Olympus OM-D E-M5 Digital Camera Review

Image Quality

The Olympus OM-D E-M5 features a new 16-megapixel sensor that has greatly improved dynamic range and high ISO performance. It also produces very sharp images, though the camera does dial up the edge enhancement a bit. The one thing we did notice was that color accuracy has taken a bit of a dive compared to the earlier PEN-series cameras, though it's still quite good. Overall, we think the new sensor is a big step forward in terms of image quality for Olympus and we expect to see more of this sensor in 2012's PEN models, in addition to this new OM-D series.