a camera that was released in 2015, it is still great for 2019. This is a very viable vlogging camera that did not get much attention from vloggers. This size is so amazing and inconspicuous for street photography, engagement photography, vlogging, and so much more. Since it is 2019, this camera is due for an update, but we’ll see if Olympus will announce an OM-D E-M5 Mark iii in the near future. Until then, enjoy this review and anticipate what Olympus has in store for all of us in 2019.
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This camera is well overdue for an update yet this is THE BEST review on UA-cam. Very down to earth and real world tested. I’ve had this camera and have already sold it. I regret selling it because it was such a great camera despite all those issues you’ve mentioned. No point in buying it new now since an update is expected to be announced (fingers crossed).
Thank you!!! I'm praying they will drop it at NAB this year. Also, I just acquired the 14-150 mark ii, but then they dropped the 12-200mm recently and I'm like...whhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyy?!!!!!! That would be the perfect vacation lens. It'll be okay for vlogging at night, but a great lens for day time use.
dzeng Spot on! I’m really impressed by this review...Footage with the 12mm PanaLeica was stunning.
Stephen Fox Your comment is very much appreciated!!! Gives me motivation to make more reviews. 😁😁😁
let us know
MK3 now available. I might buy it now for that reason. Mk2 body is almost a third of the price of MK3 at this time. Bargain.
Jerry Joseph below already told you a lot of useful information about this camera. I owned it since released and I LOVE this camera so much more then any other I own, including a Panasonic GX9, but you have to understand this camera was presented in 2014 and the processing power to do simple things is not there: it is slow to write stuff even on very fast cards and the timelapse is toned down: the EM1MkII which came two years later is much more powerful and can do a lot of things the EM-5MkII can't effortlessly so we will probably have to wait for the next iteration to get a lot of things. I'm telling you about the EM1 because price and market wise it is closer to the GH5/4 you are used to. This camera can make good video and it's small enough for comfortable vlogging with amazing stabilization, but it's much more at home taking pictures: let's hoe the next EM5 iteration will expand it's video features.
Another important thing I noticed you are still in the standard mode: I STRONGLY recommend you to enable the superpanel to control all the features of the camera from the screen in a much easier way then to dip in to the camera menu. There are a lot of videos showing you how to enable superpanel in the olympus menu. I also higly recommend you to check RobTrek channel: I think he is the best around to learn how to use Olympus menus.
About ISO/WB button, by default it's the lever you customized to Still/video: since you did that it is obvious you have to remap one of the buttons on the top to switch the two wheels to control, like one with the red dot which now is useless to you because it did what the lever now does.
Thanks for the thorough response!
Live view boost is useful when shooting in dark conditions. The EVF show your exposure. The EVF will look dark in a dark room. The boost will make the EVF usable in the dark. It is useful in conjunction with a speed light.
You know what, I was thinking about using that feature while I was shooting the Super Blood Moon the other day. But, I opted to use m GH5 instead because it has more pixels. :)
Great review. Helped me to get the mark 2. But youre seeing the the 2015 camera from the point of view of 2019. Hard tlo imagine someone complianing someone ah 2019 for 2023. :) but again thanks. Ill buy mark 2 this week
It’s a great travel camera. I love the size.
Mr. Heng, man you are prob the coolest cat I've come across in a very l.o.n.g. time - AWESOME video & Thank You so much for the thorough details w/the laid back approach. I'd totally sign up for a class you taught, but since I'm on the opposite coast, I hit that sub button!
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@@mrheng562 Hey! Happy Sun! The City Beautiful in Sunny FL.! Sorry I just noticed you replied. (Something's up with my yt notifications- :/ )
@@mrheng562 ps: totally sold me on the m5 Mark ii, though I'm no creeper, LOL-well maybe food creeper! :D
First time on Your channel , I like You Very much you are very genuine and nice.
Great review very helpful
Can I give you a hug for that comment? You just made my day! :)
Live view boost is used a lot by Scuba Divers. Olympus is one of the only manufacturers who consider underwater photography in their designs and the live view boost makes seeing the screen under water easier.
