We all miss you mate!

miss his reviews, RIP David Thorpe

Dude, you gotta be one of the funniest KZfaqrs I watch. Your subtle jokes and deadpan humor is top notch.

Thank you for all your content friend. Rest in peace!

We miss you, David

How does this great man, David Thorpe, only have 32,000 subscribers? He is a brilliant photographer.

Thank God your’e back - and you brought a camel. I have been waiting for this review.

Great work sir! I feel like I'm listening to calming Sunday afternoon radio talk show, you have one of those voices. Great info too, thank you!

Another wonderful review. The best on KZfaq. All your videos are brilliant. Thank you.

Always so nice to see Olympus and Panasonic (and other) products mixing it up together in an unaffiliated review. Just like they do in our bags! ;-)

You are a phenomenal KZfaqr , photographer , writer and camera reviewer. My mind is made up on what ideal m43 upgrade my dad needs!

I broke down laughing about the straw that broke the camel's back. :-)

Fantastic review of a wonderful camera. I don’t know why this body isn’t more popular, but I’m loving mine. I think it’s the best value in the market today.

Thanks David. I've been waiting for this review, and as expected it's been very helpful indeed. Yours is my favourite KZfaq channel! Stay safe.

Great humor, the six straws broke the camel's back. More seriously, it is hard to get excited about a new camera when almost all of the M4/3 cameras from the past couple of years are so good. Sure, phase detect auto-focus is nice, but in my view how much is an incremental upgrade worth? Under the current circumstances, not that much. Thanks David - your reviews always brighten my otherwise dour mood.

Simply a great camera review!

Your videos are much apreciated, you are one of the few reviewers who focus more on the user experience and subjective feeling. Keep em coming Mr Thorpe. You are the man (:

Couldn't agree more. I love my EM1 mkiii. A little lackluster in terms of cutting edge specs.. but simply; a great camera.

The camel did my day, it reminded me of Monty Python. Great review!

The video of the flowers is very impressive! Amazing that you can get those results handheld 👍

As usual a great revue ! After a revue like this, you know, that you now know, all the things that are useful to know. Job done.

Very good video. I‘m a fan of panasonic cameras. My first camera was a Panasonic G6. But without Olympus EM1 Mark II and III i would not longer be in the MFT family. That‘s because i like taking pictures of dogs in Motion. So i leaved MFT and went to Nikon. But now i‘m back. The Olympus OM-D EM1 III is such a great camera. I like the fast phase detect autofocus, the ND filter and the HighRes handhold function. This alltogether makes the olympus a swiss knife. So helpfull for so much dfferent situations :-)

Thank you for the effort and the sharing. I hope you and yours are well during this COVID madness. Here in the northeast of the US, the situation is getting better but is just a notch below dire. I appreciate you putting together this review under exacting circumstances. I am an appreciative subscriber. Stay well.

This camera is a beast!! Thanks for the nice review Mr. Thorpe.

Good to see another of your reviews David, hope we can all take lots of pics soon, stay safe, Rich.

After over 4 years with the E-M5 Mark ll, I was looking to move on. After a great deal of research, I decided to stay with Olympus, (in the end, I just had too much good Oly glass to jump ship), and ordered a E-M1 Mark lll. I have had it for almost 2 weeks now and I am deeply impressed with it. I've got a lot to learn about it, but I already know that I absolutely will not ever regret the decision. I am very eager to try the Starry AF here in the Big Sky Country this summer. All I've got to do now is start saving up for the 300mm-F4 for a trip to Glacier Park this fall.

Finally! was waiting for this one. Excellent and to the point as always.

As someone who has been shooting on a simple E-PL6 for a long while, this particular model seems like an attractive upgrade. While the future of Olympus might turn out to be different from what I had originally expected, I do hope the price of the Mark III will drop in a few years instead of rise due to the prospective rarity of its brand name. A wonderfully comprehensive insight, thank you for putting out your great work here!

Well done David! Always look forward to your videos.

A superb review as always.

An honest review at it's best. Yes, i agree the flash should be bundled too :) Hope you can shoot more soon!

Thanks mr. Thorpe for yet another superb, factual, honest, no-nonsense overview. A wonderful start of the week. And thanks for a good laugh for the poor horse in isolation.

... the horse went on a voluntary isolation... 😂😂😂 As always, it's such a delight watching your videos.

Excellent as usual!!!

Thank you, David, I needed that

Very informative, David. Thank you so much!

Thank you David. You have a poet in you which makes your videos unique. Waiting to see a 'Video' review of this camera. Take care.

