Olympus E-M10 Mark II Packs Features with Budget Price

Olympus OM-D line of professional grade Micro Four Thirds system camera offers three levels of model line-up each at different price point with varying degree of features and performance.  The great news for consumers is that the entry model, OM-D EM-10, is inheriting some of the high end features from the bigger siblings rather quickly.

One of the most renowned and powerful technology found in OM-D series is its 5-axis image stabilization, a feature that smooth out handshake, allowing the photographers to capture super crisp images when combined with its ultra fast auto focus system.

First introduced with OM-D EM-5 model, it is now carried over to the new OM-D EM-10 MkII.  The built-in EVF using OLED now boast 2.36 million dots, almost double of that found in its first generation.

The original EM-10 will still be sold until the supply last.  You can actually get one at a super deal today. Check out the price at Amazon

The new EM-10 Mark II will be available in September with estimated price of $799.99 with a 14-42mm EZ kit lens or $649.99 for body only.

Full Specification

Product Type

Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens system camera

Memory

SD Memory Card (SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I/II compatible, Eye-Fi Card compatible* ) *Not compatible with Endless Memory.

Sensor size

17.3mm (H) x 13.0mm (V)

Lens mount

Micro Four Thirds Mount

IMAGE SENSOR

Product type

4/3 Live MOS Sensor

Number of pixels / aspect ratio

Number of effective pixels: Approx. 16.1 million pixels Total number of pixels: Approx. 17.2 million pixels Aspect ratio: 1.33 (4:3)

Dust reduction

Supersonic Wave Filter (image sensor dust reduction system)

RECORDING(STILL)

Recording format

DCF, DPOF compatible / Exif, PRINT Image Matching III, MPO compatible

File format

RAW (12-bit lossless compression), JPEG, RAW+JPEG, MPO(3D still)

Recording image size

RAW: 4608 x 3456 pixels
JPEG: 4608 x 3456 pixels - 640 x 480 pixels

IMAGE STABILIZATION SYSTEM

Type

Built-in 5-axis* sensor-shift image stabilization for movie and still photos
*compensates for yaw/pitch/roll/vertical shift/horizontal shift

Modes

S-IS AUTO, S-IS1, S-IS2, S-IS3, OFF

Live View image stabilization

Activation by half-press　or　enlarging view

Focal length setting

Adjustable

Lens IS priority

Selectable

Stabilization performance

4.0 EV steps*
*Based on CIPA measurement conditions.
When using M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-6.3 EZ (focal length =42mm (35mm equivalent with 84mm))

Available manual focal length setting

Input focal length: 8, 9, 10, 12, 15,16, 17.5,18, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35, 40, 42.5, 48, 50, 55, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 105, 120, 135, 150, 180, 200, 210, 250, 300, 350, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000

VIEWFINDER

Finder type

Eye-level OLED viewfinder, approx. 2.36M-dot

Field of view / Viewfinder magnification

Approx. 100% / Approx. 1.08x*1 - 1.23x*2 (-1m-1, 50mm lens, Infinity) *1: at Finder Style 1, 2 (aspect 4:3) *2: at Finder Style 3 (aspect 4:3)

Eye point / Diopter adjustment range

Approx. 19.2mm (-1m-1, Distance from rear lens surface) / -4 ~ +2m-1

Preview

Live View preview with depth of field preview lock

Display Grid

Off, normal grid, golden grid, scale, diagonal, movie grid

Level Gauge

2-axis (horizontal/vertical) level gauge

Finder Style

3 styles

Brightness / color temperature control

Adaptive brightness technology, ±2 level manual control /±3 level manual control

S-OVF (Simulated OVF)

Expands the Live View dynamic range.
*Available in the EVF when in P, A, S and M modes. Art filter, WB and exposure are not reflected in EVF.

