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

Box Brownie said:
Sage insight & advice :)

Tis all about pre-planning to have the extra bits of kit to mitigate for the wetting and how to pack/transport it if still damp!
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Yes I don’t put it into my camera bag until I’m sure it’s dry. I keep a sports towel handy and wrap it in that for the journey home - not far! Wet kitchen roll in a plastic bag doesn’t take up much space.
 
just bought another four thirds lens a 12-60 SWD f2.8 this time . give me a wide angle when needed , as I'm so pleased with the 50-200 and I already have the adaptor to MFT
 
the black fox said:
just bought another four thirds lens a 12-60 SWD f2.8 this time . give me a wide angle when needed , as I'm so pleased with the 50-200 and I already have the adaptor to MFT
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The 12-60 is prone to failure of a ribbon connector and show some distortion though it is nice lens
 
Torn between that lens size in the mft pro version and the 12-100 pro, I fear that they will be to big for an EDC lens
 
alfbranch said:
The 12-60 is prone to failure of a ribbon connector and show some distortion though it is nice lens
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fully aware alf , it won't get that much use anyway
 
a very distant marsh harrier hunting the marsh on the rising tide . in all honesty to the naked eye it was half this size so well pleased with the result which has retained some detail . hopefully tomorrows high tide will cover most of the visible greenery pushing the birds in further. BTW its approx 4 miles to the distant shoreline just did it on google earth it’s 4.13 miles exactly
distant harrier hunting by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
 
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Am just sharing my excitement that my brand new E-M1X + MC-14 + ED 40-150mm PRO have arrived and I am just waiting for the batteries to charge before going out in my wildlife garden to shoot. The light is not bad - Mostly cloudy but not heavy - so it's a good test. My primary concern is what standard of image quality I can get out of it as I am used to a Canon full-frame 1DX-2 and EOS-R with L lenses.

The weight and balance is a dream - Just right for me as I really don't like small very lightweight cameras. The body controls layout and very tactile feel is as if Canon had produced a m4/3 body! In fact the larger and more spaced buttons on the E-M1X are better than the 1DX-2. Olympus are really consciously trying hard to compete with the big boys with this E-M1X.

The E-M1X body is the same size as my Canon EOS-R + Battery Grip < 145mm vs 144mm sort of square. Its ergonomic deep grip allows me to walk around with it just hanging off my fingers in the same way that I do with my Canon cameras - I don't use neck straps. I have already fitted a Wimberley Arca-Swiss plate to the lens foot.

I have read several reports of users complaining about how flimsy and breakable the LH-76 lens hood is but they must be abusing their gear because it doesn't feel that way at all to me.

I am used to the matt black finishes of the Canon gear and at first glance the Olympus black shininess looks a bit cheap but picking up and handling both E-M1X body and lens immediately dispels such thoughts - The build quality feels good and solid. The extreme weatherproofing is a very enabling for my photography.

Hey!! Green lights on both batteries! It took exactly 2 hours as Olympus state - I'm outta here!!!
 
RedRobin said:
Am just sharing my excitement that my brand new E-M1X + MC-14 + ED 40-150mm PRO have arrived and I am just waiting for the batteries to charge before going out in my wildlife garden to shoot. The light is not bad - Mostly cloudy but not heavy - so it's a good test. My primary concern is what standard of image quality I can get out of it as I am used to a Canon full-frame 1DX-2 and EOS-R with L lenses.

The weight and balance is a dream - Just right for me as I really don't like small very lightweight cameras. The body controls layout and very tactile feel is as if Canon had produced a m4/3 body! In fact the larger and more spaced buttons on the E-M1X are better than the 1DX-2. Olympus are really consciously trying hard to compete with the big boys with this E-M1X.

The E-M1X body is the same size as my Canon EOS-R + Battery Grip < 145mm vs 144mm sort of square. Its ergonomic deep grip allows me to walk around with it just hanging off my fingers in the same way that I do with my Canon cameras - I don't use neck straps. I have already fitted a Wimberley Arca-Swiss plate to the lens foot.