I just love the wry remarks you make throughout your videos :)

Brilliant! Thanks David

Dear mister Thorpe, Up until this video I hadn't fully grasped the width of your genius. The 6 grams that broke the camel's back did. Thanks.

Oh David our prometheus what fire of knowledge do you bring to us mortals today

I love your voice..and the way you do your video's...keep it up please...right to the point...and very informative .....

Cheers David! This is one hell of a camera. Tempted... Always carry my GM1, at least in these still cold days when I carry a jacket with a pocket.

I always look forward to hearing your thoughts on m43, and again you didn’t disappoint. In particular, when comparing the Olympus e-m1 iii to the overhyped Canon eos R5. Why isn’t Olympus and Panasonic ruling the photography universe? The technology that Canon is hyping has been around for a decade on m43 cameras.

I don't own a micro 4/3ds system and probably never will. But, I've been a subscriber for a few years now because, I just love your analysis, wealth of experience/knowledge and presentation.

Thanks for another great review. Because of you and some other stout 4/3 supporters I jumped into the fray with a passion 2 years ago in buying a G9 and some nice P/L lenses. Now my wife has one as well but she went with an Oly 12-100 as she prefers the all in one lens concept. I love this gear because of it’s light weight, great IQ and it is excellent gear for travel photography. I have found the G9 and P/L lenses do everything I need except BIF because the G9 lacks phase detect. I thought about the Oly MkIII and a 300mm but decided to go with a D500 and a lightweight Tamron 100-400mm which provides me with some excellent BIF images and only weighs 69.2 ounces for the combo. At 75 I’m probably done with my new gear purchases but I must say those who haven’t tried 4/3 are missing a treat. I sold most of my Nikon FX gear and probably will part with the rest of it soon. Once Covid 19 eases up we hope to be back taking photos with our 4/3 kit. I even now have a new Billingham to carry it in. What next, a Brompton? Stay safe!

Always enjoy your videos! Hope you can get out to shoot before you go crazy.

maybe I'm just exhausted from working 64 hours a week for past 2 months but I spit my drink out and laughed so hard I cried when you "broke the camels back" Ohhhhhhh how I needed that laugh, thank you.... and nice review BTW

Wow, never thought I could enjoy a review on KZfaq that had no video but all stills, well done and thank you, not least because I ordered the MIII today and can’t wait for delivery! By the way, beautiful narrator’s voice 🙂

Lmao the camel part earned a sub. Great review!

I think this camera it has everything I need: perfect size, lightweight (that +6g can kill a camel tho), great design, sturdy and sealed body, new and great C-AF system, nipple, usb-c charge and a few features I find useful (handheld high res shot, stars af, pro capture, live nd filter...). I don't mind the sensor or the evf, they are ok and I'm fine with that, you can take beautiful shots and enjoy photography carrying with you this beast. Ty for your review David, best wishes and take care.

Thanks David

Ooooohhhh ,,,how I have been anticipating this video for a couple of months now,,,,,I couldn't wait to hear what you had to say about this camera. I'm glad to hear that it's just as good as the hype has been suggesting,,(If you can call any discussion about M4/3 hype these days). I have yet to even see one. Our local Olympus dealer has nothing newer than an EM-5 II on the shelf. Even though I lean toward Panasonic, I have to say I have not been so smitten by an Olympus since I discovered the digital Pen F. I plan be traveling to Colorado and Arizona in the next while...providing some of the restrictions and precautions let up. Perhaps one of the larger cities there will have a better selection. Looking forward to more examples from you as the weeks move along. Stay well and keep making engaging videos..(still chuckling over the Pythonesque camel scenes----"is that an unladen camel?")

Thanks for this much appreciated review David , now how much would i miss 60fps 4k for that great auto focus , well its an awesome camera . but i am happy enough with the recent upgrades on the gh5/g9 focus . but you, being more stills orientated , i totally would understand in going for the mk 3 , as the Olympus has more variety of photo ability for sure . mega review , thank you very much and great to see you well on the bike too .

That camel part > . < I love it!

Great review, and fully concur, spot on -- after years with E-PL2 and E-PL5 for backpacking and street work, then E-M5 mkII with a Photodiox grip for nature and landscape photography (mythosphere.com), I'd moved to an E-M1 mkII for the improved focus speed with phase detection for legacy 4/3 glass, and then the E-M1 mkIII came out...a masterpiece. And yes, every critique you made is accurate...and as you say, the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts. The problem from Olympus' perspective is I can't see any need to upgrade again for a very long time.

