E-M5 Owner - Comments, Critique, Reviews, and what-nots :-)

[theveed]

Guys, is a Bnew grey unit OM-D kit at 1600 a good price (comes with free lowepro bag)

 

[wonglp]

Guys, is a Bnew grey unit OM-D kit at 1600 a good price (comes with free lowepro bag)

Yes, if receipt and warranty card is available.

 

[maldito]

Guys, is a Bnew grey unit OM-D kit at 1600 a good price (comes with free lowepro bag)

can you share where to get at that price? can PM me also

 

[theveed]

Yes, receipt and warranty was offered... I'm getting it from a friend abroad, Maldito.

 

[maldito]

Yes, receipt and warranty was offered... I'm getting it from a friend abroad, Maldito.

Can anyone confirm if warranty for units bought abroad will be honored in Singapore?

 

[brandonkbk]

Can anyone confirm if warranty for units bought abroad will be honored in Singapore?

As far as I know. Olympus recognize worldwide warranty.

 

[canbedone]

is there anyway to configure multi-point focus in OMD? thank you

 

[milez]

is there anyway to configure multi-point focus in OMD? thank you

By default, factory setting is multi point focus. Or you can turn to iAuto and it will be multi point focus.

 

[canbedone]

By default, factory setting is multi point focus. Or you can turn to iAuto and it will be multi point focus.

Can configure OMD to have multi point focus that means focus the subject more than one focus point at one time within the 35 focus points, rather than having single focus point within the 35 focus points?

 

[aaahua]

Can configure OMD to have multi point focus that means focus the subject more than one focus point at one time within the 35 focus points, rather than having single focus point within the 35 focus points?

Cannot be done..

 

[milez]

Can configure OMD to have multi point focus that means focus the subject more than one focus point at one time within the 35 focus points, rather than having single focus point within the 35 focus points?

Yes you can. Select focus area using all the points instead of only one point.

 

[canbedone]

Yes you can. Select focus area using all the points instead of only one point.

yours can? after selected all point focus, the green rect only select one single point from all the 35 points to focus, so is there multi point focus that means focus the subject more than one single focus point at one time within the 35 focus points, rather than having single focus point within the 35 focus points?

 

[canbedone]

Cannot be done..

ok so no such basic function on OMD

 

[motionstills]

yours can? after selected all point focus, the green rect only select one single point from all the 35 points to focus, so is there multi point focus that means focus the subject more than one single focus point at one time within the 35 focus points, rather than having single focus point within the 35 focus points?

while in focus point selection screen, press the info button and use up/down arrow key to choose the size of multi point focus, u will see the green rect becomes bigger, covering more squares.

 

[canbedone]

while in focus point selection screen, press the info button and use up/down arrow key to choose the size of multi point focus, u will see the green rect becomes bigger, covering more squares.

after selected more rect (focus points) its stil end up with one single rect (focus) point within the selected group of focus point but not multiple rect (multi point focus), just checking seem like OMD dont have, cos my Lumix LX5, GX1 can have that its useful when taking larger or wider group of subjects

 

[st3v4nt]

after selected more rect (focus points) its stil end up with one single rect (focus) point within the selected group of focus point but not multiple rect (multi point focus), just checking seem like OMD dont have, cos my Lumix LX5, GX1 can have that its useful when taking larger or wider group of subjects

If the subject is group of people it will multi face focus if you turn on face detection. AFAIK all CDAF camera can only AF in single area the only thing you could change is the area focus limit, would it be larger (all AF point), medium (several AF point) or small area (single AF point). The difference between Oly and Pany do is just how they treat the area group being used...

here is what Pany do

and here is what Olympus do...there are 35 AF focus point you can use

you can limit the area being used as long as it's a 3x3 grid area like this...

hope it clarify

 

[milez]

after selected more rect (focus points) its stil end up with one single rect (focus) point within the selected group of focus point but not multiple rect (multi point focus), just checking seem like OMD dont have, cos my Lumix LX5, GX1 can have that its useful when taking larger or wider group of subjects

Not sure if this is possible.... but as far as i understand about photography and technology, if you wish to have 2 (or more) area in focus ... you need to use the aperture to have wider depth of field. What the Panny did was simplifying for users to have different depth in focus, thereby making you think that you can focus multiple area. Its actually the system in the cam that plays with the focus and depth of field part of photography, using technology to optimize it.

Anyhow, the short answer to your question pertaining to this for EM-5, is no. EM-5 does not have this feature built in. However, you can use the Scene mode to get the same result, but not the same technique.

 

[canbedone]

thank you very much guys so OMD can only AF in single area, cos in Lumix even in manual mode with same aperture we can select AF with multiple area

 

[milez]

thank you very much guys so OMD can only AF in single area, cos in Lumix even in manual mode with same aperture we can select AF with multiple area

neither can MS Window run Keynote, while Mac OS X runs Powerpoint.

 

[theveed]

What the Panny did was simplifying for users to have different depth in focus, thereby making you think that you can focus multiple area. Its actually the system in the cam that plays with the focus and depth of field part of photography, using technology to optimize it.

Precisely, you really aren't focusing on different AF points with the Panasonic, they're just indicating the DOF tolerance (or more accurately just entire DOF based on that aperture setting)... If it happens that 2 AF points fall under the same DOF range, it lights both AF indicators up, but in fact, it's just one AF axis point locked.