Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
OM-D E-M1
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 16 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4608 x 3456
- ISO
- 100-25600 in 1/3EV or 1EV increments
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 100
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 81
- Manual focus
- Yes (with focus peaking)
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
- Image stabilization notes
- '5-axis' IS
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 10.0 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
- No (compact external flash included)
- External flash
- Yes (hot-shoe, wireless)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (30 fps), 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Format
- H.264, Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.74× (0.37× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 1,037,000
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- BLN-1 lithium-ion battery pack
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 350
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 497 g (1.10 lb / 17.53 oz)
- Dimensions
- 130 x 94 x 63 mm (5.13 x 3.68 x 2.48″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes (Dust, splash, freeze resistent)
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (micro HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (optional RM-UC1 wired remote)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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