There's also a dual-axis level gauge to help with camera alignment The options, cycled through using the INFO button, also include a live histogram.

There are a series of live view displays available, with this being the default.Įxtra options, such as 'Image Only' can be engaged in the Custom menu. Although we generally like the compositional guide of a rule-of-thirds grid, we'd recommend movie shooters should consider the 16:9 guides which mark the crop that the camera's movies are shot in. As a step forward over older models, the E-M5 allows gridlines (which used to be one of the view modes) to be chosen separately, so that they're overlaid on top of whichever view you're currently in. The E-M5 has a selection of live view displays that can be engaged in the Custom menu, then cycled through, using the 'INFO' button. The E-M5 also offers the simplified 'Live Guide' interface but we doubt it'll see much use. Ultimately, though, we'd be surprised if it gets a lot of use on a camera this sophisticated. This allows adjustment of exposure compensation, shutter speed and white balance through a series of terms such as 'Brightness, Express Motion or Color.' Only one such setting can be changed at a time, which rather reduces its usefulness. In its iAuto mode, the E-M5 also has Olympus' simplified, results-orientated 'Live Guide' control system first seen in the PEN series. Here you can simply press the setting you wish to change, then spin a control dial to change the setting, making it pretty quick to operate. We'd recommend engaging the touch-sensitive, all-in-one 'Super Control Panel' instead.

The default control system for the E-M5 is the rather compact-camera-like 'Live Control' interface. Oddly it's not switched on by default - we'd suggest this as your first move when you take the camera out of its box (it's accessed via the 'Camera Control Settings' option in the Custom D menu). Super Control panel is certainly our favored system and it's been improved by being made touch-sensitive. The E-M5 has two main methods of changing shooting parameters: the compact-camera-like 'Live Control' and the interactive 'Super Control Panel' that puts all the camera's key settings on a single screen.

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