Alas the shutter in my E-5 died. It came right apart. Try as I might I just couldn't get anyone to repair it. I sold off almost everything. I have an E-3 and a 14 to 54 mm lens left. I bought an OMD EM-1 MK 2 a 12 to 40 mm, 40 t0 150mm and a 2x converter. It's all so much smaller but I miss the F-2 lenses a lot We will be making a video about the switch in a week or so. Right now we are making a planning video for this year. Thanks for watching. I hope you will enjoy some of our other videos like Driving the Dempster, or Haynes Alaska. Thanks Again Mike from Bellas Vistas.
Thanks very much. The system still works great. I don't know what to switch to yet. It's very heavy but the extra lend speed is handy. 231 pxls per mm on the sensor. More than adequate. Please check out some of my other videos.
Thanks for watching! Check out some of my other videos. I have made some very large prints, captured artwork in segments and made large files for huge prints. Best regards and great luck with your work!
Thanks very much for watching. I hope that you will enjoy some of our other videos. Maybe Haines Alaska (With Bears) or Driving The Dempster. th-cam.com/video/nM82ikgkzzo/w-d-xo.html
Olympus E5 is by far my favorite camera to shoot with. I wish I could adjust the ISO speed to let in more light when shooting video, but other than that, awesome quality. Now that's it's not the latest and greatest system, lenses have gone down in price. Just because a lens is old doesn't mean it can't take incredible photographs. Some images I see taken with old mf Minolta glass were impressive. Years ago, I shot with a used Olympus e500 with a 50mm macro lens and the kit lens. That's all I could afford at the time. But I felt so creative with my e500 and macro lens. I would bring prints to my local photographer club, 40-70 year olds, and I would say what I took the picture with. They were always shocked from the quality of the images.
Thanks for watching and for your input. We have other videos as well. Driving the Dempster, Haynes Alaska and some on Printing Digital Canvas and also traditional.
thank you. You aren't alone in still using the E5. Like you I invested in quality lenses and I am yet to be disappointed with the images that I still get
Thanks for watching and for the comments. I hope you will watch some of our other videos, maybe Driving the Dempster or Haynes Alaska wit Speedy and the Twins, Grizzly Bears.
i still have my OM1... OM2n, and OM4... then i got the E500 (that was a learning curve) i currently run a 600 and a 620, or an E3 and E5... i use Metz 45ct4 flash heads, and a large collection of Olympus Glass... i shoot a lot of weddings, and blah blah blah... i set F22, at 100asa on Aperture priority... and meter for moonlight... Adams used a wooden tripod with 10x8 glass negs, his exposure times were in minutes at F64... IMO, the Olympus metering system is second to none... i have had stunning results... even in very low light situations... excellent video...
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. It really helps. I just got my OM 1. On a road trip with it now. Really nice Camera. I hope you will watch some of our other videos on TH-cam. Mike
Alas my E-5 has just shut down. The shutter broke after all these years. I hope you will enjoy some of our other videos, Driving the Dempster, or Haynes Alaske.
So you get the holy trinity 7-14 14-35 35-100 plus 150 f2. I'm also still using my two E5, and I can't abandon them. They are the perfect tools to shot at weddings. With svh-1 and fp-1 they're a war tools. Perfectly balanced and smooth tone and colour. I was after 14-35 and 35-100 for long time, but covid time didn't decrease their price.
Super lenses. I can't get my E-5 fixed. I have been using the E-3 and it gives fine results. I just got an adapter for the OND EM1 MK 2. I will see how that works in a few days. I will make a video about the results. Please take a look at my other videos, maybe Driving the Dempster or Haynes Alaska. Thanks Again Mike
@@bellasvistas3463 Mike, you are one of those characters we europeans see in the TV serials. To say rhe truth here in Bergamo valleys there are some like you! Why can't you get your E5 fixed? Doesn't still Olympus offer any service? One of mine this week started faulting in reading CF. I personally know Gianni Trevisani Olympus Italy chief manager. What's your problemi? If you let me know shortly I'll ask him for mine and your issues.
@@pietroarrigoni9186 My E-5 has a broken shutter. 187,000 activations. A blade came out. It is across the sensor nut the sensor is OK. Thanks for your interest and help.
