Great video and nice comparision. I'm hooked by bird photography since last year. Offerings like Sony A1 or Canon R6 are awesome for wildlife but are much more expensive and bigger, especially the long telephoto zooms. Therefore I recently sold my Sony A7 III with the Sony 200-600 and bought the E-M1 Mark III with the M.Zuiko100-400. I'm totally impressed by the capabilities of this little monster. For those which are laughing about the small sernsor I can just advise them to try out the system and get out of the comfort zone. You have to understand the system in detail and photography in general. If you're unbiasd you can easily create outstanding photos and enjoy the lightweight. The Oly Advertisement "Break free" is real. I really love it. I agree with you about the difference between APS-C and M4/3 which is not really there. Due to software like Topaz DeNoise I'm happy with photos up to ISO 6400 taken with the E-M1 Mark III.
Thank you :) I hope you enjoy your E-M1. One thing I do when I hear people complaining about small sensors is to show them my GH5 gallery. These are not low light photos and maybe not as challenging, but it shows you can make beautiful photos with a m4/3 sensor and even get shallow depth of field: www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/CAMERAGEAR/Panasonic-GH5-Gallery/
I prefer M43 over APSC for a few reasons. One of the main ones is the available lenses are designed FOR M43 and not just "borrowed" from a camera maker's full frame line-up. I have the E-M1 Mark 2 and I really like it. I appreciate your thoughts about the cameras you enjoy shooting with.
Awesome video and WOW, your Em1 III gallary is amazing! Great images! Also own the Em1 III along with Nikon fullframe (D610 and D850). The Olympus is my nose used camera simply because I love shooting with it. When I want to get the absolute best image quality, I'll reach for my full frame cameras. It's nice to have to options! Great video.
Thank you! :). I admit I’ve been loving picking up the Olympus when I go out. I love my Z7 like I did my D700 and have zero interest in selling it, but I admit the E-M1 can be more ‘fun’ to use sometimes.
Looks very nice. I have had a soft spot for Olympus since the OM-1. I have a couple of old lenses I use with an adapter my Z6. As you I only use the viewfinder, also to check a photo I just shot.
very nice real user review. I'm looking to move up from a panny g85 to get better shots for landscape, flowers, travel, some wildlife and macro with not much need for great video. i have many panny lenses so more cost effective to go g9. But since you have used many omd cameras, do you feel I would be happier with photo still with the em1 iii or the g9 or not that big of a difference for aspiriing ameuter? Thanks I'm very comfortable with panny opreations and also wonder the learning curve with the omd system. thanks
Thanks. If I had to pick one right now, I would probably go for the new G9 II, but if the budget didn't allow, then the G9. Comparing my own photos between the original G9 and E-M1 III, I tend to like the G9 photos better (the colors and tones I can get, even shooting raw files). I just prefer the look and feel of the images of the G9 after editing.
Great video! I loved my e-M1 iii but it wasn’t enough of a difference to my em1 mark II so I ended up selling it. But the little conveniences in the newer mark iii would have me choose that over the mark II if I didn’t have the mark II. Great job! Also considering a Nikon Z7 or Panasonic S1R myself for future work. The high res mode on the Olympus is great but the flash limitations while using it is keeping me from better jobs.
Thank you. :) Ah, the resolution is one other issue with m4/3 at the moment. Yes, even 16 MP is way more than enough in most cases but I do like to be able to crop more freely when I need to and since I shoot at 3:2 aspect all the time (not 4:3), I'm not getting the 20 MP the E-M1 III offers.
One tip: The location of the power switch drove me nuts too. You can actually change that Mode 1/2 switch near your thumb to be the power switch. Look in the options for the switch in the menu. Big difference!
I did see that trick mentioned on another channel and I might actually configure that for myself because so far I really haven’t found a use for that switch, with the way I shoot. :)
If you want to, you can re-configure the two front buttons to change to custom mode without turning the dial on top ..... this feature isn't available on the Mark II, but is a great thing on the Mark III for BIF/Airshow shooters..... C1 is for prop planes and mechanical shutter and C2 is used for jets and BIF where I can use electronic shutter ......... also ........L-Fn default is "stop auto focus" .... no need to change to bbf ......
