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

rookies said:
What buds me why should it make so much noise for the price?
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It's not a fault of the lens but rather the camera, which is telling the lens to open and close the aperture. One might question why the very expensive OM-D exhibits behaviour that much cheaper cameras do not... :thinking:
 
Llamaman said:
It's not a fault of the lens but rather the camera, which is telling the lens to open and close the aperture. One might question why the very expensive OM-D exhibits behaviour that much cheaper cameras do not... :thinking:
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You might have a point but I can't fault the omd at all yet now since I've got hang of it :)
 
bl0at3r said:
Off on a trip to London today - bit of sightseeing, Christmas shops and a few pictures with the OM-D. Am taking all primes - 7.5, 14, 20 & 45. Hopefully might see a bit of blue sky at some point :shrug:
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Can't wait to see the shots, hope you manage to get some after dark ones too .....
 
OM-D with the Olympus Zuiko 300mm f4.5 prime

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Glenn Surtees said:
OM-D with the Olympus Zuiko 300mm f4.5 prime

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OMG that is brill... Was it taken at 300mm or did you take advantage of the built in Tele convertor?

Was there alot of crop on that image?

I like it
 
It a damn fine image for a large crop mate.. Well Done :)
 
Glenn Surtees said:
It's a damn fine lens
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With a adaptor to m43? How much those lens
 
Excellent photo Glenn, I like using the manual lenses. They slow me down and make me think about what I am doing more.
 
Glenn Surtees said:
Thanks Lindsay :)



Thanks, me too. My favourite is the Olympus OM Zuiko 100mm f2.8, a cracker of a lens.
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I use Canon lenses, I have a fd 100mm f2.8, it is superb. I like using the fd 50mm f1.4 too. There really is some bargains to be had still but I have noticed the value of these old lenses increasing with the demand for them.
 
Llamaman said:
It's not a fault of the lens but rather the camera, which is telling the lens to open and close the aperture. One might question why the very expensive OM-D exhibits behaviour that much cheaper cameras do not... :thinking:
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It's not just the OMD, my E-P3 is very noisy with this lens.

Glenn that's a beauty of a capture !!!
 
bl0at3r said:
Awesome glenn - how long did you wait for that :thinking:
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I use an app called Lighttrac. I live near Edinburgh airport and the aeroplanes pass my house approaching and taking off. The app tells you where the sun or moon will be at any chosen time, so when it tells me the moon is in front of my house I get the camera out and wait for a passing aeroplane....simples!

PS like the London pics, especially Big Bent!
 
bl0at3r said:
Ok, here are some (hopefully not too cliche'd touristy shots) of London today despite taking all those primes I only used the 7.5 and the 20mm...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloater/8209479380/
Lion by TheBloater, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloater/8209479590/
Trafalgar by TheBloater, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloater/8208389293/
Big Ben by TheBloater, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloater/8208389501/
Tower Bridge by TheBloater, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloater/8208389403/
The Shard by TheBloater, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebloater/8209480182/
London Eye by TheBloater, on Flickr
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Some good shots there love the fisheye images. Might get one as looks good for town and city photography
 
Love the first fisheye shot Alan, looks great in mono. You were near me today, I work a couple of days a week near the shard :-)
 
bl0at3r said:
Thanks all - it was a bit windy and we were sat ontop of the open top tour bus for about 2hrs :help:
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OMG been through that and when it was P*****g it down too and could of done with :help: there ha ha
 
Pondering my lens line up after yesterday's trip...

The P7-14 is still a big heavy lens (relative to other m43 lenses) and although it would have been ideal, I left it behind due to this in preference for the S7.5 - so it is now for sale. May replace with the O9-18 which is tiny by comparison.

P45-200 (for sale) has been replaced with the O40-150 - not a big fan of telephoto but nice to have just in case, is very sharp and was cheap!

O12-50 is a great lens but is physically too long and thin, looks stupid and is very slow once you move away from the wide end - f6.3! Useful macro ability so will probably keep.

Love the P14, P20 and O45 and will keep these as my goto set of primes.

For convenience of not having to swap glass all the time, will be looking to buy the P12-35 2.8 to stick on the front of the OM-D almost permanently.

