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This is the last of the Olympus Evolt professional 4/3 DSLR cameras and is now affordable (as a second hand buy) for the enthusiastic amateur. Now is a good time to buy 4/3 equipment as the professionals move on and the equipment is still reasonably modern. I purchased this body as it is capable of excellent results when fitted with the best of my existing 4/3 lenses. Good Points: Latest available Olympus 4/3 technology; weather sealed when fitted with the right lenses; in body image stabilisation; compatible with a wide range of Olympus and other make 4/3 lenses; good battery capacity; good image quality; proper optical viewfinder, can use screen as viewfinder via "live view"; relatively small and lightweight; screen angle and position adjustable. Limitations: As with all 4/3 cameras, you can't fit micro 4/3 lenses; Screen could be brighter for use in sunlight.Read full review
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A high end professional camera at a sensible price. I could have spent a lot of money on a new camera from one of the leading makes and not got anything any better. I’ve always been a fan of Olympus cameras and lenses, always get great images.
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I just graduated from an E-3 to an E-5, I found a mint condition camera here on Ebay with just 1800 shots on the counter. I have been an Olympus user since the OM1 came out it the 70s. In my view these cameras are the finest ever produced and the E-5 is a must own for anybody who loves Four Thirds camera systems, there are not many left now worth purchasing, but is you can find a mint condition model, (ideally with the 12 -60 pro lens) you will never regret it and with a click life of 150,000 it could last you a lifetime. The transition from E3 to E5 is a simple on the cameras almost outwardly identical
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This is the last full-sized high-end DSLR Olympus made before they moved to the micro four thirds system a couple of years ago. It's dust and splash proof and made of metal. It's one solid camera, about the same size and weight as a Canon 5D. Designed for professional use, it's not a lightweight by 2015 standards - especially with the HLD4 battery grip - but you are buying a top of the range camera that cost around £1,500 for the body alone when it was launched four years ago. Now you can pick one up for a third of that and that's something of a bargain. I started in serious photography many years ago when the Olympus OM-1 was launched. Since then, I've owned a couple of OM-2s and an E-510. For the last four years, I've been using a pair of the E-5's predecessor, the E-3 and that's a fine camera in its own right, but the E-5 adds a number of enhancements including a better image processor, a 13M pixel sensor, HD video, a level gauge, larger LCD screen and art filters. So when an E-5 came up for grabs for less than £500 it was a no-brainer to buy it, especially as there's still a ready market for E-3s. The result was I got a top of the range camera for less than £250 after selling one of the E-3s. In fact, the whole Four Thirds Olympus range is damned good value now it's been superseded. I've recently picked up a couple more Pro lenses (the dust and splash proof ones) that cost the best part of £1,000 new, for about £350 each and they're some of the finest lenses I've used - especially the excellent 12-60mm f 2.8-4.0 (that's 24-120mm in standard 35mm terminology). If you already have Four Thirds kit, the only excuse you have for not buying an E-5 is that they don't come on the market that often - presumably because their owners don't want to get rid of them. If you're looking to upgrade to some professional kit at fantastic prices, you could do a lot worse than look at the Four Thirds bargains to be had. By all means start out with an E-3 - there's lots of them on eBay - but the one you should aspire to is the E-5. It's the best camera I've ever used and I take around 15,000 shots a year. Because I like the flexibility of having two bodies, I've still got an E-3, but I know it's only a matter of time before I upgrade that to a second E-5. You'd be daft not to give this great camera a serious look.Read full review
The E-5, as with all Olympus four-thirds cameras, is an excellent camera. It's only downfall is the image sensor which, on ISO settings of 800 or more, produce very grainy pictures. In normal light excellent quality photos can be produced but if you are looking to do astrophotography or night work this is not the camera for you. People have reported getting reasonable quality pictures at ISO1600 but significant setting up and probably Photoshop would be required. The "vital organs" of the camera are protected in a magnesium alloy case making it water and dust proof. Whilst I would not try this out, I know others who have left cameras outside in rain and snow overnight and were still fully functional the next day.
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