Olympus OM-D E-M5, E-M1, E-M10 - Mk1, Mk2 & Mk3 Owners Thread

Skyline said:
I got a new to me (used camera from LCE and lens from eBay) mk3 and macro lens.
I’ve upgraded from the em10 mk2 and the 30mm macro lens. First impression on both are (y):cool:

I didn’t need to, this was totally a want lol. I can’t fish anymore so sold all that gear and upgraded my Olympus
Click to expand...

Which lens?
 
Skyline said:
I’m just leaning about in the built focus stacking :cool:
Click to expand...
Remember that with stacking focus on the mid way point of the subject as the focus starts there then moves forward and then back again to cover the whole subject.. … weird but it works well and the finished file will be smaller than the rest with a box round it
 
the black fox said:
Remember that with stacking focus on the mid way point of the subject as the focus starts there then moves forward and then back again to cover the whole subject.. … weird but it works well and the finished file will be smaller than the rest with a box round it
Click to expand...
Interesting way to do it!
 
Skyline said:
I got a new to me (used camera from LCE and lens from eBay) mk3 and macro lens.
I’ve upgraded from the em10 mk2 and the 30mm macro lens. First impression on both are (y):cool:

I didn’t need to, this was totally a want lol. I can’t fish anymore so sold all that gear and upgraded my Olympus
Click to expand...
I have this set up and I really love my MK3 that little 60mm is a cracking lens and amazingly sharp
I have currently the 12-45 f4 pro (beautiful photos from that) the 75-300 lens and the beautiful 45mm f1.8 and 17mm 1.8 very sharp lenses too.
As you can see my general way is to keep the system as small as possible
 
MK1 Photography said:
I have this set up and I really love my MK3 that little 60mm is a cracking lens and amazingly sharp
I have currently the 12-45 f4 pro (beautiful photos from that) the 75-300 lens and the beautiful 45mm f1.8 and 17mm 1.8 very sharp lenses too.
As you can see my general way is to keep the system as small as possible
Click to expand...
I have all my lenses from my em10 mk2 so don’t really need to add anything. I have got the 30mm macro lens but have heard so many good things about the 60mm I thought I would upgrade to that while upgrading the camera (the Olympus 45mm was my favourite lens on the em10. It was the perfect size for the smaller camera)
 
I bought the OM5 as my Fuji X-E1 is a bit long in the tooth technology wise, still takes great pictures, but AF is a little slow, rear screen a bit small and file transfer more awkward as no wifi.

The OM5 gives me a bit more oomph when required. Currently got the 12-45/4 and 40-150/4-5.6, will probably add the 75-300 at sometime and probably a prime with a wider aperture as well ( but already covered with that on the Fuji right now )
 
leaky5 said:
I bought the OM5 as my Fuji X-E1 is a bit long in the tooth technology wise, still takes great pictures, but AF is a little slow, rear screen a bit small and file transfer more awkward as no wifi.

The OM5 gives me a bit more oomph when required. Currently got the 12-45/4 and 40-150/4-5.6, will probably add the 75-300 at sometime and probably a prime with a wider aperture as well ( but already covered with that on the Fuji right now )
Click to expand...
You can have the 75-300 I bought from you back for the same amount I bought it from you if you like(with a free lens hood I added).

Same condition as when you sold it.

Let me know & I'll put a classified up.

I want to put the money to a 100-400.

Terry.
 
GreenNinja67 said:
You can have the 75-300 I bought from you back for the same amount I bought it from you if you like(with a free lens hood I added).

Same condition as when you sold it.

Let me know & I'll put a classified up.

I want to put the money to a 100-400.

Terry.
Click to expand...
Thanks Terry. I will bear that in mind.
 
the black fox said:
Remember that with stacking focus on the mid way point of the subject as the focus starts there then moves forward and then back again to cover the whole subject.. … weird but it works well and the finished file will be smaller than the rest with a box round it
Click to expand...

That's in camera stacking.
The focus bracketing starts at tge front and works through the subject.
 
alfbranch said:
That's in camera stacking.
The focus bracketing starts at tge front and works through the subject.
Click to expand...
Weird how it works differently for both modes .confusing for newbies
 
Skyline said:
What a fantastic photo.

On the em1 mk3 what iso would you go up to before it’s not good?
Click to expand...
On the mkiii 6400 iso is max limit ,but still wouldn’t produce shots as good as this .. totally different sensor technology
 
the black fox said:
On the mkiii 6400 iso is max limit ,but still wouldn’t produce shots as good as this .. totally different sensor technology
Click to expand...
Was your beautiful Kingfisher shot in raw or jpeg and did you do (even a default setting) noise reduction in post processing :thinking: If so what software?
 