The Olympus bag that came with the zoom lens (pics back a page or two) was excellent - small, light, across the front with easy access and this held the OM-D body with lens and the 4 primes I took - exactly what m43 is all about for me.
 
bl0at3r said:
For convenience of not having to swap glass all the time, will be looking to buy the P12-35 2.8 to stick on the front of the OM-D almost permanently.
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Yup... It's expensive, it isn't any sharper than the 14-45 when stopped down, but it's plenty sharp enough AND 2.8 which makes it way more useful than any of the entry zooms. If it hadn't been for that lens (and the then-upcoming 35-100 when I swapped formats) I'd still have a 5D2.
 
Nice set Alan.

When you said a bit of sightseeing, I didn't realise you were braving the open top bus :gag:

Re the lenses, when I went up to Sheffield recently, I was happy with just the P20 & the O45. In fact, when I went on my "street shoot", I had the P20 on the camera, and forgot to pop the O45 in my coat pocket :( But, it's very interesting being forced just to use one lens - feet make very good tele/zoom!!
 
bl0at3r said:
Pondering my lens line up after yesterday's trip...

The P7-14 is still a big heavy lens (relative to other m43 lenses) and although it would have been ideal, I left it behind due to this in preference for the S7.5 - so it is now for sale. May replace with the O9-18 which is tiny by comparison.

P45-200 (for sale) has been replaced with the O40-150 - not a big fan of telephoto but nice to have just in case, is very sharp and was cheap!

O12-50 is a great lens but is physically too long and thin, looks stupid and is very slow once you move away from the wide end - f6.3! Useful macro ability so will probably keep.

Love the P14, P20 and O45 and will keep these as my goto set of primes.

For convenience of not having to swap glass all the time, will be looking to buy the P12-35 2.8 to stick on the front of the OM-D almost permanently.

The Olympus bag that came with the zoom lens (pics back a page or two) was excellent - small, light, across the front with easy access and this held the OM-D body with lens and the 4 primes I took - exactly what m43 is all about for me.
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Really great shots Alan, I love them all.

The 12-35 f2.8 is a great general purpose lens. I have something similar on my XE1 hence not getting this for my OMD otherwise I would have.
 
wellyboot said:
Lovely set Alan!
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Thanks Marcia

savvy249 said:
Nice set Alan.

When you said a bit of sightseeing, I didn't realise you were braving the open top bus :gag:

Re the lenses, when I went up to Sheffield recently, I was happy with just the P20 & the O45. In fact, when I went on my "street shoot", I had the P20 on the camera, and forgot to pop the O45 in my coat pocket :( But, it's very interesting being forced just to use one lens - feet make very good tele/zoom!!
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Yes Les, it was a little fresh on the bus!

I've always loved the P20 since I had it on the GF1 when it 1st came out - great focal length and lovely image quality

Lindsay D said:
Really great shots Alan, I love them all.

The 12-35 f2.8 is a great general purpose lens. I have something similar on my XE1 hence not getting this for my OMD otherwise I would have.
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Thanks Lindsay - it's currently got £50 off too via cash back :thumbs:
 
I'm off round Manchester tomorrow get few bits and visit the Xmas markets get a full mulled wines why im there as well :D I thought at first id just take the GX1 with the 20mm so take odd random photo while im about while im with the missis and friends..

Yet now im thinking about going with the OMD and 12-35mm and even thinking should i take the 25mm for better low light if it starts going dark with all lights and stalls, I only intended taking a few random portrait type photos originally though when i thought about taking my camera along :thinking::lol:
 
Throttle said:
I'm off round Manchester tomorrow get few bits and visit the Xmas markets get a full mulled wines why im there as well :D I thought at first id just take the GX1 with the 20mm so take odd random photo while im about while im with the missis and friends..

Yet now im thinking about going with the OMD and 12-35mm and even thinking should i take the 25mm for better low light if it starts going dark with all lights and stalls, I only intended taking a few random portrait type photos originally though when i thought about taking my camera along :thinking::lol:
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Probably a few good photo opportunities - look forward to seeing some of your shots.

