It doesn't need hacking, GH3 is around the corner an will b rocking AVCHD 2.0 and probably match EM-5's strengths give or take.

Did a lot of testing with the new OM-D EM-5 the last couple of days. IS works fine with my Sachtler Artemis steadicam rig. Straight horizons are far more easily now! With arichitecture @ the side of the frame you can see the trick! Corrections can be spotted in the lines of buidings but IS is still great! M.Zuiko Digital 12mm 2.0 lens is a juwel and beautyfull crafted!

In strobing daylight shots taken from a open cabriolet car i got huge macroblocking:

Any opinions here? Do i have a bad copy or is the codec that weak??

Did also a test with la7200 anamorphic lensadapter combined with the 12mm:

pros:

• beautifull screen

• 3d pictures and good overall picture iq (see picture below)

• movement and sharpness remain a bit better while panning/zooming etc. @ 30p

• IS works beautyfully!

• nicely build & small

• very little ghosting & great AF

• good resolution

cons:

• only 30p

• no 720 50/60

• weak codec - not fit for fast changing/flickering light with fast movement

• no M control in video while filming (maybe i need to read the manual?)

• no MF assist with manual glass

• no omnidirectional screen

• quite expensive

• no build in mikejack (sold as a accessoire)

Pic below is shot with the Leica 25mm lens:

@rojover i interested in your SEMA-1 mod, put your photos or draw please.

I think integrate mic of E-M5 is better that Olympus mic ME-51S of SEMA-1. Mic ME-51S is very poor in music bass. Audio Technica ATR-3350 i think cheap and good mic to connect SEMA-1 adapter. Rhode Videomic pro stereo is good also, but expensive.

NEX system have small problem, have only 7 digital native lenses available now. m4/3 have 30 lens or more

@JOSELUISGARCI Seriously? On a forum where everyone speaks english, you decide to speak spanish (or portugese?) and believe everyone will understand. But on I side note, I do agree that 35mbps and those framerates would a fine addition, although I understand that the hacking process is very hard and doubt it will happen.

I hope other companies will take note from the GoPro and make their own "ProTune".

Another review:

http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/06/02/omd/

Music video recording with Olympus E-M5 and Olympus i-SPEED PL

@ahbleza Sorry E-M5 have HDMI out only usable to playback photos and videos, not usable to capture video and not usable to use in live view when shooting photo o video. And don't think official update firmware to fix this. :-( Hope is a hack. :-)

Geeky EM-5 camera review from John Brawley

http://johnbrawley.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/omg-its-an-om-d-warning-geeky-camera-review-follows/

@fabrys , "film look" very nice colors, is it graded or straight from the camera ?

@oboemaroni I've been emailing them since they released the original PEN. They just don't understand video and why anyone would want other frame rates let alone better codecs, despite the fact that they make some great lenses that would be ideally suited for cine use.

jb

@johnbrawley That's frustrating. I really want a camera which is as good for video as the GH2, but with stabilisation and better stills abilities. The OM-D looks great but for the key problems with codecs and frame rates. Looks like I'm going to have to get a Sony instead, which is a shame for me and for Olympus!