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

RedRobin said:
.... Good point about the possibility of damaging the OEM cable - It is very stiff and therefore not that practical for using outdoors in the field (with a portable battery pack for example). Like you, I now keep mine for exclusive use with the OMS Battery Charger < Which I must remember to register.

I bought a braided USB-C cable from the Apple Store (INIU brand) which has its own rubber cable tie and also the connector lights up to confirm power on Fast Charge. It's perfect for recharging any of my devices while out in the field.
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Hmmm! It didn't occur to me to register the dual charger at my Olympus :thinking:
 
RedRobin said:
... And the batteries are expensive and I believe most have electronic chips in them designed to communicate and work efficiently with their matching OEM camera bodies. Buy third-party brands and IF a problem happens with either the battery or more importantly the camera body, then your warranty claim is screwed. Surely it's a no-brainer.
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It is a good point about warranty and I'd avoid most 3rd party batteries and chargers. However I do use Ansmann batteries. I've used them over a few cameras now and not had a problem. In fact, I'm using an Ansmann BLS-5 as my main battery in the E m5III as the Olympus BLS-50 that came with the camera doesn't last as long. I also use Lemix USB chargers for travel, again I've used a few of them over different cameras, so I can recommend both those products for those looking for 3rd party stuff.
 
jerry12953 said:
£989.10.

I phoned HDEW as well, they didn't have it in stock but said their last price was £999 and the next batch (when it arrived!) would probably be a bit more expensive.

All the official retailers had it for £1099 (as you probably know). There's competition for you.......
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Dam just missed that then. Everywhere had it for 1299 so I went with srs who had it for 1099. Ah well
 
Box Brownie said:
Hmmm! It didn't occur to me to register the dual charger at my Olympus :thinking:
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.... I mentioned it when I was talking to them this morning and was told it was a good thing to have done if I ever had a problem with it. It has a serial # underneath.
 
First shot I got with the new zuiko 100-400mm with OM1. This was at 10000 ISO. The lens is noticeably sharper than the Panasonic but the IS is not as good (slight jerks on movement). Even against the om-1 / pany combo.
The gh5 / pany 100-400mm IS is clearly better.
I've upgraded the firmware to 1.1 now so will try again tomorrow. The issues I hit were if I left the lens on the focus range of full and had the AF as all points it just would not focus from near to far even pumping the Af button several times and if I did continuous AF on a static image the focus would just shift off what I was focused on . Very odd.

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peat said:
First shot I got with the new zuiko 100-400mm with OM1. This was at 10000 ISO. The lens is noticeably sharper than the Panasonic but the IS is not as good (slight jerks on movement). Even against the om-1 / pany combo.
The gh5 / pany 100-400mm IS is clearly better.
I've upgraded the firmware to 1.1 now so will try again tomorrow. The issues I hit were if I left the lens on the focus range of full and had the AF as all points it just would not focus from near to far even pumping the Af button several times and if I did continuous AF on a static image the focus would just shift off what I was focused on . Very odd.

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Majority of the time mine is on the middle setting to cover most eventualities . Not sure on settings in the OM1 but on the mkiii you need to set in cog menu to allow lens i.s priority as there not a fully synch lens . Never even know my I.s working it just does it
 
RedRobin said:
.... And the batteries are expensive and I believe most have electronic chips in them designed to communicate and work efficiently with their matching OEM camera bodies. Buy third-party brands and IF a problem happens with either the battery or more importantly the camera body, then your warranty claim is screwed. Surely it's a no-brainer.

The OM Charger + 1 Free Battery deal was on early pre-orders. I'm one of guys who, once I have established that I trust a brand, I am totally comfortable pre-ordering. Furthermore, in these recent times of extremely looong availability / delivery times, it makes the difference between getting to enjoy using a product sooner rather than a looong time later and with all the frustrations that brings. Neither am I going to take notice of all those pixel-peeping pessimistic keyboard warriors to spout their negative criticisms online while they try to big themselves up [/end of rant].

Good idea about the 'My Menu' - I only have 'Card Formatting' and 'Battery Status' in one. Thanks, I might consider expanding that now I am becoming much more familiar with the camera.

I think we are all looking forward to seeing your images from a 'Diary of a Sofa Photographer' :D
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I understand where you're coming from. I was definitely going to order, but was trying to be good by selling some equipment first. I'm afraid I took the Olympus guy at his word when he said there were lots coming and they expected to be able to fulfil all pre-orders. Otherwise I would have been naughty :D. I think I did pre-order within a few days of the launch.

Ah now I didn't think to add Card Formatting to MyMenu :LOL: Good idea as I do always format it once my pics have been downloaded.

I'm fortunate the weather has been warm enough to leave the patio windows open, although I think the birds have been less active in the heat. My pics are very boring though and I am stuck with the one viewpoint. I did sit outside today and was pleased that the woodpeckers though a little reticent, did come to the feeder about 15 feet away.
Here's my local male pheasant, who usurped Connell, the previous male pheasant that I used to hand feed. He comes running up when he sees us, as do his females. He also pecks at our windows when he wants to be fed.
I'm not sure if it will show here, but I am impressed with the detail it has captured in his face.

