Olympus OM-D E-M5 real world RAW and JPEG samples to download

[Four Thirds User editorial team]

Yes, we have more Olympus OM-D E-M5 sample images (RAW and JPEG) for you to download - this time a selection of 66 every day real life shots rather than 'test' shots.

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[mige0]

again, thanks for sharing !

Will take some time to go through all that material...

[Ian]

I'm off to bed - will add lens info etc. tomorrow.

Ian

[Ian]

Morning all! I am just going through the 66 images and noting which lenses were used for each shot. Overall I used a wide selection: ZD 300mm f/2.8, m.Zuiko 75-300, m.Zuiko 12-50, m.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8, m.Zuiko 12mm f/2.0, ZD 50-200, ZD 50mm f/2.0 Macro, and the ZD 12-60

Ian

[Ian]

OK - the lens type annotations and some other information has now been added to the gallery thumbnails:

http://fourthirds-user.com/2012/04/o...o_download.php

Ian

[Ian]

David Morison who is a respected photographer over at the e-group.uk.net site asked some interesting questions in response to my sparrow shot so I thought I'd reproduce his words and my response here:

Personally, I'm pleased with the m.Zuiko 75-300. It clearly works well wide open at 300mm although that is only f/6.7. That is knocking on the door of diffraction softening, so I would say you would probably stick to 6.7 at the 300mm end. The bokeh is nice too.

The shooting details were

Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: f 6.7
ISO: 200

I reckon it's almost a stop under exposed, say 2/3rds stop, so the shutter speed should have been 1/640th. That's still a usable shutter speed hand held at 300mm in my view. I confess that I shot a burst of about 5 frames and this was the sharpes. At 10fps (I measured 10 rather than the stated 9 fps) this is a handy way of being able to select the sharpest shot.

I think this is positive - you should be able to up the ISO with confidence and still get good results - even to ISO 800 - in conditions like this.

I found that the Four Thirds lenses focused quite well. But you need to be vigilant, especially with the SWD lenses, for a focus confirmation but in reality the focus is visibly off in the viewfinder. Olympus does need to address this. It only happens occasionally, but you do need to watch out for it.

In the end I decided it was better to focus manually on the 300 2.8, especially when the target was moving around, as the Moorhens, ducks and geese were. The 300 can AF on a static subject, but you need to keep the lens from wandering about when the focus action is in progress.

In my latest E-M5 sample gallery just uploaded, there is a shot of a Moorhen on the canal bank stretching its legs. It's a shady spot so the 75-300 shot at ISO 1000 and 1/200th second and I think it's a keeper - what do you think?

(very big file http://fourthirds-user.com/sample_im...7/P4013584.jpg

The E-M5 can't do action AF with Four Thirds lenses - that's what we need Olympus to solve and I believe they can using semi-silvered mirror solution in an adapter like Sony have done, although that could lose a third of a stop in brightness. We'll just have to wait and see.

Ian

[Ian]

From image 30 in the gallery:

Moorhen taken with the 75-300 at ISO 1000:



This was exported from Olympus Viewer 2 from the RAW file as a TIFF and imported to Lightroom 4 and post processed there. I did a fair amount of work on this, including some use of the adjustment brush and graduated filter in LR. But I think it has turned out well and shows what the E-M5 can do with the 75-300. This was a hand held shot at ISO 1000, 1/200th shutter speed, f/6.7 (wide open) - the Moorhen was on a shaded area of the canal bank. About 42% of the original frame has been cropped off, leaving about 9.5 megapixels to work with.

Ian

[whatapicture]

Excellent picture. Lovely colours, good exposure.
You are now starting to exhibit the true colour reproduction of the E-M5 as our weather gets sunny with these bird shots and it looks really good. This still begs the question, who's sensor is it in the E-M5? or is it a secret.
Pete

[bichon]

well, i have come to the right place. i am looking at the omd-e5 as a second walk around camera (and who knows. maybe will be my primary camera [maybe not for stock tho]).
i currently use a nikon 18-200mm on my d7000. i like to travel light and do street photography.. buildings and maybe swing around a do a candid of someone a block away.. that is why i prefer a one lens situation. now i know that the lens is not the sharpest on the block..etc.. (all in ones are crappy, i know).. so now that i may be getting the olympus..will the 18-180 or 14-150 give me roughly the same quality of my nikon.

or...
should i go the cheap lens route, with the 14-54 and 40-150

or ...
go the OUCH route, and go with the 12-60 and 50-200 ($$$)

notice i'm avoiding asking for the prime group.. one for wide, one for medium and one for tele. i know the quality will be miles better, but my kind of shooting doesnt lend itself to leisurely changing lenses.
unless you convince me otherwise...
stephen

[Ian]

Welcome to FTU, Stephen - I'm sure you will get lots of suggestions from other members

One question I have - do you absolutely need a zoom?

Ian