Olympus E-P5 vs Nikon 1 V1, The newly announced Olympus E-P5 features bigger M 4/3 format sensor and more megapixels compared to Nikon 1 V2 on the other hand Nikon 1 V2 offers advance AF System and better Video Mode.
Sensor: 14.2MP 13.2 x 8.8mm CMOS sensor , Olympus E-P5 features 16.1MP Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) Live MOS sensor, so with bigger sensor size you get better low light performance and wide dynamic range.
AF System: Nikon V2’s features Advanced Hybrid Autofocus System that combines two technology – Phase + Contrast Detect AF system, With Phase detect AF system Nikon V2 have 73 AF points and Contrast detect System have 135 AF points. Nikon V2 offers much faster focusing and shooting at up to 60 frames per second (with AF locked). Without AF locked, maximum continuous shooting speed is 15fps.
Olympus E-P5 have Contrast based AF system but due to the advance Frequency Acceleration Sensor Technology (F.A.S.T.) for Faster AutoFous Speed, the F.A.S.T technology works in AF in Single, Continuous and Tracking modes. In High Speed mode, up to 9 fps can be shot at full resolution with a maximum of 15 frames in RAW and 19 frames in JPEG. .
Video: Nikon V2 offers Full HD Video @ 60fps, Olympus E-P5 limited to 30fps at Full HD Video Recording.
Display: Olympus E-P5 have high-resolution 1037K tilting display unit with touch control,Nikon 1 V2 have fixed display unit with 921K TFT LCD.
Viewfinder: Nikon 1 V2 offers built-in viewfinder, optional viewfinder available with E-P5
WiFi: E-P5 features built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, Nikon V2 optional WU-1b Wireless Adapter is available.
Verdict: For still shooters we highly Recommend to Buy Olympus E-P5, But for sports shooters and videographers we recommend Nikon 1 V2.
Olymous E-P5 vs Sony NEX 6 Specification comparison review, Sony Alpha NEX 6 features bigger sensor and advance Hybrid AF system, on the other hand newly announced olympus E-P5 features Micro 4/3 sensor and contrast based F.A.S.T AF system,
Sensor: Sony NEX 6 gives you bigger sensor with much larger photodiode compared to Olympus E-P5, so its no doubt that the NEX 6 will give you better low-light result and more dynamic range.
AF system: Olympus uses Frequency Acceleration Sensor Technology (F.A.S.T.) developed by Olympus few years back, Olympus E-P3 and OMD E-M5 camera uses the same technology (F.A.S.T System). The AF speed of Frequency Acceleration Sensor Technology based camera are blazing fast, on the other hand Sony NEX 6 uses Hybrid AF system that combines Phase and Contrast detect method, NEX 6 have Phase AF pixels active during still and video mode, so both camera gives you the most advance AF system available today.
Based on different lighting / test condition, Hybrid AF system (Phase+Contrast) is more recommended over contrast based AF system.
NEX 6 also offers bit fast continuous shooting speed compared to Olympus E-P5.
Image Stabilization: Olympus features built-in image stabilization, No IS available in NEX 6.
Video: Sony NEX 6 can capture Full HD video @ 60fps, Olympus E-P5 limited to 30 fps only at Full HD mode.
Display: Olympus E-P5 features high resolution touch display, no touch display available in NEX 6
Verdict: Based on Specification Comparison we recommend you to buy Sony NEX 6
Magic Lantern will soon bring a new firmware update for Canon 5D Mark III to enable RAW video output is now available, With canon usual firmware loaded in the 5D Mark III you get video as a compressed H.264 stream, rather than the pure Raw video.
A Magic Lantner forum member (laurenco) shouted that he was able to get 1928×902 RAW output, but video stops after 700 frames due to limited buffer,
I did a quick test in Raw mode. I wanted to see how much higher I could do above 720p. I tried 1928×850 and 1928×902. I think it was 902. 902 the buffer would fill up and video stops after 700 frames or so. At 850 I am able to get continuous recordi
Now its true that Third-party firmware hack Magic Lantern has managed to do something absolutely amazing,
Download the Alpha Version of 5D Mk III ML firmware
The first video is taken with 5D Mk III – native compression @ 1080p x 24 fps and the second taken with the new Magic Lantern firmware – Uncompressed RAW video.
A new video surfaced over the web, you can clearly see adapter taken from a box with Metabones logo / brand name easily fitted over Canon EOS M mirrorless camera, the AF is working smoothly and Max available aperture is F2.0.
About Metabone Speedbooster – Mounted between a mirrorless camera and a SLR lens, Speed Booster increases maximum aperture by 1 stop (hence its name), increases MTF and makes lens wider by a factor of 0.71x. Optics designed by Caldwell Photographic in the USA (patent pending).
Olympus announced the E-PL6 PEN in Japan, The E-PL6 features same sensor as recently announced Olympus E-P5 and E-M5 Mirrorless Camera, but to cut cost the camera doesn’t have 5 axis image stabilization and WiFi lik E-P5, so we can say that E-PL6 is a affordable version of E-P5 Mirrorless camera.
What’s New in E-PL6
Short Release Time Lag mode with a shutter lag of just 44 milliseconds, an ISO 100/21° equivalent “ISO LOW” setting, a new interval shooting function, a dual-axis electronic level gauge, a “small AF target” mode and the ability to create time-lapse movie clips in-camera.
Olympus finally announced the Olympus E-P5 flagship Micro Four Thirds PEN mirrorless camera , the E-P5 features same 16 megapixel Live MOS sensor and 5-axis image stabilization system of the OM-D E-M5, the E-P5 processing is powered by TruePic VI Image Processor, on the rear side we have a large 3-inch 1.04-million-dot tilting touchscreen, the E-P5 can make 1080/30p HD videos + we also have a time-lapse maker, and 12 Art Filters.
Major Features
16.1MP Live MOS Sensor
TruePic VI Image Processor
3.0″ Tilt Touchscreen LCD
Full HD 1080p Video in MOV & AVI Formats
Built-In Wi-Fi Connectivity
5 Axis Image Stabilization with IS Auto
9 fps Burst Shooting; 1/8000s Shutter
Built-In Flash with Wireless Capability
What’s New
E-P5 is the world’s first mirrorless camera equipped with a 1/8000 sec. high-speed mechanical shutter , WiFi introduced in PEN Series with E-P5, you can share your videos and images with smart devices.
Canon 70D
Earlier we have posted that Canon 70D may arrive at June 2013 (see here), But according few emails we received last week Canon 70D is expected to be announced on Aug/Sep 2013, the 70D will feature newly developed 18mp Sensor (Same as SL1), DIGIC 6 image processor, 6.5fps continuous shooting speed, in-built WiFi and GPS.
Canon 7D Mark II
No 7D Mark II coming in 2013, Canon 7D Mark II is rumored to be announced on Q1 of 2014. With Newly developed 24 Mp Sensor and advance core specification.
Canon 5D Mark IV It’s too early to talk about next 5D, but according to latest rumors we are getting, next 5D will not push megapixels, but will in fact push image quality, noise reduction and better Video mode. Schedule to arrive on September 2015.
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