I received my new E-M5 Mark 2 back in February straight from Olympus, excited like a kid at Christmas. This is a true little beauty of a camera which I had tested extensively the previous month in a pre-release event in Prague (You can read my EM5 Mark2 review here).
So on the day it arrived, armed with Olympus' new OMD, I set myself the following challenge:
One hour, the first hour, to shoot whatever I feel like, then publish my best three photos, straight out of camera, no post-processing. Simple.
Here are my best three photos shot in that single hour, the first hour with my EM5 Mark II which I hope will encourage some of you to give it a go.
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I'm pretty happy given I had only one hour to produce something and no Photoshop or Lightroom.
I instantly fell in love with that camera for street photography and my E-M1 in the following months saw less and less action to the point I eventually sold it.
Since I wrote this article early 2015, I also started shooting with a second system in August, the Sony A7RII (review here). Whilst it doesn't replace the EM5 Mark II (e.g in situations where I need to carry a smaller and quieter camera) it is a fantastic mirrorless camera which I have seen myself use increasingly on paid jobs and also for street work.
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Nico