@@bellasvistas3463 This is the testimony of Doug Janis, at DPReview forums with some insides of the JIP aquisition: "JIP is worth US$150 million. YoY Olympus Imaging (its camera wing) is losing US$156 million. JIP specializes in taking under-performing assets and parsing them out. They are not a turnaround company. In Japan, it's extremely expensive to downsize employees and pensions and salaries. So companies like JIP exist to take assets and sell them apart from those obligations. In the last 5 years JIP has sold off assets of over 14 companies. Not one has it ever restructured or continued development. It doesn’t have the capital. JIP exists solely to manage brands for the benefit of shared agreements with shareholders. That’s why VAIO is 10% owned by Sony and why JIP outsources all design and manufacture to Chinese parts bin suppliers for components. JIP has no R&D, no internal development, no engineers, nothing. They are accountants. They are a vulture fund of privately owned equity partners designed to get around Japanese pension, retention, and servicing laws. This is very bad news for the Olympus brand and its invested customers. The Japanese news is all over this as well because JIP is notorious for Chinese outsourcing at a time when it's official domestic policy to onshore key industries. This is another example of Olympus having a tin ear. In Japan apparently most external sales staff (non-Japanese) have been let go. This started months ago. Most of the software, design, and optical engineers have left or are moving to medical imaging. Overseas assembly plants are being quietly shopped for real estate value alone. The glazing kilns are shutting down for consumer Imaging. The company is preparing to only sell from inventory. New products are technically on hold until Olympus figures out how much to pay JIP to take these losses off their hands. Olympus Visionaries in some countries have already been told they must stick to NDAs and there is no marketing budget nor equipment available. That’s right. The news out of Japan is that this is NOT a sale, but a divestment at loss. Olympus will have to pay JIP to take Imaging, basically giving them the consumer patent portfolio in exchange. The reason for the press release is Olympus has to divulge now that it will be paying cash for JIP to take the assets. That warns shareholders. This was NOT about the loyal consumer. Anyone who thinks this is a deep pockets investor seeking a new product line, or this is an “under new management” improvement needs to know exactly what JIP is as a company. They exist to help Olympus get rid of their consumer Imaging portfolio entirely. This is likely the end of Olympus and Zuiko. The Japanese inside information is much more revealing than the web-based stories in English media. You have to go to the accounting and engineering boards in Japan to hear the dirt." - I think it's the end of the m4/3. I sincerely hope I am wrong.
I got the 14-35mm and 35-100mm lenses. They're phenomenal on the E-5 and even better on the OM-1. The OM-1 brings out the best in the Four Thirds lenses, even better than the E-5.
Hi Martin: Thanks for watching and commenting. It really helps my channel. My E5 broke down after something like 400,000 exposures, I can't actually remember. I bought the OMD EM1 MK2, and later the OM1. I didn't like using the adapter so I got the 7-14, 12-40, 40-150, 300mm f4.0, 60mm macro, and the MC20. I have been just delighted 😀. On Bellas Vistas our TH-cam Channel we share our results. I recently captured a Kingfisher at 1/15s f8.0 2000iso m.300 & MC20 handheld used camera pack as a sandbag. I really like OM1 system. Thanks again Martin. Please keep in touch and check out our TH-cam videos. Mike
I have the 7-14mm and the 90-250mm/f2.8 beside of all pro lenses. I use now the digital OM-1 with an adapter. It works great. Focus precision and quickness increased. Image quality is better too. Of course it's sad the never released the E-7 but mirrorless cameras are nowadays at a really high level. Bird AF is amazing.
Thanks for watching Lukkas: I just love my OM-1. I didn't like the mirrorless idea and resisted it thinking a bigger heavier E-7+ was the right way to go.
I have two Olympus E-5 cameras and an OMD-EM1and I have many of the same lenses including the 150 mm F 2.0 lens, the 50-200 SWD lens and I won't part with my older equipment either. I can use my lenses just fine with the EM1 so I'm happy with what I have. (I also still have, and still use my "mint" condition E-1 body). I bought it used about 7 years ago with 28 shutter actuation's on it.
