Olympus E-5 prices and specs
The Olympus E-5 was released on Sep 14, 2010. For now the lowest price for the camera is $999.00
The Olympus E-5 belongs to the category of DSLR (Digital Single Reflex) cameras what means that the E-5 shoots photographs of higher quality and has a lot of of shooting options.
The camera can make pictures at 12 megapixels max resolution. But for better picture quality the more important specification is a sensor size. This camera has a Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor. The camera with such sensor size will become the best choice if you want to take pictures of a rather good quality but don't want to use large inconvenient DSLR cameras. And if you want to shoot pictures of the professional quality check Canon EOS-1D X Mark II.
The camera has max shutter speed of 1/8000 sec. This shutter speed is above average for digital cameras and is very good for shooting fast moving subjects. The camera has articulated LCD that will let you to make amazing selfies. The photographer will be able to capture HD videos that guarantees a rather high picture quality.
The Olympus E-5 is an interchangeable and uses Four Thirds lens mount. If the event needs special photography conditions, the camera owner can change lens to a more appropriate to get the best quality photos.
The Olympus E-5 battery life will be enough to capture up to 870 pictures.
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- Sep 14, 2010
- Mid-size SLR
- 12 megapixels
- 4032 x 3024
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- CMOS
- TruePic V+
- 4:3, 16:9
- 3200 x 2400, 2560 x 1920, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 960, 640 x 480
- 13 megapixels
- Auto (200-6400), 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, 6400
- 8
- Yes (4)
- Sensor-shift
- RAW
- Superfine, Fine, Normal, Basic
- 60 sec
- 1/8000 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes (Pop-up)
- 18.00 m (at ISO 200)
- Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless plus sync connector)
- Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Slow Sync, Fill-in
- 5.0 fps
- Yes (2 or 12 sec)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- (2, 3, 5, 7 frames at 1/7 EV, 1/5 EV, 1/3 EV, 1 EV steps)
- Yes (3 frames in 2, 4, 6 steps)
- Fully articulated
- 3″
- 920,000
- No
- HyperCrystal transmissive LCD
- Yes
- Optical (pentaprism)
- 100%
- 1.15×
- 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Motion JPEG
- Stereo
- None
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Phase Detect
- Single
- Continuous
- Face Detection
- Live View
- No
- Yes
- 11
- Four Thirds
- 2×
- 800 g (1.76 lb / 28.22 oz)
- 143 x 117 x 75 mm (5.63 x 4.61 x 2.95″)
- Yes (Weather and dust resistant)
- Battery Pack
- BLM-5 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
- 870
- Compact Flash (Type I or II)/SD/SDHC/SDXC
- None
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Yes (Mini HDMI type-C)
- Yes (Optional RM-1)
- Yes
- None
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