I have read several reports of users complaining about how flimsy and breakable the LH-76 lens hood is but they must be abusing their gear because it doesn't feel that way at all to me.

I am used to the matt black finishes of the Canon gear and at first glance the Olympus black shininess looks a bit cheap but picking up and handling both E-M1X body and lens immediately dispels such thoughts - The build quality feels good and solid. The extreme weatherproofing is a very enabling for my photography.

Hey!! Green lights on both batteries! It took exactly 2 hours as Olympus state - I'm outta here!!!
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Very interested to hear what your thoughts are.
 
not the best ever shot , never even go a lock on in its five seconds of flight .. but a lifer for me never seen a bittern before let alone got a shot of one in flight

bit distant 2 by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
 
GyRob said:
I think you will be pleasantly surprised Robin .
Rob.
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.... Judging by many of the 60 images I shot in RAW as displayed and viewed enlarged on the rear screen, all in overcast cloudy conditions, it looks very promising. I need to setup my Olympus workflow by registering my products and then be able to download Olympus Workspace to cull and select to then export to Capture One for RAW conversion and post-processing.

My shots were literally quick snaps while on walkabout but the ones I took in poor light in late afternoon are looking surprisingly bright and sharp on the rear screen. I have set my style to 'Natural' and Auto WB and shoot Manual-mode with histogram visible in the viewfinder. My Auto ISO is set limited to 2000 ISO for now. I took some of the weir waterfall handheld at 1/20s in poor light. Nearly all my shots had the 1.4x Teleconverter mounted so F/4 was the widest aperture available.

Probably the only shot I am likely to keep is of a half-Husky half-Labrador dog with one brown eye and one pale blue. It should have been named 'Bowie' but is named 'Tyson' - I didn't know the owner but I showed her the pic afterwards and she would like a copy emailed. The fur and detail on camera screen looks promising.

Rather than drip feed my findings and thoughts about the rest of the camera and lens piecemeal, I'll wait a couple of days and post some bits together. But overall it really is looking like I shall be keeping this camera and enjoying it - I haven't found a deal-breaker yet.
 
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RedRobin said:
Am just sharing my excitement that my brand new E-M1X + MC-14 + ED 40-150mm PRO have arrived and I am just waiting for the batteries to charge before going out in my wildlife garden to shoot. The light is not bad - Mostly cloudy but not heavy - so it's a good test. My primary concern is what standard of image quality I can get out of it as I am used to a Canon full-frame 1DX-2 and EOS-R with L lenses.

I have read several reports of users complaining about how flimsy and breakable the LH-76 lens hood is but they must be abusing their gear because it doesn't feel that way at all to me.
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I am pretty careful with my stuff but my LH-76 still fell apart after about 2 years. It's a complex design with bearings and what seems to happen is that after a while the glue holding everything in place gives up. The upside was that Olympus fixed it for free even though I was outside the warranty period - they are very good a looking after their customers in my experience. Not sure if the fix will hold long term but it's not a big deal for me if it doesn't as I absolutely cherish that lens.

Incidentally the lens hood of the Canon EF 135 f/2.0 can be used as a more basic replacement - I used to be a Canon-only user until about 2012 and I still have a full-frame Canon setup which I rarely use these days.

Make sure you give the lens a try without the 1.4 TC as well.
 
maarten.dhaese said:
I am pretty careful with my stuff but my LH-76 still fell apart after about 2 years. It's a complex design with bearings and what seems to happen is that after a while the glue holding everything in place gives up. The upside was that Olympus fixed it for free even though I was outside the warranty period - they are very good a looking after their customers in my experience. Not sure if the fix will hold long term but it's not a big deal for me if it doesn't as I absolutely cherish that lens.

Incidentally the lens hood of the Canon EF 135 f/2.0 can be used as a more basic replacement - I used to be a Canon-only user until about 2012 and I still have a full-frame Canon setup which I rarely use these days.