Nice well done

Great review. This feels like the thin edge of the wedge. Finally mobile phone tech is going to infiltrate cameras (and the camera menu systems please!). Love panasonics colour science but this is pushing things further on. we want all of the great software tweaks and have all of the lens variety....best of both worlds. Anything that makes cameras more fun must be good. After putting up with a brick of a 7d, when I got a gx8 I realised that the best way to get better pictures was to have a camera that made you want to take more of them. The other side of this equation is that getting things printed is now incredibly cheap. For the first time in my life ive had 1m by 1m prints made on images with a g9. Thankyou for being a great coach on this journey.

Agree on silent mode mock shutter sound option.

Nice straight fwd review. Stay safe

Hi great vid, I recently swapped my Nikon gear for a MK 3 - Best thing I ever did, its light enough to carry everywhere, the ibis is awesome.

Thanks David for the review. Great to know you're safe in these horrible times. While this camera makes sense in its upgrade over the Mark II, I still find that micro four thirds are not offering the upgrades that I was looking for. I asked Joe Edelman, the Olympus ambassador, what he wants in future Olympus cameras. and his response was that he wants to see more AI improvements. But for me personally, what I want to see the next G9x is a 24 BSI sensor that achieves better scores for higher ISO's and DR. If either Olympus or Panasonic adds that upgrade, that would be a landslide improvement. I'd like to hear your thoughts .....

Great review David, I take your point around the menu system, though as you pointed out the my menu negates some of that. The addition of a fourth custom point is useful and I tend to use the custom selections to set up my camera as if it's 3 different cameras as you can fine tune so much on each point. I'm not convinced about the joystick, there are modicum of improvements, and they are improvements not gimmicks which is typical Olympus, great. I remain though to be convinced that there are enough improvements to draw me away from my MKII, though I will buy one when I want to add another body to my collection. What I am convinced about is that these cameras are there for those who know, who look for quality not gimmicks, value for money and not a badge (people who buy a car for it's 3 pointed star, rather than knowing about cars) and who are happy that they know what they have in their hands will deliver because it's the best most complete package out there and didn't get there because of saturated marketing, but on it's own merits chosen by those who are comfortable, no - choose to be, led by their own decision making and able to see through the hype and pomp of other brands.

A bit late but as I’ve just bought one and thought I’d try some different reviews from Rob Trek who is the Guru on Olympus cameras, good delivery and a nice guy! I know as I contacted him several times on particular issues and he never fails. I like your steady approach and how you get those wooden dummies to play with a ball is black magic, perhaps the blue ones, Arsenal fan I reckon! are cleverer than the plain wooden ones! Cheers DG U.K.

Wow! Using both mkII and mkIII I would absolutely agree with your point of view in this review. Too bad some reviewers of photography equipment are not an actually using cameras which they simply “review” or even worse they are not photographers at all :( Your phrase about mkIII been more than just sum its parts is brilliant! Personally, even some exotic and unique features like Star AF or handheld Hi-Res which may look like gimmicks from first glance, after you will get in situation when you need it and use it would make you wonder - why nobody else does it? Even Live ND, which I considers more like Art Effect comes handy in particular situations. And It’s little brother EM5mkIII is absolutely brilliant camera too.

👍 Thanks - time to upgrade my trusty em1 mark1 😃

I love the EVF in my "X", and the MKii, I use the EVF "for composing" as it should be, I'm not looking for 4k quality in an EVF, its for info only. And BTW, no camels were harmed in the making of this video!

Why have I not found your channel until today .......

I always count on your unbiased opinions

Hey Dave thanks for the review! Just wondering what focus mode used while you weaved on your bike? Thanks again and great vid as always!

Going to wait for the prices to drop or my finances to improve before I get my Mark iii but I will be getting one.

My G9 still rocking but I can't wait to see a new Panasonic 4/3 camera with phase detection auto focus system 😍

As usual, the best reviewer of MFT on YT. If the E-M1 mkiii was the same price as the G9, I wonder which would be the winner..? Panasonic's persistence with DFD contrast AF is now verging on perverse. One can only speculate that Olympus have an exclusivity deal with Sony for this sensor, and/or Panasonic's choice of sensor and AF is connected to their stake in TowerJazz sensor manufacturing (which hasn't used phase detect AF in it's sensors to date)?

Cool 😁

Ouch! I had thought I could sit tight on my Mark II.

David, another great review; very enjoyable!. I have been pondering the Panasonic G9 (with latest firmware) versus the Olympus EM-MIII. I presently own an Olympus EM10 MIII and multiple Olympus lenses. One area that appeals to me on the G9 is that the Custom Buttons can be used for either picture settings or video settings. I have been told by others that the Custom Buttons on the EM1-MIII cannot be used to store video settings; they are reserved for picture settings only. Is this information correct based on your experience with both cameras? I'm sure this must be something Olympus could incorporate in another future firmware update. Thanks again.

