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

Stunning set Pete
 
What better way to ' kick start ' your waning interest in photography than buy a new camera ? well in my case as I long time user of Panasonic M 4/3rds I am awaiting delivery of the OM Systems OM-5 mk ii + 12-45 f4 Pro lens.

I am a long time user of DXO Photolab to convert my raw files, in my instance I am using Photolab version 3 which is pretty dated and will not work with the OM-5 mkii ORF files.

So do I purchase the latest version of Photolab at a cost of £220.00. :oops: :$ I have tried a trial version of DXO's Pure Raw which I cannot get to run on my 'elderly' Windows 10 PC.

What do other 'Olympus family' owners use to convert their raw files ? is the free OM Workspace viable ? I cannot trial it until I receive the OM-5 as I need a valid serial number.

Your opinions appreciated.
 
lightroom classic and photoshop ,constant updates works a treat
 
badlywornroy said:
What better way to ' kick start ' your waning interest in photography than buy a new camera ? well in my case as I long time user of Panasonic M 4/3rds I am awaiting delivery of the OM Systems OM-5 mk ii + 12-45 f4 Pro lens.

I am a long time user of DXO Photolab to convert my raw files, in my instance I am using Photolab version 3 which is pretty dated and will not work with the OM-5 mkii ORF files.

So do I purchase the latest version of Photolab at a cost of £220.00. :oops: :$ I have tried a trial version of DXO's Pure Raw which I cannot get to run on my 'elderly' Windows 10 PC.

What do other 'Olympus family' owners use to convert their raw files ? is the free OM Workspace viable ? I cannot trial it until I receive the OM-5 as I need a valid serial number.

Your opinions appreciated.
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A perfect combination of camera and lens - my most-used setup.

For me, it's Lightroom Classic (desktop) all the way.
 
I use On1 PhotoRaw2026.4 for processing and OM Workspace to see how far I was from the subject with the focus point.
It does not always show the focus point, but I reckon that's when I'm not had the bbf button pressed. i.e focus and recomposed.
 
So sad days for me my SFN has declined so much that my bird photography won't be continuing
I am trading in my big beautiful EM1-X and stellar larger lenses 12-45 , 25f1.2,my favourite 100-400 ver1
So no bird photography for me.
I will post from my little Olympus omd em10 markii and 17mm f1.8, 45mm f1.8 and 60mm macro
 
MK1 Photography said:
So sad days for me my SFN has declined so much that my bird photography won't be continuing
I am trading in my big beautiful EM1-X and stellar larger lenses 12-45 , 25f1.2,my favourite 100-400 ver1
So no bird photography for me.
I will post from my little Olympus omd em10 markii and 17mm f1.8, 45mm f1.8 and 60mm macro
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Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can continue with the smaller setup
 
Just a heads up, I’ve posted a new post in the wanted section. I’m looking for an OM 12-45 f4. If anyone is looking to sell theirs, let me know.
 
MK1 Photography said:
Thanks it's an insidious creeping condition. Absolutely horrendous that robs you of anything. Driving. Owning a boat. Sleep. Gastro problems. Some days I cannot go out
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Sorry to hear this mark , have you considered part exchanging for a decent bridge camera something like a Sony rx10iv or the new mkv version or something similar
 
I have just bought a pen f and must say, I love it. It does have the old Olympus menu system, but as long as you only set up what you want and/or need it’s a lovely camera to carry around. Light and responsive, I do have the 12-40 lens, but bought the pancake 14-42 and have just ordered the [jjc?] automatic lens cap for it, which makes the whole set up an excellent every day camera. Still a bit expensive for a 10 year old camera, but I am really pleased with it. Complements my OM system and larger lenses.
 
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I don't know if it's just me, but as I've been installing a new NAS and have been transferring all my images from the old one to the new one, it got me looking at some of my old images (especially all my holiday folders from the last 23 years, where each holiday has it's own folder).

I don't know if I am going mad, but I've been looking at movies shot with my long gone EM1 II & EM1 III, vs more recent holiday shots with the much newer OM-1, I actually much prefer the look of the movies on the older cameras. Obviously these older bodies never had the option of 10 bit so only shot in 8 bit, but to my eye the movies were "fuller" with much better colours and saturation (without looking overdone or over contrasty), rather than my OM1 which again at standard settings, tend to look a little washed out and flat.

I've also noticed that video I shot whilst walking on the EM1 II & EM1 III looked almost gimbal like (i.e. very smooth) where as good as the stabilisation is on the OM-1 (and on paper it's supposed to be better), I found that in walking shots, it's no where near as steady and does tend to jump around more ? Now I know when it comes to ergonomics, features, viewfinders and certainly AF, the OM1 is a considerable improvement on the older models, but I still think as I knew back then nothing about making videos so I literally just put the EM1's into movie mode and pressed the button, that the output is much nicer to my eye with very little (if any) additional grading needing to be done.

