I mentioned in a previous post that I was going to get my hands on an Olympus OM-D E-M1, and I did thanks to a friendly representative I met at the DFW Photo Expo sponsored by Arlington Camera. I was asked to play with the camera for a couple of weeks to see how I liked it, what I didn’t like, and to just be honest with my opinion.

Now I am not coming from the perspective of someone who reviews cameras for a living so this is not going to be a scientific experiment about how it performs against full frame DSLRs with major stats listed. This perspective is that of a woman (in my age category–OK OK middle aged), with kids, who happens to be a photographer, and would be looking for a travel camera. I actually have been wanting a smaller travel camera to take on trips because it’s tough carrying my bigger equipment around and when we travel, which means taking a laptop with me so I can view and post my images if I want to —yes, I want to—while on vacation. 🙂

The Olympus OM-D E-M1 is a mirrorless, 16 megapixel camera that fits in the palm of my hand and uses interchangeable lenses. It feels like a point and shoot, but it works like my DSLR. It’s super fast, shooting 10 frames per second…cl,cl,cl,cl,cl,cl,cl,cl,cl,click!!

I found out just how fast last night at my daughter’s basketball game. (Click picture for larger view.)

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It makes the most dreamy bokeh.

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The clarity and depth of focus seem pretty wow.

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The camera also seems to handle noise at very high ISO really well.

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The colors are amazing. So clear.

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All These are straight out of the camera. I shot JPG which I NEVER do. I always shoot RAW. However, to take advantage of one of my favorite I’m-aready-hooked features, you have to shoot some JPG. With this camera, you can shoot RAW, RAW+JPG, or just JPG…But the best feature for me so far aside from the fact that it is tiny and I can shoot manual all day long, is that I can upload to social media sites instantly, anytime, from anywhere using my smart phone. Hollah!

This is just a preview of the Olympus E-M1. I’ve only had it for a day and half. I think I’m in love. 🙂

—Angela, APN Photography

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