Why we like it
● Excellent handling
● Robust IP53-rated build
● 50fps shooting with C-AF
● Superb in-body stabilisation
It may be the last camera to bear the Olympus logo, and nostalgically named after a classic 35mm film SLR, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about this high-speed powerhouse. With its new 20MP Four Thirds stacked CMOS sensor, the OM System OM-1 is capable of shooting at up to 50 frames per second with continuous autofocus, or a remarkable 120fps with focus fixed. It also boasts the world’s first quad pixel AF system, which enables cross-type phase detection AF using 1,053 focus points arranged across the entire frame. This works with updated AI Detection AF, which recognises planes, trains, motor vehicles, birds, cats, and dogs, as well as faces and eyes.…