Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
E-5
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 12 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4032 x 3024
- ISO
- Auto (200-6400), 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, 6400
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 11
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 5.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes (Pop-up)
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless plus sync connector)
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Format
- Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Speaker
- None
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 1.15× (0.57× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 920,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fully articulated
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- Compact Flash (Type I or II)/SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- BLM-5 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 870
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 800 g (1.76 lb / 28.22 oz)
- Dimensions
- 143 x 117 x 75 mm (5.63 x 4.61 x 2.95″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes (Weather and dust resistant)
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Mini HDMI type-C)
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional RM-1)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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