I have just bought the om-1 mk2 and the om zuiko 150-600mm lens just trying to get to grips with it haveing come from Panasonic g9m2 camera thanks for a great video you should do a download link for your setting thanks
@ZOly62 thanks for watching. I've made a video of the only time that I used this lens. th-cam.com/video/-heu6cAZUQk/w-d-xo.html maybe that will help. Quality is fantastic with good sharp images and great stabilisation. I just didn't find it the best lens ergonomically. It's quite big and heavy but if you are thinking about using only lens on a trip for birds and wildlife then this is great. I like to be very flexible and that's why i personally gondor something smaller. Grt guido
Thank you for making this video. I got an OM1 mkii for Christmas and it’s my first ‘real’ camera moving on from a Nikon bridge camera. Your in depth explanations have really helped in what will be a steep learning curve. I mainly photograph birds at the moment but some of your landscape shots are quite inspirational.
Wow that is a great Christmas gift! I hope you will enjoy it but I'm quite sure of it. What lenses do you have with it? There are a couple more om-1 videos on my channel about settings. But don't hesitate to contact me if you want to know something. If I can help then I will try. Where are you from? Grt guido
@ I’m in the Uk. I have been spoiled by the fantastic zoom on my p950 so I have the Olympus 100-400 because I wanted the reach and am waiting for delivery of a used Olympus 40-150 f4-5.6 R because it seems a budget friendly way to explore that focal range. Thanks for your offer of assistance. I’ll check out the other videos.
@samanthabooker151 sounds like a great set with a lot of focal range. If you ever need something new you might want to send me a message first 😉 grt guido
What a treasure of a baseline resource. This was so helpful. You demystified some buttons and completely blew my mind with a couple of shortcuts I didn't even know existed on this little powerhouse camera. Thank you!!
I'm happy to see that the video helped. I'm actually still coming across things that I didn't know sometimes. I'm the type of person that never reads a manual and just starts learning by doing maybe i should change that 😅 thanks for watching and sharing your comment it really helps the channel! Grt guido
One of the other things I love about this camera is you can reassign all the buttons in the OM app. You can instantly alter everything to suit wildlife, portrait or landscape etc. of course you then have to remember what all the buttons do 😀
I think it's best to keep the button layout the same for myself. In situations where you need to handle quickly, you don't want to think where that is. The key ingredient is being one with the camera. Knowing exactly where everything is without looking at it. Thanks for watching and your support I appreciate it. Grt guido
Thanks for an interesting video 👍 As you said yourself, it is very personal. Whenever I upgrade my camera I always start with the fabric's settings. After some time I start to customise it. For different main purposes I always customise the C-options. It is easy to change the basic setting once you select the wanted C-option. It is very seldom that I can use the basic settings. Of course, most buttons on the body are customised. The best advice is always to look up and download the more advanced manual in PDF format. To easily access it, create a shortcut on the start page on your mobile.
I'm the kind of guy that never reads the manual until he really can't figure it out anymore, and yourube doesn't help, haha. Never looked in the manual of a camera myself, but it is a very useful tip if you like to read the manual. I think i always do the same approach as you. Start photographing first and then look at the changes along the way. But I always seem to end up a bit the same with all the olympus cameras. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
@GuidoVanDeWater The advantage of reading the manual, compared with other options such as TH-cam et al, is that somebody else than the authors have reviewed it before publishing. I can be surprised by all the clickbait titles here on TH-cam about revealing "secrets" settings. They don't exit as they can be found in the manual 😁
Another great video. It is interesting to see how each photographer sets their camera up. Lee Hoy definitely has his way of using his OM-1 mainly because he is a Birder. Emilie Talpin has different settings mainly because she does macro. What I find impressive about the OM Systems cameras is all the customization the computational features and how it adds so much to the experience not to mention the biggest feature light weight bodies and lenses. Exceptional IBIS etc etc.
