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| Predecessor: |
Olympus E-M5
E-M5 vs E-M5 II |
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| Successor: |
Olympus E-M5 III
E-M5 II vs E-M5 III |
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| General | ||
| Model Number: | LF1 | E-M5 II |
| Alternate Model Number(s): | E-M5 Mark II | |
| Camera Format: | EVF | Compact System Camera |
| Currently Manufactured: | No | Yes |
| Retail Price: | $499.99 | $999.99 |
| Street Price: | $247.99 | $899.00 |
| Date Available: | 2013-06-30 | 2015-02-21 |
| Tripod Mount: | Yes | Yes |
| Weight: |
6.8 oz
(192 g)
includes batteries |
16.5 oz
(469 g)
includes batteries |
| Size: |
4.0 x
2.4 x
1.1 in. (103 x 62 x 28 mm) |
4.9 x
3.3 x
1.8 in. (124 x 85 x 45 mm) |
| Waterproof: | No | No |
| Waterproof Depth: | n/a | n/a |
| Image Sensor | ||
| Sensor Type: | CMOS | Live MOS |
| Sensor Manufacturer: | ||
| Effective Megapixels: | 12.1 | 16.1 |
| Sensor Format: | 1/1.7 inch | 4/3 |
| Sensor size: | 43.32mm2 (7.6mm x 5.7mm) | 224.9mm2 (17.30mm x 13.00mm) |
| Approximate Pixel Pitch: | 1.90 microns | 3.75 microns |
| Focal Length Multiplier: | n/a | 2.0x |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 | 4:3 |
| Color Filter Type: | RGBG | RGBG |
| Anti Aliasing Filter: | None | |
| Self-Cleaning: | No | Yes |
| Sensor shift image stabilization: | No | Yes |
| On-Sensor Phase Detect: | No | No |
| DxO Sensor Score: | 52 | 73 |
| DxO Color Depth Score (bits): | 20.8 | 23.0 |
| DxO Dynamic Range Score (evs): | 11.6 | 12.4 |
| DxO Maximum Effective ISO Score (iso): | 211 | 908 |
| Image Capture | ||
| Image Resolution: |
4000 x 3000
(12.0 MP,
4:3), 4000 x 2672 (10.7 MP, 3:2), 4000 x 2248 (9.0 MP, 16:9), 2992 x 2992 (9.0 MP, 1:1), 3264 x 2448 (8.0 MP, 4:3), 3264 x 2176 (7.1 MP, 3:2), 3264 x 1840 (6.0 MP, Other), 2448 x 2448 (6.0 MP, 1:1), 2560 x 1920 (4.9 MP, 4:3), 2560 x 1712 (4.4 MP, 3:2), 2560 x 1440 (3.7 MP, 16:9), 1920 x 1920 (3.7 MP, 1:1), 2048 x 1536 (3.1 MP, 4:3), 2048 x 1360 (2.8 MP, Other), 1920 x 1080 (2.1 MP, 16:9), 1536 x 1536 (2.4 MP, 1:1), 640 x 480 (0.3 MP, 4:3), 640 x 424 (0.3 MP, Other), 640 x 360 (0.2 MP, 16:9), 480 x 480 (0.2 MP, 1:1) |
4608 x 3456
(15.9 MP,
4:3), 3200 x 2400 (7.7 MP, 4:3), 2560 x 1920 (4.9 MP, 4:3), 1280 x 960 (1.2 MP, 4:3), 640 x 480 (0.3 MP, 4:3), 7296 x 5472 (39.9 MP, 4:3), 9216 x 6912 (63.7 MP, 4:3) |
| Image File Format: | JPEG (EXIF v2.3), MPO, RAW, RAW+JPEG | JPEG, MPO, 12-bit RAW, RAW + JPEG |
| Continuous-mode frames/second: | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Video Capture | ||
| Can take movies: | Yes | Yes |
| Movie Resolution: |
1920x1080 (60i/30p)
1280x720 (60p/30p) 640x480 (30p) |
1920x1080 (60p/50p/30p/25p/24p)
1280x720 (60p/50p/30p/25p/24p) 640x480 (30p) 1280x720 (10p) |
| Movie File Format: | AVCHD or MP4, with stereo sound | MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 with stereo sound), AVI (Motion JPEG) |
| Composite Video Out: | Yes | Yes |
| NTSC/PAL Switchable Video: | No | Yes |
| Video Usable as Viewfinder: | No | |
| HD Video Out: | Yes | Yes |
| HD Video Connection: | HDMI | HDMI |
| Lens & Optics | ||
| Lens Mount: | n/a | Micro Four Thirds |
| Lens: | LEICA DC VARIO-SUMMICRON; 10 elements in 8 groups (4 Aspherical Lenses / 7 Aspherical surfaces) | n/a |
| Focal Length (35mm equivalent): | 28 - 200mm | |
| Focal Length (actual): | 6 - 42.8mm | |
| Zoom Ratio: | 7.10x | |
| Aperture Range: | f/2.0 - 8.0 (W) / f/5.9 - 8.0 (T) Multistage Iris Diaphram | |
| Integrated ND Filter: | No | No |
| Normal Focus Range: |
50 cm to Infinity 19.7 in to Infinity |
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| Macro Focus Range: |
3 cm to Infinity 1.2 in to Infinity |
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| Filter Thread: | n/a | n/a |
| Thread Type: | n/a | n/a |
| Optical Image Stabilization: | Yes | No |
| Digital Zoom: | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Zoom Values: | Up to 4x | 2x |
| Auto Focus | ||
| Auto Focus: | Yes | Yes |
