Olympus OM-D E-M1X - Best Settings
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Olympus E-M1X has just hit the shelves in stores. In this video I will go through the Best settings that I recommend
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for the topic, as a new owner of EMX1, that’s exactly what I’m currently occupied on. I would suggest to have chapters by type of photo: action, birding, landscape, portrait,... or specific situations like low light, high/low contrast, etc... this is how I organize my custom settings. My personal cent: turn lens reset off. It avoid focus hunting not just after switching camera on ( not really important) but when turning on after iddle status. For situations where you are waiting with a prefocused distance, something to happen, this option may add one second extra time to refocus again.
Thank you! Very good tips!
Juan, a good point. For those interested the feature can be found in Custom Menu A4 AF/MF
Great video. I have had my E-M1X for nearly two weeks now. I love the camera.
Excellent video -- thanks ! Anxiously awaiting your video on the Autofocus settings.
Very good made congrats Peter.
Thank you Peter,
I just bought EM1X after using omd em5 for many years.
Your videos are very helpful.
All the best
Thank you. Have you liked your new E-M1X?
Peter Forsgård it’s been only a few days.
I absolutely love this 📷
Thanks Peter for the great video,camera M1x is fantastic !!!!!!!
It really is!
Bonjour de Montréal et merci pour cette vidéo. J'ai commencé avec un E-M10 et j'en suis content. Je vais sans doute graduer sur une E-M1X et peut-être visité la Finlande. Merci.
Peter,
I also just purchased an EM1X camera. Having used a EM1 for the past 5 years, there is certainly a significant upgrade in focusing with the new camera. I enjoy you're videos and look forward to new videos regarding the EM1X.
Best Regards, Grant
From the original E-M1 the new E-M1X is a huge upgrade.
I have the em1
Im selling all my Panasonic gear canon and fuji gear
thats how much I love the em1x
Thanks Peter, a really useful video. I've had my EM1X for 2 weeks now and am absolutely loving it. Using it for wildlife I've found that the C-AF is a useful step up from the EM1ii which I've been using for the last 2 years. For the EM1X I downloaded the full manual from Olympus, all 683 pages (and I thought the EM1ii was deep!), and basically spent a day just setting up the camera. It was well worth the effort. Just 2 of the settings that I find particularly useful is to have the AFL button set for back button focus and for the function lever to switch between a single autofocus point and a cluster. I've also set my dial custom settings as follows C1 for fast action (eg birds in flight), C2 for pro capture, C3 for high res and C4 for live ND. Like you Peter I'm sure I'll be changing the settings options as I spend more time with the camera but time spent at the outset is definitely worth it.
Hi Alan ..where do you get the data from for the particular settings for C1 (fast) , C2 (Pro Cap) , C3 (HRes) .
Henk Zegwaard . Hi Henk. The data is partly from experience (C1) and partly from the manual and the custom menu settings (C2 - C4). For example for birds in flight I need to prioritise speed so I set the camera with a base set of settings (eg shutter priority at 1/2000, Auto ISO and C-AF as well as any other settings required, including, for example C-AF sensitivity) and then allocated those settings to C1 via shooting menu 1, Reset/Custom Modes). I can always dial in changes to those settings as required but I can call up the base settings very quickly now simply by going to C1. For my C2 - C4 settings I set the camera parameters for each of the desired functions via the custom menus and then allocated those settings to the appropriate custom mode. Each one required a bit of working out and I basically sat down for a day with the manual deciding what I needed and setting the parameters accordingly. With my EM1ii I went quite some time without allocating any settings to the custom modes and only started to do so once I gained a bit of experience to know what I wanted. Hope this helps.
Nice video with relevant topics. Didn't know about the clock being set with GPS. That's a great feature since more than once I've forgotten to reset the clock after arriving at the shooting destination.
