5 Hidden Features in Olympus OM-D Cameras 

Thanks for the tips. I have used the recording clip for some years now. It is extremely useful when using a manual lens that has no EXIF, so I can record the aperture of the lens and is a very easy way to remember how photos were taken. I have also used to record peoples names so I can easily remember them.

First tip to link focus and exposure points in genius. I shoot wildlife, typically isolating the subject from a lighter background. This will really help.

After years of reading your blog, it's wonderful to see you growing (by leaps and bounds) into this format. Kudos!

just found this channel. I've had my 1mkii for a couple of years and never knew that pixel mapping was that simple. Thank you!

Thanks. Good to hear from you again .fantastic

Excellent video Robin with wonderful tips for OM-D cameras. Really appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

Thanks Robin...not the kind of sets useful to my kind of pictures, but it is always nice to know!

I’ve always ran across those features more or less accidentally but, my goodness what a load of even more extra features. I was always puzzled a bit by the microphone use but adding a sound clip to an image really intrigues me. I don’t think I would have pursued learning these extra features in the manual because, there IS no REAL manual other than a downloaded version which is so difficult to actually study. I’m always picking up something good from any of your videos I watch. Thank you, Robin.

i love the omd system, every day you can find new features 👍😉

Very good video. The functionality of the OMD is remarkable. My old 6D looks like it from another century.

Thanks Robin! Always helpful and interesting tips!

How did I miss this???? Thank you Robin!

Thanks for sharing. This was very good.

The RAW camera edit is crazy to have. I didn't even know it was a possibility, Robin. I will definitely check it out. PS: I have just noticed that you use a Robin mini figure because of your name HAHAHA I thought it was just because you liked it. And I've been following (and in turn, seeing the figure) for a while now 😂

All are great tips, Thanks.

Focus limiter, what a find, thanks Robin.

Lovely presentation.

Thanks for the tip for Raw Editing, because it helped me to resolve an issue with flash photography. Once i moved from M10 to M5 Mark III i realized that photos were bit overexposed and that color tone was different. I already had photo done with M10+FL 600R, and same scene with M5 and FL600R. 1. New 20Mpix sensor is more sensitive to light... and i mean like by 2-4 stops. But that was just like half of the problem. 2. Due some reason M10 uses "WB Flash" profile even when set WB Auto, but M5 Mark III uses "Sunny", when set to "WB Auto" even when flash is connected and working. This might be that its more pro equipment so it lets the photographer to adjust more settings as he needs - in this case meaning that it will not autoswitch to flash color profile. So i took one of the photos which was overexposed and had white light, applied "WB Flash" balance and i lowered exposition in post by 1 stop. It works like charm.

Thanks a lot for the tips. These hidden features of the OM-D cameras remind me of the easter eggs in a computer game. There is always something new and exciting to discover...

Excellent tutorial, lots of features I did not know before...

Great tips Robin, thank you.

6:34 Wow! I was amazed to discover the RAW data edit Even on the EM10 Mark ii. "Entry level!"🤣👍😊

Once again, Robin, you have nailed it: clear and concise, very helpful, tips. Although my OM-D is an older e-m10, I apply the items that I can, and that I need. Also, it is good to know these helpful videos are here for future reference when I upgrade to a newer model. This video was especially helpful to me regarding pixel mapping, as my Pen-F needed the treatment, and I didn’t know what that function was for. Keep up the great work, Robin!

Robin, you are a great teacher and inspirer! Thanks for this and the many useful videos, without your tips I'd have probably given away my EM-5 MK II!!!

Incredible useful!!!

Pre set MF- showing the distance to the subject, ideal to use with Focus Limiter- So focus on subject - see the distance, set focus limiter to say 5m either side of shown distance, stop lens hunting around. Tip on setting both those up and assigning to Fn buttons would be useful for people maybe.

Tip 1 is valuable to me. Tried it and it works nicely!

