A flawed but wonderful camera.

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I'm a photographer from Scotland and was inspired by my now deceased friend to shoot with the same set up he used. His name was Chris and he was wonderful. I've been documenting communities here in my region, my contributions lead to me attending the Royal Garden Party this June. My page also crossed 14M views for the year just this week

It's currently available for Android, with the iOS version coming soon.

The app also supports direct connection with Olympus cameras for image import and color grading, and is already compatible with most Olympus camera models.

Additionally, it features simulated color grading and lets you create your own custom LUTs.

Hey all,

I’m searching for a decent wrist strap for my OM-5. I just got this SmallRig Universal Vintage Wrist Strap. And it feels quite large, though I do like the look.

I’m curious what your thoughts are on decent straps. I think this one is too much maybe? But do you guys know any similar - though smaller - ones?

No sure I believe it.

Though I agree this would be the right call to make. OM should put out a model that has real potential to sell and actually embodies the M43 philosophy of being small and capable (something OM and Panasonic have been failing at for years now), as opposed to a model that fits neatly into a already atrophying line up. Ofcourse I'm not a expert in the matter of camera sales.

Coming back from a trip to London and sharing some shots 📸

Om-5 + Sigma 56 mm 1.4

Images from 2017 onward. Cameras include the E-M5 mk2, every E-M1 and OM-1 model.

Lenses include the Zuiko 14-35mm f2, M.Zuiko 17mm f1.2, 25mm f1.2, 45mm f1.2, LUMIX 8-18mm f2.8-4, 12mm f1.4, 15mm f1.7, 25mm f1.4, Voigtlander 25mm f0.95, Sigma 56mm f1.4

...part of me wants to spend a whole lot less and just get an E-P7. The only reason I even want anything is because this old workhorse has a shutter count over 30k and I know it wont last forever. It would be cool to have those color features the E-P7 has...not sure I'm crazy about a fully articulating screen....I don't shoot sports or animals really. For someone like me it's going to come down to pricing. With the rumored specs, it's not like I'll even be getting any future proofing benefits. Just thinking out loud if anyone cares to chime in.

I have an older Lumix 12-32mm that had a dirty inner lens element (significant flare/haze when there was any bright light in the picture).

I took it apart and cleaned it. Putting it together it is impossible to reverse lense elements as they are fixed into modules and slot together using various mechanisms.

After putting it back together, the haze was gone, but I noticed that most of the pictures were a bit blurry unless the F stop is high (>7+).

When I say blurry i mean that while the image looks passable on the preview screen, when I zoom in, I can't read text in the picture a few feet away. I am using this on a OM5 mki mounted on a tripod and i am comparing it using equivalent settings to a an olympus 14-42mm kit zoom and a lumx 14mm f2.5, where i can clearly read the text at the respective zooms and aperture and shutter settings. At the higher fstops, the clarity of the image rivals the other lenses. The same issue exists when I use a panasonic GF3 so it is not a cross compatibility issue.

I have taken it apart several times thinking maybe something was out of alignment but the design of it is pretty much idiotproof (it is possible my idiocy transcends this though, but i think the lens alignment is fine). All of the connectors seem in place and ribbons are intact to visual inspection. I cleaned all the connectors using alcohol.

It is pretty much impossible to use P or Automatic modes as they are always blurry. The only way to make it clear is to force the Fstop high using A mode (or S mode altering the shutter speed).

Autofocus seems to work ok (focusing on something closer / background yields clear pictures (assuming im keeping Fstop high). If i use a lower fstop, it is blurry but focusing on nearer objects seem slightly clearer than focusing on something far away.

Unfortunately there is no manual focus option on this lens.

All 4 corners seem to be equally blurry (no corners are sharper than others making me think it is not misalignment).

There is no signficant aberration if I shoot a white text on black background (fstop at 9).

What can i do further to diagnose the root cause of why my lense is blurry?

Why does it not work when I use P or A? is this a focus problem? is this a communication problem between the camera and lens? Or is this an inherent lens problem?

Thanks for any help and looking forward to your insights!

btw - this is a cheap lens so its not worth it for me to send out to a pro.. i'd like to take this opportunity to understand cameras/lens function even if I never get this to work correctly, it would be nice to fix it though!

E-M5 II @ 1/400, ISO 200. Lumix 12-32 @ 32mm F/5.6. Developed in DXO.

In the mountains of Yoshino.
OM System OM-3 / Leica 8-18mm Vario-Elmarit

Taken with E-P7 + 9mm f1.7. Pics 1-2 are from the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 3-4 are from the LA Public Library, and 5-8 are from the CalEdison Building. Best part is that going into all of these places is free!

I know I gave a long way to go here

I took my 1 day old g9ii to a local reserve with it's 12-60 kit lense on. I didn't really have any goals other than just to get familiar with the settings on the camera and mess about a bit. It was a lot of fun, and I feel like I learned a bit so even though the shots are pretty obviously amateur level stuff I had a blast. I haven't gone into editing raws or anything yet so these are SOOC Jpegs. I am saving up for a decent zoom lense for when Christmas rolls around, hoping I'll be more familiar with the system by the time I get to some more serious bird photos.

Open to any critical comments, but please remember I'm an absolute baby to this, never did any photography lessons or anything, and had taught myself about the exposure triangle 2 hours before heading out.

Have a great day everyone.

I listed a 3 days seminar for a high street photography course which includes both the conceptual and practical sessions. We have to list our available gears for the practical sessions and the instructor emailed me my m43 camera (Olympus OM1) won't cut the business and also might not be able to follow lighting sessions as no one uses them so he does have any triggers for me. He suggested that I borrow gear or buy triggers by myself. I feel quite nervous and wondering if there is any high street photographer that uses m43 in this sub?

(Sorry not high street - High fashion photography aka Editorial photography)