@@samanimeguy23 Excellent. You will like the E-1. It's a Pro quality camera regardless of it's age. You probbly already know that the Olympus four thirds lenses can be bought used on Ebay and elsewhere at a fraction of their original cost, and, with an adapter they can be used just fine with the newer OMD-EM1line of cameras as well. Enjoy your E-1
I have updated to the OMD EM1 MK2 since my E-5 Broke and was irreparable. Thanks for watching and commenting. Our new system is here. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks again. Mike th-cam.com/video/pSUB-z0sIzU/w-d-xo.html
I shoot Micro Four Thirds. If you ever had too upgrade Olympus has a adapter to get the older lens working. As long a upscaling technology can grab some detail upscaling works great. If detail is to small then it won't be able to upscale it and it won't look good.
I just bought the OMD EM1 MK2 and an adapter. I couldn't get the E-5 repaired when it broke some time after I made this video. I like the Micro Camera.
I'm tempted to buy an e5 or e3 because they're are available quite cheap also the glass appears to be available quite cheap as you point out some decent glass was made for these and fast glass at that! Plus you get a unique look to your images something to set you apart from everyone else!
Thanks very much for watching and making the time to comment!. I really loved that camera and the great glass that I had for it. I am using the OM-1 now and find it just great. I hope that you will watch some of our other videos as well. My E-5 was very well travelled indeed. I sure hope I get to put a good many miles on my OM-1 System. th-cam.com/video/VBY3WtWrT_Y/w-d-xo.html
@@bellasvistas3463 no problem, i appreciate the video! I have had fuji mirrorless cameras in the past and then sold them and bought a panasonic fz1000 bridge camera which i still have but i want something with a longer reaching telephoto and wider angle the bridge camera is locked between 25mm-400mm FF equiv.. i just thought maybe an E-5 or one of the E620 might be a nice buy because they are fairly cheap and obviously can pick up the telephoto and other glass quite cheap, i may opt for micro four thirds but thought these were at least worth a look!
Yo tengo la Olympus E-620 con el 14-42mm , 40-150mm y 70-300 todos f4 f5.5 de primer cámara la EM1-X junto con el 12-40mm y analizo la posibilidad de comprar el 40-150f2.8, soy extremadamente feliz!! Deberías de hacer un vídeo sobre el cambio que tuviste de la E5 a la EM1
Thanks very much for watching and taking the time to comment 🙂. I really appreciate it. I hope you can watch some of our other TH-cam videos 📹. Thanks again. Mike
I have an E-3 and on it is my 50-200mm f2.8 -3.5. I rarely use any other lens, but when birding I might use the 70-300, but it's just not as good as my 50-200.
Can you create folders in an Olympus E5 for different shoots to keep your pictures organized ? Say I was a real estate photographer and wanted to do 4 different houses in a day. Could I create a folder for each house ? Thanks.
Hello. You can by Lens Mount Adapter for Four Thirds-Mount Lens to Micro Four Thirds-Mount Camera and use your lenses on modern body. It is name is "Olympus MMF-3".
Thanks for watching. We have just been reworking some of our images with Lightroom Photoshop and NIK Define. Actually seem to be getting much better results these days. We will be home in a week or so from a 4 month tour and start with our desktop workstation and hope to make more great prints. Please share my videos as you see fit. Mike
I did that for a while and got some great shots. I bought lenses from the 7 to 14 f 2.8 to the 300 mm F4. Check out our latest video on TH-cam under the name Bellas Vistas. Having lots of fun. Thanks for the great comment. Hope you will enjoy some of our other videos. Mike
@@DigitalNegative I kept using them for a while. I bought an aftermarket adapter and found it a little loose and insecure. One day the body popped off of the lens mount, I had the 150MM f-2.0 on a shoulder strap. I caught the body mid air. I went on to buy, the 7-14 MM F2.8 one stop faster and lighter than the old version, )I think the older one was more distortion corrected), the 12 to 40 mm F-2.8. the 14 to 150 MM 2.8, and the 300MMf4.0. I also got a MC20 2x. Lately a friend sold me a used 60MM 2.8 Macro. I have been havng lots of fun and getting great results. Thanks for your interest. th-cam.com/video/Kh9nCAqj1jg/w-d-xo.html
Pooh. Interesting nonetheless. I found the Panasonic Lumix adapter to be the most secure and robust, even if it doesn't have the gasket. It's called the DMW-MA1 and holds my 7-14 F4 (original 4/3rds lens) with no slop.
@@DigitalNegative I'm very happy 😊 with the new gear. The 300mm and the mc20 get me twice as close. Still it's never close enough . I got a couple Snowy Owls and 2 Hawks from a distance this morning.