This video hit the spot. I have a D500 with good pro lenses (e.g. 24-70 f2.8, etc...holy trinity) and I use it extensively for indoor volleyball and it works great. I just bought a "like new" D850 that I want to use for other photo endeavors. Both have nearly the same layout, the D850 has the higher megapixel sensor and is full frame. The only drawback to these cameras is their portability. This led me down the rabbit hole online looking at the Olympus MFT options. I love the look of the Olympus cameras. I like the size and buttons and dials. The smaller, less expensive, but very capable lenses are also compelling as are the Computational Photography features. I'm tempted to get an E-M1 iii used from MPB with a nice lens. One is sitting in my cart right now.
My all-time favorite micro 4/3 kit was the GH5 from Panasonic with the Olympus 12 to 100 mm f/4 lens. I used that combination in Yellowstone on vacation and I never felt like I was missing anything. Overall, I liked the look and feel of the images out of the Panasonic compared to the Olympus. The Panasonic G9 would be the same, I really enjoyed both of those cameras, GH5 and G9. www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/CAMERAGEAR/Panasonic-GH5-Gallery www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/CAMERAGEAR/Panasonic-G9-Gallery
Great video and interesting comparison. This is going to sound crazy, but I recently sold off my Nikon Z6 with all my lenses and bought an E-M1 iii and E-M5 iii. The Z6 hands-down had superior image quality (paired with the 50mm f1.8 in particular) but what really sold me on olympus were the ergonomics and potential for super compact prime lenses. I honestly think the limitations of MFT cameras are a little overstated by youtubers and reviewers. I can't say I miss the Z6 that much, although the EVF was pretty glorious and the 50 f1.8 is special.
Thank you. I could definitely do just fine with only the E-M1 III or the new O-M1, but I've gotten too spoiled by the Z7 raw files and those Z mount lenses. I plan on upgrading my Z7 to the Z7 II in the near future, but I would also like to keep a m4/3 body and a couple lenses too. Some day I'd like to upgrade to the O-M1, but that will come later. Maybe later this year. I do love the size/weight and ergonomics of the E-M1. It's extremely comfortable and easy to use even with one hand, depending on the lens attached.
Commenting here a year later 🙂 I recently got the Em-5 mIII and after having tested it for all the kind of photography I do, I've decided to sell my Z5 and get the Em-1 mIII as well. I managed to get the files to look a lot like what I could with the Z5, though there obviously is a difference, however small it is. The biggest and best difference is that I want to take the Em-5 with me all the time, which isn't the case with the Z5, which often felt a bit too big and heavy with one or two lenses. I am going to miss it, but I'm looking forward to the more compact kit as well as all the amazing features Olympus put in their cameras.
@@shmuelaryehkoltov241 A year later and I havn't changed my kit at all outside of more lenses. Never even considered switching to anything else. Truly content with the Olly kit. Do I ever miss FF? Well, I did shoot a friend's club gig at night that probably could have benefited from it, but I still got shots the band were happy with and that was one time in a year, so unless you're a working event photographer I can't imagine too many scenarios where that need would come up for most people.
Have the Z6ll Nikon D500 and the Olympus OM-D M1 ll; my Olympus is my travel Camera with an 8-25 f2.8 lens is fantastic for what it does...Love the video. J
@@ThePhotographyHobbyist Check out the monochrome mode and use a higher ISO. The noise is actually really nice looking. If you play with the settings, you can get really inky blacks with a nice contrasty look. Also the high res mode has exceptional dynamic range. As good or better than my Nikon D810. Rumor has it, OM Digital is soon to release a new flagship.
@@ValiRossi thanks for the advice. :) Yes I have seen the rumors about a new camera coming. Hopefully they will have a big leap in the sensor technology. I think that’s all they ever really needed, any 4/3 camera. I’ve been happy with the lenses and bodies overall for a long time now, just a little more resolution and dynamic range would be good.