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That actually works quiet well Dave
 
Testing out the OM-1 / oly 100-400mm combo this morning after the firmware update to 1.1.
Feels better. and I realised that if I turn off subject detection then it has no problem focusing front to back and vice versa.
Looks like it will do a good enough job handholding for video. Results are a little bit softer than the gh5 and pany 100-400 but that is built for video so I'm not worried about that.

Test footage

Very impressed by the bird tracking in flight, even when birds are absolutely miles off like this sprawk. I wouldn't use this photo but its a good example of the AF tracking the combo can do I thought. That is definitely a big improvement over the om-1 and pany 100-400 combo

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Also played around with things at minimum focus and can see it does a good enough job for getting beasties when out and about on a walk. ( I like the bokeh as well. Very nice for a non-pro zoom lens imo)

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So all in all it looks like the OM-1 and this lens will do exactly what I want which is an all around camera that can do everything good enough.
Time to sell my gh5 combo and my Sony rx10 iv !
 
I found this nice Mike Lane video which (appears to) include footage taken with the OM-1 & the 150-400mm lens.

I also noted his approach of that he goes out with a primary intention i.e. stills or video.


View: https://youtu.be/c-4YKqmjtzQ


Edit ~ someone on another forum has pointed out that this video was filmed in March when Mike Lane was still mainly using his Sony ~ sorry folks 'my bad' :(
 
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Used the Om-1 and Oly 100-400mm combo in anger for the first time today. Have to say I love it. I got a photo of a Damselfly in flight with it. I have never managed that before. The combo is so versatile I think that's the clincher for me. Thanks to everyone who pushed me over the line to get the Oly 100-400. Its defo released the potential of the OM-1 over the Pany 100-400.
The only issue now is I am coming home with too many photos :)

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Bebop said:
Looks like you’re getting on well with the new camera @Fuji Dave . Was this with the 25mm 1.8?
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Thanks Bebop yes I think I might be getting my head round this new system now, but still a way to go. Yes it was the 25mm f1.8 as it feels so light on my camera.
 
Fuji Dave said:
Thanks Bebop yes I think I might be getting my head round this new system now, but still a way to go. Yes it was the 25mm f1.8 as it feels so light on my camera.
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Just realised you are now using the E-M5 Mk3 - great little camera, I love it with my three primes. :)
 
gramps said:
Just realised you are now using the E-M5 Mk3 - great little camera, I love it with my three primes. :)
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It is a great little camera and I'm glad it is lighter than my A7 III which I miss using, I doubt I will get anymore lenses as it does well for me at the moment.
 
Burning midnight oil..................

One to share from some of the first ones out of the OM-1.
Lens was the 40-150 f2.8 and the x2 TC

This was taken on 3rd April....flat sky and raw is tad underexposed.
PP in DxO 5 with NR Deep Prime and some exposure adjustments
Finished in PS CS6

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Hopefully the Red Kite will be more advantageously seen & positioned (still a few on the hard drive to examine...so maybe a few more worth PP'ing) in future..................but none too shabby IMHO :)

PS this was seen from our garden and they do seem to be about here more often but no clear pattern of times and periods of 'overhead' :thinking: :D
 
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peat said:
Testing out the OM-1 / oly 100-400mm combo this morning after the firmware update to 1.1.
Feels better. and I realised that if I turn off subject detection then it has no problem focusing front to back and vice versa.
Looks like it will do a good enough job handholding for video. Results are a little bit softer than the gh5 and pany 100-400 but that is built for video so I'm not worried about that.

Test footage

Very impressed by the bird tracking in flight, even when birds are absolutely miles off like this sprawk. I wouldn't use this photo but its a good example of the AF tracking the combo can do I thought. That is definitely a big improvement over the om-1 and pany 100-400 combo

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Also played around with things at minimum focus and can see it does a good enough job for getting beasties when out and about on a walk. ( I like the bokeh as well. Very nice for a non-pro zoom lens imo)

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So all in all it looks like the OM-1 and this lens will do exactly what I want which is an all around camera that can do everything good enough.
Time to sell my gh5 combo and my Sony rx10 iv !
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I notice there's someone wanting to buy a Sony RX10iv in the "items wanted" thread in Market Place.
 
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Prime Noise Reduction and Upsizing an OM1 file
I took some armchair squirrel photos yesterday with the OM1 and 300mm f/4 - on animal detect (which by the way worked much better than bird detect :) ).

The ISO went up to 5000 (moments earlier the squirrel had been running so I'd been on a 1/3200s). The noise does appear better to me.

After cropping to ~ 1600 pixels long edge and exporting using Prime Noise reduction in Photolab, I then had a go using the On1 Resize to upsize it to 2500pixels long edge. I was impressed with the results.

All have been downsized for here at 900 long edge and 97% quality, apart from the original where I had to go to 92% to get it small enough to upload.