You can literally change every button to what you want it to be and that is an amazing feauture. The camera is adjustable to everyone's wishes and forms of photography. I totally agree with you it's just a great system with far to little recognition. But I always warn people. Once you try it you buy it. Thanks for watching grt guido
Thank you! Now I think I understand how to program C mode. I have AI-detection for dogs on the top button to the right on the lens in front and face detecton the lower button on my OM1 mk 1. On thr OM1 mkll I have set dog detect on the same button and the lover button to gradual ND filter. ND filter is programed to the top exposure button and high res mode to the red record button, iso is set to HDR and the Lnf button on the lens i set to digital 2 time converter. Focus clutch is set to off, instead I use C+MF to adjust focus. I use the super control panel a lot to change the settings, for example aperture, shuttersped and iso, stabilisation, flash and more and now I will set up the C modes! 😊👍
Sounds like younyounreally thought this trough. Everyone has his very own prefences. I havento say the i know these menus very good so there is no need to program everythino i can easily find what I need fast so that helps me out while in the field. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
This is a great video Guido... especially the two buttons on the front of the camera for IBIS and Zoom. Very helpful. For custom menus, I make it the same as on my Nikon. 1 for Landscape 2 for Wildlife/Birds 3 for Special...like Black/White photography for streets and architecture. Btw...I received my cashback. Tnx for the help Guido and this video ofcourse. Keep it up.
Happy to see the cashback worked out ok. Would have been a shame if that ruined your first impression of the camera. Great idea to set up a custom mode for black and white. That might be something that I would like to program to c3. I'm not really a black and white photographer so I'm going to have to look into what settings I should apply there. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
Happy to see that you still found the video interesting. I guess the idea of some settings might be the same over different brands, but it all depends on what your model can or can't do. Thanks for watchibg grt guido
One I added to My Menu was "card formatting" - it is the first one. I also changed the yes/no function to say show yes as the preferred choice. Good ideas here, thanks.
I thought about adding the formatting, but I was scared that I would activate it by accident so I didn't do it. Thanks for watching and the comment. Grt guido
I asked myself "do I really need to do it regular?". The sweet answer I came to was, not at all. Given the price/storage for SD cards I use a 128 GB card on my OM-5. It gives enough space to not do it on a regular basis. But if I was a pro I would be thinking differently.
Thanks for watching and the comment. Just tried it and that works on the om-1 to. never noticed that haha. Typical moment of read the f.... manual I guess 😅 grt guido
Hi Guido Prima video. Wellicht is het een idee om de gebruikte instellingen bij de gemaakte foto te laten zien, iets uitgebreider dan nu het geval is. Groet Ton
Thnx ja had gekunt inderdaad. Ik vind die data zelf nooit zo boeiend daarom doe ij het in dit soort videos niet. Maar zal de volgende keer kijken of het lukt. Bedankt voor het kijken. Grt guido
Handige video voor veel mensen denk ik... wel een vraagje, ik hoor niks over de stand 1/2 AEL-button, die standaard op SAF/MF switch staat. Die switch gebruik ik vaak bij macro. Er zit geen clutch op de 60mm macrolens namelijk. Daarnaast kun je de AF-on button gebruiken met starry sky fotografie om te starten met het automatisch scannen van de sterren, daarbij moet je dan wel wat functies uitzetten bij het starry sky menu. Ik vind dat handig als ik sterren of Melkweg wil doen. Staat onder C4 bij mij. Maar heel informatief, ik heb wat geleerd van de C-timer die je naar wens kan instellen. Ik doe een selfie in het bos of op de steiger altijd met highres 30 sec of met gewone interval... 👍🏻😀 oh ja en Moiso had een goeie tip... highres handheld instellen en dan op een tripod zetten met nachtfotografie. Dan lijnt ie alle sterren beter uit 😀
Ja je kunt vanalles instellen naar eigen smaak. Ik fotografeer zelf nooit sterren dus voor die enkele keer dat ik bodig heb activeer ik het. Zoals ik in de video al zei. Dit is hoe ik mijn camera ingesteld heb. Die vraag krijg ik altijd dus ik dacht ik deel het even. Het was geen tutorial van alle mogelijkheden. Misschien moet ik dat ook eens doen 😅 bedankt voor het kijken en voor je tips. Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater ja dat weet ik natuurlijk, alles naar eigen wens, iedereen bepaalt zelf. Maar er zijn mensen die hetzelfde doen als jij als groot voorbeeld 😀, vandaar even mijn opmerking over de af-on button die een connectie heeft met Starry sky. Het zijn normaal echt goed bekeken filmpjes volgens mij. Dus je kunt best een keer 2 uur alle ins en outs doen 😂😂
Hello, does the camera refocus by itself for every photo when taking multiple photos with a timer? I have my Olympus e-m1 mk3 and it has this feature. I love this feature, so I am wondering if om-1 Mk2 has it.
