New Olympus EM-5 announced (comparison with the Fuji X PRO 1).
Finally the over-leaked Olympus E-M5 camera has been announced (Click here to read all you need to know on 43rumors). Its time for a short comparison with the other top quality mirorrless camera, the Fuji X PRO 1:
Sensor – Image quality
The Olympus E-M5 uses the same GX1 16 Megapixel sensor with some sort of tweaks like faster readout system and improved TruePic VI engine. It also uses a weak AA filter. Anyway, the X PRO 1 can deliver a slightly higher resolution because of the no Anti Aliasing filter.
Fuji wins!
Video quality:
Easy,Fuji didn’t care a lot about the video 
Olympus wins!
Viewfinder:
The Olympus E-M5 has a 1.44 million dot pure electronic viewfinder. Due the fast sensor readout (240fps) this will reduce lagging and rolling shutter. The Fuji has that amazing hybrid viewfinder.
Fuji wins!
Autofocus:
Easy game for Olympus. They claim to have the fastest AF system of all current interchangeable camera systems. And Fuji is known for not having a super fast AF.
Olympus wins!
Body quality:
Olympus and Fuji both deliver an excellent body quality. But Olympus camera is weather sealed.
Olympus wins!
Price:
Yep the Olympus is $600 cheaper but the Fuji has a terrific image quality. So it’s difficult to find a winner here!
That is just a very basic first impression and there are many other factors to consider before to judge the new products. But let me know…
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Comment from Rich: Fuji X-Pro is the digital Leica M5.
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nro
4 months ago |Nikon D800E looks the most interesting to me, a cheaper alternative to Medium Format.
Rich
4 months ago |Considering the new Olympus’ offering in OMD is at $1000, Fuji should consider to offer one standard lens free of charge to go with X-Pro body at the current body listing price. Or the earlier success story of X100 can’t be replicated for certain. At $1699 + lens price of $599, All the potential fan base would have gone for OMD(low budget) and Nikon D4/D800(potential professional uses) by the time of X-Pro’s arrival.
Rich
4 months ago |Fuji X-Pro is the digital Leica M5.
Look like M5
Priced like M5
But it is a digital camera that will be replaced by the next great Fuji or Olympus (in 2 month)
Fuji should reduce the price for max revenue, or miss the opportunity to make money from price sensitive buyers like Olympus E5 did.
Paulo Moreira
4 months ago |How right you are Rich! Let’s hope that the similarities with the M5 stop there, we don’t want to add reliability issues, dubious build quality or questionable technical choices…
imants
4 months ago |BOTH DUDS COMPARED TO THE NEW SIGMA DP1 M