Come with you sir I can't get his technical as you but I've been using Olympus for let's see since the seventies because they will lighten my hands were crippled my hands were actually crippled for 8 years where I could not pick up a camera so I couldn't do anything photography but the second that my hands improved and they did miraculously for a while photographs that need to be very very large like yours like murals
Thanks very much for watching. I have since upgraded my system to the OM-1. Lots of other videos on TH-cam under the name of Bellas Vistas. I hope that you will enjoy some of them. Thanks again. Mike
So I think I found one I believe with a 17 millimeter lens I could be wrong on that but either way is it worth messing around with I've heard comparisons to the sigma Quattro sensor has anybody tried doing MicroSD into SD into to compact flash adapter
I have updated to the OMD EM1 MK2 since my E-5 Broke and was irreparable. Thanks for watching and commenting. Our new system is here. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks again. Mike th-cam.com/video/pSUB-z0sIzU/w-d-xo.html
Those are some great lenses at f2 but you’re forgetting to multiply the aperture by the crop factor as well so you’re getting closer to an f4. I shoot 4/3 too and theirs no way around this.
@@VictorVonVulfgang Thanks for the clarification! Yeah, it's nice to understand that the sensor size depth of field stuff exists..... However, no point in getting caught up in it! Have fun taking pics and quite dogging gear because of sensor size!
I have updated to the OMD EM1 MK2 since my E-5 Broke and was irreparable. Thanks for watching and commenting. Our new system is here. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks again. Mike th-cam.com/video/pSUB-z0sIzU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching and commenting. This is my new system. I hope that you will enjoy the video. Thanks again. Mike th-cam.com/video/pSUB-z0sIzU/w-d-xo.html
I have updated to the OMD EM1 MK2 since my E-5 Broke and was irreparable. Thanks for watching and commenting. Our new system is here. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks again. Mike th-cam.com/video/pSUB-z0sIzU/w-d-xo.html
I switched over to the OMDEM1 MK 2 with lenses from 7 mm to 300mm. I'm very happy with them. I guess Olympus isn't in the camera business anymore but somebody is making them. Do you know who?
I'm on board with using the older gear but let's not gloss over the fact you need to apply that crop factor to the aperture too. There's no free lunch in photography so you're not getting a 300mm f2.8 lens in 35mm terms. And you certainly aren't getting a 600mm f4.
I was under the impression that the F number is arrived at by dividing the lens diameter at the prime nodal point by the focal length. F=I/D. Perhaps I was misinformed by my College Physics Teacher. I have the Leica 50mm Noctilux. I assumed that the Diameter was 50 mm for an F number of 1.0.
@@bellasvistas3463 I teach college photography so let's get real. Yes f/2.8 is f/2.8 BUT the effect on your images isn't the same. Smartphones have apertures listed as f/1.8 but no one is expecting bokeh wide open.
@@bellasvistas3463 it changes the way images are rendered. That's the important factor. A 300mm f/2.8 renders quite differently on a FF body as opposed to a 4/3 body. That's sort of the whole point isn't it? The image you create. As I stated smartphones routinely have very fast aperture numbers but that doesn't mean you'll be isolating any subjects with one.
@@bellasvistas3463 it does NOT change the amount of light coming into the lens… it will however affect the depth of field and “bokeh” you will get wide open due to the smaller plane of the sensor.
I am still banging away on my beautiful Olympus e1. Works perfectly, never missed a beat since bought back in the day new.
That's great! I have had the OM1 for a year now. Really like it too!
I also have the E-5, will never give that up, have the 50-200 swd, 12-60 swd, and want those other lenses you showed off, good stuff!!!
Alas the shutter in my E-5 died. It came right apart. Try as I might I just couldn't get anyone to repair it. I sold off almost everything. I have an E-3 and a 14 to 54 mm lens left. I bought an OMD EM-1 MK 2 a 12 to 40 mm, 40 t0 150mm and a 2x converter. It's all so much smaller but I miss the F-2 lenses a lot We will be making a video about the switch in a week or so. Right now we are making a planning video for this year. Thanks for watching. I hope you will enjoy some of our other videos like Driving the Dempster, or Haynes Alaska. Thanks Again Mike from Bellas Vistas.
Hope you’ll enjoy the new light gears~ those lenses you used to have must have weighted a ton!