| Auto Focus Type: | Contrast Detection: Face / AF Tracking / 23-area / 1-area modes | High-speed Contrast-detect AF: 81-area multiple AF / All target, Group target area (9-area), Single target (Normal/Small) / Eye Detection (Nearer, Left, Right) / Magnified (up to 14x, over 800 AF points) |
| Auto Focus Assist Light? | Yes | Yes |
| Manual Focus: | Yes | Yes |
| Viewfinder | ||
| Viewfinder: | EVF / LCD | EVF / LCD |
| Viewfinder Type: | Color EVF; 0.20-inch, 200K-dot effective, 100% coverage | EVF; 2.36M-dot LCD, 1.30x - 1.48x magnification, 100% coverage, 21mm eyepoint, -4 to +2 diopter, eye sensor |
| Focus Peaking: | No | Yes |
| EVF Resolution: | 200,000 dots | 2,360,000 dots |
| Viewfinder Magnification (35mm equivalent): | 0.74x | |
| Viewfinder Magnification (nominal/claimed): | 1.48x | |
| Display | ||
| Eye-level Viewfinder: | Yes | Yes |
| Rear Display: | Yes | Yes |
| Rear Display Size (inches): | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Rear Display Resolution: | 920,000 dots (307,000 px) | 1,037,000 dots (345,667 px) |
| Touchscreen: | No | Yes |
| Articulating Screen: | No | Yes |
| Tilt Swivel Screen: | No | Yes |
| Selfie Screen: | No | Yes |
| Max Playback Zoom: | 14.0x | |
| Top Deck Display: | No | No |
| Exposure | ||
| Maximum ISO (native): | 6400 | 25600 |
| Minimum ISO (native): | 80 | 200 |
| ISO Settings: | Auto, iISO, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800 (Extended) | AUTO: ISO Low (100) - 25600 (customizable, Default 200-1600) / Manual ISO Low (100) - 25600, 1/3 or 1 EV steps selectable |
| Auto ISO Mode: | Yes | Yes |
| White Balance Settings: | Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Incandescent, White Set | Auto, Lamp, Fluorescent, Daylight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Custom WB, One-touch WB |
| Shutter Speed Range: | 1/4000 - 250 sec | 1/16000 - 60 sec |
| Bulb Mode: | No | Yes |
| Exposure Compensation: | +/- 2.0EV in 0.3EV steps | +/- 5.0EV in 0.3EV steps |
| Metering Modes: | Intelligent Multiple, Center Weighted, Spot | Digital ESP metering (324-area multi pattern metering), Center weighted average metering, Spot metering, Spot metering with highlight control, Spot metering with shadow control |
| Program Auto Exposure: | Yes | Yes |
| Aperture Priority: | Yes | Yes |
| Shutter Priority: | Yes | Yes |
| Full Manual Exposure: | Yes | Yes |
| Creative Exposure Modes: | Panorama, Scene (Portrait, Soft Skin, Scenery, Sports, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Handheld Night Shot, Food, Baby1, Baby2, Pet, Sunset, Glass Through, HDR, Starry Sky, 3D Photo), Creative Control (Expressive, Retro, High Key, Low Key, Sepia, Dynamic Monochrome, Impressive Art, High Dynamic, Cross Process, Toy Effect, Miniature Effect, Soft Focus, Star Filter, One Point Color, Old Days) | Scene select AE (Portrait, e-Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Sport, Hand-held Starlight*1, Night scene, Night + Portrait, Children, High Key, Low Key, DIS mode, Macro, Nature Macro, Candle, Sunset, Documents, Panorama, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Fisheye Conv., Wide Conv., Macro Conv., Panning, 3D*2), Underwater wide / macro, HDR1, HDR2, Art Filters (14). *1 8 images automatically shot and combined into a single image composite *2 For 3D lens(H-FT012 by Panasonic) only, still photo only |
| Self Timer: | 2 or 10 seconds | 2, 10, Custom seconds |
| Time Lapse (intervalometer): | Yes | |
| High Resolution Composite: | No | 64.0 megapixels |
| Flash | ||
| Built-in Flash: | Yes | No |
| Flash Modes: | Auto, Auto/Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off, Digital Red-eye Correction | Flash Auto, Redeye, Fill-in, Flash Off, Red-eye Slow sync.(1st curtain), Slow sync.(1st curtain), Slow sync.(2nd curtain), Manual（1/1 (FULL) - 1/64） |
| Flash Guide Number (ISO 100): | n/a | 9.0 m / 29.5 ft. |
| Flash Range Description: | ISO Auto: 0.6 - 7.0m (Wide), 0.8 - 2.3m (Tele) | Bundled FL-LM3 flash has GN of 9m/ISO 100 |
| Max Flash Sync: | 1/250 | |
| Flash Exposure Compensation: | +/- 3.0 EV in 0.3EV steps | |
