Olympus vs Olympus

Updated on: March 2nd, 2018

This comparison article was originally produced in 2015 for MirrorLessons, the first in our family of websites dedicated to mirrorless cameras. After upgrading the comparison section of MirrorLessons to a brand new website (yep, the one you are on right now!), we began migrating older articles that are still relevant today. We also took the opportunity to update the content by including recent findings and firmware updates.

Though the OM-D E-M1 II is the obvious successor to the OM-D E-M1 and the most advanced OM-D camera to date, this isn’t the first time an OM-D camera has challenged the original flagship. The best example is certainly the OM-D E-M5 Mark II which brought several improvements and new features to the series that made it appear superior in many ways.

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Updated on: July 3rd, 2019

Heather and I have been long-time users of the OM-D E-M1. It was my main camera of choice for event work in Italy and Heather’s favourite tool for macro photography. Having a website like MirrorLessons not only allowed us to use the camera in various conditions, but also to test new firmware updates and lenses for the system. I can safely say that it is one of the cameras with which we’ve become the most familiar since we started reviewing photographic equipment four years ago.

As you can imagine, I was impatiently waiting for the announcement of its successor, the OM-D E-M1 mark II. A three-year gap between flagship models isn’t insignificant in today’s technological terms, so I was very curious to see what new features and improvements Olympus would bring to the new OM-D camera.

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