I don't know if it's something to do with the OM1's stacked sensor or that it now has so many additional controls over video settings that the older cameras never had, but honestly, I've watched over 50 short video clips and everyone shot on the older cameras look much nicer and smoother to my eye than the much more modern OM1.

Am I crazy, or has anyone else noticed this ?
 
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Anyone into macro and focus bracketing?
I'm trying to do this and don't seem to be able to get the camera to focus bracket - yes I have set it in the menu.
I'm trying to do what is shown in this Youtube vid. -
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9zkuQmTDAY&list=PL4fPjNvj1Fr_XZY7nUUKTJ1XNFkj_3uu2&index=59

and have followed his set up, but the focal plane is not moving. I've tried it on a tripod and handheld.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Does it focus bracket in MF mode as he states at about 6mins 15 seconds?

I'm using the OM-1 ii with 90mm macro.
 
Jamie S has explained to me how to solve my problem. I was putting it into manual focus using the lens focus clutch, whereas for this method to work it needs MF to be set in the camera menu.
 
Peter123 said:
Jamie S has explained to me how to solve my problem. I was putting it into manual focus using the lens focus clutch, whereas for this method to work it needs MF to be set in the camera menu.
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Just the sort of complication that camera users are supposed to be able to predict.............
 
Yes after years of using nearly exclusively Nikon I find the OM-1 menus challenging.
Mind you, for macro it is a lot more flexible than Nikon.
 
Now the challenge is to get these settings to work with flash (allow flash is greyed out when I switch to focus bracketing)
 
Hi everyone, I have been out of hobby photography for a while due to health reasons and I am just starting to get my mojo back.

I am thinking of getting a second hand Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS to use with my OMD E-M5 Mkii, will this combination be ok for widlife/bird/pet photography maybe even some form of sports?

I currently have the 12-40mm 2.8 Pro and the 40-150mm Pro lens.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, here's a picture of one of my dogs thatI recently took.13.jpg

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Paul_H said:
Hi everyone, I have been out of hobby photography for a while due to health reasons and I am just starting to get my mojo back.

I am thinking of getting a second hand Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS to use with my OMD E-M5 Mkii, will this combination be ok for widlife/bird/pet photography maybe even some form of sports?

I currently have the 12-40mm 2.8 Pro and the 40-150mm Pro lens.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated, here's a picture of one of my dogs thatI recently took.View attachment 490296

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Funny. Probably not what you want to hear.

I am just a hobbyist as well and have just sold my 100-400 mk2.

I found it to heavy and apart from the extra reach, it did not give me any better results than the much cheaper 75-300.

I am going to reinvest in one of them.
 
I just sold my beloved EM1-X and and a great example of a sharp copy of the 100-400
It's for sale at SRS microsystems check eBay for it. Shame I didn't know sooner

It's too heavy for me with my Small Fibre neuropathy
 
MK1 Photography said:
I just sold my beloved EM1-X and and a great example of a sharp copy of the 100-400
It's for sale at SRS microsystems check eBay for it. Shame I didn't know sooner

It's too heavy for me with my Small Fibre neuropathy
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Yes it was SRS who I bought and then returned my mk1 100-400 from.
Completely hassle free return.
 
MK1 Photography said:
So sad days for me my SFN has declined so much that my bird photography won't be continuing
I am trading in my big beautiful EM1-X and stellar larger lenses 12-45 , 25f1.2,my favourite 100-400 ver1
So no bird photography for me.
I will post from my little Olympus omd em10 markii and 17mm f1.8, 45mm f1.8 and 60mm macro
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Sorry to hear that Mark, best wishes.
 
Well, I received my om systems om-5 mkii & 12-45 f4 pro a couple of weeks ago. I have since added the 40-150 f4 pro & the 60mm f2.8 macro. Now all I have to do is master the camera ! Actually, ' master ' is never going to happen, learn to use is a better term. Totally unfamiliar with Olympus menus I am treading water. However, I am managing to take pictures, albeit jpeg only. My elderly Windows 10 PC needs replacing with something more modern that can handle all the raw converters and photographic AI stuff. My piggy bank is not allowing PC replacement at this time. Never mind, I am loving the camera and its output, so no regrets.
 
I have been keeping my eye out in case Viltrox bring out any MFT lenses.

I noticed today that they were supposed to announce them late July, but can’t find any reference to them yet.

I am in 2 minds whether to try say a 25 f1.8 if it comes in at about the same price as the Fuji one, about £170.

But you can get the OM 25mm from say Hdew for about £300 and has some weather sealing.
 
Peter123 said:
Now the challenge is to get these settings to work with flash (allow flash is greyed out when I switch to focus bracketing)
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I use the om1 + 90mm + godox flash quite heavily. Ill check my settings and get back to you.
I know i had a recent issue as i accidentally changed a setting and the flash decided to go into the wrong mode and stop working. Just when i was trying to stack a heath tiger beetle who are not the most patient subjects.
 
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