OM System OM-5 | Why I will get this camera 

Some unreal photos Espen👏, incredible how it allows you to shoot hand held at those slow shutter speeds

Thanks for sharing this vid! I plan to upgrade to this OM-5; i have an E-M10 mk3 now

Thanks for the video. This looks like the perfect camera for my photography hobby. Cheers.

I'm very pleased with the added functionality of my new OM-1, which has not locked up on me yet (although, to be fair, it hasn't been to Costa Rica yet). Its weight is not trivial and I am still taking a first-generation 16MP OM-D EM-5 on travels and hikes where photography isn't the main purpose. But the lure of focus stacking and hand-held high-res are hard to resist.

I Love My OM-5! I generally keep a 12-40mm 2.8 on it. It lives in a bag with My E-M1X on which I keep a 40-150 f4 pro. These two and a 60mm macro cover most all of my needs.

Much appreciated insight! It's pretty difficult to find meaningful videos about M43 photography/videography. I like watching people who are actually using the gear to get results.

What a beautiful location!

Nice well put together video. Very useful information.

The OM5 is basically the EM1 Mark 3 in a smaller package. I allways thought about a EM5 for the exact same purpose you mentioned. But I wanted the handheld highres mode. Hm, maybe it`s time for me also..

Excellent advice

Great video showing how compact MFT cameras are, and how much you can do on-board with an OMDS camera. I’m getting back into photography after a good few years out, so am trialling a new system, and I was blown away by how compact and light the OM-1 with the 12-40 f2.8 PRO (1.014kg) was compared to an A7iv with 24-70 f2.8 GM (1.651kg). Yes, there are pros and cons of each system, but when it comes to having to cart it about, OM-D (and I guess Panasonic) really steal the show.

Nice video. Thank you very much.

❤❤❤ fantastic information ❤❤❤

Hi, cool video. Bought this model myself and looking for opinions of others. Very new in this domain. Tell me please what camera strap you have? Thanks

Great video with some really great photos! You make real sense for the OM-5. I got the OM-1 and love it. I traded in my E-M1X for it. I kept my E-M1 MkIII but haven't used it in the 6 months of owning the OM-1. I got the OM-5 on pre-order and will be trading in my E-M1 MkIII to help pay for it. The OM-5 being a smaller camera will be my camera when I am out on a non-photographic outing.

Great little camera for people that don't already have a 5.3. Just be gentle on the tripod mount and don't use a PD belt clip or you can fatigue the tripod mount on a 5.3, not clear yet how much reinforcement OMDS added to the tripod mount area on the OM-5. I hope it was substantial. If so, all good, if not, be careful.

I’ve been thinking about buying this camera even though it’s not much of an upgrade from the EM-5. But since I have the EM-1 mkiii and not an EM-5, I think this will be a cool camera to have for travel since it’s smaller than the EM-1

amazing small adventure travel camera capable of a lot of things. Perfect for my climbing adventures:)

Funny to see a camera with water on it in several shots! 😊 Almost all about the photo side; so you use for video other than a bit of vlogging? Would love to see how it works when used mostly for that.

Hi Espen, cool video! My "ordinary" travel gear without wildlife photography is OM-1 with 12-100mm/4.0 Pro. Perfect for city trips or hiking. Question: Does the OM-5 has the new EVF of the OM-1? For me that was one of the several "wow" moments with the OM-1 coming from the E-M1ii

Presumably you haven't already got an EM5 Mk III, so getting the new OM-5 is a good idea. I already have an EM5 Mk III, so I won't be doing the same. Too little has changed to warrant an upgrade.

The changes from the EM-5.3 are significant, whatever others might say. I've considered buying it. I had an EM-5.3 so I can see the improvements that I would have wanted. However now using an OM-1 and not needing the lighter weight (I'm mobility limited) means that another OM-1 makes more sense. I'll save as much weight (or more) by buying a 40-150mm f4 for carrying because the heavy stuff is carried by the car.

I was sad for two major reasons, it isn't a revamped Pen-F with weather sealing and EM1.3 internals, and it didn't get the OM1 menu system that for many people took OM/Olympus from one of worst menu systems prior to possibly the best in the industry with the revamped OM1 software. That said, I'm still probably going to get one for the highres features alone. Until now I've been using an EM5.2 with highres to do photo-scans of film. I tried the EM1.3 version for a bit and the improvement of that alone is enough for me. My two main cameras are a GX85 and GX8, which I love, but I've pretty much given up on Panasonic releasing a proper update to the GX8 (a weather sealed tank in the rangefinder formfactor over the G9 and GH5/6's SLR style). Really it comes down to getting a used EM1.3 for ~750-800 USD and using the money saved to buy a solid used 12-40 f/2.8 to go with it or spending the extra money on the smaller body. On one hand I could save the money and just use the GX85 as my lightweight body, on the other hand I could just spend a bit more and have basically a single body instead of swapping between the GX85 and GX8/EM1.3. It's hard to justify the extra cost when the EM1.3 is a tank and a great condition used one can be found for 400 USD less for the body from reputable sellers :|. One could argue the weight or unlimited video, but for my uses neither are a big enough factor to matter. The 3 years of warranty going on right now might be enough added to having a single body, though.

