Wednesday 9 November 2022

(Revised) What you can assign to the Fn buttons (OM-D E-M1 Mark III)

Revision 2

When I initially got my new-to-me Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, I thought it was just the good ol E-M1 but with more features. Well, in some ways it is, but in many ways, it's a whole different level of camera. There is higher image performance, courtesy of the newer image sensor with higher res and less long exposure high ISO noise, but the camera handles really differently.

At first glance, the new camera body has only one more physical control, the autofocus joystick, the sophistication of the camera has endowed it with heaps of finer behavioural tweaks. This may have been what we have been crying out for when we had the E-M1 original version but the sheer number of detailed adjustments possible means that over enthusiastic assignment to buttons will make this newer camera unpredictable, act with a mind of its own, against your expectations.

I've had this camera refuse to autofocus with the LCD screen swung out. Another time, the camera went into video mode prior to starting a movie when it supposed to be on stills shooting. The ISO could change unexpectedly. So on and so forth.

I've reassigned the Custom Function Buttons several times. Below is my latest revision. 

Note: It's not the assignment of the Button to the Role that is important it's more the Rationale for that assignment because the choices are very personal.


My work-in-progress background thoughts are in my brain for this topic. 

Tuesday 8 November 2022

You don't have to accept that the default raw looks yucky

 Too often, people exclaim that when they display their raw image on the computer, the image looks yucky compared to the SOOC JPEG displayed on the back of their camera. You can customise that for all new images instead of re-working each image individually.

Here's how Adobe describes it:

https://blog.adobe.com/en/2020/06/16/streamline-edits-with-the-improved-raw-defaults


Thursday 3 November 2022

Oh, a new (old) camera

Fresh Greetings

I've been neglecting this blog, my (youtube.com/@AnandaSim) channel and Snippets of Photo Info site (for technical info). Life's been busy. I think the main reason I haven't been writing is because I've been out taking photos and posting primarily on my Instagram with older gear

Resuming this blog

What is it about a new camera that makes me want to reach out, chat, share? I reckon it's the idea of companionship and collaboration with new gear.  I haven't bought a new camera body for what seems like yonks - yesterday, the postman delivered my new camera, a second hand (but minty) Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III. After skipping the Mark II, this Mark III is intriguing. Let's see whether more articles here are the result.

In the meantime, have a look at my Keen

Where else to find me?

I'm back there at itsnotthecameraitstheperson. I had a flickr pro account but over the years lapsed into a free account at anandasim88. The hub to these and other website is at linktr.ee/AnandaSim Oh, I've the opportunity to teach photography fundamentals. Come play with me at CAE.