I also like My Menu. For starters I don't bother with anything I can access via Super Control Panel. That's simple and easy so I don't see the point in duplicating that. What I like to put in My Menu are features that I use but aren't in SCP based on shooting scenarios. For example using Menu 1 for features related to shooting action -- ISO Auto Set, Sleep, AF Limiter, C-AF Sensitivity, C-AF Release Priority, Tracking Subjects, and Flicker Reduction. Menu 2 is for Flash. Menu 3 for shooting modes. Menu 4 for special camera functions like GPS. No doubt this might change but so far this seems helpful at getting all the menu items that are otherwise spread out in the menus into one place. Funny thing is that at first thought each menu in My Menu only held one function. Then I messed up and added a second to the same menu and found that was wrong! LOL
Agree the upgrade in AF is impressive. I didn't expect S-AF to be better but it definitely is. Seems like you can lock onto a subject much better. For example, with the E-M1 II, when shooting a bird in branches the AF had the tendency to jump to a branch. That could be addressed by using a button to set focus but it was still annoying. The E-M1X just locks right onto the precise point you've selected. That's been a nice surprise. (Maybe I'm imagining this but I don't think so).
When using the GPS to set the time, remember to set time zone also. You have very good point about the My Menu and SCP. It is clever not assigning items to my menu if it can be controlled from the SCP.
Got one. Love it.
I'll elaborate a bit.
Faster autofocus over the em1mk2 (which I traded in for the x). I think a better noise floor though I need to take some more shots for this; I think it's maybe flatter across the mid ISOs at the expense of raising the low end just a touch . All the controls you could want now brought out to dedicated buttons. In-built GPS, for some of the shooting I do this is very handy. Built-in grip, sure this is a personal thing and many don't like it but I do, allowing a quick change of both batteries. Better EVF, yes it's the same screen but the optics between it and the eye have changed and it's much better. Better video. I'm only just starting to explore video so I'm only going off the specs here really.
Now for some truly fast prime lenses for it. How about a 300 f2.8?!
waiting for your video on AF setting for M1X
I’m a Pansonian. But I’m very interested in the Olympus stuff, too. So I’m also keen on learning about the X and your setup. Thank you for your very good videos and photography tips! ✌️😊
Im selling all my Panasonic gear canon and fuji gear
thats how much I love the em1x
I have checked dear Peter, and I think I reach at the moment one used Em 5 Mk II.
Thanks for interesting video. Probably a silly question: what's the usage of My Menu vs. Custom settings on the PASM dial (C1-C4)?
In My Menu you can store those individual settings that you want to change during image making. C1-C4 are places where you can store all the settings of the camera, but to change one setting you need to go to menu and there My Menu is a very handy way of doing it.
I recently bought one on eBay. I chose it over them Mark III for its GPS. They were selling for much the same price. I get about quite a bit, and i do like GPS in the camera. GPS from the phone, I never remember, it that's where the phone is anyway.
I was very surprised to see temperature and air pressure on my screen..
Great video Peter, I learn many thing about the X and was wondering if you could do a video on how to customize the X for both Horizontal & Vertical use. I can't seem to get the clusters to activate in Vertical mode and how to customize them for a variety of action shots such as Straight line for Runway Fashion. Hope you can help me.
I need to look into that.
@@ForsgardPeter Thanks Peter, you always provide great instruction and this is something Olympus should invest in for training. It's a premium camera and needs extra special services for owners
interesting camera, but too addressed to professional nature & sports photographer. As retired 72yo Italian (and non-professional) I'm thinking not to upgrade my Em1mkII but to buy a Sony FF as the second line to evaluate advantages. I hope Oly in the next future will make an "X-type" w/o vertical grip, more light, in line with the strategy of M43 size.
But, in any case, your videos are every time very useful, Thanks!
Thank you.
I picked up my new E-M1X last Tuesday to go with my E-M1 MkII and although I've had very little time to play with it i'm very impressed with what it has done so far. I totally agree about the lack of 4K 60fps in video, but perhaps Olympus can do a firmware update in the future to rectify this. As a 100% Olympus user since 1967 I can honestly say that this is the best camera so far, yes it has some negatives, but so do Canon, Nikon, etc. Over the next few days I'll get a chance to take it out and give it a good workout, then I can set it up the way I want it and then I'll take it from there. Great videos Peter, please keep up the good work.