Great review. I have the OM5.2 How is the focus tracking compared to the newest M1 or my older OM5?

I have the OM1. I would have considered the OM5 as a second body if it had the new menu system, which is so much better than the old one carried into the OM5. The newer sensor would have been better too. Shame, because an OM5/12-45 f4 combo has a lot going for it as a lightweight alternative.

Thank you for this! I'm wanting to upgrade my old EM1 mkii - mostly for macro. I'm thinking the EM-5 may be a good option - OM-1 WAY out of budget range :-( P.S. What are you filming this video on? Lovely colours!

Many of the comments are from individuals within the OM system already. I was looking at this vs the Panasonic GX85 as a Segway into the 4/3 market. It seems to me that the OM5 would be a better bet. What is your opinion? How is the phase detect with wildlife photography? I know it’s not as good as the OM1 but seems better than the Pana gx85?

Searching for a OM camera so thanks for your excellent and ethusiastic review. Can the screen be used for odd angle shots, low down or held high or is just for vlogging? Stay well.

Hallo Espen! Thank You for your youtube Chanel. I have a question. Is OM 5 a better chois than my old Olympus M1 Mark II? / Bosse

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing your review. I still stick with OLYMPUS OMD EM5 + 75-300mm ii M.Zuiko lens for birding. 😁

Hi, I bought the OM5 but do not understand how to use those settings like the filter, also I need to be able to select the focus field.I bought it on Amazon so no support there... I tried lical stores willing to pay more but they will not sell OM System they want me to get a Sony A7😮 I am.used to Canon 5D and I am lost....Bought it to have a small compact wonder but I am left with worser pictures than on a cheap Aldi camera. Can't get it to focus on eyes on a portret or the moon is a big ball of light explosing. I hope you could direct me in the right way? I have the 12-45 4.0 lens I thank you 😊

Without having a joy stick on this camera do you use the D-pad to move the focus box around the screen? Can you resize the focus box?

OM-5は究極のマイクロフォーサーズ選択かもしれない！12-45PROの組み合わせがベスト❤❤❤❤

I think you could save money buying the Olympus em5iii or even em5ii, both still available. There is no improvement in sensor or processor. The Om5 looks like a barely disguised remake of that Olympus model. I have the em5ii and I am happy to have it as my backup now that I have the OM-1 as one of my main cameras. I like to do mostly birds and wildlife but the old Olympus is still good for scenery. Still prefer my full frame DSLRs but as I get older the smaller lighter systems are very appealing when I can’t work from the car! Enjoy your videos and your images very much. 😄

What did you shoot this video on?? Beautiful picture - Color Grading.

Interesting video. I think I will stick with my EM1mkIII for now, but might drop from 40-150 f2.8 to 4-=0-150 f4 to save some more weight. I note you are using a PD strap - the full size or the lite version? I have a disabled arm and find it increasingly difficult to use my PD capture clip and this looks a good alternative .

Could you share what tripod used for your trips? Thanks for your sharing, enjoy your journey!

Veldig spennende video. Kan du anbefale en super lett stativ for lange turer?

Hey Espen, any word from OM System as to why the old menu? Is it some sort of technical limitation?

The E-M1 II remains hard to beat and only 160g heavier than the 414g OM-5. If you end up with a 4kg kit anyway you know where to cut back :). The tough series from TG-4 onward can also do focus bracketing and live composite btw., zooms to 100mm IIRC, small sensor, ca. 300g, done. I'm enamored by the hand held hi rez though and the unlimited video capture, to avoid getting another video body just for that. Can't really see another M43 upgrade path unless Panasonic makes a GX9 II or something similar.

Hi Espen, hello to you both, Janet asked me the other day if I had seen any of your work lately and I was looking at this year's calendar again. I noticed the introduction of this new camera the other day and wondered how useful if would be, now I do think that the size and weight advantages of this system overshadow the now really minor image quality benefits of the Fujifilm system that I do have and almost wish I had taken the plunge myself!. I have sort of forgotten about the weight factor because I have not been out much myself this year!, life take many twists and turns and my enthusiasm for photography has rather subsided!, perhaps I am getting too old and too lazy!. I am very glad that you are so keen and competent, while you do come across as an OM fanboy in your case I am sure it is due to the real good impressions the gear is making. Cheers, Richard.

