This is the Olympus E-5, series DSLR camera featuring high-resolution sensor than the E-3. Olympus E-5 is built with 12 Megapixel and offers a significant improvement in image quality in particular detail / resolution thanks to a light and AA filtel TruPic V & processors.

Taking what could most politely be described as a ‘considered’ approach to product upgrades, late last year Olympus lifted the curtain on the third generation of its professional SLR, in the form of the much anticipated E-5. Olympus introduced the world to the first Four Thirds camera, the E-1, back in June 2003, and finally got round to updating it with the E-3 four years later.

It is perhaps indicative of where Olympus’s priorities lie – or the way the market is headed – that whereas the E-3 took the E-1 back to the drawing board and introduced several new features, the E-5 is probably best described as a warm-over of its predecessor. It’s also interesting to note that it benefits from a ‘trickle up’ of technology from the latest developments in the company’s Micro Four Thirds cameras – an unusual situation for what is, effectively, the hero product in the E-system range.

The long delay has caused some wild speculation about the E-5, borne not out of dissatisfaction with the existing model (in fact most E-1 and E-3 users are still happily taking pictures with their ‘old’ cameras), but, I suspect, out of a need to see Olympus competing with the ‘big boys’ at this level, and the (related) need for a clear sign that it hasn’t abandoned Four Thirds in all the excitement surrounding the mirrorless system.[via]

Let’s have a look at the main changes:

• New sensor (12MP vs 10MP Live MOS)
• New TruPic V+ processor (E-3 was TruPic III)
• Large 3.0″ 921k vari-angle screen
• Fast Sensor AF (inc Face Detection)
• 720p movie mode (AVI M-JPEG) + Audio recording
• HDMI and Stereo Mic connections
• Art Filters (10, including new Dramatic Tone Filter)
• ISO 6400 top sensitivity (vs E-3′s ISO 3200)
• More customization options
• Redesigned color-coded menu system
• New features including Level Gauge in the viewfinder, Multi-exposure, i-Enhance, 7 frame AEB
• SD / CF slots (E-3 was xD / CF)
• New BLM-5 battery (although compatibility is retained with the older PS-BLM1)