Olympus OMD E-M5 Mk ii Hands-on Review
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Did a live composite shot the other day, it's good that this feature is given for all the new cameras since EM10. For those who wants to know what this mode is about check out this ongoing thread on live composite
Taken with 12-40F2.8 Pro lens, F16, 1/2sec composite for about 2-3minutes. Evening rush
I've learnt that when using the C-AF focus mode of the camera, you can actually touch the screen to dictate where the camera should focus when there's a shallow DOF. And it's transition is very smooth. It'll look like the green box for magnifying, but it's actually pointing to where the camera should focus. If you recompose without touching the screen, it'll focus on the same spot in the same scene.
Here are images of the screen's UI showing the audio level monitoring. Also, there's a drawer that allows you to change the f stop, exposure compensation, mic level, earphone levels and zoom using the touch screen. These work during video recording, I believe it's to reduce the likelyhood of shaking when shooting on a tripod
Here are images of the screen's UI showing the audio level monitoring. Also, there's a drawer that allows you to change the f stop, exposure compensation, mic level, earphone levels and zoom using the touch screen. These work during video recording, I believe it's to reduce the likelyhood of shaking when shooting on a tripod
Keystone compensation, a new feature introduced on EM1 v2 firmware, it's akin to using a shift function in a tilt shift lens (or sometimes known perspective control). Very useful I think. Typically, if the camera is levelled parallel to ground, you wouldn't have "keystone distortion", meaning the verticals remain straight and perpendicular to ground. If you tilt upwards, building will seem to converge, tilt downwards, buildings will diverge. Here's an application of it, it only changes the JPEG file, not the RAW.
Ok, after effect has still a little distortion for those with sharp eyes, blame it on the user eyes hehe. Location is a rooftop of a private property of a friend who stays there.
Ok, after effect has still a little distortion for those with sharp eyes, blame it on the user eyes hehe. Location is a rooftop of a private property of a friend who stays there.
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Kit
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Keystone compensation, a new feature introduced on EM1 v2 firmware, it's akin to using a shift function in a tilt shift lens (or sometimes known perspective control). Very useful I think. Typically, if the camera is levelled parallel to ground, you wouldn't have "keystone distortion", meaning the verticals remain straight and perpendicular to ground. If you tilt upwards, building will seem to converge, tilt downwards, buildings will diverge. Here's an application of it, it only changes the JPEG file, not the RAW.
Ok, after effect has still a little distortion for those with sharp eyes, blame it on the user eyes hehe. Location is a rooftop of a private property of a friend who stays there.
Interesting feature. Did you notice any deterioration in image quality after the correction?
Hi Kit,
I don't really see deterioration on EM1 with v2 firmware when I was testing it, here's the same shot above with EM5MarkII just for comparison.
This one is close to centre
This one is close to left edge
It seems some sharpening was done perhaps to recover details on distortion corrected shot. Do you think so?
<Update> I just gotten the files from Spidey89 and the Hi res doesn't work with Keystone, even though on screen it shows as hi res, the final output is normal Jpg.
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Bro,able to shoot in raw with key stone since can be used with high resolution?
Kit
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Hi Kit,
I don't really see deterioration on EM1 with v2 firmware when I was testing it, here's the same shot above with EM5MarkII just for comparison.
This one is close to centre
This one is close to left edge
It seems some sharpening was done perhaps to recover details on distortion corrected shot. Do you think so?
I did a hi res one this evening, but the card is Spidey's, when I get it will check again, hi res does allow keystone distortion feature which is nice to have.
For the first 2 photos, details in the uncorrected one definitely looks better. The lights along the skypark looks kinda smudgey in the corrected one. Getting away from scrutinising the pixels, I'm sure it's not going to be visible on small prints. The correction is not 100% though and you do have to take the final cropping into consideration when shooting.
<Update> Just gotten the files from Spidey89 this evening. Sorry, Keystone and Hi res doesn't work together, even though on screen it looks like.
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Really great to have the swivel screen back, would have been tough to shoot images like this with a tilt screen.
It was sunny when I shot yesterday, I couldn't see what's on the screen when reviewing. The EVF works great as a loupe with my head protecting the view from the sun
It was sunny when I shot yesterday, I couldn't see what's on the screen when reviewing. The EVF works great as a loupe with my head protecting the view from the sun
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