New official GM1 video
Testing the Built-In WiFi on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 (TheDigitalStory).
Sigma 19mm gets DxOmarked.
An interview with Blackmagic CEO at Genkosha.
Kir Tuck talks about the GH3 at VisualScienceLab.
Olympus OM-D Streetwalk Camden (ePhotozine).
BCLmacro Part I: Conversion from wide angle gem to macro with a twist (Samgoldphotos)
An Olympus E-PL5 One Year Review by Shawn Blanc.
Awesome photo of Klyuchevskoy volcano chosen as Earth Science Picture of the Day, taken with GH3 (Epod USA).
Comparation betwee GM2 GX7 G6 GF6 Cameradebate.
Lomography MFT Experimental Lens Kit test at BestMirrorlessCamerasReview.
E-M1 first impressions at Furnfeather.
APS-C dynamic range vs micro-43 dynamic range (CameraStuffReview).
Aki: “I had test Olympus E-M1 with MMF-3 adapter, and three 4/3 glass: 150mm f/2, 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 and 90-250mm f/2.8. I shooted volleyball and it´s works very well. You can find some photos here: http://www.akikuvaa.com/olympus-e-m1tarkennuksen-seuranta-pidemmilla-putkilla/”
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Can i ask a completely unrelated question go oly users out there. Ive just switched from lumix to a new em1 and i have the voigt 17.5mm. Is there any way to get the peaking/mf assist to work with this lens. Im a bit confused by the daunting oly menu!@
Hi! I set one of the two front buttons (next the lens) to peak, and the other to the magnified view with a double click.
Go to Custom Menu. Choose B purple settings (buttons/gears). First option: it lets you assign functions to buttons. I set the 5th button you see in the menu scrolling down to the magnified view, and the 6th to the Peak option.
Now, whenever you want to use focus peaking, simply press once that button: the live view will appear darker and you’ll see the white peaked area while focusing.
You can change also from white color (better in my opinion) and black color. I think a yellow would have been better but that’s it.
Hope it helps you: I know Olympus menus are a little annoying! 🙂
Riley’s advice below for focus peaking is good (especially the “assign a button” part)…
Dau…I switched over to Olympus from Panny…(won’t go back) and I feel that the cameras and sensors are better for my needs….
The Olympus menu system however is not well organized especially if you are used to using the more logical Panasonic menus. …but in time you will get more familiar with the Oly menu and it will slowly become less of an issue. It is a bit overwhelming at first. Do some google searches for tips on navigating the Olympus menu…I found that to be helpful. There is a lot of hidden/buried things in that menu system.
Yes. You need to assign one of the function buttons for ‘peaking’.
Iirc that lens doesn’t tell the camera that you are turning the focus ring, so the camera will not trigger ‘MF assist’.
Focus peaking can still be used, but you’ll have to assign a button for it. (see custom menu, dials/buttons). The button will then function as a toggle (toggling focus peaking on/off when pressed).
For magnified liveview, I typically use fn2 for this (which by default is a multi-function button, press + hold and rotate rear wheel to select a function, magnify is among them).
Once set to magnify: short press of the button will display a green box indicating the area that will be magnified. After this, (shortly) pressing the same button toggles between magnified and regular liveview, long press will return you to normal mode.
When the green box is displayed (so zoomed out) Pressing and holding for 3 seconds ‘ok’ will center the zoom area. Shortly pressing ‘ok’ will leave magnified liveview.
Hope this helps.
Thanks guys! Will give it a go tonight!
Focus peaking is only automatic with electrically connected m43 and 43rds lenses.
Otherwise you have to turn it on manually, you can assign a button.
Find it at Menu – Cogs – AF/MF – MF Assist – Peaking.
“Testing the Built-In WiFi on the Olympus OM-D E-M1” – a bit of a misleading title for a single page with no real detail.
And here’s the thing – I have tested it, and I’ve found it wanting. If you’re out in the middle of nowhere where there’s no other wifi then it works just fine. However, if you’re in an environment where there are lots of other wifi access points… not so good. In fact it’s quite unreliable, with frequent loss of signal and subsequent disconnects, even if you keep the E-M1 and phone close. However, I’ve yet to hear of anyone else having this problem, so it may be that my E-M1 is actually faulty, though I can’t think of any hardware fault that would manifest in this way (as the connection is perfect over quite a distance so long as there’s no other wifi around). I’d certainly be interested to hear if anyone else has come across this problem.
Em1 has some trouble when there are other wifi spots in the area: it’s not a problem of Em1, but of smartphones/tablets.
When I see the app is “hunting” trying to connect to the camera, I go to settings (on iPad mini) and choose the Em1 wifi from the wifi setting menu.
In this way the pairing never failed.