Eyecup

Interchangeable with separately available EP-16 eyecup

LIVE VIEW

Live View

Approx. 100% field of view,
exposure compensation preview, WB adjustment preview,
gradation preview, face detection preview (up to 8 faces),
grid line, magnification display (x3/x5/x7/x10/x14), 

Display modes: Standard, Histogram, Highlight & Shadow, Level Gauge, Off (Image Only)

Preview

Preview with depth of field preview lock

MONITOR

Monitor type

3.0-inch tilting monitor*
*Approx.1040k dots (3:2), electrostatic capacitance touch panel

Touch control

Shutter release, magnification, AF area selection, AF area size adjustment, frame forward/backward, magnified playback, Live Guide, Super Control Panel, Art Filter selection, scene mode selection, Wi-Fi connection,

Tilting capability

Upward tilting angle: up to 85 degrees
Downward tilting angle: up to 45 degrees

Brightness / color temperature control

±7 levels / ±7 levels

Color Tone Selection

Vivid / Natural

FOCUSING

AF system

High-speed imager AF

Focus mode

Single AF (S-AF) / Continuous AF (C-AF) / Manual Focus (MF) / S-AF + MF / AF tracking (C-AF + TR)

Full-time AF

Yes

Magnified frame AF

Selectable from over 800 AF points
Selectable magnification: x3, x5, x7, x10(Default), x14
Super Spot AF*
*Available only when a Micro Four Thirds lens is attached

Face detection AF / Eye detection AF

With 
Eye Detection AF mode: off / nearer-eye priority / right-eye priority / left-eye priority

Focusing point / Focusing point selection　mode

81-area multiple AF
All target, group target area (9-area), single target(normal), single target(small)

AF targeting pad

With *Activate/deactivate with double tap on rear monitor

AF illuminator

With

Manual focus assist

Focus ring rotation activates Live View image magnification and/or focus peaking when in S-AF+MF or MF mode

Peaking function

Activate with Fn button or focus ring
Change peaking settings using the Info button
color selection: white, black, red, yellow
Intensity selection: high, normal, low
Back light effect: on, off

EXPOSURE CONTROL

Metering system
(TTL Image sensor metering)

Digital ESP metering (324-area multi pattern metering), centre-weighted average metering, spot metering, spot metering with highlight control, spot metering with shadow control

Metering range

EV -2 - 20 (using 17mm f2.8, ISO 100)

Exposure mode

i Auto, P: Program AE (Program shift can be performed), A: Aperture priority AE,
S: Shutter priority AE, M: Manual, Bulb, Time, Scene select AE, Art Filter,
Underwater wide / macro* , My Set 1-4
*Selectable from menu as a function on Fn button
*My set can be set to mode dial function

Scene select AE

Portrait, e-Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Sport, Hand-held Starlight*1, Night scene, Night + Portrait, Children, High Key, Low Key, DIS mode, Macro, Nature Macro, Candle, Sunset, Documents, Panorama, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Fisheye Conv., Wide Conv., Macro Conv.,Panning, 3D*2, *1 8 images automatically shot and combined into a single image composite *2 For 3D lens(H-FT012 by Panasonic) only, still photo only

ISO sensitivity

AUTO ISO: LOW(approx. 100) ‐25600 (customizable, Defalut:LOW-1600) Manual ISO: LOW(approx.100), 200 - 25600, 1/3 or 1 EV steps selectable

Exposure compensation

Still photo ±5 EV, movie ±3 EV, with selectable EV adjustment steps (1/3, 1/2, 1)
*HDR shooting, monitor and EVF displays only up to ±3 EV.

AE lock

Locks with a half-press of the shutter button (can be set to Fn button as well)

SHUTTER

Shutter type

Focal-plane shutter / 1/4000 - 60 sec., with selectable EV adjustment steps (1/3, 1/2, 1) Bulb/Time: selectable exposure time (1/2/4/8/15/20/25/30 min.), with 8-min. default setting

FLASH

Flash intensity control　method

TTL Auto, Auto*, Manual, Super FP*(FP-TTL AUTO, FP-MANUAL)
*Available on the external flash

Built-in flash

TTL Flash, GN=5.8 (ISO100・m) / GN= 8.2 (ISO200・m)

Bundled standard flash

-

Flash mode

Flash Auto, Redeye, Fill-in, Flash Off, Red-eye Slow sync.(1st curtain), Slow sync.(1st curtain), Slow sync.(2nd curtain), Manual（1/1（FULL）～1/64

synchronization speed

1/250 sec.
FL-LM3: 1/250 sec, FL-50R: 1/180sec., Others:1/200sec., Super FP:1/125-1/4000sec., RC mode:1/160sec.