@@kevinlui8601 It is totally different. Much lighter. Apparently everyone just adds more gear to their packs anyway. I did dearly love the E-5
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It's not the gear... it's the eye and mind of the artist. ;)
Thank God that I have a good eye then
@@bellasvistas3463 ...well, I guess you need the gear to do what you want to do with your images!
Most of the time you still need an understanding of gear and how it pertains to your particular photography
Bismillah
Great video. Thank you. There is much to be said for being content with what you have!
Thanks very much. The system still works great. I don't know what to switch to yet. It's very heavy but the extra lend speed is handy. 231 pxls per mm on the sensor. More than adequate. Please check out some of my other videos.
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Sir thank you so much for this video.i have been on the fence.about the older gear and u just proved new is ain't everything.
Thanks for watching! Check out some of my other videos. I have made some very large prints, captured artwork in segments and made large files for huge prints. Best regards and great luck with your work!
Some digital prints from scanned 4 by 5 inch negatives as well as digital files th-cam.com/video/FlLUnFrWmCw/w-d-xo.html
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Thanks, reaffirming my thoughts also. Stay the course!
Thanks very much for watching. I hope that you will enjoy some of our other videos. Maybe Haines Alaska (With Bears) or Driving The Dempster. th-cam.com/video/nM82ikgkzzo/w-d-xo.html
Olympus E5 is by far my favorite camera to shoot with. I wish I could adjust the ISO speed to let in more light when shooting video, but other than that, awesome quality. Now that's it's not the latest and greatest system, lenses have gone down in price. Just because a lens is old doesn't mean it can't take incredible photographs. Some images I see taken with old mf Minolta glass were impressive.
Years ago, I shot with a used Olympus e500 with a 50mm macro lens and the kit lens. That's all I could afford at the time. But I felt so creative with my e500 and macro lens. I would bring prints to my local photographer club, 40-70 year olds, and I would say what I took the picture with. They were always shocked from the quality of the images.
Thanks for watching and for your input. We have other videos as well. Driving the Dempster, Haynes Alaska and some on Printing Digital Canvas and also traditional.
You might enjoy our latest Video. Nesting Osprey, Mink, Killdeer, Sandpipers! th-cam.com/video/pxEa8m_VvQw/w-d-xo.html
thank you. You aren't alone in still using the E5. Like you I invested in quality lenses and I am yet to be disappointed with the images that I still get
Thanks for watching and for the comments. I hope you will watch some of our other videos, maybe Driving the Dempster or Haynes Alaska wit Speedy and the Twins, Grizzly Bears.
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i still have my OM1... OM2n, and OM4... then i got the E500 (that was a learning curve) i currently run a 600 and a 620, or an E3 and E5... i use Metz 45ct4 flash heads, and a large collection of Olympus Glass... i shoot a lot of weddings, and blah blah blah... i set F22, at 100asa on Aperture priority... and meter for moonlight... Adams used a wooden tripod with 10x8 glass negs, his exposure times were in minutes at F64... IMO, the Olympus metering system is second to none... i have had stunning results... even in very low light situations... excellent video...
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. It really helps. I just got my OM 1. On a road trip with it now. Really nice Camera. I hope you will watch some of our other videos on TH-cam. Mike
My E5 has an amazing build quality - like a tank. Still use it for everything other than low-light situations. And the colors are wonderful.
Alas my E-5 has just shut down. The shutter broke after all these years. I hope you will enjoy some of our other videos, Driving the Dempster, or Haynes Alaske.
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Great Video...I'm also a Olympus loyalist and still use my Olympus E-30 with 18-180mm and 70-300mm lens (both purchased used)...
Thanks for watching! We have lots of travel videos as well. Such as Driving the Dempster and Haynes Alaska
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Ого , какая подборка объективов , просто мечта :)
Thanks for watching. Check out our Driving the Dempster video
So you get the holy trinity 7-14 14-35 35-100 plus 150 f2. I'm also still using my two E5, and I can't abandon them. They are the perfect tools to shot at weddings. With svh-1 and fp-1 they're a war tools. Perfectly balanced and smooth tone and colour. I was after 14-35 and 35-100 for long time, but covid time didn't decrease their price.