Yes it does that you can see the self timer menu in the video. If select yes on the right option in the menu then it refocused between every shots that you programmed. Thanks for watchibg the video. Grt guido
Cheers Guido, it’s Sean from Atlanta! I have happily followed you for some time and I have a question I need your help with, please. I currently have an EM5 MIII. I have over 50,000 actuations on the shutter right now. There are two promotions from OM System. I could either get an OM5 with a 12-45 lens, or an OM 1 without a lens. I could really use your expertise, please. They are both the same price, $1099. Thank you, Guido! Sean P.S. I really enjoy your videos!
Hi sean, I think the om5 isn't a big upgrade from your em5mkIII so my personal choice would be the om-1. Better image quality and dynamic range, great features, full weather sealed. Great ergonomics. So for me this would not be a hard choice. Guess it all depends on if you need the lens or not. Good luck with the decision! Thanks for watchibg and the comment. Grt guido
trying to set up the camera on auto ISO for one mode so I do not have auto ISO on everything, generally, I like to pick and choose my ISO when needed, I know all four custom modes are on P mode, how do I change it from program to manual & aperture priority or even shutter priority, on my new OM-1 MK2.
Just stand go into the A, S or M mode then set everythibg as you like it. Then ssave that to the custom mode and the custom mode will copy everything including the A, S, or M priority mode. If you want you custom modes to be full manual then make sure to save them in manual mode. If you any want appetite priority the make sure to save the custom modes in the A position. Hope this helps. Thabks for watchguidort guido
Hello, i know this is not a question about landscape, but it is about the om1 mark ii AF features. Is there a way to limit the area of the frame where the AF should look for a face? For example if my subject is ina room full of people, most of them at the same distance. But my subject is at the left of the frame. Can I specify an area at the left of the frame so the camera only search for a face in that area and ignores the rest of the frame?
Hello, you can usenthe joystick on the back to move your focusing area. When you see the field with squares you can turn the back dial of the camera and then you can make the focus area smaller or bigger. If you make it smaller and move it more to the position the person is in it should focus there. Hope this helps. Happy holidays! Grt guido
I think i follow about the same numbers. I usually only use manual when I start doing different stuff like panorama, long exposures stuff like that. Thanks for watchibg grt guido
Sometimes I have problems finding the settings I am looking for. Just today I had to enable Night Vision on a session. I haven't changed any of the button functions yet.
I have never used the night vision function, but I'm not really into night photography. I can imagine it is helpful with those awesome star shots you produce. Thanks for wathcing grt guido
Just try to keep your exposures on the bright side of the histogram so on the right. If you make them to dark then you get noise. Better take an image a bit to bright and darken them then taking a to dark image and brighten it later. The last option creates lots of noise. Usualy that is the case. Hope this helps! Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater Thank you, I watched several videos of yours yesterday and figured out how to make the histogram show while I compose a shot. I am sure that will help.
@PatriceSanders-j1if then histogram leans to the brightest or darkest parts. Just take an hdr then or use high res to increase the dynamic range. Usually that does the trick also.
QUESTION : Do you struggle with setting up your camera?
I have just bought the om-1 mk2 and the om zuiko 150-600mm lens just trying to get to grips with it haveing come from Panasonic g9m2 camera thanks for a great video you should do a download link for your setting thanks
@@brianshuker-wstf What are your impressions of the 150-600mm lens?
