Olympus OM1 vs EM1 III: Surprisingly WORSE?! 

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Each day the perfect camera further strays away from us 😔

I love starting my day with these videos. They ease me back into waking life.

The OM-1 mainly seems to have about one half to one stop more exposure depending on where you’re shooting. That would account for the better exposure on the face. It also seems to give more dynamic range, but I’m not sure that’s what’s happening. The skies are blown out. The new sensor, according to more tech testing, appears to have no more than about a half stop more dynamic range, which is almost too small to make a difference in uncontrolled shooting conditions.The color difference I’m mainly seeing is the OM-1 is more magenta to red, particularly indoors, mostly red/cyan there. I realize how difficult it is to do these tests. I’ve come to appreciate the work you put in.

6.00 was the cinema! Thx camera canada, those videos make my day everytime, love the new song

Me: trying to find cars only sold in Canada in the background. Also me: realizing it’s not 1992 anymore.

The colors on the E-M1 III look better in your comparison shots. The OM1 seems to do better with dynamic range. The color science change is probably due to the new sensor. One more video to prove I do not need to dump close to 3k into the OM1, new batteries, a new battery grip to replace my E-M1 III. If I need a second body, I will still get the E-M1 III over the OM1.

Once again, quality content! Love your show.

Yup. I have them both. And you are 100% correct. The 10 bit video is great looking. the OM1 autofocus needs a firmware tweak for sure. The one thing that works best for me on the OM-1 is to tap the screen and it gives you a rectangular green box. That is where the autofocus will concentrate. That works quite well. But, there is no question this needs a firmware update.

Forget about the custom vidceo settings, that AF problem is a dealbreaker alone.

If memory serves, in Olympus cameras it was better to reduce the AF sensitivity, and increase the AF speed. Did you test that as well?

I sold my OLY Mark 11 to get the OM1 and so far I think it's one of the best Cameras I've ever owned and yes my arsenal includes the A7S3 and the GH5! Yes it's a camera made primarily for photographers but the video quality is amazing and I love to use my Laowa 7.5 with it cause everything is in focus. Also did you update to the new Firmware?

Thanks for the info. What kind of backpack were you wearing when you did your outdoor stuff. You had it accessorized with a few things, including arca-swiss clamps. Thanks.

Thanks a lot! I prefer your videos to any Hollywood movie. I get to see what the cameras are really capable of, I hear clear statements, I hear great sound and I get served fine humor. Thank you for everything!

Thank you! I really enjoy your videos! I got the om1 recently and I think they still have to give us another af update. The poroblem is how the focus modes in the camera are "managing phase (pd) and contrast detection (cd)", the area of the focus points decreased quite a bit in relation to the previous model and omsystems will have to optimize how the focus uses cf, pd and manages multiple focus points. Firmware 1.3 improved c-af very significantly, it still needs some twiching to increase consistency, but it's just a matter of firmware, once it is optimized it will be absolutelly amazing. It is already a very big improvement from the mkii but needs fine tunning. The main things I don't like in the om1 are: 1 the fact that I was so familiar with the menu system that relearning and finding again some of the "hidden" things has been a challenge; 1 I can't switch of the super control pannel I like to be able to change parameters and see the changes in real time, the SCP slows me down most of the time...; 2 they dumbed down some of the menus, I like the aditional options we got for some adjusments (e.g. the display adjustments for photography in em1-now we have a night vision that is not on par with the enhanced screen/viewfinder light modes - i'm not dure if they still exist inder a different menu/name); 3 the fact that I can't (maybe I don't know how to do it yet) change the function in the buttons on the on/off switch; and 4 the fact that the camera does not come with a charger (that costs over $170 and is basically a battery mount since you still have to use the transformer that comes with the camera...). This comes from that sony "customer sodomy philosophy" supported by their minion bloggers that have the nerve to say they love to charge theitlr batteries in their cameras... Seriously, how many connect/disconnect cycles until the usb-c plug dies, or the whole camera and a lens die because someone trips on the cable? Well, 3rd party $30 "charger" it is...

I'm trying to decide between an OM1 or a Fugi xh2 or xt4. Sounds you would vote for the fugi.

hello, thanks for the test. I have a question whether, in your opinion, if you have a mk3, it is worth switching to OM-1, or whether these differences are marginal.

On these clips, the Om1 looks like advanced smartphone footage ... EM1-III is tons more pleasing

Some setting must be wrong or a faulty unit. Also do you have the latest firmware?

Oh it's been a while since we've seen the focus dance. Shame it shows OM1's AF performance is worse than the G9's. Do you have this more than the G100?

side note, what's with the naming conventions, I've had an OM-1 since 1979, did they run out of letters and numbers or something?