Thank you. You have been Olympus for a long time! I do not think there is a perfect camera, but in my opinion the new X is pretty close.
Hello. Thank you for all your great content. I'm interested in buying a second camera body. Currently, I own an m1x. Will you please share your insights? Do you recommend getting a second m1x, or OM 1? Is there possibly another model you recommend?
Thanks again.
If you like the form factor and usability of E-M1X then get a second one. Having two identical bodies helps. Everything work the same way. If you need a camera for something else like travel, then I would suggest, OM-1 or even OM-5. They are smaller. OM-1 is also an option if you want a new body than E-M-1X. OM-1 has a new sensor, processor and better AF than E-M1X.
Hey there... good vid. Well yeah it was pricey for sure but now three years later I picked one up for 1200 Canadian with just 20K SC so now not so pricey and still a fab camera. Also, finding it strange people complain about the size ..for a pro Oly camera, its about the same size as the original E1 pro and nobody complained about that.
E-M1X with that price it is a good deal. E-M1X is a lot bigger than other Olympus cameras at that time and it still is. I think that was the complain.
Finally Jared Polin review it something positively
Yes, he did. His video was funny. I liked it. I should have thought of that, but now it´s too late.
Hello Peter! Thanks for a great video. Good tips for a really nice camera. I was out testing mine for the first time today. Do you have any tip for getting better battery life? My EM1-mkII with battery grip easily got 2500 pictures out of 2 batteries but my EM-1X only got about 1300 pictures. I believe I turned off all gizmos like GPS and WiFi but I must have missed something.
I don't what the problem is. I have gotten easily over 2000 with my E-M1X. Did you recharge the batteries and tried again?
@@ForsgardPeter Yes I did recharge the batteries so that's not the problem. I checked all the settings on the EM-1mkII and the only thing that I found was different was that the time before the camera goes into "sleep mode" was 1min on the EM1-mkII and 5min on the EM1-X. I've changed that now and I'm going to test if that helps.
I spent a week with it shooting tennis, but I'm still not 100% sure I got the best settings and especially the AF ones. The camera configuration options are endless and a lot more than my E-M1 II, but this is the good thing, it suits anyone needs.
It can be a bit overwhelming. I have not yet really dived into the settings on the AF. That is something that I need to do.
Peter yep. exactly the same here!
Thanks for your clear and highly instructional videos Peter. I was interested in the X when it first hit the market and bought mine two weeks ago (March 2020) after comparing with the MkIII and the price in Australia was slashed dramatically for one week. I use the X almost exclusively for bird photography and have found it to be better than the MkII in combination with the 300/f4 + 1.4TC.
I need some assistance please. I have C1 set for stationary birds and C2, 3 & 4 for birds in flight (BIF) with different C-AF Sensitivity settings depending upon the bird's speed of flight and path. B1 menu allows the user to assign C1, 2, 3 or 4, amongst other functions, to L-Fn, which would be ideal to switch rapidly from a BIF to a stationary bird. I assigned C1 to the L-Fn button but can't get it to work with the 300/f4 nor my 12-100 f/4 nor 12-40f/2.8. It will work when I assign DOF Preview to the L-Fn button. What am I doing wrong?
It seems that if you have the C2 on the L-Fn button does not chance the settings to C-1. If you have P, A, S or M on it will change to C-1. Unfortunately it looks to be that way. I did test this with the E-M1 MKIII.
@@ForsgardPeter Thanks Peter, that seems to agree with what some other users have found too. Kind regards, Mark
Hi Peter, does ISO-Automatic works in video-mode M. Thanks in advance?
Most likely not. It does not work on E-M1 MKIII.
Any chance you can get photos in the finders from the II and the X showing the magnification differences? I know the X has a larger viewfinder but is that significant enough to be concerned about?
I could but it would not be a good representation of the real thing.
@@ForsgardPeter Do you feel the larger finder is a significant improvement or just something nice to have?
