Stealthy OM-D For Street Photography

During our recent visits of Sydney and Brisbane, my friend was wondering how I kill time when Le General was busy shopping! Would you believe I decided to try out my Olympus OM-D EM-5 as a stealthy street photography camera?

I did! But was the camera small enough to avoid suspicion? Was it fast enough to auto focus?  Take a look at the pictures below and decide yourself ;)

Most of the shots you see below was shot WITHOUT raising the OM-D to my eye, I depend on the raised rear LCD  screen for aiming and I shoot "continuous-low" at 3 frames per second.

The OM-D with the raised rear LCD was usually hung from my neck or sitting on my lap, there was time it is just sitting on a table for all the candid shots.

Both of these were shot at Sydney Chinatown, both were "grab" very quickly with my Panasonic Lumix 7-14 zoom.

The first shot of the "I am here" girl was actually a tight crop from an ultra wide grab. When you see the "moment", react fast; I managed to get TWO frames :)

As for "Peter Jackson Wanna Be", I managed to score four frames...

I had my OM-D over my neck as I approach the shoot, I squeezed the shutter release; it must be less than a second; I did not even have to look at the camera, the ultra-wide 7-14 did the rest ;)

Three pictures taken at The Rocks shopping area in Sydney. All with the very compact Panasonic 45-175 zoom.

Shoppers at the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane. All taken with my OM-D and Lumix 7-14 sitting on my lap. me? Looking nonchalant ;) Hee hee...

A not very impressed onlooker looking right into my ultra-wide ;)  I don't think he realised his face was within my lens coverage! Ha ha ha...

I stop for a drink in one of the Queen Street Mall complex while General continue he roam... the table in front of me made me quickly swab my lens, to the 45-175... the OM-D was sitting on the table, I aimed with the rear screen :)

Was the OM-D sweet enough for stealthy street photography? 

YOU BET!!