Apologies for the delay in posting about this camera given I have a huge collection of Canon pro gear, but in comparison to the Olympus E-M1 Mark II announcement, this camera is so under-whelming, but guess that is what we now expect from Canon.
Yep, sure, it is Canon’s best mirrorless camera but that isn’t saying much!
Oh well, here goes the specs for those die hard Canon users who think it may be useful, although on specs it probably should be better compared to the original budget level Olympus E-M10 of 2014 than a 2016 E-M1 Mark II camera as here:
| Olympus OM-D E-M1 II | Canon EOS M5 |
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| Price at Amazon.com | $US | $US1099? |
| sensor | 20mp 2x crop | 24mp 1.6x crop |
| Weight | 574g, weathersealed, freezeproof, WiFi remote |
427g WiFi remote |
| Size | 134 x 91 x 67 mm | 115.6 x 89.2 x 60.6 mm |
| image stabilisation | sensor based 5 axis 5EV + 6.5EV Sync IS | lens 2-4 EV OIS in stills, “digital IS” in movies |
| Shutter speed range | 60sec -1/8000th (1/32,000th electronic) |
30sec-1/4000th |
| Flash x-sync | 1/250th sec, slow sync, 19 output levels manual |
1/200th, ?no slow sync, 3 levels manual |
| exposure compensation range and AE bracketing | ±5 EV AE bracketing ±5 (2, 3, 5, 7 frames at 1/3 EV, 2/3 EV, 1 EV steps) |
+/- 3EV (+/- 2EV bracketing) |
| EVF | 2.35mdot, eye sensor auto switching, 120fps, 6ms reaction time |
2.36mdot, 22mm eyepoint |
| LCD screen | 1mdot articulating touch screen, AF Targeting Pad feature |
1.6mdot, tilting touch sensitive |
| video | awesome image stabilisation 4K 24/30p 236Mbps Cinema 4K quality; 4:2:2 uncompressed video directly from the HDMI port |
1080HD |
| Burst rate | 18fps with C-AF; 60fps with S-AF |
7fps with C-AF, 9fps with S-AF to max 26 jpegs |
| Top panel dual dial + 2×2 system | Yes | No |
| AF | 121pt Dual Pixel cross type CDAF/PDAF, closest eye detection AF |
45pt Dual Pixel CDAF/PDAF, face detection |
| Hi-Res mode | Yes, 50mp/25mp jpeg, 80mp RAW |
No |
| Live BULB, Live TIME, Live Composite, 60sec timed, Live Boost EVF | Yes | No |
| Dual SD card slots | Yes | No |
| Auto HDR, Auto focus stacking, Keystone compensation | Yes | No |
| Number of dedicated CDAF lenses | > 40 | 5 EF-M STM (incl 1 macro) |
| “14-28mm” pro lens | 7-14mm (14-28mm) f/2.8, 534g, 106mm long, 0.2m close focus, no filter, MF clutch, $US1299 | EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM(18-36mm) |
| “24-70mm” pro lens | 12-40mm (24-80mm) f/2.8, 382g, 84mm long, 0.2m close focus, 62mm filter, MF clutch, $US740 | EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM(29-88mm) |
| “70-200mm” pro lens | 40-150mm (80-200mm) f/2.8, 760g, 160mm long, 0.7m close focus, 72mm filter, MF clutch, $US1399, opt. 1.4x converter | EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM (88-320mm) |
| “50mm” standard prime lens | 25mm (50mm) f/1.8, 136g, 41mm long, 0.24m close focus, 46mm filter, $US349 (also other options such as Oly 25mm f/1.2) | EF-M 22mm f/2 STM (no OIS!) (36mm) |
Nice camera if they introduced it in 2011, but well behind the scene now.
But at least they haven’t given up on the mirrorless system like Nikon has done with their Nikon 1 system.
