Hmmm, tough to tell, can't see the back. What would be cool is if someone made an adapter for the old Canon CG-580.
This thing feels awesome, much better than expected. My wife, who knows nothing about cameras, was shocked to hear that I sold off my Canon/Nikon gear for Olympus. She says it's like buying a Yugo. Kind of an ongoing joke around here now, I'm playing with my Yugo.
All the generic chargers have foldout prongs, so there are no cables. The Wasabi and Progo batteries are good but I have one (name not on the battery) that is just a tiny bit bigger than the Olympus, Wasabi and Progo batteries. It's easy enough to insert the battery but it's a pain to get it out. I had no trouble with the E-M5 though but apparently the E-M1 battery compartment is more snug, so if your generic battery is even very slightly bigger it may get stuck in the E-M1 battery compartment.
Okay, speaking of first impressions, I have a bit of a like.dislike problem with the E-M1 EVF.
Is the color cast normal? I can't seem to adjust it to provide accurate colors. The rear LCD looks fine, the images look fine but the EVF has a pretty prominent blue cast to it. I was able to slightly improve it with some tweaks in the menus but still not quite what I would expect.
Blue cast? You may have shifted your WB to tungsten or something else … other than Auto.
Michael H wrote:
Okay, speaking of first impressions, I have a bit of a like.dislike problem with the E-M1 EVF.
Is the color cast normal? I can't seem to adjust it to provide accurate colors. The rear LCD looks fine, the images look fine but the EVF has a pretty prominent blue cast to it. I was able to slightly improve it with some tweaks in the menus but still not quite what I would expect.
bobbytan wrote:
All the generic chargers have foldout prongs, so there are no cables. The Wasabi and Progo batteries are good but I have one (name not on the battery) that is just a tiny bit bigger than the Olympus, Wasabi and Progo batteries. It's easy enough to insert the battery but it's a pain to get it out. I had no trouble with the E-M5 though but apparently the E-M1 battery compartment is more snug, so if your generic battery is even very slightly bigger it may get stuck in the E-M1 battery compartment.
I have one third party battery for my DP2M that fits snug. Had a hard time taking it out of the camera, and, in a fit of disgruntlement I took a piece of sand paper to it. Now if fits fine and works great. Looks terrible though.
Speaking of rolling impressions, I like my E-M1 a lot. However it's my first ever digital camera (outside of cheap P&Ses) which had to be repaired. The issue was with the rear dial -- it clicks and turns but may or may not change the values assigned to it. If e.g. set to control the aperture, three clicks of the dial would change the aperture anywhere between zero and three steps. I understand that it's a common problem.
I have been using an IEC 60320-C7 adapter -- which is basically a right angle plug that works perfectly with the charger that comes with the EM1 -- makes it nice and compact and it stays on the in the camera bag too! Here is what it look like:
And the best part is you can get them from Amazon for $5.99 here Other places on the internet have them for less then that if you look around. Works great form me!
corndog wrote:
What are you guys using for a charger? Just picked up one of these and the charger has something called a "cord", it's just like the one that came with my old Canon 10D from 1982, but I parked it next to my VCR and fax machine and used the one from 1983, which has the folding prongs, nice tidy package. Is there a charger I can buy that does not require
Within five months of purchase, the rear dial had become increasingly stiffer, eventually seizing up, and I had to reassign its functions to the front dial. Then the electrics/electronics for the FL-LM2, as master RC control became very unreliable (while always emitting a flash) due to some loose fit or contact problem with the socket below the back of the hot shoe.
This is appalling for the flagship model. It is currently away (3 weeks so far) for repair under warranty. The quality of the images is irrelevant if the camera does not function mechanically or electrically.
I haven't heard of many issues besides the rear dial. The build definitely *feels* excellent. I'd like to know if anyone who's had the dial fixed has seen it come up again.