I get it in a second except for the 'flippy' screen, i'm so tired of camera makers doing this for nearly every camera. I don't do video and hate to have to look right to see when I'm shooting what is in front of me. enough already, then even stuck one of these on the Nikon Zf

4kg? Imagine if it was fullframe system 😅 but yeah, a main reason why I switched to olympus, was the weight and size. Om1 with oly 100-400mm weighs only 1.7kg. Fullframe with 150-600mm would weigh about 3x that 😬 I have a friend wildlife photographer who's considering the om5 as secondary house 😊

i got this for portibility but its so much more

Between the OM-5 and the Lumix G95 - which one would you choose? What are the deciding factors for you? (Anyone who is reading this is welcomed to answer. It is difficult for me deciding between the two, and any feedback or perspectives on this choice could be helpful.)

is OM 5 a better choice than my old m1 mark II for bird photography

I think the new OM-5 is a nice camera and very capable, however, I have so many OMDs, that a new camera will not improve my photography. Cheers!

how about the body build quality ? The em5III had a lot of critics in that department ...

This ”new” om5 made me to sell my em1m2 gear/kit I had from 2019. Luckily it was used kit so it did not hurt much. It would take another 4years to wait next improvement in 2nd hand plastic bodies. So been there and done that. Mostly aged AF and iso plus nerd features I do not never used.

Espen, I appreciate that you're only doing what you're contractually obligated to do as a brand ambassador (fancy word for salesperson). The OM-5 is a product OM Systems wants to sell, we get that. And Olympus has a script for selling it that you need to stick to. It's just that the OM-5 makes almost no sense at all with its value proposition for almost every potential buyer of a Micro Four Thirds camera. It's essentially a castrated E-M1III put into an irrelevantly smaller, inferior quality body. And it's not even that the OM-5 is considerably cheaper. The recommended retail price for the E-M1III is only USD100 more compared to the OM-5. Why would anyone buy the inferior OM-5?! Here is a feature-by-feature comparison of the E-M1III to the OM-5 with data from Olympus/OM System: Same sensor. E-M1III: TruePic IX image processor OM-5: Same TruePic IX image processor E-M1III IBIS: 7 stops body only OM-5 IBIS: 6.5 stops body only Same outdated EVF, however E-M1III has closer eye diopter adjustment range Same rear display Same focus system Same metering system Same mechanical focal plane shutter E-M1III does Flickr Scan for stills 1/50.0 ~ 1/7634, OM-5 only 1/50.0 to 1/6944 E-M1III drive mode is better, sequential shooting up to 15fps in mechanical shutter, OM-5 only does 10fps More annoyingly, OM-5 only does up to 30fps in ProCapture, E-M1III does 60fps. Flash basically works the same on both, however the E-M1III supports many more Olympus branded flash models officially, also in wireless flash control. Same white balance features. Same bracketing and stacking system. Same HDR feature. Same keystone compensation feature. Same fisheye compensation feature. Same Live ND feature, however OM-5 max shutter speed is 1/60s, E-M1III is 1/30s. E-M1III does 80MP tripod High-Res, OM5 only 50MP. Same Live Bulb mode. Same Live Compositie mode. Same Interval mode. Same aspect ratio crops. Same video specifications. Same sound recording specifications. Same WiFi feature. More or less the same weather sealing, E-M1III is IP53, OM-5 is IPX1, both are specified for identical operating environments. E-M1III has USB C, OM-5 Micro USB (WTF, OM System?!?!), E-M1III has better Input/Output ports, especially for audio. E-M1III ships with a battery charger, the OM-5 does not (WTF, OM System?!) The menu system is identical. The E-M1III features a magnesium solid body, the OM-5 does not. The grip on the E-M1III is better as well. -- Clearly, the E-M1III is a considerably better camera at an almost identical price. Buy the E-M1III for as long as OM System has stock - once stock runs out, you can get it used in excellent condition with warranty from retailers such as MPB or KEH. The OM-5 is a bit of a scam in my opinion - at the very least it's a poor value proposition and a bit dishonest as describing it having "new" features.

The camera features are great, except you cannot use the ND filters mode for videos, its only for stills. Of course the main issue with OM-5 is the fact that it looks and feels really cheaply made. If you held the E-M1 II or E-M5 III or E-M10 III and then hold the OM-5 you'll see what I'm talking about. the OM-5 looks and feels like a $300-500 camera, however it is packed with many great features.