Good morning David! Do you consider the em-1 iii to be your current favorite camera, supplanting the Lumix G9? Specifically for Photographing Birds and wildlife, which one would you choose?

Great review. I actually enjoy your reviews, you hit the important stuff, leave out the usual several minutes of self-referential plugs, and aim them at people who have some idea what you're talking about. I usually avoid video reviews in favour of text where I can skip the rubbish and get right to the good bits. With your video revews, I don't have to. I have a Mark III, had a Mark II but agree entirely, the advances in the III make it really worthwhile. I use the handheld hires fairly often and love it, removes the last real objection to M43 for landscapes.

Well, David, I think I now know what the next two adds to my M43 system will be. This camera and the Oly 12-40 f/2.8. My wallet thanks you!

Thank you David for another great review. This will be my next camera, but in few years (because of the price). I wanted to ask you about that 300mm 4.5, is it any good on a digital body? Greetings from Poland.

Thanks for the review! Can you please compare the autofocus for stills of E-M1 m3 vs G9 in two words?

Bendy lens for the opening David! Like the review otherwise. If you say it's a great camera I will get one.

For wildlife photography, regarding C-AF performance, is there a big difference between the Mark III and the Mark II (with the latest firmware)? Thank you!

Fantastic review for a amazing camera. I've owned my Em1 Mark III for less than a month and it's easily one of the best all around cameras I have ever used. Like you stated, autofocus was never a strong suit for M43 cameras but the Em1 III is an absolute beast with AF. The face/eye AF is so fast and quick to pick up on, it's amazing. The features this camera has is astonishing and so fun to use. Olympus did a wonderful job!👍

Those slow motion incredibly stable beautiful dolly style shots at the start etc what is used for this in filming this review? Very nice. As is the camera!!

Great review, David. The MK3 looks very impressive and I recently got the MK2, which is terrific too so I don't think I would get the Mark 3 myself (that and I can't afford one lol). By the way not sure if you used the high res shot mode on the Mark II although sure you probably you have but I recently done a video on it myself using the 50 megapixel jpeg setting and was really impressed by the results, if you ever fancy checking it out sometime on my channel. Anyway great review as always, David and loved the camel gag at the start lol.

6:26 to 6:51 That is one neat (and expensive-looking) shot

Excellent Review as always. I am seriously thinking about buying this camera. I need a second camera for video, but with good AF, to complement my GH5. And I need a camera for birding and wildlife fotografy. The doubt is in relation to the price! Here in Germany: G9 900 Euros; em1 ii 900 euros and em1 iii 1800 euros. A tremendous difference in price. greetings from the Black Forest

I wish you could have made a video on the OM-1.

David I was watching a lot of reviews of the Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 pro the other day and thought what does Mr Thorpe have to say about it, as your opinion is held in high regard, only to notice that you haven't done a review of it. I know you usually do a review when a new bit of kit comes out.... but... maybe........... PLEASE DO A REVIEW OF THE 12-40MM 2.8 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....... I'll buy you a drink. :)

the Olympus LCD EVF is the only EVF capable of maintaining 120 fps at its full resolution in all conditions and all AF setting. No other EVF in the market can do this. I would rather have 120 fps over high resolution EVF any day. The one in the canon eos R is really bad with low refresh rate.

Thanks for another great video, David. As much as the EM1 III seems to be a great camera, I am not tempted to buy one. My GM5 and GX9 do all the things I need. I also run around very often just with a G9xII or a TG860. The K-50 very rarely comes out of the cupboard these days. It's rather time to sell camera equipment than to buy new stuff - at least for me.

One small correction EM1 II also came with Type C but now with PD vs EM1 III

Hi David, thanks for the review; can I probe for your thoughts on my dilemma? I've got a bunch of legacy 4/3 glass (and the MMF3 adapter) and I'm looking at either the EM1 Mk II or Mk III to continue using them; these days I'm an occasional landscape and (minor) wildlife photographer. The Mk II is highly discounted now and for the price difference for the MkIII I could get an additional nice lens. Given my situation and based on your experience with both models, would you have a strong recommendation to got with the Mk III?

If you choose the slo-mo (fhd 120 fps), the autofocus works? Thanks!

Great review, but one item to point out. The EM1X uses the USB C plug as well.

my GH5 has a usb-c port but sadly it cannot power or charge the camera. I hope simultaneous power delivery and raw data transfer becomes the industry standard for mirrorless cams

Only bad point of the EM1 MkIII. ? The position of the on/off switch. Knock me out feature? OM Capture software. The best tethering software.

"Since the horse went into isolation." 😂

Good review, looks like I will have to save up for the EM1 Mk3