@ZOly62 thanks for watching. I've made a video of the only time that I used this lens. th-cam.com/video/-heu6cAZUQk/w-d-xo.html maybe that will help. Quality is fantastic with good sharp images and great stabilisation. I just didn't find it the best lens ergonomically. It's quite big and heavy but if you are thinking about using only lens on a trip for birds and wildlife then this is great. I like to be very flexible and that's why i personally gondor something smaller. Grt guido
Thank you for making this video. I got an OM1 mkii for Christmas and it’s my first ‘real’ camera moving on from a Nikon bridge camera. Your in depth explanations have really helped in what will be a steep learning curve. I mainly photograph birds at the moment but some of your landscape shots are quite inspirational.
Wow that is a great Christmas gift! I hope you will enjoy it but I'm quite sure of it. What lenses do you have with it? There are a couple more om-1 videos on my channel about settings. But don't hesitate to contact me if you want to know something. If I can help then I will try. Where are you from? Grt guido
@ I’m in the Uk. I have been spoiled by the fantastic zoom on my p950 so I have the Olympus 100-400 because I wanted the reach and am waiting for delivery of a used Olympus 40-150 f4-5.6 R because it seems a budget friendly way to explore that focal range. Thanks for your offer of assistance. I’ll check out the other videos.
@samanthabooker151 sounds like a great set with a lot of focal range. If you ever need something new you might want to send me a message first 😉 grt guido
What a treasure of a baseline resource. This was so helpful. You demystified some buttons and completely blew my mind with a couple of shortcuts I didn't even know existed on this little powerhouse camera. Thank you!!
I'm happy to see that the video helped. I'm actually still coming across things that I didn't know sometimes. I'm the type of person that never reads a manual and just starts learning by doing maybe i should change that 😅 thanks for watching and sharing your comment it really helps the channel! Grt guido
One of the other things I love about this camera is you can reassign all the buttons in the OM app. You can instantly alter everything to suit wildlife, portrait or landscape etc. of course you then have to remember what all the buttons do 😀
I think it's best to keep the button layout the same for myself. In situations where you need to handle quickly, you don't want to think where that is. The key ingredient is being one with the camera. Knowing exactly where everything is without looking at it. Thanks for watching and your support I appreciate it. Grt guido
Thanks for an interesting video 👍 As you said yourself, it is very personal. Whenever I upgrade my camera I always start with the fabric's settings. After some time I start to customise it. For different main purposes I always customise the C-options. It is easy to change the basic setting once you select the wanted C-option. It is very seldom that I can use the basic settings. Of course, most buttons on the body are customised.
The best advice is always to look up and download the more advanced manual in PDF format. To easily access it, create a shortcut on the start page on your mobile.
I'm the kind of guy that never reads the manual until he really can't figure it out anymore, and yourube doesn't help, haha. Never looked in the manual of a camera myself, but it is a very useful tip if you like to read the manual. I think i always do the same approach as you. Start photographing first and then look at the changes along the way. But I always seem to end up a bit the same with all the olympus cameras. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
@GuidoVanDeWater The advantage of reading the manual, compared with other options such as TH-cam et al, is that somebody else than the authors have reviewed it before publishing. I can be surprised by all the clickbait titles here on TH-cam about revealing "secrets" settings. They don't exit as they can be found in the manual 😁
Another great video. It is interesting to see how each photographer sets their camera up. Lee Hoy definitely has his way of using his OM-1 mainly because he is a Birder. Emilie Talpin has different settings mainly because she does macro. What I find impressive about the OM Systems cameras is all the customization the computational features and how it adds so much to the experience not to mention the biggest feature light weight bodies and lenses. Exceptional IBIS etc etc.
You can literally change every button to what you want it to be and that is an amazing feauture. The camera is adjustable to everyone's wishes and forms of photography. I totally agree with you it's just a great system with far to little recognition. But I always warn people. Once you try it you buy it. Thanks for watching grt guido
Thank you! Now I think I understand how to program C mode. I have AI-detection for dogs on the top button to the right on the lens in front and face detecton the lower button on my OM1 mk 1. On thr OM1 mkll I have set dog detect on the same button and the lover button to gradual ND filter. ND filter is programed to the top exposure button and high res mode to the red record button, iso is set to HDR and the Lnf button on the lens i set to digital 2 time converter. Focus clutch is set to off, instead I use C+MF to adjust focus. I use the super control panel a lot to change the settings, for example aperture, shuttersped and iso, stabilisation, flash and more and now I will set up the C modes! 😊👍
Sounds like younyounreally thought this trough. Everyone has his very own prefences. I havento say the i know these menus very good so there is no need to program everythino i can easily find what I need fast so that helps me out while in the field. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
This is a great video Guido... especially the two buttons on the front of the camera for IBIS and Zoom. Very helpful. For custom menus, I make it the same as on my Nikon. 1 for Landscape 2 for Wildlife/Birds 3 for Special...like Black/White photography for streets and architecture. Btw...I received my cashback. Tnx for the help Guido and this video ofcourse. Keep it up.
