EM5, problem with picture quality

[spidey89]

wah! you guys so mean!
But I guess TS asking for it for blaming the camera in an OM-D forum. :bsmilie:

I think if TS just worded the title to: "What am I doing wrong? My pictures didn't turn out nice", he would have got a much better response.

From what I can see, most of the problem is WB and settings issue, meaning USER PROBLEM.
The last 2 photos are just plain bad photography.

Eh, TS is a she, and this i m43 and 43 hor, not OM-D hor hahaha

Been watching this thread since it started earlier in the day, the way I see it, the photos are:

low contrast
low contrast and slightly under
low contrast and super warm (most probably white balance for background)
Nothing wrong (dark because that's what low key is suppose to be) and slightly out of focus
nothing wrong (brighter cause that's what high key is supposed to be

 

[silencer13]

This is m43 forum meh?
Look at just the first page. 30 threads, I think less than 5 are related to other m43 cameras. :bsmilie:

anyway just kidding, It just goes to show what an impact OM-D has had on the market. DPReview is the same or even worse.

 

[JW73]

To TS,
Maybe you should reset all the setting to factory default first. Some pics seems to be too much of saturation or shadow/hightlight. Just shoot with Jpeg/ aperture/ P mode first. Use the flash also for fill-in if the background is too bright etc. Learn how to adjust white balance (WB)maually or with auto.
After reset, read some books. Try to shoot again and review again. With digital it is so much faster to learn. No worries.

I think most of us will start somewhere and it is too easy to think that a great camera can get great pictures. I was guility of it too when I started. I am not sure the so call experts here started with no issue at all?

 

[cichlid]

To TS,
Maybe you should reset all the setting to factory default first. Some pics seems to be too much of saturation or shadow/hightlight. Just shoot with Jpeg/ aperture/ P mode first. Use the flash also for fill-in if the background is too bright etc. Learn how to adjust white balance (WB)maually or with auto.
After reset, read some books. Try to shoot again and review again. With digital it is so much faster to learn. No worries.

I think most of us will start somewhere and it is too easy to think that a great camera can get great pictures. I was guility of it too when I started. I am not sure the so call experts here started with no issue at all?

Good idea as I don't think the default setting would give such results.

On a side note, I wish everyone proofread before posting. Look at this thread title, it's so misleading.

 

[coughing bean]

haha. good point. i just feel this is the first time he shoot pic with his EM5 and stright away he says the camera is not up to his expectation.

Spidey said TS is a she

Silencer13 puts it aptly, if she were to phrase her question in another way, the respond might be a whole lot different

just my 2 cents

 

[spidey89]

The way I see it, there are some thing she probably isn't sure of, hence the wrong phrasing, like my Chinese isn't good, so when I translate fireman (this is an example) I translate it directly as fire man, so let's give TS some slack alright guys?

 

[JW73]

Sorry Guys, I feel what the TS wrote was ok. She already mentioned
1) she is new with photography
2) She has problem with the picture quality. she never mentioned EM-5 has picture quality issue.
3) She try to improve by adjusting the setting but she seems to be in a panic state.

I dun understand why there is a big who ha. When a newbie need help, some just whack let no tomorrow..haha. Give some chance lah.

 

[aleksandr]

I find, in full auto mode, that the OMD can take some pretty amazing pictures. Even in low light. No fancy settings necessary.

 

[vainqueur]

Maybe TS can go slow first. Start from AP mode first... one of the first thing to understand first if you are new to photography is aperture... Then do some try and error with various settings like WB... Sharpness and contrast... No one can tell you how comfortable you are with various settings and the aperture except yourself... then get yourself Adobe Lightroom if not the very least Olympus viewer. On second thought, I think you should stick with olympus viewer first...

 

[iise7en]

Hi everyone, I'm new to photography and I have problem with its picture quality when.....

I can only say in polite way. Practice Practice and Practice. There are many websites features about how to get familiar with your OMD. GOOGLE and YouTube It.

 

[subzero]

Sorry Guys, I feel what the TS wrote was ok. She already mentioned
1) she is new with photography
2) She has problem with the picture quality. she never mentioned EM-5 has picture quality issue.
3) She try to improve by adjusting the setting but she seems to be in a panic state.

I dun understand why there is a big who ha. a newbie need help, some just whack let no tomorrow..haha. Give some chance lah.

Agree, all of us were as green before. I am sure everyone of us here with different level of experience are still learning despite how good you are. Never look down on people and look up too much on yourself. They will learn and they may be better than anyone of us one day. Make this a friendly and tolerable forum to visit.

