<p>We've been using the Olympus OM-D E-M1 for a number of months now. This compact system camera has seen us through many different shoots - from personal snaps to product images that you might have seen in some other Pocket-lint reviews - made all the easier thanks to its high-end specification.</p><p>If you're looking for a small and light interchangeable lens camera then they don't come much more complete than the E-M1. It takes it design cues from the older E-M5 model which was inspired by the decades-old OM DSLR series. However, the E-M1 is the embodiment of the new age: in a sense it's the camera to mark the end of the Olympus DSLR as there will be no "E-7" model. Instead the E-M1 takes compact system camera up a notch by showing it can cater for all demands: it accepts Micro Four Thirds lenses but will also get solid performance out of Four Thirds lenses via an adaptor too.</p><p>New design, new sensor minus the optical low-pass filter, an updated electronic viewfinder (EVF), a space-age image stabilisation system unlike the competition and plenty more besides. Is there anything the E-M1 can't do? It's far from a budget camera, but is it worthy of its price tag and can its small scale deliver things just as big as an equivalent DSLR?Cool yet complex</p><p>There's nothing entry-level about the OM-D E-M1. Even though it's relatively small - particularly as we're more used to lugging around a full-frame DSLR instead - the body is well designed for this scale. It's weather-sealed, has a sturdy magnesium chassis and a new rubberised finish that's less "slippery" than the earlier E-M5 model. We preferred the look of the E-M5's more metallic finish, but then the E-M1 is more practical.</p><p><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/125844-olympus-om-d-e-m1-review">Keep reading...</a></p>