Happy to see the cashback worked out ok. Would have been a shame if that ruined your first impression of the camera. Great idea to set up a custom mode for black and white. That might be something that I would like to program to c3. I'm not really a black and white photographer so I'm going to have to look into what settings I should apply there. Thanks for watching and your comment. Grt guido
Fantastic video Guido, a few tips that I had never seen before. Thank you 👍
Thanks for watching. I'm happy to see that there are some new tricks in there for you. Hope you can use it for yourself. Grt guido
Hello Guido
Was interessting to watch, but my old Nikons haven't so much possibilitys for settings :-).
Grt Ernesto
Happy to see that you still found the video interesting. I guess the idea of some settings might be the same over different brands, but it all depends on what your model can or can't do. Thanks for watchibg grt guido
One I added to My Menu was "card formatting" - it is the first one. I also changed the yes/no function to say show yes as the preferred choice. Good ideas here, thanks.
I thought about adding the formatting, but I was scared that I would activate it by accident so I didn't do it. Thanks for watching and the comment. Grt guido
I asked myself "do I really need to do it regular?". The sweet answer I came to was, not at all. Given the price/storage for SD cards I use a 128 GB card on my OM-5. It gives enough space to not do it on a regular basis. But if I was a pro I would be thinking differently.
I use a 256gb card due to all the video material I also record. And I only empty it every 1 or 2 months. I'm just to lazy to constantly do that 😅
Guido, on my EM1 mk3 you can change between cards when reviewing the image by holding the play button and rotating the front dial - no menu diving.
Thanks for watching and the comment. Just tried it and that works on the om-1 to. never noticed that haha. Typical moment of read the f.... manual I guess 😅 grt guido
very usefull thanks
Thanks for watchibg and your comment. Grt guido
Hi Guido
Prima video.
Wellicht is het een idee om de gebruikte instellingen bij de gemaakte foto te laten zien, iets uitgebreider dan nu het geval is.
Groet
Ton
Thnx ja had gekunt inderdaad. Ik vind die data zelf nooit zo boeiend daarom doe ij het in dit soort videos niet. Maar zal de volgende keer kijken of het lukt. Bedankt voor het kijken. Grt guido
Handige video voor veel mensen denk ik... wel een vraagje, ik hoor niks over de stand 1/2 AEL-button, die standaard op SAF/MF switch staat. Die switch gebruik ik vaak bij macro. Er zit geen clutch op de 60mm macrolens namelijk. Daarnaast kun je de AF-on button gebruiken met starry sky fotografie om te starten met het automatisch scannen van de sterren, daarbij moet je dan wel wat functies uitzetten bij het starry sky menu. Ik vind dat handig als ik sterren of Melkweg wil doen. Staat onder C4 bij mij. Maar heel informatief, ik heb wat geleerd van de C-timer die je naar wens kan instellen. Ik doe een selfie in het bos of op de steiger altijd met highres 30 sec of met gewone interval... 👍🏻😀 oh ja en Moiso had een goeie tip... highres handheld instellen en dan op een tripod zetten met nachtfotografie. Dan lijnt ie alle sterren beter uit 😀
Ja je kunt vanalles instellen naar eigen smaak. Ik fotografeer zelf nooit sterren dus voor die enkele keer dat ik bodig heb activeer ik het. Zoals ik in de video al zei. Dit is hoe ik mijn camera ingesteld heb. Die vraag krijg ik altijd dus ik dacht ik deel het even. Het was geen tutorial van alle mogelijkheden. Misschien moet ik dat ook eens doen 😅 bedankt voor het kijken en voor je tips. Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater ja dat weet ik natuurlijk, alles naar eigen wens, iedereen bepaalt zelf. Maar er zijn mensen die hetzelfde doen als jij als groot voorbeeld 😀, vandaar even mijn opmerking over de af-on button die een connectie heeft met Starry sky. Het zijn normaal echt goed bekeken filmpjes volgens mij. Dus je kunt best een keer 2 uur alle ins en outs doen 😂😂
@Angeliekje2 pff 2 uur ik krijg nou al keellpijn 😅
@@GuidoVanDeWater 😂
Hello, does the camera refocus by itself for every photo when taking multiple photos with a timer? I have my Olympus e-m1 mk3 and it has this feature. I love this feature, so I am wondering if om-1 Mk2 has it.