I really enjoy the function: it came usefull when taking candids at a fair (leave the camera somewhere with a hat or a scarf on it, then move some meters away with the tablet and shoot in “drone mode”, as I call it), to take group photos without setting a timer.
Nice feature is that you can set aperture, time, ISOs, and there’s no lag between touching the screen (it focuses where you touch) and taking the photo.
Marco, I’ve been considering getting a tablet for sometime, quite some time, before the advent of M1. Purpose has always been purely to use as an album, to which end have always looked towards an Android tab’ as there are some with seemingly superior screens, coupled with a friend who has the 9″ iPad with mega issues in loading images onto it. Any comments you (or any other readers) might have concerning this quandary would be greatly appreciated. For those who don’t know I now use an M1.
OMega, I have always had iPads, now I’m using a mini one. It’s a bit slower when importing photos from sd cards, with the new O.S.
The new iPad is faster and has no issues, I tried it (from photography point of view) from a friend.
I have no experience of Android systems, so I can’t say..
One suggestion: even if you use it as a portfolio, try to get at least 32gb model: in this way you can use it as a back up for photos when you’re travelling and you don’t have enough sd cards.
I have very similar experience using the wifi function. In the middle of nowhere, it simply always works and connects quickly. In places with lots of wifi networks, it takes a while, and going into the settings -> wifi settings and then pick the E-M1s wifi network always works (Android based tablet). I wish the E-M1 would turn off the display or at least turn off the display of the wifi access info once connected through.
Just like you, I find the remote control very helpful for candids and group pictures, but also for having a second camera in a fixed position that I can control remotely when working in front of a stage (as ‘official photographer’, so I can hang a camera from the ceiling or such if I like)
I find the import and sharing functions less useful. I bet its good for people wanting to do instagram like things or sharing some pictures on facebook or such, but for my use, the resolution limitations come down to only being able to import and share ‘previews’.
Yaa, you can set the import quality of pictures in settings. Default is quite low, you can choose the original size under settings.
Nice idea that of leaving the camera on a truipod during a concert and walk around with a second body and an eye on the tablet/smartphone. I should try it..
(I sometimes work through Instagram as a reporter, using dedicated hashtags at events like fairs, special cultural events and so on: most people I met through it use smartphones only, but some are really photography addicted and use every system, from analogic, to lomo, to Leica, to medium format in studio: it’s just part of our passion and even if most of things are trash, it can be used as work)
For me it’s definitely the E-M1 at fault – my phone can manage a perfectly stable and reliable connection to the other SSIDs, but not to the E-M1.
Thanks admin
Nice tutorial for using body cap lens 15mm for macro! It’s a genius idea.
That ( GM1 introducing ) type of video is the right video when come to promote a camera . Should do the same for GX7 too .
The current GX7 introducing video is a Sh*t .
See Olympus how they promote the EM1 .
Admin, the two links to Sanjeev’s tripod head aren’t working, you might want to check into it with him.
m4/3 has better dynamic range than FF 5D MkIII and most APS-C according to CameraStuffReview. GX7 and EM-1 have better dynamic range according to them (and DXO and DPReview). Quite surprising: after all the FF trolls indoctrinating us I started to believe that the small sensor remained inferior…
Better than the Canon MkIII?? Yeah Right, I find that hard to believe. Where’s the link??
He’s correct dude. Read and weep. Canon too busy sitting on their profits.
The link is just above CameraStuffReview. Have a look at the table in the GX7 review – better Dynamic Range than 5D MkIII.
For the EM-1 I suggest to read the section about dynamic range http://www.camerastuffreview.com/olympus-camera-review/olympus-om-d-e-m1-review
“…the Olympus OM-D E-M1, loses nothing to the dynamic range of an SLR camera with a full frame sensor like the Canon 5D MK3. […] Our results are consistent with the findings on other websites: [summaries and links to the relevant DXO and DPReview articles]”
m43 deluded failboys. Compare to latest Sony/Aptina/Toshiba APS-C and FF sensors. Compare to Nikon and Pentax APS- cameras, not Canon. Sony and Nikon FF destroy anything m43. m43 is only slightly better than the Sony RX100 and Canon APS-C using their ageing sensors. There’s a reason why no one else but “Kodak” will make an m43 system camera.
Hi
I use m4/3 and really do not think that it is better than FF in any major IQ consideration. Close maybe, good enough for me without doubt. Better, I do not think so. I use an EM-5 and GM1. I personally think the EM-5 is also better than the GM1 at high ISO also.
Berni
Hi Bernie,
I think it is agreeable that 4/3 is good enough in regards to IQ. I was just surprised to see that the newest sensors have better or equal dynamic range than the 5D MkIII and the APS-Cs in the table.
And I also wanted to see how any deluded trolls I was able to draw out of the hat but so far just 1 1/2 😉