Your doing rather well Gordon
I.q wise the mkii is a far superior body , just check the rubber grips though as they often stretch and come unstuck
Not sure about a improvement in in i.q ,but you will get lots more useability and functions I.e with the macro focus bracketing and focus stacking . Olympus lenses work far better on olympus bodies
Odd I didn’t find the Mark II that much of a step up in IQ over the Mark I. It’s better for sure but not huge, AF is a huge improvement though especially AF-C.
That's the thing about this new camera- it's ahead of it's time!!I think you need to check the date in the camera, Flickr says it was taken on 1st April 2022
Do they, fair enough if its one with sync is, but overall I think its negligible if at all.
Thank you. I'm liking the Oly and so far no regrets about switching from Canon.
Yes it is.
Harrumph
Presumably you could activate it from the menu or perhaps assign it to a button.
Apparently not. The only way is to switch to m/f from the camera, which is not as convenient and removes visibility of the focus scale and use of end stops.
The em5 mk3 would be very tempting but it would be double the cost to change I think.
I shall try this. However, if I set the camera to manual focus by an assigned button then slide the lens clutch, peaking etc is disabled. With the clutch in its normal position, obviously I get focus assist. But even if it worked, it would mean two separate actions to achieve what I can do in one with the 12-100.
Thanks -see my edit above which I was writing the same time as you! Basically, I cannot achieve both focus assist AND peaking at the same time. Granted, it's not something I want to do most days, but it would have been nice for it to have the same functionality as the 12-100.
This is quite fascinating. I haven’t used these lenses in a while but I do remember peaking not always working as expected. I always meant to look into it, so thanks for raising this.
Quite! However, personally I prefer physical controls where possible therefore to me it’s more intuitive to pull-push. Plus I find it very useful to have hard-stops (at infinity and close-up) and I think it feels better. Having said all that, it’s not often I use manual focus. I just like consistency.
I prefer physical controls too and love the MF clutch. At least I now know how it works, and it is not as I expected. I was foxed as to why sometimes I got the peaking and sometimes I didn't, but inevitably it was when I was out in some poorly lit room without the time to play.
That’s a useful thought. At the moment my only use for the lever in position 2 is to set the front wheel to ISO.I prefer physical controls too and love the MF clutch. At least I now know how it works, and it is not as I expected. I was foxed as to why sometimes I got the peaking and sometimes I didn't, but inevitably it was when I was out in some poorly lit room without the time to play.
I have been using C-Af + MF a lot lately with the 300mm +1.4 extender. If a bird is against a busy background and the camera is struggling, I have a chance with the focus peaking of trying to get some in focus.
Edit: I can get focus peaking and the magnify option, but only when I have actually set it to MF within the camera (which I think is what you know already).... so I guess if you can set a button to switch between manual and auto focus, then maybe it would work with one button press ( providing you have left it set up in the menu).
Edit 2: Actually this is great!! I've finally found a use for the Function Lever, which until now has been surplus to requirements. I've now set it, so that in position 2 it is manual focus. So with a flick of the lever, I can go into peaking and magnify. So thanks @Stephen L very much for helping me on my journey.... although it might all change when I get the OM1
I think that was what mine was set to previously, but I never remembered or used it.
I think that was what mine was set to previously, but I never remembered or used it.
I've set the group focus points to give priority to the centre point and to start at the centre point, so I could use a cross or grid configuration and feel reasonably confident I'll get the part I want in focus for birds.
There are so many customisable buttons and options, it might make a good party game where we all had to swap cameras
.... As an E-M1X user that's disappointing to hear but at least it will provide better grip than no grip! Plus I am someone who needs a second battery onboard.
What I love about the way you can customise the camera is that you can set it up for something specific you want to do.
What I love about the way you can customise the camera is that you can set it up for something specific you want to do.
Then quite a few months later, you peruse the manual to find out how to do something specific (with an aim to setting up the controls to do that) and discover they are already set up...
.... Do you mean the MC-14, MC-20 teleconverters?