Super lenses. I can't get my E-5 fixed. I have been using the E-3 and it gives fine results. I just got an adapter for the OND EM1 MK 2. I will see how that works in a few days. I will make a video about the results. Please take a look at my other videos, maybe Driving the Dempster or Haynes Alaska. Thanks Again Mike
@@bellasvistas3463 Mike, you are one of those characters we europeans see in the TV serials. To say rhe truth here in Bergamo valleys there are some like you! Why can't you get your E5 fixed? Doesn't still Olympus offer any service? One of mine this week started faulting in reading CF. I personally know Gianni Trevisani Olympus Italy chief manager. What's your problemi? If you let me know shortly I'll ask him for mine and your issues.
@@bellasvistas3463 sorry Mike I misunderstood vidleo
@@bellasvistas3463 no, no it's you the character
@@pietroarrigoni9186 My E-5 has a broken shutter. 187,000 activations. A blade came out. It is across the sensor nut the sensor is OK. Thanks for your interest and help.
RIP Olympus. They just went out of business. An Oly was my first DSLR
I wonder what will happen. Maybe the money guys will unleash a new sensor maybe make an E-6 otherwise I may have to use my Leica
@@bellasvistas3463 This is the testimony of Doug Janis, at DPReview forums with some insides of the JIP aquisition:
"JIP is worth US$150 million.
YoY Olympus Imaging (its camera wing) is losing US$156 million.
JIP specializes in taking under-performing assets and parsing them out. They are not a turnaround company. In Japan, it's extremely expensive to downsize employees and pensions and salaries. So companies like JIP
exist to take assets and sell them apart from those obligations.
In the last 5 years JIP has sold off assets of over 14 companies. Not one has it ever restructured or continued development. It doesn’t have the capital. JIP exists solely to manage brands for the benefit of shared agreements with shareholders. That’s why VAIO is 10% owned by Sony and why JIP outsources all design and manufacture to Chinese parts bin suppliers for components. JIP has no R&D, no internal development,
no engineers, nothing. They are accountants.
They are a vulture fund of privately owned equity partners designed to get around Japanese pension, retention, and servicing laws.
This is very bad news for the Olympus brand and its invested customers. The Japanese news is all over this as well because JIP is notorious for Chinese outsourcing at a time when it's official domestic policy to onshore key industries. This is another example of Olympus having a tin ear.
In Japan apparently most external sales staff (non-Japanese) have been let go. This started months ago. Most of the software, design, and optical engineers have left or are moving to medical imaging. Overseas assembly plants are being quietly shopped for real estate value alone. The glazing kilns are shutting down for consumer Imaging. The company is preparing to only sell from inventory. New products are technically on hold until Olympus figures out how much to pay JIP to take these losses off their hands. Olympus Visionaries in some countries have already been told they must stick to NDAs and there is no marketing budget nor equipment available.
That’s right. The news out of Japan is that this is NOT a sale, but a divestment at loss. Olympus will have to pay JIP to take Imaging, basically giving them the consumer patent portfolio in exchange. The reason for the press release is Olympus has to divulge now that it will be paying cash for JIP to take the assets. That warns shareholders. This was NOT about the loyal consumer. Anyone who thinks this is a deep pockets investor seeking a new product line, or this is an “under new management” improvement needs to know exactly what JIP is as a company. They exist to help Olympus get rid of their consumer Imaging portfolio entirely.
This is likely the end of Olympus and Zuiko. The Japanese inside information is much more revealing than the
web-based stories in English media. You have to go to the accounting and engineering boards in Japan to hear the dirt."
- I think it's the end of the m4/3. I sincerely hope I am wrong.
@@thegreatujo Very Sad.
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@@bellasvistas3463 Thanks. I did. Happy to see you upgraded to the OMD em1 mk2
I got the 14-35mm and 35-100mm lenses. They're phenomenal on the E-5 and even better on the OM-1. The OM-1 brings out the best in the Four Thirds lenses, even better than the E-5.
Hi Martin: Thanks for watching and commenting. It really helps my channel. My E5 broke down after something like 400,000 exposures, I can't actually remember. I bought the OMD EM1 MK2, and later the OM1. I didn't like using the adapter so I got the 7-14, 12-40, 40-150, 300mm f4.0, 60mm macro, and the MC20. I have been just delighted 😀. On Bellas Vistas our TH-cam Channel we share our results. I recently captured a Kingfisher at 1/15s f8.0 2000iso m.300 & MC20 handheld used camera pack as a sandbag. I really like OM1 system. Thanks again Martin. Please keep in touch and check out our TH-cam videos. Mike
I have the 7-14mm and the 90-250mm/f2.8 beside of all pro lenses. I use now the digital OM-1 with an adapter. It works great. Focus precision and quickness increased. Image quality is better too. Of course it's sad the never released the E-7 but mirrorless cameras are nowadays at a really high level. Bird AF is amazing.
