DPReview TV: Olympus E-M1X Video Features Review 

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Photography? Photography?

😲 I thought i was the only one

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As much as I love Chris and Jordan, I do wonder if a camera like this or the E-M1 II with some compromises for video are still good enough for most people. Obviously the GH5 is capable of producing better video quality with more color space, but the better autofocus system (which also applies to stills) might be worth that tradeoff. Some of us are invested in Olympus glass, and DFD doesn't work with that. I own an original E-M1 and a G85. I find the G85's video quality and color even at 8 bit to be plenty for my needs, but I was getting frustrated with the video I was getting out of the original E-M1.

hows the camera?

Did you mean "higher butt rates"? 😜 That would be a nice feature if the camera improved the general butt quality... 😉

Max Yuryev yup I agree max

Phase detect autofocus for video on MFT. Yummy. Something Panasonic chooses not to do. Hopefully Olympus will develop the E-M1X further with firmware updates, like better face detect at longer distances, better bitrates, and more frame rates. And that IBIS does look good.

cant believe they recommend this camera. Poor suckers that fall for it.

How do I go about having a higher but rate? I have an average but rate IMO.

I love these two doing reviews and for big release cameras I totally agree. Now that video is a big part of the camera world and so many people are producing their own video content there should be more like this.

Thanks for sticking with us all this time Jan-Hendrik! The feedback for this episode has been very positive, so I think you can expect a separate video review by me for major releases.

Don't knock the Canon 1Dx Mk2 for Vlogging! It's FANTASTIC for that! You just need the 5 inch screen on top on a swivel mount for your selfie expression videos and you are GOOD TO GO! The Canon is a bit heavy but is TRULY a pro camera and if you use C-log or one of the uploadable Technicolor logs those are FANTASTIC too for dynamic range expansion during colour grading! -- Now of course if you DON'T want to spend $6000 plus another $2000 for a 5 inch external swivelling screen, then this Olympus will do you JUST FINE !!! Shoot at 24 fps at 1/48th of a second shutter speed and add a diffusion spun cloth to your on-camera LED lighting source (softens the light by a lot!) and you WILL make good video! I happen to like this Olympus camera even though I mostly shoot on Canon C300/C700's and 1Dx Mk2's. The Olympus has SUCH GOOD WEATHER SEALING that it is the most SIGNIFICANT feature for videographers PERIOD! You can take this camera EVERYWHERE! Cold! Hot! Wet! Snow! Rain! If you're into FAST ACTION outdoor sports such as skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking or Moto-Cross or Rally Car or F1 Track racing or hard-lighting condition stadium sports such as soccer, hockey, basketball, US football, rugby then this is ALSO a GREAT CAMERA !!! If you CANNOT SPEND $6000 on a Canon 1Dxmk2, then this is the next best thing for PRO-LEVEL weather sealing and ruggedness in a reasonably compact package! Just remember to get the BEST LENSES you can afford, which means buying an f/1.2 or f1/4 50mm prime lens and a GREAT 70mm to 200mm ZOOM and a GREAT 16mm to 35 mm ZOOM and if you are able, add an adapter to the SIGMA 150 mm to 650 mm SPORTS or CONTEMPORARY ZOOM LENS for those awesome long shots! .

Peter seems to be doing alright.

Shame it weighs the same as Venezuela, and is about the same size

Sure, but will Olympus include phase detect AF for video in the E-M5 III or E-M1 III? I would buy one of those camera's in a heartbeat. I have a feeling that Olympus wants to upsell you towards the E-M1X. So what can the E-M5 III and E-M1 III have? The E-M5 III will simply get 4K with contrast detect AF. And the E-M1 III will be postponed to 2020, and might by then get phase detect AF for video. And it will probably cost 1999 Euro. Mmm. But don't wait for Panasonic to give you phase detect AF, as it will never happen. It's crazy that we have to wait so long to have a MFT camera with good AF in video. Olympus could have cornered a certain market if they didn't focus too much on photography.

Maybe we'll have to do a Black Swan 'Wooden Niccolls' episode...