| External Flash Connection: | n/a | Hot Shoe, PC Sync Terminal |
| Built-In Wireless Flash Control: | No | |
| Image Storage | ||
| Usable Memory Types: | SD / SDHC / SDXC | SD / SDHC / SDXC |
| UHS Support: | UHS-II | |
| Other Memory: | ||
| Dual Card Slots: | No | No |
| RAW Capture Support: | Yes | Yes |
| Uncompressed Format: | RAW, RAW+JPEG | 12-bit RAW, RAW + JPEG |
| Movie File Format: | AVCHD or MP4, with stereo sound | MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 with stereo sound), AVI (Motion JPEG) |
| Included Memory: | 87.0 MB | No memory included |
| Included Memory Type: | built-in memory | |
| Connectivity | ||
| Built-In Wi-Fi: | Yes | Yes |
| NFC: | Yes | No |
| Bluetooth: | No | No |
| Built-In GPS: | No | No |
| Microphone Jack: | No | Yes |
| Headphone Jack: | No | No |
| External Connections: | USB 2.0 High Speed,WiFi | USB 2.0 High Speed,WiFi |
| PictBridge Compliant: | Yes | Yes |
| DPOF Compliant: | Yes | Yes |
| Remote Control: | No | Yes |
| Remote Control Type: | Optional Remote cable RM-UC1 or via Wi-Fi | |
| Connections (extended): | Micro (Type D) HDMI, AV/USB Multi | Micro HDMI (Type-D), combined AV/USB connector, 3.5mm stereo mini jack |
| Performance Timing | ||
| Cycle time for JPEG shooting in single shot mode (seconds per frame, max resolution): | 0.56 | 0.73 |
| Cycle time for RAW shooting in single shot mode (seconds per frame): | 0.59 | |
| Buffer size for RAW shooting in single shot mode (frames): | 7 | |
| Cycle time for RAW+JPEG shooting in single shot mode (seconds per shot): | 0.76 | |
| Camera penalizes early shutter press? | No | No |
| JPEG shooting speed in burst mode (fps, max resolution): | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Buffer size for JPEG shooting in burst mode (frames, max resolution): | 12 | 18 |
| RAW shooting speed in burst mode (fps): | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Buffer size for RAW shooting in burst mode (frames): | 10 | 13 |
| RAW+JPEG shooting speed in burst mode (fps): | 10.0 | 10.3 |
| Buffer Size for RAW+JPEG shooting in burst mode (frames): | 10 | 13 |
| Shutter lag (full AF, wide/mid): | 0.25 seconds | 0.14 seconds |
| Shutter lag (full AF, tele): | 0.25 seconds | |
| Shutter lag (full AF, live view - DSLR): | ||
| Shutter lag (prefocused, live view - DSLR): | ||
| Shutter Lag (manual focus): | 0.305 seconds | 0.068 seconds |
| Shutter lag (full AF, with flash): | 0.44 seconds | 0.34 seconds |
| Shutter Lag (prefocused): | 0.009 seconds | 0.046 seconds |
| Shutter Lag (notes): | ||
| Startup Time: | 1.5 seconds | 0.8 seconds |
| Play -> Record Time: | 1.0 seconds | 0.5 seconds |
| Flash cycle time, full power: | 3.1 seconds | 4.5 seconds |
| Power | ||
| Battery Life, Stills (CIPA Rating Monitor/Live View): | 250 shots | 310 shots |
| Battery Life, Still (CIPA Rating OVF/EVF): | 310 shots | |
| Battery Life, Video: | ||
| Battery Form Factor: | Proprietary 3.7V, 950mAh | Proprietary BLN-1 |
| Usable Battery Types: | Lithium-ion rechargeable | Lithium-ion rechargeable |
| Batteries Included: | 1 x Proprietary Lithium-ion rechargeable | 1 x Proprietary BLN-1 Lithium-ion rechargeable |
| Battery Charger Included (dedicated charger or AC/USB adapter): | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated Battery Charger Included: | No | Yes |
| Internal Charging Supported: | Yes | No |
| Software | ||
| Included Software: | PHOTOfunSTUDIO 9.2AE, SILKYPIX Developer Studio, Adobe Reader | Olympus Viewer 3 CD-ROM |
| OS Compatibility: | ||
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Notes & Features: | Built-in EVF, Built-in Wi-FI (IEEE 802.11b/g/n, 2412MHz - 2462MHz (11ch), Wi-Fi / WPA / WPA2, Infrastructure mode), NFC (ISO／IEC 18092（NFCIP-1, NFC-F), USB charging. | 16-megapixel Live MOS sensor; TruePic VII image processor; class-leading 5-axis sensor-shift image stabilization; 10fps burst mode; new High-Res Shot mode generates 40MP JPEGs and 64MP RAW files; improved 1080p60 video; 3-inch vari-angle touchscreen; built-in Wi-Fi; dust, splash and freezeproof construction. Available in black or silver. |