Make sure you give the lens a try without the 1.4 TC as well.
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.... I have spoken on the phone with Olympus UK Customer Service a couple of times with questions in the last few days and am very impressed indeed with their friendly willingness to help. I had a lens mounting problem this morning and the fact that I had bought it from HDEW who are importers and not official Olympus dealers made no difference whatsoever - They still wanted to help. They were very appreciative of me phoning them back later to update them how it was fixed and told me not to hesitate to phone them for anything no matter how minor.

The sliding LH-76 means I can fit the whole combo including with the MC-14 mounted into my Lowepro Toploader Pro 70 AW II shoulder holster if I want to.

I will try the lens without the 1.4 TC in due course but I intentionally wanted to see how the combo performs in its worst scenario. For wildlife I always need reach. The ED 300mm F/4 PRO will be my next lens and probably a MC-20. My Canon 1DX-2, EF 500mm F/4L II, EF 100-400mm L II, plus both Extenders can then all be sold < They'll be in the TP Classifieds quite soon probably.
 
RedRobin said:
.... Judging by many of the 60 images I shot in RAW as displayed and viewed enlarged on the rear screen, all in overcast cloudy conditions, it looks very promising. I need to setup my Olympus workflow by registering my products and then be able to download Olympus Workspace to cull and select to then export to Capture One for RAW conversion and post-processing.

My shots were literally quick snaps while on walkabout but the ones I took in poor light in late afternoon are looking surprisingly bright and sharp on the rear screen. I have set my style to 'Natural' and Auto WB and shoot Manual-mode with histogram visible in the viewfinder. My Auto ISO is set limited to 2000 ISO for now. I took some of the weir waterfall handheld at 1/20s in poor light. Nearly all my shots had the 1.4x Teleconverter mounted so F/4 was the widest aperture available.

Probably the only shot I am likely to keep is of a half-Husky half-Labrador dog with one brown eye and one pale blue. It should have been named 'Bowie' but is named 'Tyson' - I didn't know the owner but I showed her the pic afterwards and she would like a copy emailed. The fur and detail on camera screen looks promising.

Rather than drip feed my findings and thoughts about the rest of the camera and lens piecemeal, I'll wait a couple of days and post some bits together. But overall it really is looking like I shall be keeping this camera and enjoying it - I haven't found a deal-breaker yet.
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If you want a quick free viewing program to tide you over fastone image viewer should do it.
 
mikew said:
If you want a quick free viewing program to tide you over fastone image viewer should do it.
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That's what I use and you get the option to edit the selected picture in an external program too. I'd be lost without it.
 
mikew said:
If you want a quick free viewing program to tide you over fastone image viewer should do it.
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.... Thanks but it's not available for macOS.

I use FastRawViewer (FRV) for culling and selecting my Canon RAW files before sending them to Capture One for RAW conversion and editing. I have checked FRV's website and it says it supports standard E-M1X RAW files but when/if I create Olympus High Res RAW I will need Olympus Workspace to prepare those files for export as TIFFs so I can further edit. So I prefer to start as I mean to go on with my workflow.

I find FastRawViewer is a bit clunky in both its user interface and actions. If I am travelling it is useful for first stage culling and labelling on my laptop (MacBook Pro) ready for edits at home on my desktop Mac later.
 
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been re-evaluating the 1.4 tc on the 50-200swd lens . it gives 283mm x2 ,but it has needed a bit of MA to get it right ,now reasonably happy with it after todays tests and as it allows for much better aperture values than the Panasonic and full i.b.i.s to it now looks like a keeper here's one from this morning with it .
the famous five by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
 
I have also asked on the Olympus forum if there was a quick method of switching/changing focus points i.e a one touch method from single point for perched birds to multi point for b.i.f . one of the nice gents on there suggested using the lever just above the control pad and how to do it so now I have single point in position 1 and 25 point in position 2 . ideal and fully working love this camera more and more each day of use
 
the black fox said:
been re-evaluating the 1.4 tc on the 50-200swd lens . it gives 283mm x2 ,but it has needed a bit of MA to get it right ,now reasonably happy with it after todays tests and as it allows for much better aperture values than the Panasonic and full i.b.i.s to it now looks like a keeper here's one from this morning with it .
the famous five by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
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.... This is much better than your previous few posted images here in my opinion. There is lots to like about this photo.