Linking spot metering point to focus point is really useful for bird photography. Works great for S-AF. Doesn't seem to work for C-AF. At least for me. I need to use in-camera raw editing more. I have never tried the custom edits. Looks very useful. Thanks for the useful video.

thank you Robin for this real useful tip of the AF limiter. I will try to focus the stars to try it out !

audio recording is a feature of the a9ii and em1 has it since 2016 and I didn't know it! wow

Wow your hair grows really fast!

I like your sharing Robin. One thing I hope you will consider of adding a summary at the end of your video, that highlight the content key points and required settings. I believe this could help your follower understand better. Keep your good work. Many thanks.

I've seen the RAW edit time and time again but always felt it's a no no, fearing I'd end up deleting the photo, but what a brilliant feature!

Once again- an incredibly useful dive deep into the features. “Fuck Batman”. - priceless!!!

As always you do nice and useful vids! Regarding #4 AF Limiter, I use it a lot, but you should probably mention that it is most useful on primes. Since the Olympus zooms aren't parafocal. And on zooms, the distances are calculated based on max focal length. Any time you zoom wider those numbers will differ to a larger or smaller amount. Depending on distance, it can be anything from twice the distance or more fully zoomed out. But this depends both on the lens used and the distance, and on no lens or distance is this variation linear, so has to be measured in each case. So unless on the max focal length, you need to check the "apparent" distance you want to limit yourself too by first setting AF mode to Pre MF in the Live SCP, hit OK, then INFO then you can see what distance the camera think it is as you focus on various things. And based on that set your AF Limiter preferences. Technical details below can be skipped, above is all you need to know in order to be able to use AF Limiter on zooms... --------------------- What Olympus does, is not actually measuring distance. For each lens (and for zooms this will be in the max focal length) they calculate the distance as step counts for the AF motor, the lowest number is min. Distance and the highest number is infinity. You can see these numbers with exiftool or similar: "Focus Step Infinity" & "Focus Step Near" The value for min focal distance doesn't seem to be showing in exiftools, so I don't know where that is found. The actual distances is stored as a "Focus Step Count", and this is what the OM-D's save for PreMF and AF limits. And then they translate this into a distance in meters. You can verify this by using Pre MF set it to a distance, then take a photo. Change the amount of zoom as much as possible, leave Pre MF and go back to it again to get the PreMF focal distance again, take a photo, then on both examine "Focus Step Count" - it will be the same, but the lens is more or less out of focus on the 2nd photo. Since the lenses variance in focus drift depends on both distance and lens, it seems they didn't bother to translate this and only bases their displayed distances on the value of "Focus Step Count" So you can work around it when using a wider focal length, but it is something you need to be aware of!

can i apply a stars into photo for select in camera the best photo i take?

Thank you

Hi Robin, thanks for this information. There's a particular feature that I'm looking for. Can you help me ? I've been thinking of switching to Olympus but there's a particular function that I'm looking for. My Canon 6D can shoot 2 Auto Bracketed photos but the 2nd photo has a maximum EV Increment of either (+3) or (-3) stops. By installing Magic Lantern software I can set my 2nd bracketed photo to (-5) stops if needed. I shoot property handheld using an image stabilised lens so I can have a properly exposed room and still maintain the view outside the window. Can I shoot 2 auto bracketed shots with the Olympus omd 1 mk 2 and set my 2nd shot to (-5) stops ? Thanks for your help. Darren

Very good!

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I am curious how much more to discover in my OMD EM1 MII :-)

When developing RAW in camera can you make multiple JPEGS while also preserving the original RAW file?

Is there a way to change color of the display grid on the e-m10?

Thank you. You simplify things. I really like your videos. But if olympus had shown these features better, or made their menus easier to navigate, maybe then more enthusiasts would have bought their products and the company wouldn't have collapsed. I am a medical scientist, so not very dumb, but I struggle with many features on this camera. Now selling my EM-5 after a year of trying and moving to Panasonic.