Flash intensity control

Up to ±3 EV in 0.3, 0.5, 1 EV steps selectable

Compatible external flash

FL-50R, FL-36R, FL-20, FL-14, FL-300R, FL-600R, FL-LM3

WIRELESS FLASH CONTROL

Compatible external flash

FL-50R, FL-36R, FL-300R, FL600R, FL-LM3

Control method

Triggered and controlled by thebuilt-in flash
(Olympus Wireless RC Flash system compatible)

External Flash intensity type

TTL Auto, Auto, Manual, FP-TTL-AUTO, FP-MANUAL

Channel

4 channels

Groups

4 groups: 3 external flash + 1 commander flash*
*Built-in flash, FL-600R, FL-LM3

DRIVE

Sequential shooting maximum　speed

"[Sequential shooting H mode]　approx 8.5 fps
*IS OFF
*Focus and exposure are fixed at the values for the first shot.
[Sequential shooting L mode]　approx 4.0 fps
*When using the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 14‐42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ

Max. recordable pictures
on sequential shooting *

[RAW] Max. ∞ frames (in 4.0 seq. shooting L) Max. 22 frames (in 8.5 seq. shooting H)
[JPEG] Max. ∞ frames (in 4.0 seq. shooting L) Max. 36 frames (in 8.5 seq. shooting H)
*When using the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f2.8 Pro
*With TOSHIBA SDHC UHS-II R260・W240　EXCERIA™ PRO　

Self-timer

Operation time: 12 sec., 2 sec., custom (Waiｔ time: 1-30sec., Shot interval: 0.5/1/2/3sec., Number of shots: 1-10, Every time AF: ON/OFF)

BRACKETING

Exposure bracketing

2, 3 or 5 frames in 0.3/0.7/1.0EV steps selectable, 7 frames in 0.3/0.7EV steps selectable
*AE-BKT can be programmed to the Fn-button.

ISO bracketing

3 frames in 0.3/0.7/1.0EV steps selectable

White balance bracketing

3 frames in 2, 4, 6 steps selectable in each A-B/G-M axis.

Flash bracketing

3 frames in 0.3/0.7/1.0EV step selectable

Art Filter bracketing

i-Enhance, Vivid, Natural, Muted, Portrait, Monotone, Custom, Art Filters selectable

Focus bracketing

3 to 999 shots, focus steps adjustable from 1 to 10 (compatible with Micro Four Thirds lenses)

HDR FUNCTION

HDR(Auto composite)

HDR1, HDR2 (painting-like)
※ISO sensitivity is fixed at 200, and maximum shutter speed setting is 1 sec.
※Exposure compensation can be performed.

Bracketing　for　HDR　postprocess

3 or 5 frames in 2.0/3.0EV steps selectable, 7 frames in 2.0EV steps selectable.
*This function does not execute HDR processing in PC.
*HDR function can be assigned to the Fn-button.

ART FILTER

Mode (Variation / Effect)

Pop Art (I, II / a.b.c.d.e.f.)
Soft Focus ( - / c.e.)
Pale & Light color (I, II / a.b.c.d.f.)
Light Tone ( - / d.f.)
Grainy Film (I, II / b.c.d.g.h)
Pin Hole (I, II, III / d.)
Diorama ( I,II / d.)
Cross Process (I, II / b.c.d.f.)
Gentle Sepia ( - / a.b.c.d.f.)
Dramatic Tone (I / b.c.d.e.f.) (II　/ b.c.d.e.f.g.h)
Key Line (I, II / a.b.c.d.e.)
Watercolor　(I, II / a.b.c.d.)
Vintage (I, II, III / a.b.c.d.e.f.i)
Partial color　(I, II, III / a.b.c.d.e.f)

Art Effect

a. Soft Focus Effect
b. Pin-Hole Effect
c. White Edge Effect
d. Frame Effect
e. Star Light Effect
f. Blur Effect (Top & bottom, Left & Right)
g. B&W Effect (None, Yellow, Orange, Red, Green)
h. Pict. Tone (None, Sepia, Blue, Purple, Green)
i. Shade Effect (Top & bottom, Left & Right)

color Ring (for partial color)

18 color selectable

PHOTO STORY

Type (Variation / Flame / Number of divided parts)

Standard （Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ / a, b, c, d / A, B, C, D
Speed ( - / - /　A, E, F)
Zoom in / out (Ⅰ,Ⅱ/ a, c / A, G)
Layout (Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ / －/ -)
Fun Frame (Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ /－/－)

