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Olympus OM-D E-M10 review

Olympus OM-D E-M10

CHOICE Expert Rating

61%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  •  Monitor has vertical swivel (130 degrees)
  •  Monitor very good
  •  Viewfinder excellent
Bad points

Bad Points

  •  Flash lacks power
  •  Pictures indoors without flash have inaccurate colours
  •  Very poor image stabilisation performance in low light
  •  Very poor lens performance with reflections
  •  Very poor quality of movie image in low light

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Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
61%
Picture quality score – auto mode
51%
Picture quality score – manual mode
66%
Ease of use score
67%
Movie quality score
56%
Monitor/viewfinder score
93%
Flash score
57%

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Specifications

Lens
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 1:3.5-5.6 14-42mm EZ
Zoom range (mm)
28 – 84
Lens factor
3
Minimum aperture range (f-stops)
3.5 – 5.6
Minimum shutter speed (secs)
1/4000
Maximum shutter speed (secs)
60
Lens diameter (mm)
60
Lens length (mm)
27
Lens weight (g)
91
Lens filter thread (mm)
37
Lens mount
Micro-Four-Thirds
Sensor type
CMOS
Sensor size
17.3 x 13
Effective resolution (MP)
15.9
Dimensions (mm, WxHxD)
83 x 125 x 55
Weight (g)
425
Tripod socket
Metal (centred)
Start-up time (sec)
2.3
Shutter delay 1m (sec)
0.3
Shutter delay 8.5m (sec)
0.32
ISO rating
200 – 25600
Exposure correction (lower)
-5
Exposure correction (higher)
5
Continuous shooting mode
6.4
Frame limit in continuous mode
20
Number of selectable exposure programs
26
Closest focus wide (m)
0.2
Closest focus tele (m)
0.2
Closest focus macro (m)
Not applicable
Focus points (auto mode)
81
Monitor size (mm)
62 x 41
Monitor ratio
3:2
Monitor swivel (V x H, deg)
130 x 0
Viewfinder type
Electronic viewfinder
Viewfinder diopter
-4 x 2
Video ratios supported
4:3, 16:9
Video format
MOV, AVI (codec MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Motion JPEG)
Maximum frame rate – progressive
30
Number of selectable exposure programs – video
4
Audio recording format
Stereo
Memory card type
SDHC, SDXC
Internal memory (MB)
None
Number of memory cards – insertable
1
Image ratios supported
3:2, 4:3, 16:9
Flash type
pop-up manual
Battery type
Li-Ion (1)
CIPA battery cycles
320
Image editing software
OLYMPUS Viewer 3
RAW converter software
OLYMPUS Viewer 3
Video editing software
OLYMPUS Viewer 3

Cost

Price
$699.00

Features

Fully manual mode
Water/dust resistant
GPS tagging
Electric cable release
Camera controlled via USB
Manual white balance
Bulb setting
Priority mode – shutter speed
Priority mode – aperture
Shutter release via touch screen
HDR function
Time lapse
Panorama (panning)
Image stabilisation – physical
Electronic image stabilisation
Focus assist lamp
Focus via touch screen
Continuous manual focus switchable
Face detection
Spot focus
Focus tracking
Focus bracketing
Touchscreen
Monitor grid guide
Video face detection
Video spot focus
Video focus tracking
Manual focus video
Continuous to manual focus switchable – video
Slow motion setting
Stop motion setting
Video image stabilisation
Built-in speaker
Socket for external microphone
Can add a comment to a still image
RAW plus JPEG format
Can record in RAW format
Flash slow sync
Flash power adjustable
Hotshoe
Other flash connection
HDMI connection
Wi-Fi WLAN connection
Charge via USB
Adapter for charging batteries
Separate battery holder
Lens bag supplied
Lens hood supplied
Shoulder belt supplied
Other items supplied
USB cable, lenscap, rear lenscap, bodycap, hot shoe cover

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