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  1. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    On Once your get used to the camera, custom modes become totally redundant. I never used them after a month or so.
  2. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Thanks for highlighting this Ron. As a heads-up for others, it is now far quicker to update camera firmware using the O.I Share app for phone or tablet as it avoids the need to plugin the camera. For Mac users using Monterey (12.6) or later, it is a vital step as it is now almost impossible to...
  3. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    @ Jefrs Could you please stop putting out incorrect information? You have you own specialities and you have nothing to prove. Reference your instructions, I think you said you are using a Panasonic G9? I would struggle to follow your instructions on the OM-1 - perhaps go and try one for...
  4. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Welcome Richard! You have the optimum lens for the camera. You will need to press and hold the AF-ON button for as long as you are tracking the bird, or a single press to focus if static. The White frame indicates the bird is detected, the small box indicates the eye is detected. The camera is...
  5. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    I was also dealing directly with sensor and some interesting lens manufacturers in a previous role. These days, I am extremely happy to deal only with the practical application of the images from a range of high end cameras. I stopped looking at all the numbers a while back as life is simply too...
  6. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    This is not really helpful here? Why are you basing you opinions on You Tube videos from random third parties? Criticising (theoretical) performance makes you a keyboard warrior. Go and try the OM-1, put your favourite lens on it, then compare with other state of the art professional cameras...
  7. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    DxO is very capable software and good value too. We all have different needs and perspectives. Sadly, I've not tried ON1 as I also keep a handle on my old favourite Capture One and there are only so many hours in a day. Workspace, like Canon's DPP is quite slow and not intuitive. However for...
  8. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Apologies for not seeing this. Press the multi-controller on the back and scroll left / right with the front dial - it is the quickest way to change focus area. There are ways of using a single button to move to single point, but IMHO the former is more intuitive as options are more useful than...
  9. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Interesting, part of my other half's role in the medical world, so we frequently cross over with my own imaging work Important to remember that the G9 shares a sensor with the previous generation of Oly cameras. The new stacked CMOS sensor in the OM-1 is, in real world, around a stop better for...
  10. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    I'm puzzled by your comment on extended RAW? Adobe Camera RAW, the engine behind Lightroom and Photoshop handles all the information that these cameras generate, including the pixel-shift high res files, HDR and extended ISO files from Olympus. I'm testing this every day and have encountered no...
  11. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Congratulations to you! It is a brilliant camera and extremely capable. After a few days with mine, I took the decision to divest all my Canon gear as the AF was superior on the OM-1. It takes a bit of setting up and after long chats with OM-System, I am now running 1 or 2 day training sessions...
  12. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Fascinating how the world has changed. I shot half my career on film. I came back from a month long assignment, shooting Elephants for a magazine and cursed because I had to get 30 rolls of film through the X-Ray machines unscanned... Now we have incredible miracle machines like the OM-1 for...
  13. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    If you have updated your OM-1 to FW 1.1, it is possible to do the next update to 1.2 using the OI.Share app on your phone (full battery needed!)
  14. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Self-promo here: I run workshops on the OM-1, with official support from OM-Systems. Either 1:1 or in small groups. Previously I worked very closely as a training provided for Canon on stills and video products, so I know my way around R5 and R6 (and Sony /Nikon) in detail too (not the EOS R3...
  15. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    For anyone interested, there is an 'OM-1 Day' here in the UK, hosted by OM-Systems. I'm guessing international visitors will be able to join too, Here is the registration link: REGISTER HERE
  16. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    The video is truly excellent - setup correctly (Log capture + 4k/25p and 180 degree shutter, the very clips are close to my broadcast camera and easy to grade for lovely colour. I can't use the camera to shoot the commercial as batteries are still impossible to source(!)
  17. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    No, I haven't but will be testing the video later in the week. I have to be honest, I always MF video clips - most of the cameras I film with do not have AF! I will test the video and report back - I have a commercial to shoot next week and tests will determine if I use my Panasonic or the...
  18. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Hi Niels, simple Bird Tracking is working extremely well. I have not fine tuned sensitivities yet, but working on that. There are, as you say, many options that were necessary in the previous cameras and may improve things further, but at the moment, this one is working well.
  19. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    I have been using the OM-1 since last week - first a demo body and then my own, with a 300mm f/4 lens and the MC14 converter. First up, the viewfinder is gorgeous and nearly double the resolution of the E-M1 III and X . Tracking is dramatically improved and is now very reliable (check my...
  20. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Niels, the 100-400 from Olympus is a great lens and very sharp, I was using one before Christmas. I'm 99% sure it gives the full 8 stops.
  21. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    With respect "minor improvement in ISO for jpegs only." suggests the poster does not understand cameras - if a jpeg is improved, so will the RAW file. Anyone can download RAW test files from DP review and see the image quality for themselves. There is a very significant improvement in both...
  22. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    I wish I could read crystal balls, it would have saved me a fortune ;) It is very encouraging that Panasonic have clearly invested so much in M43 and the new GH6. I am quite sure that we will see a new G9 II or similar, but after 2 launches in 6 months, my bet would be on next year? Perhaps...
  23. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Dave, I make no judgement on people's ability to afford camera kit. As a professional of 30 years, times are not easy here. What I now can now charge per day is back to the level of 1995, thanks to large numbers of people with pensions who retire at 45 or 50 and describe themselves as...
  24. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    Bearing in mind I'm a recent convert, I would say that the OM system covers all the bases at very sensible prices. It is one of the attractions IMO. The 40-150 f/2.8 + TC covers a very broad range, ditto the new 100-400 (200-800mm equivalent). Both those lenses are in the £1000 bracket and very...
  25. WildPhotographer

    New OM-1

    I have the same lens on my GH5. Tricky! The Olympus version frustratingly works with the teleconverters.
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