Thanks for watching Lukkas: I just love my OM-1. I didn't like the mirrorless idea and resisted it thinking a bigger heavier E-7+ was the right way to go.
I have two Olympus E-5 cameras and an OMD-EM1and I have many of the same lenses including the 150 mm F 2.0 lens, the 50-200 SWD lens and I won't part with my older equipment either. I can use my lenses just fine with the EM1 so I'm happy with what I have. (I also still have, and still use my "mint" condition E-1 body). I bought it used about 7 years ago with 28 shutter actuation's on it.
I just got an E-1 too...waiting to get a lens for it.
@@samanimeguy23 Excellent. You will like the E-1. It's a Pro quality camera regardless of it's age. You probbly already know that the Olympus four thirds lenses can be bought used on Ebay and elsewhere at a fraction of their original cost, and, with an adapter they can be used just fine with the newer OMD-EM1line of cameras as well. Enjoy your E-1
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@@bellasvistas3463 That's a really nice camera. I am considering the OM-D E-M1X as my next camera.
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I shoot Micro Four Thirds.
If you ever had too upgrade Olympus has a adapter to get the older lens working.
As long a upscaling technology can grab some detail upscaling works great. If detail is to small then it won't be able to upscale it and it won't look good.
I just bought the OMD EM1 MK2 and an adapter. I couldn't get the E-5 repaired when it broke some time after I made this video. I like the Micro Camera.
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I'm tempted to buy an e5 or e3 because they're are available quite cheap also the glass appears to be available quite cheap as you point out some decent glass was made for these and fast glass at that! Plus you get a unique look to your images something to set you apart from everyone else!
Thanks very much for watching and making the time to comment!. I really loved that camera and the great glass that I had for it. I am using the OM-1 now and find it just great. I hope that you will watch some of our other videos as well. My E-5 was very well travelled indeed. I sure hope I get to put a good many miles on my OM-1 System. th-cam.com/video/VBY3WtWrT_Y/w-d-xo.html
@@bellasvistas3463 no problem, i appreciate the video! I have had fuji mirrorless cameras in the past and then sold them and bought a panasonic fz1000 bridge camera which i still have but i want something with a longer reaching telephoto and wider angle the bridge camera is locked between 25mm-400mm FF equiv.. i just thought maybe an E-5 or one of the E620 might be a nice buy because they are fairly cheap and obviously can pick up the telephoto and other glass quite cheap, i may opt for micro four thirds but thought these were at least worth a look!
Yo tengo la Olympus E-620 con el 14-42mm , 40-150mm y 70-300 todos f4 f5.5 de primer cámara la EM1-X junto con el 12-40mm y analizo la posibilidad de comprar el 40-150f2.8, soy extremadamente feliz!!
Deberías de hacer un vídeo sobre el cambio que tuviste de la E5 a la EM1
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I have an E-3 and on it is my 50-200mm f2.8 -3.5. I rarely use any other lens, but when birding I might use the 70-300, but it's just not as good as my 50-200.
It's a great system for sure. Thanks for watching and com.enting it really helps. Mike
Can you create folders in an Olympus E5 for different shoots to keep your pictures organized ? Say I was a real estate photographer and wanted to do 4 different houses in a day. Could I create a folder for each house ? Thanks.
I'm sorry I don't know about that. I upload my files with Lightroom and then use Photoshop.
@@bellasvistas3463 Thanks. I enjoy your videos.
Hello. You can by Lens Mount Adapter for Four Thirds-Mount Lens to Micro Four Thirds-Mount Camera and use your lenses on modern body. It is name is "Olympus MMF-3".
Thanks. I have sold all my E lenses. I still have an E-3 body. Mike
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I agree with you 100% I have way to much glass to switch I have 2 E30 and just purchased a E5 with 3500 pops from E & B.
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I might shop for a new used E-5 it's that good. I don't understand why Olympus couldn't come up with a new body. Wish it was available.