I don't know man, i like the EM1 colours much better and also i noticed the OM1 footage looks smoother, like your skin got the beauty cellphone mode while the EM1 stays true

Are you on a latest firmware both the body and a lens? That might be an issue for slow AF

is your promist filter on? Seems really soft

Love the channel. I have had the OM1for several months, but I had the em1 markii before. I take mostly pictures. I have been thrilled with the OM1. The Dynamic Range is far superior then my markii. I don't don't know how to quantify it; I just know the details I can pull in editing are amazing. I'm very hard to please on big ticket purchases, but haven't regretted the om1 purchase one bit. Biggest pluses are Dynamic Range, Battery life and image quality. The autofocus meets my needs as well. I do like my camera' photo's color, but that is just preference.

How can you make a comparison with two different lenses?

I was on the fence for the longest between getting the EM1-Mk III or OM-1 😩 thank you for this video 🙏🏻

I made the same mistake. Autofocus needs to be +1 and +1, both settings. The only thing using the custom settings for is if you set it up for solomo.

I don't know much about cameras, and don't much care.. but this channel cracks me up. Great content.. love the music you do as well... It's really just a creative bonanza here

I agree Casey, the exposure/colours looked different (I'm not saying better) on the OM-1 compared to the EM1.3 but that C-AF on the OM-1 was just bad. I'm disapointed that you didn't manage a backflip off that wall in flip flops though. Keep up with the good content. Was that a Freudian slip though at 12:49 when you mented the EM1.2?

Nice work, it looks like you are safe to continue this work. A perfect camera will come when they capture Big Foot. My EM1.3 will do for a long time.

The custom mode situation is the worst… Is it true that you can’t change ISO once you start recording??

Outside the OM1 AF was constantly drifting in and out.

Hi! Could you repeat the vlog test some time with lenses (12-40 vs 12) swapped? OM-1 is known to have AF optimized for all oyher things than humans but maybe there is some kind of hidden setting /parameter that you can tweak to make things less bad?

Can you recommend E-M1 III for casual filming, like for family content (e.g. at the beach). A bit more sophisticated than with a smartphone, so with ND variable filter, etc. With some minor grading, etc. Thanks!

Even the OM1 manual explains that you cannot save "video settings" to the Custom Settings, in fact the manual uses the same text as in the original EM1 Mark III manual in regard to the Custom Settings dial.

Always love your critiques Kasey. I would say there is better dynamic range. You will have to figure out that AF. I know a few others that had to make some changes like Rob Trek and then AF was better.

Need you to submit these slo-mo alley shots for the next James Bond auditions

Test the Panny boy GH6... You know you want too

Always entertaining!

Seems you had auto white balance on and the color shifts were all over the place at times on the OM1.

I like the way the eagle statue in the background gives you horns or ears on top of your head. Great review BTW.

I really miss the hilarious edits on how you "walk into" to "buy" cameras from Camera Canada. Not sure if I am explaining that correctly, but I guess you know which ones I mean :D

I think the om1 does have better dynamic range but man is that AF speed surprising

Apparently you need to set the focus area to the entire frame for the face tracking to work properly in video. Did try this already?

Kudos to Camera Canada for letting CC review cameras. He is real camera ambassador 😜🤣

Look forward to when you’re getting the R7 😁

I was about to buy the new OM1, since its price is on promotion with a reduction of about 200$. Then, after seeing your review, I decided not to buy it. I know that there are are some die hard Olympus fans that will object to your tests, feeling like you just rained in the parade, but I personally see that your expositions don't fall into the abyss of infomercials, as is the fashion nowadays. Look what happened to DPREVIEW reviews since Amazon bought the site and moved from England to Seattle and the camera manufacturers began to wine & dine their reviewers. HA!. Keep up the good work!

Oh man! What happened to your cinematic green dumpsters?

6:07 nice track

More professional looking image more 3D pop it kinda looks full frame and colours look really good. Knowing your videos it'll be interesting to see if more time fiddling with focus sensitivity and speed brings it back to EM1-3 good or better.

Testing the new King of back-focus I see

I think your light test for dynamic range showed more banding on the OM1,.

6:10 Look mommy, there's that weird guy again doing his crazy Tai Chi exercise ...

Congratulations on getting hitched. Tried the 10 bit 200fps 1080p yet? I still lower the sharpening on all the 8 bit modes.

Someone probably asked you before KC, but can you please tell us the perfect camera specs? Maybe someone will make it?

Goto the menu in the OM-1 custom menu, select G. Then look for Keep warm color, and see if it's on if so, then turn it off. That warm/greenesh look is normally what it looks like on my em1 mii when this feature is on. Maybe it's the same for OM-1.

Great and funny videos, saludos from Mexico

The EM1 footage looks so clear and natural looking. That's the camera I'd go with.

Nice tree autofocus at 7:45

I don't know man... The skin tones on the EM1 III look better to me. On the OM1, you look sunburnt. The EM1 III highlights from lamp and even the color of the sky also look better to me. Clips from the OM1 look more saturated, the tonality isn't as pleasing, and everything looks less cinematic. I am a bit disappointed. I hope that Olympus will improve the OM1 AF with a firmware update, and that CineMatch will add support for it. Then I will be tempted to buy it.