Here is the final one - Photolab noise reduction + upsized

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Photolab default processing and cropped (no noise reduction - other than perhaps what it shows in the default processing - HQ?)

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The original image just converted into jpeg (no default processing at all). 92% quality

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Not my finest squirrel pic, but I am impressed with the animal detect and to my eye there appears less noise with the OM1. I also think ON1 Resize did a good job.
 
@Bebop I am so jealous of your having Red Squirrels in your garden.....what a delight to see them.

As for animal detection AI your insight reinforces the other previous such insights where, IIRC, those who took pictures of their running dogs nailed it.

I am visiting a Fox hide this week so will see how I get on with the animal AI ? NB just need to double check my setting up of my OM-1 in readiness:)

As for DxO PL5, though still lots to learn.....I still find I prefer/need/must use other tools in my workflow. Not a criticism but just my way of working, until I can refine it!
 
Box Brownie said:
@Bebop I am so jealous of your having Red Squirrels in your garden.....what a delight to see them.

As for animal detection AI your insight reinforces the other previous such insights where, IIRC, those who took pictures of their running dogs nailed it.

I am visiting a Fox hide this week so will see how I get on with the animal AI ? NB just need to double check my setting up of my OM-1 in readiness:)

As for DxO PL5, though still lots to learn.....I still find I prefer/need/must use other tools in my workflow. Not a criticism but just my way of working, until I can refine it!
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I know I am so lucky, and also lazy. I really should have made a better backdrop by now. I don't encourage them to come further into the garden as it is open. I have a cat although she is old. There are also birds of prey about.

We have had 3 squirrels at one time in the garden this year and also a cute baby one. Last year I had 5.

I am also still refining my workflow a little at sea with my processing. I am very happy with Photolab 5 and keep coming back to it. However I did buy Capture One 22 and have been trying to learn how to use it well. If I have a lot of football photos which need to be processed quickly, I find Photolab just too slow. There are a few features of Capture One which I love, however I don't think you can beat the rendering of the files in Photolab.

Here is the same pic that I processed earlier in Capture One 22. it has taken me more time to process it than in Photolab (where I only cropped and changed the vignette), and it doesn't look as good to me - but that may be because I am not familiar enough with the software. I have a lot to learn.

By the way, it's not actually good to feed them peanuts and there are other nuts in there including hazelnuts in their shells. They shimmy up the bird feeder and get the peanuts there, so I think a few don't harm them, but apparently it can cause the calcium to leech from their bones?! :cautious: This feeder gets raided by crows, jays and GS woodpeckers too.

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@Bebop

In regard to nuts for the squirrels (grey & red)....we only offer Hazelnuts in shell and was very much something I took onboard some years back when we went to Brownsea Island to tempt the Reds there......do quiet you could hear them grinding the shells open, so very good for their (rodent) teeth:)
 
Lovely to have red squirrels so readily available, although I am only across the Solent, there are none in Hampshire. Re the editing software conundrum, I also have the three you mentioned Bebop, and although I rarely use ON1, the resizing sounds interesting. I have found, for me, with the em1mkiii the best way of using the programmes is to use dxo first, usually deep prime, and possible a tiny bit of clear view, and then send a dng file to Capture One to finish off, there is just something about the way it manages colour, and I like the ‘magic brush’, haven’t tried the new ‘magic eraser’ yet though.
Hope your recovery goes well.
 
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@Bebop

In regard to nuts for the squirrels (grey & red)....we only offer Hazelnuts in shell and was very much something I took onboard some years back when we went to Brownsea Island to tempt the Reds there......do quiet you could hear them grinding the shells open, so very good for their (rodent) teeth:)
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Yes the trouble is they empty the feeder and bury all that they don’t eat, so squirrels that come along later don’t find any. So I only put a few out at a time and they’re in 3 different places. At other times of the year (when they don’t have young) I sometimes don’t put any out and I do see them looking for their buried ones.

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Lovely to have red squirrels so readily available, although I am only across the Solent, there are none in Hampshire. Re the editing software conundrum, I also have the three you mentioned Bebop, and although I rarely use ON1, the resizing sounds interesting. I have found, for me, with the em1mkiii the best way of using the programmes is to use dxo first, usually deep prime, and possible a tiny bit of clear view, and then send a dng file to Capture One to finish off, there is just something about the way it manages colour, and I like the ‘magic brush’, haven’t tried the new ‘magic eraser’ yet though.
Hope your recovery goes well.
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oh that’s interesting. I rarely use ON1 too, but I thought I’d try out the resize. I find the default Photolab processing and crop is often enough, but I will try your workflow out.
I also like the magic brush in Capture One. I didn’t know about the magic eraser. I like that you can do virtually anything on an adjustment layer - so powerful!
I’m making steady progress thank you. I just can’t wait to be properly back on my feet!
 
Yes, I agree it is a great bit of software, I got into it when I had a brief fling with a Fuji xt4, returned to Olympus as I missed the micro four thirds setup, particularly the smaller lenses!
 
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