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a 30 dollar adapter can let you use your old four thirds lenses like native m4/3 glass. Try out a new body and hold onto that beuatiful glass
I did that for a while and got some great shots. I bought lenses from the 7 to 14 f 2.8 to the 300 mm F4. Check out our latest video on TH-cam under the name Bellas Vistas. Having lots of fun. Thanks for the great comment. Hope you will enjoy some of our other videos. Mike
@@bellasvistas3463 Did you keep your old 4/3 originals? You really have the full set up of the olympus super high quality lenses
@@DigitalNegative I kept using them for a while. I bought an aftermarket adapter and found it a little loose and insecure. One day the body popped off of the lens mount, I had the 150MM f-2.0 on a shoulder strap. I caught the body mid air. I went on to buy, the 7-14 MM F2.8 one stop faster and lighter than the old version, )I think the older one was more distortion corrected), the 12 to 40 mm F-2.8. the 14 to 150 MM 2.8, and the 300MMf4.0. I also got a MC20 2x. Lately a friend sold me a used 60MM 2.8 Macro. I have been havng lots of fun and getting great results. Thanks for your interest. th-cam.com/video/Kh9nCAqj1jg/w-d-xo.html
Pooh. Interesting nonetheless. I found the Panasonic Lumix adapter to be the most secure and robust, even if it doesn't have the gasket. It's called the DMW-MA1 and holds my 7-14 F4 (original 4/3rds lens) with no slop.
@@DigitalNegative I'm very happy 😊 with the new gear. The 300mm and the mc20 get me twice as close. Still it's never close enough . I got a couple Snowy Owls and 2 Hawks from a distance this morning.
Come with you sir I can't get his technical as you but I've been using Olympus for let's see since the seventies because they will lighten my hands were crippled my hands were actually crippled for 8 years where I could not pick up a camera so I couldn't do anything photography but the second that my hands improved and they did miraculously for a while photographs that need to be very very large like yours like murals
Thanks very much for watching. I have since upgraded my system to the OM-1. Lots of other videos on TH-cam under the name of Bellas Vistas. I hope that you will enjoy some of them. Thanks again. Mike
Very nice I might pick one up for fun
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So I think I found one I believe with a 17 millimeter lens I could be wrong on that but either way is it worth messing around with I've heard comparisons to the sigma Quattro sensor has anybody tried doing MicroSD into SD into to compact flash adapter
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Those are some great lenses at f2 but you’re forgetting to multiply the aperture by the crop factor as well so you’re getting closer to an f4. I shoot 4/3 too and theirs no way around this.
Isn't this rule for depth of field only? Light gathering is still true number? Please do correct me if I'm wrong!
@@VictorVonVulfgang Thanks for the clarification!
Yeah, it's nice to understand that the sensor size depth of field stuff exists..... However, no point in getting caught up in it! Have fun taking pics and quite dogging gear because of sensor size!
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Sad that Olympus is no longer in the business after all these decades..
I switched over to the OMDEM1 MK 2 with lenses from 7 mm to 300mm. I'm very happy with them. I guess Olympus isn't in the camera business anymore but somebody is making them. Do you know who?
I'm on board with using the older gear but let's not gloss over the fact you need to apply that crop factor to the aperture too. There's no free lunch in photography so you're not getting a 300mm f2.8 lens in 35mm terms. And you certainly aren't getting a 600mm f4.
I was under the impression that the F number is arrived at by dividing the lens diameter at the prime nodal point by the focal length. F=I/D. Perhaps I was misinformed by my College Physics Teacher. I have the Leica 50mm Noctilux. I assumed that the Diameter was 50 mm for an F number of 1.0.
@@bellasvistas3463 I teach college photography so let's get real. Yes f/2.8 is f/2.8 BUT the effect on your images isn't the same. Smartphones have apertures listed as f/1.8 but no one is expecting bokeh wide open.
@@mikerichardson60 I don't understand what you are talking about. Does the 2x crop factor change the F- stop or not?
@@bellasvistas3463 it changes the way images are rendered. That's the important factor. A 300mm f/2.8 renders quite differently on a FF body as opposed to a 4/3 body. That's sort of the whole point isn't it? The image you create. As I stated smartphones routinely have very fast aperture numbers but that doesn't mean you'll be isolating any subjects with one.
@@bellasvistas3463 it does NOT change the amount of light coming into the lens… it will however affect the depth of field and “bokeh” you will get wide open due to the smaller plane of the sensor.