Olympus OM-D E-M1 review

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Olympus OM-D E-M1
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As part of our image quality testing for the Olympus OM-D E-M1 we've shot our resolution chart.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 100 the EM-1 is capable of resolving up to around 26 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

See a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean, and how to read them please click here.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

JPEG

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Full ISO 100 image.

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ISO 100, score: 26 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 200, score: 24 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 400, score: 24 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 800, score: 22 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 1600, score: 20 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 3200, score: 16 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 6400, score: 14 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 12800, score: 12 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 25600, score: 10 (Click here for the full resolution image)

Raw

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ISO 100, score: 26 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 200, score: 26 (Click here for the full resolution image)

OMD-EM1

ISO 400, score: 24 (Click here for the full resolution image)

OMD-EM1

ISO 800, score: 24 (Click here for the full resolution image)

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ISO 1600, score: 20 (Click here for the full resolution image)

OMD-EM1

ISO 3200, score: 18 (Click here for the full resolution image)

OMD-EM1

ISO 6400, score: 16 (Click here for the full resolution image)

OMD-EM1

ISO 12800, score: 16 (Click here for the full resolution image)

OMD-EM1

ISO 25600, score: 12 (Click here for the full resolution image)