Why would you carry a heavy camera when a lighter one would do the same job? That's a question they have been asking at Olympus for decades. Waaaay back in 1974, I was the proud owner of an Olympus OM-1 MD. It was a trend-setting 35mm film camera in many ways, not the least of which was its light weight. Fast forward to today and Olympus has done it again - they've introduced a new digital version modeled after the OM-1 called the OM-D. Okay, it's actually called the OM-D E-M5. I don't know who names these things but he or she should be reassigned. The Olympus E-M5 is the natural...
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