Do the Nikons (except the Df and the Zf) have a single-hand (single-finger) exposure compensation feature that stay active after powering down and up again? If they do, I wouldn’t be using Canon and Lumix cameras and now considering the Olympus since I ditched my D200 more than ten years ago. Therefore, I might get a Zf and return to the Nikon camp. Wish it had Z8’s LCD screen bracket design though. Hope it will happen in Mark II.
The newer Nikons (all the mirrorless FF bodies I think) have an option to reset the exposure comp back to 0 if you power off the camera. So, if you change the exposure comp to +0.7 for example and then turn off the camera, it’ll reset back to 0. I have mine set that way. It’s very convenient.
I heard of that feature in the video but it’s not what I am looking for. What I need is the exposure compensation function remain active after the camera is powered down and up again without additional steps to activate or get back into that Exposure Compensation mode again. The only thing I get from the Z series cameras, except Zf, is to use the control ring on the lenses. That’s not quite as good as using one of the dials, especially the thumb dial.
@@AIOfilms You CAN use the front or rear command dial (depending on how you set it, your preference) and the default is the exposure comp stays as is after power off/on. Info here: onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/z7_z6/en/09_menu_guide_05_b02.html Choose whether the E button is needed for exposure compensation. On (auto reset): In modes P, S, and A, exposure compensation can be set by rotating the command dial not currently used for shutter speed or aperture (easy exposure compensation is not available in mode M). The setting selected using the command dial is reset when the camera turns off or the standby timer expires (exposure compensation settings selected using the E button are not reset). On: As above, except that the exposure compensation value selected using the command dial is not reset when the camera turns off or the standby timer expires. Off: Exposure compensation is set by pressing the E button and rotating the main command dial.
@@ThePhotographyHobbyist Sounds exciting. Thank you for the info and I will try it out ASAP. I am wondering if the D200 had this feature all along and I didn’t know about it only due to ignorance.
@@AIOfilms you’re welcome. No, I don’t think this flexibility with exposure comp was added by Nikon until sometime around their full frame mirrorless cameras came out, like the Z7. I could be wrong and it may have been available earlier but I’m sure the ‘easy exposure comp’ feature wasn’t available until long after the D200
Thanks longtime Olympus shooter. Looking to try Nikon full-frame though for low-light stage dance performances. Appreciated this. BTW I hope you got lens with OM-D EM 1 mark 3 for $1600. Currently Olympus US site is selling body for only $1499. EM 1X is at $1699. I’ve wanted to upgrade my EM 1 mark 2 but the Nikon Z system may be where I put my money when I can.
Thanks. Yes that's the body + the 12-40mm f/2.8 lens for $1,600. Both appeared new and the body had an extremely low shutter count. I do enjoy my Nikon Z system and won't be getting rid of that.
f2.8 DOF is the same on FF as it is on MFT. It is when you have to step away from your subject with the MFT camera to fit them/it into the frame is when your DoF changes due to camera-to-subject distance changes under the rule of open aperture compression ... lets stop misinforming people and explain WHY this phenomenon happens which is FoV on sensor areas.
It's easier to explain and for people to understand the practical difference to say that if I stand in one place and don't move, if I shoot a FF camera with a 50mm FF lens at f/1.2, then shooting from the exact same location with a m4/3 camera and an equiv focal length (25mm on m4/3) also at f/1.2, then the depth of field for the photo taken with the m4/3 camera will not be as shallow as the photo made with the FF camera. I could move closer to the subject to get a more shallow depth of field, but if I do, then I lose the framing I want. If people are interested in the art of photography (most people don't just buy a camera for scientific work purposes), then it's good to understand the basic idea that when using an equiv focal length to get the framing you want, the same aperture setting on m4/3 is not going to be as shallow as it would be on a FF camera. It's neither good nor bad. It simply is what it is and it either is something you're OK with or not.
@@yan870126 The current price I see for a new E-M1 III with 12-40 is $2,499 in the U.S. I was very happy to get this one for the price I got and it looked new.
