OM-D E-M1X Hands On Review - Kelley L. Cox

The whole emotion of sports is what Olympus Visionary Kelley L. Cox lives for. Discover why she feels that the new Olympus OM-D E-M1X is the perfect match for sports photography.

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Olympus needs to think more about videographers. This camera should have all the specs, features, and quality of the GH5 and then some, but it doesn't come close. Soft 1080p recording at all frame rates, no consistently high data rate for Cinema 4K or UHD, no 10-bit 4:2:2 (not even to an external recorder), no 4K 60 fps, no 1080p 180 fps (at least they added 120 fps), etc.

For as much as this camera costs, it should shoot beautiful 4K 120 fps at 10-bit 4:2:2 and everything below. It should have a new sensor with improved dynamic range and low-light performance.

And, for as big as it is, it wouldn't have killed them to add an XLR mic input.

People want a GH5 with phase-detect autofocus, and this isn't it. I don't understand what the Olympus engineers were thinking.