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

Some more with the 100-400 and OM1 - still not fully convinced... some sharp shots at close range but with even a modest bit of distance to the target and the quality seems to drop off pretty quickly. The reed bunting for instance - I took 50+ shots and this was the best and it's ok but no better I think. The light was reasonable (f6.3, 1/800 and iso640) and I was about 10 metres away I would say - maybe I am expecting too much, opinions welcome.


Reed Bunting by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Happy with this one :)

Herring Gull by Mike Smith, on Flickr

And this is sharp but at a closer range

Jackdaw by Mike Smith, on Flickr

This is ok - not great - again at longer range

Wren by Mike Smith, on Flickr
 
That’s one of the faults of the 100-400 Mike , I suggest trying to hire one if possible it’s far far superior even wide open and my standard rig is with the 1.4 tc .. you lose the flexibility of the zoom but gain unrivalled sharpness
 
the black fox said:
That’s one of the faults of the 100-400 Mike , I suggest trying to hire one if possible it’s far far superior even wide open and my standard rig is with the 1.4 tc .. you lose the flexibility of the zoom but gain unrivalled sharpness
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Thanks Jeff - assuming you’re talking about the 300f4, yes I’m already thinking about one ;)
 
yep sorry early morning post 300mm f4
 
Has anyone here played around with the LR / LRC super resolution mode?

From what I am seeing and reading this effectively turns say a 12 mp image into a 48 mp image (based on Adobe website blurb).

So an OLY 50 mp HHHR shot would become...200 mp?

I have done this sort of thing in Photoshop before, combined with high pass filters.

Going to have a play around and see what the outcome is like.

I am guessing you would need to apply denoise first (if needed) export out of LR and then re-import the image? No idea, but will have a play
 
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dibbly dobbler said:
Some more with the 100-400 and OM1 - still not fully convinced... some sharp shots at close range but with even a modest bit of distance to the target and the quality seems to drop off pretty quickly. The reed bunting for instance - I took 50+ shots and this was the best and it's ok but no better I think. The light was reasonable (f6.3, 1/800 and iso640) and I was about 10 metres away I would say - maybe I am expecting too much, opinions welcome.


Reed Bunting by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Happy with this one :)

Herring Gull by Mike Smith, on Flickr

And this is sharp but at a closer range

Jackdaw by Mike Smith, on Flickr

This is ok - not great - again at longer range

Wren by Mike Smith, on Flickr
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Are you using Denoise in Lightroom or something similar? It makes a lot of difference.
 
dibbly dobbler said:
Some more with the 100-400 and OM1 - still not fully convinced... some sharp shots at close range but with even a modest bit of distance to the target and the quality seems to drop off pretty quickly. The reed bunting for instance - I took 50+ shots and this was the best and it's ok but no better I think. The light was reasonable (f6.3, 1/800 and iso640) and I was about 10 metres away I would say - maybe I am expecting too much, opinions welcome.


Reed Bunting by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Happy with this one :)

Herring Gull by Mike Smith, on Flickr

And this is sharp but at a closer range

Jackdaw by Mike Smith, on Flickr

This is ok - not great - again at longer range

Wren by Mike Smith, on Flickr
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They are a good deal cleaner than what I get from my EM1X and same lens.

I'd be happy with those.

In fact those shots have made up my mind to go for an OM-1 at some point.
 
I was all set to pre-order an OM-5 ii until i saw they had stopped support for the small FL-LM3 flash I got with my E-M5 ii.
Think now i'll get an OM-5 i or perhaps an E-M5 iii, that little flash comes in handy at times, very strange decision.
Put a wanted in the classifieds a week ago, but nothing yet so might see what the dealers have to offer.
 
tijuana taxi said:
I was all set to pre-order an OM-5 ii until i saw they had stopped support for the small FL-LM3 flash I got with my E-M5 ii.
Think now i'll get an OM-5 i or perhaps an E-M5 iii, that little flash comes in handy at times, very strange decision.
Put a wanted in the classifieds a week ago, but nothing yet so might see what the dealers have to offer.
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You can get them new from Amazon for 70 quid or they're on eBay 2nd hand for less.
 
GreenNinja67 said:
They are a good deal cleaner than what I get from my EM1X and same lens.

I'd be happy with those.

In fact those shots have made up my mind to go for an OM-1 at some point.
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Thanks Terry, that is interesting to hear. I've shot a lot with an RX10iv with a 1 inch sensor - it's very sharp and in good light can produce great results. Having bought much bigger and better (?) kit it may be that my expectations were too high...
 
Got the below today with OM1 and 60mm... it's a nice enough image until you look closer and it's really not that sharp :rolleyes: Sorry I am going on like a cracked record here but again I'm a bit disappointed . Any macro shooters on here? I shot it with diffused flash at f14, iso200 and 1/250 - I've used settings like this for a long time on various systems but maybe on M43 I need a wider aperture? Thoughts welcome...


Hoverfly Macro by Mike Smith, on Flickr
 
f14 on 60 mm micro 4/3 is physically the same size aperture as f28 on 120mm FF (as f numbers represent a ratio). You could be running into diffraction. I'd try f8 which will give you same DoF as f16 on FF lens of twice the focal length.
 
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The Duke of Bork said:
f14 on 60 mm micro 4/3 is physically the same size aperture as f28 on 120mm FF (as f numbers represent a ratio). You could be running into diffraction. I'd try f8 which will give you same DoF as f16 on FF lens of twice the focal length.
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Ah that is great advice thanks so much! I used to shoot FF and have not quite recalibrated yet - I’ll try f8 and report back. Thanks again :)
 
In all honesty with 99.9% of my shots with Olympus I have shot wide open . With Macro as the others have said you only need to go as far as F8 , and there’s also focus stacking to play with .. the only difference with Olympus focus stacking is that unlike other competitors your aiming point is the middle of the target for best results as it works from the middle forward then goes all the way back to get the finished result
 
the black fox said:
In all honesty with 99.9% of my shots with Olympus I have shot wide open . With Macro as the others have said you only need to go as far as F8 , and there’s also focus stacking to play with .. the only difference with Olympus focus stacking is that unlike other competitors your aiming point is the middle of the target for best results as it works from the middle forward then goes all the way back to get the finished result
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Adamcski said:
I don't own that lens but on the 90 mm I tend to stick around F5.6 to F8.

On the last page my two images of them were F7.1 natural light.
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Thanks Gents :)
 
Got to agree Alf you have used that last light to best advantage
 
The system does grow on you Mike
 
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Had a cracking 5 hours at our only true nature reserve yesterday. I got burnt to bits but took 4200 photos :O

Couple of ones Ive edited so far. Field grasshopper was with om1 + 90mm (16 shot handheld stack). Red-veined Darter was the om1 mkii and 300mm

Field Grasshopper, Isle of Man by Pete, on Flickr

Red-veined Darter, Isle of Man by Pete, on Flickr
 
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