The Best Travel Camera? (OM System OM-5 Review)

In this video, I'll be doing a review for the OM System OM-5. I'll be answering the questions whether or not this is the best travel camera you can buy.

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0:00 The Best Travel Camera? (OM System OM-5 Review)
0:11 What do you want in a travel camera?
0:23 OM-5 weather sealing
1:27 OM-5 camera body review
5:25 Testing the OM-System High Res feature
7:31 OM-5 Auto Focus Tracking
8:10 Final Thoughts

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[Group]

I haven't used mine with gloves, but without gloves and my big hands, I have found the grip to be marvellous and the photos to be marvellous too.

[lbbdgoo]

Thanks, interesting review, really showed the durability of this awesome little camera. We love the OM5, so compact and excellent features. Starry Sky AF for Astrophotography is so useful. Will trek in Switzerland this Summer and take OM5 along. As you say quality lenses too, 12-40 (24-80mm) f2.8 is very sharp. Images stabilisation works well. Had the camera a few months and enjoying it. You mentioned AF tracking, yeah that misses at times - much better results with C-AF. I only use C-AF now for birds /animals on the move. Not planning to bury it in snow...:)! but again, helpful to see your Demo. Happy Shooting to All.

[npdf]

Love OM and Olympus cameras and lenses brilliant 😊❤ you get used to the top buttons on the left and grips are available to buy separately which also help if using a tripod 😊 I use the OM1.. Pete

[normh]

Thanks so much for your reviews on OM-1 and OM-5 I'm debating between the 2 still? I hope OM-D doesnt' go out of business, I have full frame, but really like to carry smaller compact cameras. I go jogging and love to have something small that's fully weather sealed to take snapshots while outside. Trying to figure out if OM-1 is still small enough. Without seeing them in person it's hard to know. I don't have a photography store that has them to see. (subscribed)


What are some weather sealed lenses that are compact?

[michaeld]

Thanks for doing the testing with the more affordable 12-45mm which is IPX1 and it seems unphased by that snow burial which is encouraging.

[hott]

Same thought re: the grip, so I purchased the external grip and love the added surface area. Would you recommend high res for detailed distant landscape shots to enlarge (panoramas)? Nice review, thanks!

[steventhomas]

Hmmm im really considering this over the em5 mark 3 i have. Is the evf any less laggy when using continuous auto focus as.i find this really distracting on the em5 mark 3

[mne]

The OMS hand grip is too large and doesn't add any additional control but third-party grips are very nice.

[Rohanish]

Hi there, nice to see the camera work after covered with the snow. I am looking for a lightweight and compact camera to use on high altitude expeditions in the Himalayas and I am expecting to get good quality photos of other mountains from the top of the summit. which would be a great? I'll be very grateful if you guide me. Thank you.

[stevelink]

Thanks for this video on the OM-5, however, may I state my objections to your title "Best Travel Camera?"...
1. While I did enjoy my first digital camera, the Olympus E-1, many years back, and loved the ergonomics, build quality, lens sharpness, etc., , I have since moved to printing quite large (30" x 40" and up). The Laws of Physics state that the more an image is enlarged, the more image quality (i.e., sharpness and detail rendition) is negatively impacted. In other words, the small m4/3 sensor simply cannot compete with larger APS-C and FF sensors when large prints are needed, regardless of the "High-Res" mode.
2. The necessarily small battery in these cameras cannot hold their charge very long, especially in frigid temperatures.
3. When shooting in low light, the m4/2 sensor is noisier, thus producing more "grain" than larger sensors at equivalent ISO.
That said, if a photographer was shooting for social media output only, and wasn't interested in making large prints or images with extreme detail and dynamic range, or shooting in low/available light, then the OM System may be a viable alternative for them.

[WhoIsSerafin]

Actually it's the smaller version of the em1 mark 3.

[RS-nqxk]

The OM5 could have been sized for the Japanese market (which extends to 'average Asians'...), I find the grip on the camera to be perfect even with a Panasonic 100-300mm haha.

[Johnnycbtx]

I shot the E-M1 along side the Fuji X-T1 and nice, It isn't a Fuji.

[keithvlogs]

They do sell a grip.... The problem is the price 180 pounds lol