Fast and slow motion recording in custom video mode. Found that yesterday by accident.

I read the manual yesterday:-) Well, most of it. I know about most of these, including raw processing. You can also use raw processing in conjunction with Olympus Workspace. I don't know whether it can be used with the app, I would think that more likely to be useful.

Thanks

Dear Robin, thanks for your good sharing. I want to know a bit more if I shot at RAW +JPEG, the RAW Editing could be execute or not ?

Robin, where do you get your music? Very inspiring!

Most useful and the only one I didn't know is the AF limiter. Very useful indeed in some scenarios as you say. Maybe em1 MKI doesn't have it. Dunno. I'm waiting for the MkII. Good then. Check your pronunciation of "features" . Go on.

Hi, Robin. Not connected to your video but do you have any idea how much it costs to replace a broken shutter dial?

I attached a sound bite to an existing image in camera. It plays when I view the image in camera, but not when I unload to the image to my iMac. Is the sound bite supposed to play when the image is selected on my computer (on the desktop)? Great, helpful video by the way.

I have used pixel mapping and I know about the editing function of RAW images but have never used it

I use the image develop to jpeg often if I go home by public transport after a photo walk. The voice clip feature did not know, but don't think it will be useful to me. I don't have the E-M1 Mark II - the focus limiter would be good for that old Bigmq 50-500mm lens

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I didn't know all the options for RAW develop. If I need to make some changes I usually transfer it to my phone and edit with Lightroom mobile :)

I just used pixel mapping because I had visible bad pixels in photos taken in a dark room.

I am making an on-going series of Olympus OM-D camera tips. If you have not, please check out the previous two videos on similar topic: 1) 5 Tips On Using Olympus OM-D Cameras by ROBIN WONG - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e4t0UDL2GXg.html 2) 5 MORE Tips on Using Olympus OM-D Cameras - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O_JZFq5UEbk.html

I want a em1 mk ii, but I'll just have to be happy with em10 mk ii for now

DEAR Robin…. I did a reset to refresh my pen F…… now the back screen does not show what the image will be …. how domI get what you see is what you will get … for the back screen ….. Thanks

Keystone Compensation is quite good feature though

:-D The recording of ambient sound I never thought of, but using it for taking notes I do. As someone else mention, with a manualt lens the exif does not tell, so a note is good. And name of people in the pic. Pixel mapping i tried and had no clue what for haha. I wonder if the editing when using art-filters can be made a bit mor subtle? I like them, but they are a bit to obvious at times, just adding a 80% or chosen value would have been helpful.

Am I missing something or are many of these features not available in the E-M1? Exposure and focus range limiter do not seem to be options. My menus also look very different.

Hi Robin thanks for your videos, there is a topic that interests me and is the autofocus micro adjustment in the olympus cameras. thank you

The thumbnail looked like an old E-1... :)

Records soundclip : F**k Batman!!! LOL

Forgot where I put my batteries, so I can't check these on my camera. Extremely annoying. Iirc you're supposed to keep the lens cap on and preferably be in a dark place when doing pixel mapping.

Bought mark iii few days ago it does not match the camera you are using concerning some features .

Hi is this OLYMPUS OM-D E-M10 III?

Another cool hidden feature is the cluster focus tracking by activating all the focus points, although I don't use it much as I prefer the C-AF + Tracking since the firmware update. On the subject of focus, please could you shed some light on C-AF Sensitivity. I seem to remember an Olympus tech saying it depends on how quick or erratic a subject is moving against how busy the background is.

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Although e-m1 is assumed as a Professional camera, it has not AF points with spot metering unfortunately.

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The first feature doesn't seem to be available on my EM10 II

Confused over the separation of spot and AF. I use back button focus (AEL), and not sure if that effects why I can't separate the AF from the metering. Can't tell what dials you are turning to change settings in video.

How about the DOF preview? Thats a hidden features

Nice but nothing of them are hidden. ;)

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