Box Brownie said:
Was your beautiful Kingfisher shot in raw or jpeg and did you do (even a default setting) noise reduction in post processing :thinking: If so what software?
Click to expand...
RAW lightroom n/r applied followed inadvertently by topaz . it wasn't needed topaz but just getting over covid so my head needed a wobble
 
the black fox said:
RAW lightroom n/r applied followed inadvertently by topaz . it wasn't needed topaz but just getting over covid so my head needed a wobble
Click to expand...
Looks like LR NR has come on leaps & bounds (ignoring anything that Topaz might have added to the recipe) since the days of LR6 :LOL:

PS I hope you GWS and can get back out there photographing your local wildlife again soon
PPS I have had an invite from the GP to get this years Flu & Covid jabs
 
Last edited:
Yea not totally sure if this was Covid , could have been flu but it knocked me back for a week and a bit . First time out this morning for a kingfisher session
 
easily achieved at this reserve she's coming in daily a few times a day and quiet a local celebrity now
 
I've a strange question about the IBIS on Olympus bodies. As you can see from my signature below, my main m43 camera is my OM-1. It's a brilliant piece of engineering and takes superb images for it's sensor size, and can hold it's own against much larger sensor cameras. However, I've never been really happy with the video performance from this camera (which lead me to pick up a Sony A6700, as video is now quite an important part of what I shoot).

However (and I don't know why I didn't do this before), I've been today looking at holiday videos shot with my old EM1 MK II and EM1 MK III bodies and comparing them to more recent holidays which were shot on the OM-1. There's couple of things I noticed. Firstly, the IBIS on the older models when used in video mode and walking with the camera looks so much more solid (not gimble like, but very stable for handheld), and without a lot of the jelly and wobbling edges that my OM-1 demonstrates (makes no real difference if digital stabilization is turned off on the OM-1, relying instead on just the mechanical IBIS inside the body), the stabilization seems much worse than in earlier cameras. Also, I find the video straight out of camera on the older MKII and MKIII bodies, much nicer looking (a little more contrast), and generally more "detail" in the videos. Both on the older and new bodies I always set the picture control to normal. I've been using OM bodies for over 10 years now, so would like to think I know how to use them, but this is baffling me.

I thought at first it might be a fault in the IBIS mechanism on the OM-1, but when in photo mode, the IBIS allows me regularly to shoot images of multi seconds handheld pretty much repeatedly without issue, and the HHHHR feature also seems to be performing as usual. Has anything else who shoots video noticed this ? It's not like I shoot the OM-1 in H265 10 bit mode, as the picture profiles available are severely limited (OM-Log 400 or HLG modes), so I'm still shooting H265 8 bit as I did on the earlier bodies. Do you think there's a problem, or is this more to do with the new stacked sensor technology that the OM-1 uses ?

Would welcome other peoples experiences ?
 
Last edited:
Sootchucker said:
I've a strange question about the IBIS on Olympus bodies. As you can see from my signature below, my main m43 camera is my OM-1. It's a brilliant piece of engineering and takes superb images for it's sensor size, and can hold it's own against much larger sensor cameras. However, I've never been really happy with the video performance from this camera (which lead me to pick up a Sony A6700, as video is now quite an important part of what I shoot).

However (and I don't know why I didn't do this before), I've been today looking at holiday videos shot with my old EM1 MK II and EM1 MK III bodies and comparing them to more recent holidays which were shot on the OM-1. There's couple of things I noticed. Firstly, the IBIS on the older models when used in video mode and walking with the camera looks so much more solid (not gimble like, but very stable for handheld), and without a lot of the jelly and wobbling edges that my OM-1 demonstrates (makes no real difference if digital stabilization is turned off on the OM-1, relying instead on just the mechanical IBIS inside the body), the stabilization seems much worse than in earlier cameras. Also, I find the video straight out of camera on the older MKII and MKIII bodies, much nicer looking (a little more contrast), and generally more "detail" in the videos. Both on the older and new bodies I always set the picture control to normal. I've been using OM bodies for over 10 years now, so would like to think I know how to use them, but this is baffling me.

I thought at first it might be a fault in the IBIS mechanism on the OM-1, but when in photo mode, the IBIS allows me regularly to shoot images of multi seconds handheld pretty much repeatedly without issue, and the HHHHR feature also seems to be performing as usual. Has anything else who shoots video noticed this ? It's not like I shoot the OM-1 in H265 10 bit mode, as the picture profiles available are severely limited (OM-Log 400 or HLG modes), so I'm still shooting H265 8 bit as I did on the earlier bodies. Do you think there's a problem, or is this more to do with the new stacked sensor technology that the OM-1 uses ?

Would welcome other peoples experiences ?
Click to expand...
Re: video ~ of late I used my Olympus TG6

But I note that OM1 firmware v1.5 improved the AF stability in video therefore I wonder what firmware you are on?
 
Thanks Box Brownie, yes, I'm on the latest firmware. (y)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top