the black fox said:
I have also asked on the Olympus forum if there was a...
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.... Olympus forum? Do you have a link please, Jeff? You know how much I like to follow you ;) :D
 
My first processed image shot on my new Olympus E-M1X + ED 40-150mm PRO + MC-14. A quick snap taken in poor light and greatly enlarged - I did not know the owner.

RAW ORF file loaded and converted in Capture One 12.

I always shoot RAW and am happy with the result and so I have decided I am keeping the camera.

He is a crossbreed Husky-Labrador and his name is 'Tyson' but I think he should be named 'Bowie'.

CROSSBREED HUSKY-LABRADOR &#x27;TYSON&#x27; by Robin Procter, on Flickr
 
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RedRobin said:
My first processed image shot on my new Olympus E-M1X + ED 40-150mm PRO + MC-14. A quick snap taken in poor light and greatly enlarged - I did not know the owner.

RAW ORF file loaded and converted in Capture One 12.

I always shoot RAW and am happy with the result and so I have decided I am keeping the camera.

He is a crossbreed Husky-Labrador and his name is 'Tyson' but I think he should be named 'Bowie'.

CROSSBREED HUSKY-LABRADOR &#x27;TYSON&#x27; by Robin Procter, on Flickr
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This needs to be viewed on Flickr as it looks massively over sharpened and downsampled on here for some reason. Looks much better on Flickr
 
the black fox said:
I have also asked on the Olympus forum if there was a quick method of switching/changing focus points i.e a one touch method from single point for perched birds to multi point for b.i.f . one of the nice gents on there suggested using the lever just above the control pad and how to do it so now I have single point in position 1 and 25 point in position 2 . ideal and fully working love this camera more and more each day of use
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The other thing you could do is have two custom modes on C1 and C2 and switch as necessary, but it sounds like the method using the lever will be faster.
 
the black fox said:
I have also asked on the Olympus forum if there was a quick method of switching/changing focus points i.e a one touch method from single point for perched birds to multi point for b.i.f . one of the nice gents on there suggested using the lever just above the control pad and how to do it so now I have single point in position 1 and 25 point in position 2 . ideal and fully working love this camera more and more each day of use
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maarten.dhaese said:
The other thing you could do is have two custom modes on C1 and C2 and switch as necessary, but it sounds like the method using the lever will be faster.
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A while back I set up the Home Point HP and though I cannot recall the details of the settings the upshot is:-
If the single focus point is not on the centre just clicking the OK button returns it to the centre
Plus, I have allocated the AEL/AFL button as my toggle to switch HP to secondary pattern e.g.25 group.

In the latter, a press of the thumb toggles as needed :)
 
Box Brownie said:
A while back I set up the Home Point HP and though I cannot recall the details of the settings the upshot is:-
If the single focus point is not on the centre just clicking the OK button returns it to the centre
Plus, I have allocated the AEL/AFL button as my toggle to switch HP to secondary pattern e.g.25 group.

In the latter, a press of the thumb toggles as needed :)
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Having one press to centre the AF point is essential for any camera for me, another reason I like having endless customisable features (y)
 
maarten.dhaese said:
The other thing you could do is have two custom modes on C1 and C2 and switch as necessary, but it sounds like the method using the lever will be faster.
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The idea is to be able to do it very quickly without taking my eye from the viewfinder .this hopefully will do it
 
snerkler said:
This needs to be viewed on Flickr as it looks massively over sharpened and downsampled on here for some reason. Looks much better on Flickr
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.... I'm relieved to hear it looks much better on Flickr! But it doesn't look very different to me here on TP.

