Olympus E-5

The Olympus E-5 is a DSLR camera launched on 03/02/2011.

Technically speaking, the Olympus E-5 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 51 overall. The Olympus E-5 weights 800 gr and spans 143 x 117 x 75 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, the Olympus E-5 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Comfort - Score 60, ranks in the category best 35%.
• Versatility - Score 76, ranks in the category best 36%.

On the contrary, the performance of Olympus E-5 is below the category average in:

• Image Quality - Score 41, ranks among the worst 8% of its category.
• Speed Performance - Score 35, ranks among the worst 15% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Good, score 44, ranks in the best 63% of its category. Olympus E-5 works well for Portrait photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Landscape - Good, score 42, ranks in the best 68% of its category. Olympus E-5 works well for Landscape photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Sport - Good, score 48, ranks in the best 53% of its category. Olympus E-5 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Good, score 57, ranks in the best 38% of its category. Olympus E-5 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 60, ranks in the best 39% of its category. Olympus E-5 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.