Complete Buyer's Guide to Olympus/OM Cameras | MPB

Now relaunched as OM System, you can still buy used Olympus cameras to get excellent value for money and fantastic features for your photography, whilst gaining access to a vast range of incredible Micro Four Thirds lenses.

Thinking of moving to the Olympus/OM system or upgrading your current setup with the brand, but not sure where to start? Photographer and Olympus/OM Ambassador Jimmy Cheng will show you the way in this complete buyer's guide.

00:00 Introduction
00:36 Why choose Olympus/OM?
01:12 The difference between Olympus and OM systems
01:46 Categories of Olympus/OM systems
02:48 Tiers of Olympus/OM systems
06:54 Capturing video on Olympus/OM systems
09:30 Build quality of Olympus/OM systems
10:31 OM-D E-M1X and PEN-F review
12:24 Which Olympus/OM system is right for me?

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What is your favourite Olympus/OM system? Let us know in the comments!

[RedPhotography]

Thanks MPB for having me! It's an enjoyable video to showcase these lovely cameras (yeah, there's a MINT OM-D E-M1 with MPB if anyone wants to get it!!)

[subliminallyinc]

Jimmy Cheng is such a great presenter. great choice

[neilcousineau]

Yeah, after switching from Sony, I have been shooting Olympus cameras for 7 years now and since then I have collected and acquired 8 various Olympus digital and 2 Olympus film cameras. I am still looking for a used good condition Pen F - damm. Thanks Jimmy.

[Paulteee]

I’ve always been intrigued by Olympus (having owned the E-P1, and later E-M10ii), but am stuck in the Canon ecosystem professionally. 2023 was the year I dove deep on acquiring dated but stellar performing E-M1ii and E-P5 bodies. They’re a joy to use. Their modest size and the performance of the teeny lenses is outsized. It’s a shame people ragged on the sensor format—I feel like a lot of harm was done to a before-it’s-time system that lead so that Canon, Nikon, etc could follow. MPB has also been a big part of scooping up a system I will only intermittently use for work (95% of my jobs push low light limits, and we can all admit that’s not where OM leads), so I’m glad to see you making nice videos about a brand unfairly bullied by YouTube “experts”.

[pouchboy]

OM-D E-M5 II with 12-45 PRO is my fave kit ever.

[thilobraun]

My favourites are a EM-1 Mk 2 with the 12-40 and the EM-5 Mk 3 with the 12-45.

[Hexlord]

It's the friendly Jimmy! Nice chap~

[bonjovi]

Thank you for making this video especially for me 😁

[RickMentore]

Most informative, thanks for posting.

[aspoonfulofknowledge]

Great video! I will purchase one of these. Very happy to see what you put together.

[koya]

I bought in 2016 my first camera ever, all the cameras from Nikon, canon, leica, they’re we’re all DSLR mirror digital cameras. And this wonderful seller, he was an avid fan of Olympus. He introduced me to Olympus and I ended up buying the OM-D 10 (1th gen). It was a kit model, sold for €900. I’m still using that model, and it’s starting to bug me, though it still works fine! The specs are bugging me, especially with wildlife photography I ought to be lucky to get them focused in movement. For portraits and street photography it’s amazing. I cannot wait to upgrade to the om-1, I already made up my mind to go for the 1 series, just not sure if I should go for the latest version, or to buy the em-1 mark iii model. Both of them would be a huge upgrade from what I’ve been using, but if I am going to spend money, I don’t mind if it’s €2000 or €1000, als long as the extra money would mean I’m buying something way more decent than the version prior releases. Does anyone know the difference within the om1/em1 bodies? Any recommendations are welcome. 🙏 😊

[gordon]

Wonderful overview! But have to ask…did you try pulling the sword out of the stone?

[seanmangan]

Hi Jimmy, how you doing? Thank you for such a fact-filled video, I think my brain just gained weight! 😁

[caithnessastroandlandscape]

Love my EM1 Mark iii and EM5 Mark ii combo. My full frame Canon 6d has been astro modified and kept purely for night work, these 2 powerhouses do all my landscape stuff.

[ericaceous]

Prefer Panasonic cameras generally, but I do like my 45mm 1.8 lens. It's a lovely little thing, packs like an afterthought but produces stunning images.

[ld]

May I ask where you got that grip? It’s the orange metal colored one

[gerardoelizondo]

Great video, what about focus stacking ? which one do you recommend ?

[ridealongwithrandy]

I love both my Xseessessxsssees ... also em1.2

[mden]

Thank you for your video/review. Would you say that the OM-5 is a good entryway into the 4/3 system for a person that does mainly bird and wildlife photography? I was also looking at the Panasonic GX 85, and though it gets excellent reviews, it is an older camera and I’m not sure I would be best served by that camera for the style of photography that I’m doing. Would like to know your thoughts. Thank you.