Onboard my [yes, I'm keeping it!] M1X, Picture style was 'Neutral' and no sharpening or anything else applied - I prefer my RAW files to be as neutral as possible so I can decide how I want to control my adjustments in post-processing on my big 27inch Eizo screen. My usual sharpening and other lens corrections filter (analysed per individual image and not by generic lens profiles) was applied.

Your comment obviously made me look more critically at my finished image. I had applied my typical recipe of adjustments in post-p and it is, and in retrospect need not have been, a massive enlargement/crop. I didn't know the dog's lady owner or the dog's behaviour and did not want her to feel hassled or inconvenienced and this really was a very quickly grabbed shot with a completely new unfamiliar camera.

I think that perhaps I could have cut back a fraction on the contrast. This is my very first attempt to process an image out of this camera and so I'll see how it goes but the important point is that it has demonstrated to me that a very quickly grabbed snap in very poor overcast late afternoon light which has been heavily cropped, has met an acceptable standard to me - I strive to improve and so am grateful for your honest critique.
 
RedRobin said:
.... I'm relieved to hear it looks much better on Flickr! But it doesn't look very different to me here on TP.

Onboard my [yes, I'm keeping it!] M1X, Picture style was 'Neutral' and no sharpening or anything else applied - I prefer my RAW files to be as neutral as possible so I can decide how I want to control my adjustments in post-processing on my big 27inch Eizo screen. My usual sharpening and other lens corrections filter (analysed per individual image and not by generic lens profiles) was applied.

Your comment obviously made me look more critically at my finished image. I had applied my typical recipe of adjustments in post-p and it is, and in retrospect need not have been, a massive enlargement/crop. I didn't know the dog's lady owner or the dog's behaviour and did not want her to feel hassled or inconvenienced and this really was a very quickly grabbed shot with a completely new unfamiliar camera.

I think that perhaps I could have cut back a fraction on the contrast. This is my very first attempt to process an image out of this camera and so I'll see how it goes but the important point is that it has demonstrated to me that a very quickly grabbed snap in very poor overcast late afternoon light which has been heavily cropped, has met an acceptable standard to me - I strive to improve and so am grateful for your honest critique.
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Looks absolutely fine on Flickr, on my computer the image posted on here seems enlarged which leads to the typical decrease in quality and artefacts.
 
snerkler said:
Looks absolutely fine on Flickr, on my computer the image posted on here seems enlarged which leads to the typical decrease in quality and artefacts.
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.... Thanks! I am very relieved to hear that because I do take notice of people's comments/critique and as I have been trialling this camera I would be particularly concerned. For what it's worth, comments on Flickr have all been very positive so far - In fact more so than I expected.

Ooops! I have just ordered the ED 300mm F/4 PRO.
 
RedRobin said:
.... Thanks! I am very relieved to hear that because I do take notice of people's comments/critique and as I have been trialling this camera I would be particularly concerned. For what it's worth, comments on Flickr have all been very positive so far - In fact more so than I expected.

Ooops! I have just ordered the ED 300mm F/4 PRO.
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TBH I find it bizarre that a photography site doesn't make sure images are displayed as optimally as possible. I've been complaining for some time now that my photos posted on here are no where near as sharp/good quality as Flickr, which in turn isn't quite as good as how the originals look on my computer. I tend to post a smaller size on here to what you do to try and make the best of a bad situation ;)
 
Unfortunately the forum and flikr both don't display pictures as they should. The reality is that storage, bandwidth and supporting different clients cause a reduction in quality. Why I lean in Dropbox (and others) for sharing files sometimes as the original file will remain intact.
 
Does anyone have experience or opinions on Lexar Vs SanDisk SD cards in Olympus OMD EM1 mkii ?

I am torn between getting a Lexar Professional 2000x 128GB SDXC UHS-II Card
or
SanDisk Extreme PRO 128 GB up to 300MB/s UHS-II

I currently have a 32GB SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II card which has been fine but a little small if you start recording any 4K footage on it.
 
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