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1. 53 of 56 people found the following review helpful

   
   Moved from a D300 & e30 to the e5, November 21, 2010

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   J. Schlagheck “Jerry” (West Chester, OH USA) –
   
     

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   This review is from: Olympus E-5 12.3MP Digital SLR with 3-inch LCD [Body Only] (Black) (Electronics)

   First compared to the D300; I like the e-5 except for the limited high ISO which falls short of the Nikon. The flaw I had with the e-30 was poor performance in autofocus in low light conditions. The e-5 auto-focus is much better than both cameras (IMHO). I typically shoot in a studio environment so I rarely shoot beyond 200 ISO. However, I do shoot for postcard sales and the e-5 looks great in the color and it’s very detailed image – really nice. The new processor is exceptional and the umph it gives to my Olympus lenses is un-believable. All in all I’m very happy with the e-5 and will now start selling off the Nikon camera and lenses.

   Nothing against Nikon, I used them for over 40 years and made many exceptional photographs. A year ago I was at a photoshoot with my Nikon(s)and realized that everyone is getting the same image – I wanted my work to be different, so I went to an Olympus.

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2. 58 of 62 people found the following review helpful

   
   Olympus E-5 is Terrific, November 8, 2010

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   Doug –

   This review is from: Olympus E-5 12.3MP Digital SLR with 3-inch LCD [Body Only] (Black) (Electronics)

   The Olympus E-5 is best of breed.

   The pictures are the sharpest I have ever seen at any resolution. I am not worried that the image size is only 12 megapixels as I made beautiful 20 X 30 enlargements with the E-510 which only has 10 megapixels.

   The great thing about the E-5 is the pictures are spot on perfect in .jpg. I never liked the extra steps, time, and storage required for raw, and the Olympus processor does a flawless job in camera.

   I never used white balance on previous cameras because it always worked lousy. Olympus has changed all of that. I recently did some shoots in rooms with different types of florescents. The auto white balance was dead on in all of them, even though the flourescents were different color temperatures. The auto white balance works equally well outdoors. Shooting under tungsten light or using flash, I would suggest changing from “auto” to the apropriate setting (either daylight or flash).

   As for noise at high ISOs, the pictures are perfectly clean up to ISO 1600 and clean if you use a noise program at ISO 3200.

   The two best art filters are dynamic tone and film grain. I see myself using pop art on a very limited basis. The best all-around shooting mode is normal, portrait is good for portraits to give a very true skin color, and
   i-enhance is good for shooting scenary shots.

   Great camera, highly recommended.

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