Yes it does that you can see the self timer menu in the video. If select yes on the right option in the menu then it refocused between every shots that you programmed. Thanks for watchibg the video. Grt guido
Cheers Guido, it’s Sean from Atlanta! I have happily followed you for some time and I have a question I need your help with, please.
I currently have an EM5 MIII. I have over 50,000 actuations on the shutter right now. There are two promotions from OM System. I could either get an OM5 with a 12-45 lens, or an OM 1 without a lens. I could really use your expertise, please. They are both the same price, $1099.
Thank you, Guido!
Sean
P.S. I really enjoy your videos!
Hi sean, I think the om5 isn't a big upgrade from your em5mkIII so my personal choice would be the om-1. Better image quality and dynamic range, great features, full weather sealed. Great ergonomics. So for me this would not be a hard choice. Guess it all depends on if you need the lens or not. Good luck with the decision! Thanks for watchibg and the comment. Grt guido
trying to set up the camera on auto ISO for one mode so I do not have auto ISO on everything, generally, I like to pick and choose my ISO when needed,
I know all four custom modes are on P mode, how do I change it from program to manual & aperture priority or even shutter priority, on my new OM-1 MK2.
Just stand go into the A, S or M mode then set everythibg as you like it. Then ssave that to the custom mode and the custom mode will copy everything including the A, S, or M priority mode. If you want you custom modes to be full manual then make sure to save them in manual mode. If you any want appetite priority the make sure to save the custom modes in the A position. Hope this helps. Thabks for watchguidort guido
Hello, i know this is not a question about landscape, but it is about the om1 mark ii AF features. Is there a way to limit the area of the frame where the AF should look for a face? For example if my subject is ina room full of people, most of them at the same distance. But my subject is at the left of the frame. Can I specify an area at the left of the frame so the camera only search for a face in that area and ignores the rest of the frame?
Hello, you can usenthe joystick on the back to move your focusing area. When you see the field with squares you can turn the back dial of the camera and then you can make the focus area smaller or bigger. If you make it smaller and move it more to the position the person is in it should focus there. Hope this helps. Happy holidays! Grt guido
75% of photos I’ve taken in the past have been with aperture priority, 25% of the time I have been using manual.
I think i follow about the same numbers. I usually only use manual when I start doing different stuff like panorama, long exposures stuff like that. Thanks for watchibg grt guido
Sometimes I have problems finding the settings I am looking for. Just today I had to enable Night Vision on a session. I haven't changed any of the button functions yet.
I have never used the night vision function, but I'm not really into night photography. I can imagine it is helpful with those awesome star shots you produce. Thanks for wathcing grt guido
Guido I usually shoot AP and auto focus plus ISO 200. I am getting a lot of noise in my landscape shots. Help please.
Just try to keep your exposures on the bright side of the histogram so on the right. If you make them to dark then you get noise. Better take an image a bit to bright and darken them then taking a to dark image and brighten it later. The last option creates lots of noise. Usualy that is the case. Hope this helps! Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater Thank you, I watched several videos of yours yesterday and figured out how to make the histogram show while I compose a shot. I am sure that will help.
@PatriceSanders-j1if then histogram leans to the brightest or darkest parts. Just take an hdr then or use high res to increase the dynamic range. Usually that does the trick also.
@@GuidoVanDeWater Thank you sooooo much. I will add that to my tool box.