This scenario is a little bit frustrating for me too, I would love to just take one lens on the body and be set for all situations - I guess the 12-35 will accommodate most of these - but I don't think I'll ever get away from taking a few different lenses with me without compromising something - not too much of an issue with the m43 sized stuff I know :bonk:
 
Yea id like too take one lens which the 12-35 would be best but if i get too stay around till its gets that bit darker the 25 would be better then if im taking portrait ..Im sure the GX1 would've been very good but im thinking better as i don't go much and OMD with its IS and better high iso :thinking:

I only planned on getting some bits Xmas stuff and having a look round originally :lol: I'll no doubt add some photos if i like anything i take there and nice set of London photo's the 7.5mm looks good im going too have invest in one just after Xmas i think :)
 
A question for Alan!
I keep looking at your fish-eye shots, and thinking how good they look. My other half uses one on his Nikon set up, and I have always liked the images from it, but yours are just as good.
So my question is, is that a Samyang lens, how do you find it balances on the OMD, and is manual focusing thrown up any problems with the lens?
Thanks Alan!
Marcia
 
wellyboot said:
A question for Alan!
I keep looking at your fish-eye shots, and thinking how good they look. My other half uses one on his Nikon set up, and I have always liked the images from it, but yours are just as good.
So my question is, is that a Samyang lens, how do you find it balances on the OMD, and is manual focusing thrown up any problems with the lens?
Thanks Alan!
Marcia
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Thanks Marcia!

For the price it is a corker of a lens - extremely sharp even wide open at f3.5 - the size is small and lightweight and I find it fits on the OM-D much better than on the GX1.

The manual focusing I was concerned about but to be honest for most of the landscape/architecture shots I have taken, you just whack it round to infinity, set it to f5.6-f8 and put the body on aperture priority - then forget about it and shoot. The whole lot is in focus without even trying.

It is only for closer focusing that you would need to rotate it back away from infinity and actually check the focusing before pressing the shutter.

It is approx £200 quid cheaper than the Panasonic 8mm Fish Eye and I got mne from UK Digital. Also has a 3 year Samyang warranty if you register the lens on their website.

Alan
 
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By the meaning of infinity what you mean sorry..

As I do have a bit of learning difficulty aswell as my deafness
 
rookies said:
By the meaning of infinity what you mean sorry..

As I do have a bit of learning difficulty aswell as my deafness
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The distance scale on a lens (not on many M43 lenses mind you) indicates closet or minimum focusing distance at one end - infinity at the other. Linked to hyperfocal distance too.

Pinched from Wikipedia for you...

In optics and photography, infinity focus is the state where a lens or other optical system forms an image of an object an infinite distance away. This corresponds to the point of focus for parallel rays. The image is formed at the focal point of the lens.

In practice, not all photographic lenses are capable of achieving infinity focus by design. A lens used with an adapter for close-up focusing, for example, may not be able to focus to infinity. Failure of the human eye to achieve infinity focus is diagnosed as myopia.

All optics are subject to manufacturing tolerances; even with perfect manufacture, optical trains experience thermal expansion. Focus mechanisms must accommodate part variations; even custom-built systems may have some means of adjustment. For example, telescopes such as the Mars Orbiter Camera, which are nominally set to infinity, have thermal controls. Deviations from its operating temperature are actively compensated to prevent shifts of focus.
 
bl0at3r said:
The distance scale on a lens (not on many M43 lenses mind you) indicates closet or minimum focusing distance at one end - infinity at the other. Linked to hyperfocal distance too.

Pinched from Wikipedia for you...

In optics and photography, infinity focus is the state where a lens or other optical system forms an image of an object an infinite distance away. This corresponds to the point of focus for parallel rays. The image is formed at the focal point of the lens.

In practice, not all photographic lenses are capable of achieving infinity focus by design. A lens used with an adapter for close-up focusing, for example, may not be able to focus to infinity. Failure of the human eye to achieve infinity focus is diagnosed as myopia.

All optics are subject to manufacturing tolerances; even with perfect manufacture, optical trains experience thermal expansion. Focus mechanisms must accommodate part variations; even custom-built systems may have some means of adjustment. For example, telescopes such as the Mars Orbiter Camera, which are nominally set to infinity, have thermal controls. Deviations from its operating temperature are actively compensated to prevent shifts of focus.
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Thanks and that what it called :bonk:

As the Canon L Lens had them I use to have to set to 1m focus point
 
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