OM Digital Solutions has just officially unveiled the OM-1 Mark II camera, which still features a 20-megapixel stacked sensor and is an upgrade from its flagship OM-1 with a host of functional improvements. The foreign test **dpreview made a preliminary hands-on review of it. The OM-1 II uses the same TruePic X processor as the OM-1, so there will be no changes in specifications such as ** and maximum burst shooting, but the RAM cache of the body has been improved, which still gives the OM-1 II some performance improvements.
OM Digital Solutions says the machine further "polishes" the OM-1's already impressive features, including larger on-body cache, improved AF performance and improved stabilization, among others.
One of the biggest improvements on the OM-1 II is the autofocus performance, which continues the intelligent focus learning function of the previous Olympus body, and the system has a trained AF algorithm that can recognize a wide range of targets. In the camera's subject recognition options, you can switch to human detection mode, eliminating the need to choose between human eyes and faces separately, helping to improve the consistency of camera operation.
OM Digital Solutions has clearly recognized this, and the improved AF performance gives the OM-1 II an edge in wildlife photography and will help strengthen the brand's presence in this area.
The added caching of the OM-1 II can enable some new features, most notably continuous shooting, but it may also be the basis for features such as the virtual grading ND feature, which requires a large number of ** to be composited together.
The first impression of the OM-1 II is that it has made meaningful improvements in important areas such as the ecosystem that manufacturers expect.
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