I have had my Olympus EM1 Mk 2 (latest firmware) for over two years now and with all MSC-designated Olympus lenses the AF almost always works perfectly in video, no pulsing, no pumping or hunting for the subject unless the brightness is too low, or the subject moves very fast. Something may have been wrong with either your OM-1 or the lens (maybe some sort of defects in the lens?)

- I can't be the only one who thinks m43 footage always looks a bit weird, and I can't identify why, it's like the fps feels different from the 24p stated- - Does the om1 have a way to turn off the screen while the lcd is open? - Also what the hell is the banding on the background lamp - OM1 skin looking more magenta, I prefer the older one - wtf the 120fps looks like upscaled 480p

I like the skintones on the EM2 iii a lot more!

Technology should be progressing forward with each new version, shouldn't it?

Maybe i’m dreaming but the “textures” look weird on the om1. Like the Olympus looks oversharpened but the om1 looks powdery and soft. Almost like it has a beauty filter on.

Why is your audio echoing 😂😂😂 sounds like I’m in high school listening to the principal speak in the auditorium

I DO have an EM1 mark 2!

Definitely sticking with my EM1-3. The only thing I don't like about it is the way colors look in slow-mo, and the quality of the 240p on the OM1 isn't enough for me to justify upgrading. Looks like I'll be getting the GH6 whenever it comes time.

I wish I watched this video yesterday before I bought the OM1. It was shipped today and couldn't cancel. What a disappointing result. I wish I waited for the Fooj HS2-Shs2

I tried to check the comments first, then my mom called. Anyone else notice the warpy corners during the street walk? And that dumpster needs love. Do not ignore it!

OM1 seems to have less details in your skin. And also.. is the music @6:03 your own?

Are you more disappointed with the OM-1 or the X-H2s? Both seem to have minor "upgrades" over their predecessors, if not downgrades.

9:44 Nice track!! 👽

You put a Joan Crawford filter on and wonder why focus takes so long?

Sure, but can it take a photo?

it's not worse, it has way better dynamic range, i like the colors better ( don't shoot!), 10 bit is always better... Edit: the focus is weird and that's really not good.

Well the mark III has a sensor from 2018 so thats 4yrs or tweaking firmware and other parameters, OM-1 will probably get better with time but thats still disappointing that they released sth like that.

I wish I knew why the OM1 looks out of focus half the time. It is making me rethinking buying a used one when everyone throws theirs out across the dumpster fire that is ebay.

It looks like the new Olympus guys had managed to do the impossible.. and crippled phase detect autofocus! It hunts almost as much as Panasonic GH :)

It seems that OM1 looks better in lower light but EM1 looks better in higher light. I guess they go with Sony method by getting it right in low light.

10:33 I gotta say I am mighty disappointed you didn't do a full back-flip there. Fail!

seems like user error to me, something isn't configured right

The OM-1 appears to have far better dynamic range than the EM-1 M III. The thing has 7 custom settings, there must be a way to set some for video. Clearly you're doing something wrong, like not reading the manual. Stabilization looks decent. The user interface is definitely clunky. AF is disappointing. This is supposed to be a photo-first camera, though. Are you ever gonna try the GH-6, just for sh*ts and giggles? We know about the AF. Everything else seems great from what I've seen.

Those colours on the OM1 don't look good. Skin tones particularly. Also, in the 10-bit, it was (assumedly) because of RU-vid compression, but the light behind you showed banding artifacts, whereas the EM1 falloff was smooth.

Olympus stab awesome. much much much much better than the Fujis.

Thank you for all the time & effort you put into this! I see, as you can as well, that the OM-1 is better, not worse, in every comparison you showed. I trust you were kidding with your remarks -- especially when you got in too close and expected the camera to focus, perhaps beyond its closest focusing distance? I just ordered my OM-1 TODAY; I should have it Thursday, March 25, 2023. I'm excited. Uh-oh, based on your verbal comments, I could have bought your OM-1 for the price of a used Mkiii? (LOL) I could use a backup body, let's do this!

I love Olympus sound like the same type of shit I have on the lumix s5.... They tend to go on their own little journeys and never let us know... When I put my ibis on and exit the menu it turns itself off... Some spookey s... t is going on there and I know what you mean about that god dam prog icon popping in for a check.... LOL... Great true video dude....

New song?

"It's one of my biggest wants, even though I don't need it at all" This right here. This is why we are all unhappy. Gear envy.

11:47 laughing my ass off

It's GH6 for the win plus Leica 9mm

The only question is what have you been smoking?

Can you please confirm whether your OM-1 settings included face and eye detection?

I like the EM1 here.

I really expected more from the OM1. It has a stacked sensor, smaller than full frame but the read out is slower, just wtf. But even with that read out they should have been able to do more, like 1440p 120fps, 4:3 video, sub 1080p insane framerate like 480 fps?

Your face is definitely gopro hero 8 quality. Are you sure this was done on M43?

The video does look better more organic less digital. Could partially be just 10bit. The 8bit isn't bad, it just looks a little more fake.

I don't do video. The viewfinder alone was worth it to me.

4:58 I see it :)