 

[Oly5050]

Actually, I was thinking for a newbie to photography, those photos are actually quite OK and definately better than what a PNS can do. For her to bring up her concerns either means that she has very high standards to begin with, or that someone criticized the shots/camera. As such, her concerns came out in this manner to elicit these responses, perhaps?

 

[ijnek]

if TS had mention that TS is a she, responses might b gentler....lol...

anyway, practise practise practise.
and
read too...there r good guides ard...jus spend some time reading...

here'a a guide from the newbie section
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/newbies-corner/309544-photography-notes-newbies.html

 

[phyllchoo]

Oh, thank you

 

[phyllchoo]

Firstly, I absolutely have zero issues with the camera, nor it's picture quality. I apologise for any confusions, the wrong usage of words, my poor sentence structure, a very misleading title, or any inconvenience I may have caused.

Secondly, I may be a self-proclaimed photographer who didn't quite understand the basic photography fundamentals but last checked, this is not just a white balance / exposure setting problem. All of you (who have a thing against my thread title) seem to be born professional photographers since day01 to be able to point out the problems just by looking at the photos (which I thought was rlly awesome), or seemingly assumed a professional can take better pictures with a iPhone camera, than a novice can with a 3k DSLR. Come on. Photos need to be processed. I don't believe in non-edited / no filters photos unless you're talking about HDR (even processing HDR requires a software). So, don't assume I wanted my OMD to create magic or do I sound like I'm putting my awesome $1750 camera at fault? Seriously?

Sorry to disappoint but there's no crazy vibrance boost, no focus/contrast issues, no shutter problems, no issues with image quality, unless you guys have an issue with my gender, age and what the hell is "just that at this age and time, I think it's quite unacceptable to bluntly put such random/vague words/posting." -Benares.

And yes thank you, it may be due to my expectations to take postcard-worthy photos as I'm leaving for Nepal in less than a day, spent a fortune on my OMD EM5 a day before I posted the thread (which generated many, well, constructive comments), and trying the fastest way to resolve any why-like-that-moments I may have with the camera, oh and the refusal to use IA/Scene modes. For that, I even took my chance & revisit the shop that I bought the OMD from, to hear the sellers say, "Oh. It's just like that!"

Lastly, I came here as I haven't had time to google and do some research/homework, neither do I have time to visit a Nat Lib to borrow a book on 'Understanding Exposure'. I thought I would be able to gather some constructive comments, borrow someone's knowledge to resolve my problem overnight. But guess not.

(P.S. And dear coughing bean, thank you for liking every other comments, but fyi, I'm not looking at generating 'likes' for those replies.) Oh and by the way, thank you JW73, I loved how you stayed so calm to my ever so misleading thread title.

 

[ed9119]

.... if this were Newbie Section ...... some of you will get twacked .......

U have a newbie member to the M4/3 family who needs help ...... please extend a helping hand...

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TS...... with 24hrs or less before departing for your trip, honestly, you left it a little late to get proficient with a great camera . Unfortunately the only advise I can give is

1. dont fiddle around anymore (otherwise you end up mucking up a vital setting (eg white balance WB or color channels or EV compensation or AEL+/- ) you have little idea of reversing and possibly VERY HARD to recover through post-processing
2. SET everything to AUTO (ISO, WB, P mode) ..... you can always POST PROCESS the images on the computer after you return
3. DO play around with the various ART FILTERS ..... there is some customization on a few of them but very fun ... and safe...
4. During the trip AVOID Format at all costs
5. Shoot in the finest/highest resolution .
6. if you dont know what is RAW and dont know what to do with a RAW file .... shoot in JPEG ony (you get more capacity in your memory card anyway)
7. find a handsome fellow traveller at a Kathmandu cafe holding an expensive looking piece of equipment or better if he has the SAME camera ....... buy him a coffee and hope that he can provide good help
8. PRINT OUT the PDF instruction manual or bring along the CD and read through it during your flight

AND go LOOK as many Nepal images as you humanly can before, on flight and while you are there ....... look for and pay attention to images that you like or that inspire you ..... thats whats MOST important than trying to get a grasp of the technicals within such a short time

EVERYTHING can be post-processed ...... so dont muck around with the camera anymore and set it to as AUTO as you can get .... good luck and have a good trip

 

[catchlights]

I have seen the three shots before you took it off line.
there is noting wrong with you camera, even you shoot with C brand N brand S brand P brand flagship cameras in the same manner, the result is more or less the same of what you having right now.

just follow Mod Ed advice you will be fine.

enjoy your trip.