Thank you!!! This is the best use case that anyone ever brought up. I’m so ignorant about underwater anything. Maybe later in my life I will start to jump in the “deep end.” :)
@@mrheng562 yeah it's kind of a odd market. But olympus are quite onboard, hence the OEM housings and regular underwater/fish white balances on their cameras. The Tg5 is considered THE beginners underwater camera (And costs around $2k by the time you set it up).
Oh ya! About the live view boost, I only find it very useful when I do studio shoot. Reason is I want to eliminate all the ambient lights. By turning the exposure all the way down, it will not affect the live view preview. That way I can still check my framing and my focus. 😊
Mohd Firdaus , great advice! At that point, you can check the first few shots for proper exposure. Set all the flashes to manual output and exposure is maintained the whole shoot. Unless you change subject’s distance from light source.
I did that at my PowWow Pizza shoot. The ceiling is white, so I used that as my bounce surface. Got pretty good diffusion. 😁👍
Hey! You can save the raw photos when you use the time lapse mode and convert it to video file in post. That way you’ll have more than just a 4K footage. 😉 Another thing is if you like to stick to a certain exposure settings, you can create your own settings called MySet.
Mohd Firdaus , yeah, only do that if I want super high quality time lapse. But it’s those lazy time when quality doesn’t matter, it helps speed up the workflow.
Damn, that video at 800 is clean!
Right?! That 12mm f1.4 did the trick. :)
Live view boost can be useful for flash photography and astrophotography.
In extreme dark, for sure!
Hey you can have AUTO iso in manual, but you have to turn it on. its buried in the settings. There is also an option for the camera to provide power to your external mic, perhaps you need to turn that off for your studio mic - but I'm not sure. I agree with the lack of an auto ISO button, drives me crazy. I used the switch to change the functionality of the shutter/aperture buttons to WB, ISO. but that won't work for you since you've committed it to video. It would be the WORST if they put the audio jack on the bottom for me. I always run a grip. I guess they could put the jack on the grip though, they have a headphone jack on there already. My biggest complaint is that the dials are too loose, I have it on a strap no case a lot and my body changes the settings! The ability to disable the dials would be a good firmware fix since they aren't going to change the dial physically now.
Jerry Joseph , you had some great suggestions. But, I still can’t Auto ISO when in manual video mode and I’ve tried all the settings. The headphone jack on the bottom would be bad for body grips for sure, and if they do for that, then they can add a headphone and audio input on the grip. I’m kind of bummed that they didn’t have headphone jack on the body and need the grip for that feature. But, I understand this a stills first camera. Video is second priority. That makes perfect sense on Olympus part.
With the released specs of the Panasonic S1, I’m not sure if I want to get that now. I’m much more curious about the EM5iii. Such exciting times for camera nerds. LOL!!!
@@mrheng562 Go to E in the gears menu. Scroll down to ISO-Auto. Select "All". It's on page 104 in the manual.
I hope they go STRONG on VIDEO features on the MK3 that should come out this year! They HAVE to!
I haven't heard anything from Olympus, so now I'm throwing my money at the Canon EOS RP. Gonna pair that body with the new Canon RF 85mm f/1.2. I love the look of a FF and 85 1.2 . I'm still holding on to the EM5ii though. nothing beats the size and feel of it in hands.
Amazing the way it handled wind. 👍
I was blown away when I heard nothing. That is insanely good for a $60 Mic.
I really hope the mkiii is coming this year!its Olympus 100th anniversary and I have been told by my photopusher to wait to order one of these till late autumn!
Only time will tell my friend. I think the photography features are awesome, but I hope and pray for way better video features to compete with other brands. Oh, and change that menu system up a bit to be more like Canon. LOL!!!
@@mrheng562 I wont be taking any pictures with it though!only here for the video settings!going to buy some Samyang/Rokinon lenses and adapters for a small home video studio!
Interest!!! Why would you chose this brand for video? Panasonic is so much better with their video features. I really like this puppy for the photography and colors. Video is really...meh. LOL!!!
@@mrheng562 bcuz my photopusher doesnt sell Panasonic! I pay in rates which I like since I own a D750 and use Sigma 50mm ART and Nikkor 20mm f1.8! I really dont like Nikons video setting and functions at all!