Think about if OM could produce a 100-400/5,6-8, like the canon RF lens (below 700 grams)!!!! That lens has got way better IS than the Olympus 100-400 and is sharper and has even better Macro abillities! That would be a real game changer. It would be perfect to pair with a light camera and some other light lenses for backpacking, Today Canons ligthweight setup is even lighter than OM system´s. (Even if you choose Canon R7 as your camerabody with it´s relative low price and magnificent subject tracking that outperforms the subject tracking of the OM-1). The big advantage for for the Om setup (with a 100-400 wildlife lens) is of course the weather resistance. But sometimes you want a light set up that you could (if you need) protect with a cheap rain cover. /Om-1 shooter and R7 shooter

What about build quality? Basically a plastic camera, or?

There’s already em5 mark 3. Maybe it’s only you who wants to buy this camera 🙂

The biggest issue of Olympus system was lossing the focus. That was the reason why i grave up Olympus. Not sure if it solved the issue today but i suppose Not.

yo lo quiero saber es si me sirve para fotografía deportiva

this or the M1?

So I beg the question. How many batteries do you really carry on a trip?

you should've went for the EM1iii same features, dual card slots, better build quality, battery grip. OM-System just received you

Hi, In my wet dreams there appears a tiny future OM10 with features like this OM5 as a travel camera. My dreams probably won't come true.

Thanks Espen, but it's not for me. Sticking with Em5 Mk3

Nice vid. The camera still sadly made out of plastic supporting an old sensor with a few extra features, its basically a dud. That said although not a leap as such it is still quite capable. The plastic body is a deal breaker for me. I still use the 16MP EM5 mk2 and it feels great cause its metal and you know the picture quality is still actually quite good. It was never really ever about the pixel count its about capturing the shot. But for my higher end detailed landscape shots I can use the pixel shift on my EM1 mk2. No starey night focus, but you know I dont spend a lot of time out country in the dark, I do it occasionally but not really my genre.

OM systems ambassadors really trying hard on this one... But we can all see its a leftover camera with a new processor. Selling this camera to the existing customer base isn't going to pay the bills, and the mid-range offers from other systems are far superior. Sure there are some nice upgrades but unfortunately there are many downgrades. Micro USB ! in 2022 c'mon...

This has to be the most positive review on this yawner of an upgrade to the EM5iii ( or downgrade of EM 1iii if you prefer).

Outdated sensor, old menu, old ports… that cam ist 5 years late. Hoped this would be part of a honest review. 😢

There is nothing "wrong" with the OM-5 but as an owner of an OMD-EM-5iii, this is a yawner. It is obvious to anyone who pays attention that the OM-5 is nothing more than what would have been the OMD-EM-5iv had Olympus maintained the line. Zero features that were not already in the EM-1iii or EM-5iii. And the fact that they are using the same 6-year old tired sensor makes this camera very uncompetitive. While it's fine as a back-up, anyone who is serious about shooting wildlife or moving people should not make this their primary piece of hardware. In terms of weight, the OM-1 is only 3 ounces heavier than the OM-5 and offers a newer (albeit still only 20 mp) sensor and a host of new features. The biggest concern I have about the OM-5 is the long term viability of OM Solutions. They have released one new piece of equipment (OM-1) that was good but far from the "wow" they promoted. And they released a minor update to an older camera. Meanwhile, the big boys of Nikon, Sony, Canon, and Fuji are innovating all over the place. If this company can't or won't keep up it's hard to see how they stay in business. And if they fail, those of us invested in the ecosystem will have difficult and expensive choices to make.

So you will get the new camera. Are you paying retail or is OM compensating you? I won't get this and regret my purchase of the OM-1.

The OM-5 is an E-M1 III in the inferior body of the E-M5 III with a $600 discount on the recommended retail price of the E-M1 III - or currently $300 based on the current rebate on the E--M1 III. It's just repackaging an existing model at a cheaper price point. As I have the E-M1 III I can say this is a smart move by OM Digital Solutions. Nice tele-shopping/advertising video, Espen.

This camera retails here in Melbourne for $1900 YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS An OM 1 Mk 2. $1300 I believe OM System don't supply a battery charger with this camera.

Its so small, I could never use it :)

USB b ….

Terrible value for money …offers hardly anything better than the em5 mark iii …and this is now discounted to half the price of the OM 5. It’s a worrying release by OM Systems. If this is all they can manage then I fear for the future of the system…OM1 user and also a Canon user.

Old. Poor autofocus. Old usb..

Because youre an olympus ambassador and theyre paying you.

Why bother?