Hi Peter thanks for this I am happy to have located this as I have been grappling with the settings of my new M1X for the past week or so with some success & some failures. I am a convert from Canon & owned the 1DX. But now I migrated all my kit to Olympus portability image quality & compactness were my main reasons for switching. I am not disappointed. I can share that I have been unable to separate the focus function from the shutter button in both S-AF & C-AF modes. I can reappoint a rear button to focus but focus is still possible from the shutter button. To completely separate focusing to a rear button I had to set focus mode to MF in which case the shutter button will now only activate the shutter. You might have something to say about this. I am keen also to hear how you might approach setting the camera up for action shots outside of the three defined (Cars/Trains/Planes) as I do a great deal of nature photography dragonflies/birds in flight. So I have hit the bell & looking forward to future updates. Thanks again for the clarity in this video.
I will check that out and see about the matter. Thank you for subscribing!
Sorry Gerard. Meant to click the view button but accidentally clicked the thumbs down!!!
No worries!
Hi Gerard. To set up for back button focus and deactivate focus from the shutter button go to custom menu A1 and under AEL/AFL set S-AF, C-AF and MF to modes 3 or 4 and Half Way AF to inoperative. Then go to B1 and make sure that AEL/ AFL is selected for the AEL/AFL button.
Alan Wood thank you. However I have been down this road and while I get the back button to operate focus it doesn’t do so exclusively. The shutter button still holds this function too which defeats the object. As I say I have achieved it by setting AF mode to MF. It’s confusing & most probably is me since there are many little gremlins I am finding that don’t make immediate sense. I think I will solider on and keep experimenting as its not critical at this point. But I do appreciate your intervention. When you set it up did you completely separate the function to away from the shutter button?
Hi this is madhu from Melbourne, I bought OM-D EM1X last week and I updated latest firmware as well today I took around 1073 photos & I followed your videos pretty much every video ,after coming home I turn on my camera again and it doesn’t turning off again .don’t no what to do.
Sounds odd. You have checked that here is power left in the batteries?
Im selling all my Panasonic gear canon and fuji gear
thats how much I love the em1x
How do you select 15 fps on the E M1x ?
Menu C1 and H or L settings. There you have options to change the burst rate.
Dear Peter
I am going to take pictures of WRC (www.wrc.com), please advise the setting on EM1x & 40-150mm especially the focusing system..Thanks in advance
Try the subject recognition or 5X5 focus area and C-AF+TR. That should work. Where are you able to photograph WRC?
I think the em1 and the x are not much different in the setting.thanks Peter
You are right. The difference are minimal in that sense. But the AF is a bit different.
Olympus really should have sent me an EM1-X :(
Camera it's overpriced. For me as videographer it's sad that it doesn't have 4k 60 fps. I chose Olympus m 4/3 system because of their size, but this one doesn't seem to be small camera, and it doesn't feel very comfortable placed on gimbal.
The great thing is that you don't have to buy it. Personally I only own 1 camera that suit my needs. There is no need for me to have the complete Olympus catalog. It's a expensive camera indeed, but I'm surprised that already relatively many people (on DPR for example) have bought it. It seems that Olympus hit another homerun despite all the negative comments on the internet.
As how I set my camera, I used your video for the E-M5 Mark II @Peter. Can use a part II. ;)
Yes, I agree Olympus should have included 4K 60fps on this camera. I am glad it has 12fps in fullHD. But otherwise the video quality is actually much better than with E-M1 MKII. Now that I have had a chance to use it more on my video gigs.
I will not buy it. I have tried it briefly. I like the new EVF, I do not need the vertical grip..I like all the tweaks Olympus have done. But the price makes it a no go for me. It seems to be the same sensor. My next Olympus kamera body i guess will be an m1 mark 3.
It is too large and too expensive. I will wait for the next version that would benefit from the new algorithm, but in a smaller body - and hopefully a lower price.
too expensive!!!!
Yes, it is a bit pricy. I agree.
You have to pay for QUALITY and CREATIVITY (design and features)