I see. My apprentice shoots with the D750. I am familiar with that camera, and I hate the Nikon menus very much. It's worst than the Olympus. LOL!!! Currently, I am interested in the Sony A6400 for it's non stop recording capabilities. But, Sony batteries aren't known for lasting along time. I'll have to rent or borrow one and pit it up against my GH5.
great info as im looking at getting an om5
Thank you!!! I’m selling my EM5ii and Canon 5DM3 in preparation for saving up for the EM5iii. I hope they put in the features that aim requesting. 😁👍
This is indeed the best unbiased review for this camera! How would you judge the video quality overall? I wanted to get something a bit smaller then the g80... thanks :)
M S , it’s very good for how old the tech is. I enjoy the colors very much because I don’t color grade. I just fix exposure and white balance. My review clips are all natural and no editing. I hope that helps. And, thanks for the compliment.
@@mrheng562 thanks a lot!
When you say it looks different in photo and video (brighter) mode, are you talking about the screen, the output, or both the screen and output?
Both.
Hi there. I have the EM 10 but it should be similar with the EM 5... Go to the ISO settings and turn ISO-Auto from P/A/S to All. Then auto ISO should work in manual mode.
Thank you for the advice, but I am in video mode and cannot do so. That was my original point. I know that in photography mode, you can have Auto ISO as an option.
Oops my bad. Now it’s obvious that I’m not really in video mode. ;). However, thank you so much for your great video and opinion on the EM5.
You're welcome! Still a great camera for 2019 regarding photography. Video needs a bit of an update.
@@mrheng562 You can actually sort of work around that. Set the auto ISO to all, select M mode, and hit the REC button to record video. Now the camera recods video with Auto ISO. There is a problem with this, however, since on M and Auto ISO, exposure compensation is not accessible in photo mode (at least I haven't gotten it working on M Auto ISO). Then again, once you start recording, exposure compensation is accessible through the touch screen. Truly a weird implementation :D
You can also use this workaround on shutter priority also in order to control ISO before recording.
Nik, that is such a weird way to implement the option. I only noticed that I was able to record in M mode after doing a firmware update to 4.0. I'm gonna skip the 4.1 update that just came out. The hardest part about auto exposure is back lighting. Most cameras have a very hard time with that, which is why exposure compensation is helpful. Thanks for the advice!
your studio mic is probably pre-amped ( batteries ??) or something or maybe there is not enough resistance in the mic and too much power returns back to the other polarity of the input. that is the only why i would figure the power can be higher on the input
Thank you for the insight.
I am positively sure that request will be included in next Mark 3
I had so many requests, which one are you positive about? :)
Hello, not sure whether this comment about wb/iso still makes sense given the time that has passed since the video release, but in my case lever position 1 is set as yours probably (aperture+exposure) and the lever 2 changes both dial buttons to wb/iso as you wanted. However you assigned lever 2 to video. You can set video to another button, but there is video recording button from default with its typical red recording dot symbol. I guess you need to see all the settings, in this case you can move video to default hdr function. In my case the iso/wb dials for lever 2 position were set from the beginning. I find assigning the lever for changing both dials effective because you influence comfortably two functions with one move. And are you satisfied with 14-150? I am having it and I have a feeling that it works better in anything else than its original purpose: the landscape. I am having problems with light abberations and sharpness. Can i ask you what lense had you during in this shoot?
Olympus 25mm f1.2 and PanLeica 12mm f1.4
Which Ruggard bag are you using with the EM5 II ? Is it the Hunter 15 or the 25? Wondering which one to get.
The 25, and it had more than plenty of space for the EM5ii with my PanLeica 12mm f/1.4 and Rode Micro. However, I’m not sure what lenses you plan to pair the EM5ii with though. :)
@@mrheng562 Going to pair with 25mm PanLeica and the 12mm Oly and maybe the 12-40mm Oly (not a priority). Also, your Rode microphone seems to be hanging out the bag; how you doin that?
@@alancaro4336 , If you’re planning to use those lenses, then go with the smaller bag. I too have the Oly 12mm f/2. It’s insanely small!!!! LOL
My Rode is doing fine, it comes off every now and then, but if I take it off, I can smush it into the bag on top of my camera body and lens without a problem. But, I’m too lazy to rig and unrig my mic. LOL!!! I just want to pull it out and start vlogging.
Are you planning to vlog with the camera, or do more photography?
