Noise reduction was on Auto , what difference would that make?
Single shot RAW at these speeds is a fraction of a second for me. Obviously if you use burst and fill the buffer it will take longer to write. I tend to use 95mbs cards, but occasionally 60mbs ones.I was doing a natural light shoot. Shutter speed typically not less than about 1/500
Just been on a shoot and whilst I am happy with the quality of the images I found the write speed very frustrating during the shoot.Is there anything that can be done to speed this up or is it just a characteristic of the camera?
For info I am using a Class 10 Card rated at 30MB/s
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Noise reduction is for long exposures so if you are taking anything over (I think) 2 seconds then it will activate and double your exposure time.
Noise filter is for high ISO, I'd recommend setting that to off or low.
Do either of these have an effect on raw files or just jpeg?
I prefer the 45mm to the 20mm too, AF's faster too.Faster card it is then, nice cheap fix.
Just as a bye the bye, I was using the Panny 20mm and the Oly 45mmm and whilst images from the former were nice, the images with the 45 were excellent ( in my eyes anyway) I'm tempted to get the Oly 25mm to see if it is as good.
funny BMWs. And no sign of the BMW 4 cylinder building.went to BMW HQ today
9-18mm is a very good lens. I'd use the 12-40mm as a general walkabout and the occasional landscape, and the 9-18mm for dedicated landscape.Some great work there!
Another question for you folk. In changing over to m4/3, I'll be purchasing a 12-40 2.8 as it seems universally praised and almost a 'must have'. On my shopping list are also the 17mm 1.8 and 9-18mm. I'm just starting to question whether I need either.
I like the idea of the 17mm because it would make a nice lens just to carry around, I'm quite a fan of 35mm equiv focal length generally. But the 12-40 potentially has this covered, though with a penalty in terms of portability. Does anybody own both, and do you find you still use the 17mm?
The 9-18 is easier to make a case for as it goes nice and wide but there is a lot of overlap there. Again, anybody own both and find they use both?
I own all the lenses you mention and the 12-40 is, by a long way, my most used lens; it is optically much better than the 17mm but then it is much bigger and heavier too.
Basically the 17mm only ever gets used if I'm looking for ultimate portability or need the extra f-stop, which is rare, not least because I don't overly like 35mm FoV and the IBIS is very very good. I actually prefer the 28mm equiv of the Panasonic 14mm which is a fantastic lens, sharp, small and cheap (smaller than the O17). Also, the Oly 17mm isn't on a par with their other primes optically, it is perfectly good but isn't as sharp as others and suffers CA at the edges, neither of which the other Oly primes suffer.
That said, one of my favourite street photographers uses and EM10 and 17mm and I love his work.
I also have the 9-18 which is great as it is small and light so no reason not to carry it. I also have the Samyang 7.5mm which can be easily de-fished in post to give a much wider view than the 9-18 and is rather a fun lens. However, I tend to find the 12mm of the Pro wide enough for most situations which is one of the reasons why it stays on the camera.
My advice would be to get the 12-40 pro and live with it for a while, it might be all you want/need.
9-18mm is a very good lens. I'd use the 12-40mm as a general walkabout and the occasional landscape, and the 9-18mm for dedicated landscape.
If you can be bothered to sift through my images there's some on there with the 12-40mm and some with the 9-18mm (and other lenses) which may give you an idea what the lenses can do in the hands of a numpty. My Venice pics are all with the 12-40mm iirc, and most of the Monsal Dale album are with the 9-18mm. There's some in the Derbyshire Landscape album too.Cheers. Off to read some more reviews!
If you can be bothered to sift through my images there's some on there with the 12-40mm and some with the 9-18mm (and other lenses) which may give you an idea what the lenses can do in the hands of a numpty. My Venice pics are all with the 12-40mm iirc, and most of the Monsal Dale album are with the 9-18mm. There's some in the Derbyshire Landscape album too.
Will do just that. Cheers.
I posted some shots on page 181 of this thread using various lenses for a real compact set up I am happy the E-M5 Mkii with the 13-42 EZ
Here is a 40mp shot witt the E-M5 Mkii and 9-18mm
Buttermere reflection 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr
Simply stunningI posted some shots on page 181 of this thread using various lenses for a real compact set up I am happy the E-M5 Mkii with the 13-42 EZ
Here is a 40mp shot witt the E-M5 Mkii and 9-18mm
Buttermere reflection 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr
To save you looking here's some (can't compete with Alf though)Will do just that. Cheers.
To save you looking here's some (can't compete with Alf though)
Link to some with the 12-40mm a couple of pages earlier
https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/t...-2-owners-thread.395080/page-182#post-7247130
And then the 9-18mm
P7092340 re-edit mono 2 by TDG-77, on Flickr
P6132016 re-edit by TDG-77, on Flickr
Here are some shots to compare the size of the E-M5 Mkii with the 14-42 EZ to my compact camera and my Gripped E-M1 withthe 12-40 f2.8
1 & 5 comparison 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr
1 & 5 comparison by Alf Branch, on Flickr
XZ1 & 5 comparison 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr
XZ1 & 5 comparison_ by Alf Branch, on Flickr
ThanksLovely work there! Really encouraging stuff.
Cheers Alf. That 14-42 is very neat. How do you find its performance?
I find the AF Gopod and MF is very good power zoom is fine and if you follow the links to my previous posting with shots I think it is fine for sharpness too.
It means the E-M5 Mkii can go in a coat pocket.
To save you looking here's some (can't compete with Alf though)
Link to some with the 12-40mm a couple of pages earlier
https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/t...-2-owners-thread.395080/page-182#post-7247130
And then the 9-18mm
P7092340 re-edit mono 2 by TDG-77, on Flickr
P6132016 re-edit by TDG-77, on Flickr
If you are at all interested Graham, I've just put all my EM1 kit up for sale in Classifieds. Finally decided I miss my DSLR too much!Just to wrap this up. I decided against the 9-18 in the end. It was a close run thing but I decided to skip the 17 1.8 and 9-18 and put that money towards a 40-150 2.8. I think I'll get more use from it. Time will tell. I briefly pondered that 7-14 but I think for what I do, the tele will be more useful.
So I'm going for:
EM5ii
12-40 2.8
45mm 1.8
40-150 2.8
1.4x TC
If you are at all interested Graham, I've just put all my EM1 kit up for sale in Classifieds. Finally decided I miss my DSLR too much!
No problem, I just know I'm not going to be as happy as I was with hoping to be with M43 given my main interest. Hope you get along well with yours though, I know you have both systems which is what I should have done...hindsight is a wonderful thing, frustration isn't!I think I'm all fixed up now but I'll check. Hope the transition goes smoothly and thanks for your help.
Sorry, another noobie question.
On the E-M5ii, hi-res mode in raw, can lightroom CC handle the files? i.e. Do you just get a normal *.orf file that just happens to have way more pixels?