Je recherchais un boitier léger, à pouvoir glisser facilement dans un sac pour un week-end de deux ou trois jours, le porter autour du cou pendant mes randonnées au fin fond de l'Italie, sans porter 1,5 kg autour sur les épaules comme mon plein format Pentax (que j'adore). Ce petit boitier couplé à un 17mn était exactement ce que je cherchais : un compromis tout à fait acceptable. Désormais, je le mets même tous les matins dans mon sac avant de partir au travail. Et il sera dans mon sac photo pour 3 jours à Rome en juin. Pour résumer, léger, compact, discret, réactif et facile à utiliser.

Fantastic, compact, and lightweight camera. With a small prime lens, it even fits in a jacket pocket. Yet, it still feels great in hand. The most important buttons are within easy reach, and I can even operate it one-handed. The customization options are overwhelming (the manual has five hundred pages!). It has some cool features that you won’t find on cameras from other brands, like Live ND or Handheld HiRes (which actually works and is quite impressive). I’m thrilled!

Not just about wildlife, it's great for nightlife. With the OM3 now on the shelves, you may be at a crossroads, let me start by saying the newer camera, does look delightful and feature packed, but if you are a photographer, seasoned or mature, you can't go wrong with the OM5, it is a delightful powerhouse of a tiny camera, that has held up against any FF DSLR, I have used in conjunction with thither the OM5 or EM5 Mk3, these cameras aren't just great for the outdoors, but incredible at capturing nightlife, and not just the busy city streets, but indoor, low light events. I have been fortunate to take this through it's paces from the great outdoors to close intimate gigs. After two years of having this in my bag every day, my mind is still blown by the ability to handle pretty much anything I throw at it. From small gigs above a pub to big shows, street shoots, city, sea and landscapes, it's more than a camera, it's a companion!

Un super appareil photo, Tres performant. avec une bonne définition de photo. Il a une très grande compacité et légèreté. J'aime beaucoup le live composite, l'AF pour les étoiles. J'aime faire des poses longue, alors j'adore les filtres ND intégrés. Un appareil performant qui tient dans la poche. Un Régal; J'adore!

I use my OM5 mainly for architectural photography. The image quality is fantastic, sharp from corner to corner, where to 12-24 F4 Pro lens add it’s share. I absolutely love it and recommend it for other then the advertised outdoor activities as well. I can’t help feeling sorry for fellow photographers lugging their big clunky equipment around.

I bought my OM5 in May this year to revisit my photography hobby from the 1990s. I got it with the 12-45mm F4.0 kit lens. I was amazed by the hand held ability of this fantastic camera. I used to do landscape photography but as I was very busy with work I explored my garden for photo opportunities. The image stabilisation and amazing auto focus capabilities gave me very encouraging results from the start. Macro is now my favourite genre and the OM5 never disappoints

idéal pour la photo de sculptures, du monument entier en haute définition (même sans trépied, même en nacelle) aux infimes détails (restes de polychromies, micro-fossiles) en empilement de focus

My Panasonic GX7 sadly died and after much deliberation I settled on the OM-5. I'm so glad I did, it does everything I want and a whole lot more I've not fully worked out yet! Yes there are some compromises compared to either OM-1 or Panasonic G9 or indeed full frame cameras notably viewfinder size and possibly ultimate low light performance but they are worth it to me for the compact and light size. The performance and quality of images, the really useful focus stacking and live nd are 1st class.

so good i now have two.

Appareil très facile et très agréable à utiliser. Fait de très belles photos, pas besoin de trépied ni d'accessoires encombrants. Juste deux défauts, pourquoi ne pas avoir adopté les menus de l'OM 1, et il manque la reconnaissance des animaux.