Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There is a lot to like about this camera; small size, enormous amount of settings to adjust the camera to your photo shooting preference; water and dust resistant design, etc. At first I really liked the camera and was impressed with the blazingly fast auto-focus. But then I started to notice that pictures of objects that were 15-20 feet away were not really sharp. I took dozens pictures handheld to see if this was just a camera shake issue (my fault) or inaccurate auto-focus issue(camera's fault). The problem persisted. I then took pictures with my Canon G1X and this OM-d of flowers that were about 20 feet away. Both cameras were set on auto ISO, and Aperture Priority using F/6 and F/6.3, and both handheld. (I had the 12-50mm kit lens on the OM-d). Shot after shot, the Canon G1X nailed the focus, with very sharp pictures. Shot after shot, the OM-d had inaccurate focus. Now this may have simply been a problem with my sample camera. So it may not be a problem in other OM-d cameras. But I ended up returning the camera. I will add that when I took pictures of flowers and other objects from 2 to 10 feet away, the autofocus was very accurate and the pictures were crisp. But the Canon G1X exhibits less noise at high ISO. If I didn't have the autofocus problem I would give this camera 4.5 stars. So if the problem was just with my sample, then I would highly recommend the camera. But I can only rate it based on the sample I bought...and for that it gets a 3 (demoted to a 2, after the second OM-d body I bought exhibited the same problems -- see updated below). Update - August 2012: I got a second OM-d...this time with the 14-42mm lens. I wanted to see if the problem was just a quality issue applicable to my first OM-d. Unfortunately, the second OM-d had the same autofocus issues as the first. I call it autofocus issues, but frankly it could be the Image Stabilization (IBIS), the shutter, or some other problem that causes not to be as sharp as they should be. But the bottom line is that the camera, in certain situations (not all) will not take pictures as sharp as they should be. I tried dozens of pictures using Shutter Priority at 1/100th of a second and 1/400th of a second; Aperture Priority; Program Mode...the problem persisted in all modes. Using the anti-shock setting seemed to help somewhat, but not totally. This setting delays the firing of the shutter after the shutter button is pressed. I compared it to shots taken with a Canon G1X and T2i. The problem was isolated to the OM-d. The other cameras did not exhibit this sharpness/autofocus issue. Some people reading my original review apparently did not find my review helpful...likely because most people don't like any criticism of a camera they own or love. But the issue I have described has been mentioned in some of the posts on Dpreview. It appears I am not the only person that has noticed this autofocus/sharpness issue with the OM-d. One of the people who posted a thread on Dpreview did very extensive and fairly sophisticated testing. He concluded the problem was present with or without IBIS. He thought it could be a shutter issue. I am not knowledgeable enough to know the cause. But I have observed the problem (which I call an autofocus issue) in two OM-d cameras...and I eliminated all the issues that might implicate user error, or settings in the camera. The problem is real, and I'm not sure why the review sites have not observed it. It is unfortunate, because there is so much about this camera to love...