Frame Effect

a. White Frame
b. White Frame & White Edge Effect
c. Black Frame
d. White Frame & Pin Hole Effect

Aspect　＆Window Pattern

A. 4:3, 2 frames
B. 4:3, 3 frames
C. 1:1. 2 frames
D. 1:1, 3 frames
E. 1:1, 4 frames
F. 16:9. 5 frames
G.16:9, 2 frames

Hold function

With

MOVIE

Recording format

MOV(MPEG-4AVC/H.264) , AVI(Motion JPEG)

Mode / frame rate / compression method

〔MOV〕
1920x1080（FHD）　/　30p, 25p, 24p　/　ALL-I (A-I),　IPB（SF,F,N）
1920x1080（FHD）　/　60p, 50p　/　IPB（SF, F, N）
1280x720(HD）　/　60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p　/　ALL-I (A-I),　IPB（SF,F,N）
*60p： 59.94 fps、50p： 50.00 fps、30p： 29.97 fps、25p： 25.00 fps、24p： 23.98 fps
*FHD ALL-I (A-I： approx. 77Mbps)
*FHD IPB（SF： approx. 52Mbps、F： approx. 30Mbps、N： approx. 18Mbps）
〔AVI〕
1280 x 720(HD) / 30p
640 x 480(SD) / 30p
*Frame rates may drop when particular Art Filters and Movie Effect are used
*Class 10 or higher SD card is recommended for shooting movies
*UHS-II or UHS-I U3 card is recommended for ALL-I shooting.

Maximum recording time

[MOV]
Approx. 29min
[AVI]
HD: Approx. 7min* / SD: Approx. 14min*
*Excluding when particular Art Filters are used

Art Filter Movie

With Frame rate: 30 fps or lower.

Movie Effect

One-shot Echo / Multi-echo / Art Fade / Old Film

One-push Movie Digital Teleconveter

×4 (can be activated only in Movie Mode with Movie Effect on)

Time Lapse

AVI Motion JPEG
3840 × 2160 (4K/5fps)
1920 × 1080 (FHD)/5 fps, 10 fps, 15 fps
1280 × 720 (HD)/5 fps, 10fps, 15fps, 20fps

Photo in Movie

With (mode1* / mode2) *mode1 is available when recording framerate is less than 30p.

Clips

1, 2, 4, 8 sec
(Further continued shooting possible by pressing movie record button again)

Quick Movie / Slow Movie

With/With

High Speed Movie

Available at 120 fps, 640 X 480

Image stabilization for Movie

M-IS1(Image sensor shift and electronic image stabilizer with multi motion IS),
M-IS2(Image sensor shift with multi motion IS), Off
*Field of view is affected at M-IS1. Lens-IS priority is available.

Grid Line / Focus Peaking

4 types of grid lines / 4 colors for focus peaking

Time code

Rec run/free run, drop frame/non-drop frame

Live View Output via HDMI

With (GUI* is shown on connected device only, and peaking function is not available when connected by HDMI.) *GUI can be hidden on the connected device by pressing down on INFO button for recording an external drive under the following condition. Movie quality: YCbCr 4:2:2 / Frame rate: same as movie setting (24p, 30p and 60p settings are not recommended.) / Sound recording: not available

Exposure Control

Program AE, aperture priority AE, shutter priority AE, manual

AE Lock

With

AUDIO RECORDING

Recording format

Wave Format (Stereo linear PCM/16-bit, Sampling frequency 48kHz)

Microphone / Speaker

Built-in stereo microphone / Built-in mono speaker

Microphone function

Wind noise reduction*, Recording volume, Microphone volume limiter
Audio dubbing possible for still pictures (up to 30 sec.)
*May affect audio quality.

WHITE BALANCE

White balance mode

Auto WB, 7 Preset WBs, 4 Capture WBs, Custom WB(Kelvin setting)

White balance compensation

±7 steps in each A-B/G-M axis * Except for Custom WB

color matrix

sRGB, Adobe RGB

Mode

i-Enhance, Vivid, Natural, Muted, Portrait, Monotone, Custom, e-Portrait, color creater, Art Filters

Gradation

Auto, Normal, High Key, Low Key [except Art Filters]

KEYSTONE COMPENSATION

Keystone Compensation

Yes (can be confirmed on Live View)

ANTI-SHOCK MODE

Shutter Type / Shutter Speed

Electronic first curtain shutter / 1/320* - 60 sec *For speeds over 1/320 sec., mechanical shutter will automatically be selected.