@@mrheng562 Based on your estimation, do you think the 12-40mm would fit in the Ruggard 25? Thanks for all this info.
@@alancaro4336 , easily since it’s comparable to the Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8.
From what I understand about the video being brighter is the way the camera use's the contrast detect to focus it needs to brighten in video mode to focus right...I could be totally wrong..
To my understanding, you need well lit subjects that has edges for the AF points to focus better. The more lights, the better for focusing.
Are you still using the em5 mark ii debating on this for 549. Do you recommend it still. Or is the em5 iii way better? I plan on using it for street photography. I already have a g9. Have some of the issues you mentioned been fixed in firmware ?
I sold it hoping the EM5 iii would be dope. But, it was a bit lack luster and I stuck with my GH5 and Canon RP.
@@mrheng562 You make a good point. I think I will stay on the Panasonic side for now and see what JIP does with olympus.
MKIII is coming, time to make some saving
😂😂😂, planning to sell my EM5ii this summer to start saving.
Hello! Please tell me how to remove the background hiss when recording with an external microphone? Tried everything: turned off the stabilizer, aptiekas, lowered and raised debicella... Noise is present, and you have a straight clean sound.
Hi! What mic are you using? And, if you show me a photo/video of your audio settings, that would be great. You can find me on Facebook or Instagram. MrHeng562 for both. Thanks!
I think you need to set the microphone from the camera to as low as possible and the microphone itself to as loud as possible without peaking. What microphone are you using?
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Nik, solid advice.
Not sure if you still have this camera, but I'm sure you can change the dials to ISO and WB changing the lever by the EVF?
To the query just after 11 minutes I mean. You can toggle the lever down and then back up after to return it to Aperture & Shutter etc.
I prefer my dials to be shutter and aperture since those get changed to most while shooting manually.
Me too, sorry if I'm bad at explaining, in case anyone else reads this.
Just thought it might be might be useful to people who might want to still use (say) HDR, you don't have to assign anything to get this toggle as it's already preset to the lever (assuming you haven't reassigned the lever to something else, although I'm not sure if you can assign the lever as never tried it).
I think it took me months to realise what the lever did... 😂
Hey Mr. Heng are u going to be available tomorrow @ lunch to get started with finals?
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since u just posted might as well asked here Haha aight thanks 😂
How you doing with this pandemic schooling?
@@mrheng562 Heyyyy Mr. Heng ! I'm doing very good. I got all A's first semester and i'm doing good in my AP classes. How are you?
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Hi, I’m not sure I completely understand this. Please elaborate. Thank you.
Great Review but maybe you should pray to Jesus and give the Olympus Gods a respite! I really love your work excellent and thankyou.
Thank you. Most of my prayers are answered in the latest release of the Olympus OMD EM iii. Sadly, the video features are no attractive enough for a hybrid shooter like me. 😔
I will wait for a Panasonic GH6 instead.
MrHeng562 Yes it seems to have disappointed many especially with the build. Some of your photos are stunning can a new camera actually assist you further? I would think it most unlikely. Again Thankyou for a great review and further some great examples of your photography.
Warren Fox , thank you very much! It meant a lot because it took forever to edit this video.
Regarding photography skills and new cameras, veteran photographers know that it is all about the user. Not so much the camera body. 😉👍
The problem with many beginners is thinking that the gear is what makes photography good. An amazing camera in the hands of a novice will still capture just good enough images. I think I’m just preaching to the choir here. 😂😂😂
MrHeng562 not preaching. Good remarks. I am in my 60 s now and still I am. Novice. But wow so many tools and options and yet sometime I look at pre- 20th century photos and amazed at the quality. Have an em1 and a em5 Mark 2 arriving next week. I don’t think a larger pixel or newer camera can possibly help me. I think composition is so much more important and I am still not there. You have a good eye and obviously love your work and Thankyou for allowing the rest of us to see it and your reviews. A lot of work for sure.
Warren Fox , you are too kind good sir. I’m constantly practicing daily with my phone to stay sharp. I experiment very often and learn from lots of failures. Trial and error is how I personally learn best. 🤣
If you don’t mind, I’d love to see some of your work. 🙂
Dose it have good face AF?
It’s okay. Not as good as Sony or Canon.
Nice video and information but please cut down on the over-acting and mention of God in everything
Thanks!