GEAR OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1X & E-M1 MARK III
ABOVE From the side it’s obvious to see the big difference between the body styles of the two Olympus cams RIGHT The larger E-M1X has a built-in battery
smaller camera can be made to be a similar form factor to its big brother by adding the optional £249/$249 HLD-9 battery grip and another £74/$54 for a second battery. But this grip has been around for several years, and it was designed before Olympus started to use an AF joystick so it doesn’t have one. And as it’s a bolt-on unit, it can’t be as weather sealed. The E-M1X has a second AF joystick so you can continue to use it when you hold the camera in vertical orientation. In fact, the larger size of the OM-D E-M1X allows for a few extra controls, such as a bracketing button next to the AF and Drive buttons and a Card button that allows you to switch between the two media slots without digging into the menus. The flagship camera has an extra step on the lock lever to disable a selection of buttons, and has 12 function buttons, while the E-M1 only has ten. Similarly, the E-M1X buttons are slightly larger or have a different surface finish, and the bigger camera also offers integrated GPS.
grip to give better sealing and longer shooting times
“The larger size of the OM-D E-M1X allows for a few extra controls, such as a bracketing button”
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