I have recently purchased a (silver) EM-5, together with grip and 45mm 1.8. ( I already have some other M43 lenses.)
In a word, an incredible piece of gadgetry. My 5Dii, L lenses are now all ebayed and life is happy! Thoroughly recommended piece of kit. I'll be shooting my first wedding with the EM-5 in a couple of months. Should be interesting.
Wow big move selling off pro gear and trusting the OMD to a paying wedding gig. I like my OMD alot, not sure I could make a drastic move like that. Let us know how it goes for you
Two quick question; what sharpness are folks using for the camera jpeg (the default is 0 and I dialed it to -1; but I thought it was easier to ask before doing a lot of experimenting).
Second the 14-45 (panasonic) seems to have quite a bit of ca; is there an easy way to correct for this without light room or other paid software. I mostly use linux and as far as I can tell the oly software doesn't deal with panasonic data (it does for oly data). I'm a bit on the fence with the 14-45 and thinking of returning it (i was very impressed by flypenfly watch photo with the 14-45 but my guess now is that there was post correction (or maybe there is less ca at 45mm). I just recieved the camera last night so only a few crude test last night; if i get home early enough today I'll take it out to the harbor and try a few tests with the 14-45 and 45. For some reason (based on some test photos i've seen) it looks like the em-5 is correcting ca on the 12-50 (i purchased body only). I also want to test my old c/y 135 - but right now it looks like it might rain - hum. oh well. Oddly I think the menu was not that hard to navigate without the manual though I still need to double check how easy it is to enable timer.
Yeah the 1445 has CA, sometimes a lot and it doesnt go away. Oly bodies only correct for distortion a bit on panny lenses.
Not sure I would use that lens without LR4 because removing CA is miraculously good in that program. But honestly, LR4.1 is the best $150 I ever spent on photography. It has affected my image quality more than any lens.
+1. I am 99% certain I am going to enjoy the OM-D immensely but I would not dump my FF Canon just yet ... not until I am totally convinced that IQ-wise it's at least as good as the 7D. I am scheduled to receive my silver OM-D tomorrow but I am already lusting for an OM-D Mk II.
Steve Beck wrote:
Wow big move selling off pro gear and trusting the OMD to a paying wedding gig. I like my OMD alot, not sure I could make a drastic move like that. Let us know how it goes for you
bobbytan wrote:
+1. I am 99% certain I am going to enjoy the OM-D immensely but I would not dump my FF Canon just yet ... not until I am totally convinced that IQ-wise it's at least as good as the 7D. I am scheduled to receive my silver OM-D tomorrow but I am already lusting for an OM-D Mk II.
The OMD Is a great companion to my D800/D700 kit. I have been riding around with it in my car for a few days and stopping in random places to play with it. Now I don't have to stress so much about leaving my big gear in the car.
Steve Beck wrote:
Wow big move selling off pro gear and trusting the OMD to a paying wedding gig. I like my OMD alot, not sure I could make a drastic move like that. Let us know how it goes for you
I have kept one Canon lens (24-105), which I will take (with a borrowed Canon body) as a backup for the wedding. (Just to be sure the Olympus behaves itself!)
I don't do many weddings these days, but hopefully by then I will also be proficient in using the Oly 12mm as well as the current 45/14-42/40-150 setup.
you2 wrote:
Two quick question; what sharpness are folks using for the camera jpeg (the default is 0 and I dialed it to -1; but I thought it was easier to ask before doing a lot of experimenting).
I normally shoot raw, but I think I have tuned the jpeg to +1.
bobbytan wrote:
+1. I am 99% certain I am going to enjoy the OM-D immensely but I would not dump my FF Canon just yet ... not until I am totally convinced that IQ-wise it's at least as good as the 7D. I am scheduled to receive my silver OM-D tomorrow but I am already *** for an OM-D Mk II.
Mine was a commercial decision. I couldn't afford to keep both sets of gear. I was (almost) heartbroken to see my 70-200 2.8ii go, but I have no regrets with the decision overall.
Ozimax wrote:
I have kept one Canon lens (24-105), which I will take (with a borrowed Canon body) as a backup for the wedding. (Just to be sure the Olympus behaves itself!)
I don't do many weddings these days, but hopefully by then I will also be proficient in using the Oly 12mm as well as the current 45/14-42/40-150 setup.
Ozi.
Wow I guess weddings where you are tend to be much better lit then here in the states... I would not even try to do a wedding with such slow apertures as either one of the zooms....
Everyone's expectations for their gear, as well as clien'ts expectations are different. One person using or not using a given piece of gear really doesn't set any sort of precedent or "prove" anything, other than in the mind of a given photographer for their own specific needs.
I've seen people with point and shoots on the sidelines of football (be it American or otherwise) and yet that hardly means I'm going to get rid of my Nikon's for that role. Wouldn't work for my needs and what my clients expect.
I've seen people shoot weddings with everything from a compact to some still using a 6x7 MF with film. EM-5 certainly wouldn't be my choice as a primary camera but its probably not the worst thing one could use, and yet not the best. Just depends on what one expects, what the client expects and such.
Granted my semi-pro days of shooting are long past gone and a micro-four thirds camera would cover most of my needs. But even though I go out and chase wildlife two... maybe three times a year, I just don't see myself giving up my Canon 1D MKIII and 300mm f2.8.
Curious though... is anyone shooting wildlife with a OMD or any other mirrorless camera?
I hear ya. I too picked up a M5 with the kit 12-50 adding a 45mm f1.8 and 75-300. They do indeed provide an amazing quality image with no burden of weight. I love the solid build as well. Sold off a D7000 and NEX-5n setup to get this, and now am not looking back. Having way too much fun.
Curious... and I may have read this somewhere else on the forums... but the OMD's image stabilization works with any lens, right?
So if I put a Panasonic lens with IOS on the OMD, the lens stabilization won't work but the OMD's stabilization will work? Same would go for an old Canon FD lens with adapter, the body stabilization will still take hold.
You could use Panasonic lenses with the OIS just fine if you want, but I think the IBIS is better in the OMD so it makes more sense to turn it off on the lens. If for some reason you felt so inclined you could turn off the IBIS and use the OIS though.
For IBIS adapted lenses work with stills only, and you have to manually enter the focal length in the camera, so it probably makes more sense for primes than zooms, or using your zooms at a fixed length.
I too am not as photographically active as I used to be - however, I still like to keep the necessary equipment on hand for the occasional Bald Eagle landing in my backyard.
In the past I have had a 5DII with a 400 5.6 and more recently an A900 with both a 70-300 and a 70-400 - wonderfully sharp wildlife rigs for sure. (btw - mounted on a tripod with heavy duty gimbal, often shooting with mirror up and remote release.) The problem was they was too heavy to bring most of the time - I hardly ever brought them on my casual shooting trips.
Along came the OMD E M5 - with the Oly 75-300. I took a chance and sold the two Sony tele lenses, which, BTW, just about paid for the entire E-M5 system with 45 and 75-300 lenses.
My goodness - I can actually hand-hold it - it shoots at ISO 800-1600 effortlessly - and - most important - I can shoot this lens racked out to 600mm equivalent at 1/200th of a sec using the amazing E-M5 IBIS system!
So now instead of never having my fantastic, - but too heavy and cumbersome-to-bring A900/70-400 - I now have a light, hold-in my-hand rig, that is always with me - and gets a decent picture. Perhaps not as great as with the FF results - but definitely acceptable. It is now my wildlife telephoto system! I am planning on keeping my A900 with Zeiss glass for studio and general photography - but all my telephoto needs are now assigned to the E-M5.
