Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
OM-D E-M5 III
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 20 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.4 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 5184 x 3888
- ISO
- Auto, 200-25600, expands to 64-25600
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 64
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 121
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
- Image stabilization notes
- 5-axis
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Maximum shutter speed (electronic)
- 1/32000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 30.0 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 (via hotshoe)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- No
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 1.37× (0.68× 35mm equiv.)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 1,040,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fully articulated
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-II supported)
- Battery description
- BLS-50 lithium-ion battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 310
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 414 g (0.91 lb / 14.60 oz)
- Dimensions
- 125 x 85 x 50 mm (4.92 x 3.35 x 1.97″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (micro-HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (wired and via smartphone)
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