Shutter start delay

0, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15. 30 sec

SILENT MODE

Shutter Type / Shutter Speed

Electronic shutter / 1/16000 - 60 sec

Shutter start delay

0, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30 sec

LIVE BULB, LIVE TIME

Update interval time

0.5 sec - 60 sec

LIVE COMPOSITE

Update interval time / composite method

0.5 sec - 60 sec / Lighten Mode (Bright area prioritisation)

INTERVAL MODE

Interval Mode

Interval Time 1sec. - 24 Hours, maximum 999 frames.
Automatic Time-lapse movie processing aviailable.

MULTI EXPOSURE

Number of picture / Function

2 frames / Auto gain, Exposing on Recorded picture(RAW)

MULTI ASPECT

Aspect Ratio

4:3(Default) / 3:2 / 16:9 / 1:1 / 3:4

LEVEL GAUGE

Detection

2-axis

ONE PUSH TELECONVERTER

Magnification

x2

WI-FI

GPS info. Function

Via smartphone GPS data

Wireless Shooting

Live View, Rec View, Wireless Touch AF shutter, Self Timer (w/Countdown guidance, Sequential shooting, movie recording capability), Wireless Release, Movie Recording, Power Off
iAuto / ART / P / A / S / M (Live Bulb, Live Time and Live Composite) and drive mode can be selected.*
Aperture, shutter speed, exposure, ISO sensitivity, white balance can be adjusted.*
*When in private connection

Easy Connection

QR code setting

TETHERED SHOOTING

Tethered shooting

Incompatible

PLAYBACK MODE

Playback mode

Single-frame, Information display, Index display (4/9/25/100 frames), Clips, Calendar, Enlargement (2x - 14x), Movie (with sound, FF/REW/Pause), Picture rotation (auto), Slideshow (with sound including BGM, Slide show effects, replaceable BGM), Light Box display

Information display

Histogram (independent luminance / RGB available), Highlight/Shadow point warning, AF frame, Photographic information, OFF

MENU

Languages

34 languages selectable:
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovakian, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Rumanian, Indonesian, Malay, Thai

IMAGE EDITING

Editing function

RAW data edit, Gradation auto, Monochrome, Sepia, Red-eye fix, Saturation, Resize (1280x960, 640x480, 320x240), Trimming, Aspect, e-Portrait, Image Overlay, Postrecording

RAW data edit

RAW data edit based on settings of the camera (including e-Portrait, color Creator, Art Filter, ART-BKT). 2 programmable settings, preview capability.

PRINT

Print function

Print reservation (DPOF), Direct print (PictBridge compatible)

INPUT, OUTPUT

USB/AV/Remote control connector

Dedicated multi-connector [USB: USB2.0 Hi-Speed, Video: NTSC/PAL selectable, Optional Remote cable RM-UC1 compatible.]

HDMI connector

Micro HDMI (type-D)

Flash attachment

Hot shoe

Wireless LAN

Built-in (IEEE 8.02.1b/g/n)

PC interface

USB2.0 Hi-Speed

TV interface

HDMI out(HD / stereo), video out(SD / mono)

POWER

Battery

BLS-50 Li-ion battery (included)

Sleep mode

Available (1/3/5 min. off)

Number of recordable pictures

Approx. 320 shots using BLS-50 and TOSHIBA SD with IS ON, based on CIPA testing standards
Approx. 750 shots when shot in Quick Sleep Mode, based on CIPA testing standards

Battery Life

Approx. 80 minutes* (under standard JEITA testing)
Approx. 150 minutes* (when zoom and other operational functions are not used)
*When repeatedly recording at the maximum time of 29 minutes

DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT

Dimensions

119.5mm (W) x 83.1mm (H) x 46.7mm (D)
[CIPA guideline compliant, excluding protrusions]

RAW data edit

RAW data edit based on settings of the camera (including e-Portrait, Color Creator, Art Filter, ART-BKT).
2 programmable settings, preview capability.

Weight

Approx. 390g [CIPA guideline compliant, with BLS-50 battery and Memory card]
Approx. 342g [body only]