As product reviewers, we're faced with a bit of a problem. The cameras we most want to tell you about are the ones we find really enjoyable to shoot. Since we're having fun with them, though, it can be difficult to extract these gems from anybody's hands for long enough to put them through our lengthy lab testing process, let alone get some writing done! If you've been hopefully...
Last February, Olympus announced its first OM-D series Micro Four Thirds camera, the Olympus E-M5. Like the PEN-series cameras before it, the retro-styled Olympus M5 draws a parallel with an iconic product line from the company's history: the film-based OM-series cameras. Featuring what Olympus claimed to be the world's fastest autofocus system coupled to the world's first 5-axis...
When Olympus first launched its Micro Four Thirds camera lineup back in 2009, it drew a parallel with its earlier PEN-series cameras. Today, with the debut of the Olympus E-M5, it draws on another icon from the past: its legendary OM-series.
This time around, the connection is even stronger, thanks to retro OM-like styling. Front and center is what looks at first glance like...