k-hawinkler
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Your E-M1 is on its way? Or you won the lottery!Hi guys, guess what ?
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Your E-M1 is on its way? Or you won the lottery!Hi guys, guess what ?
:clap: :grin: :salute:
As I recently learned 'black' is reserved for the 'pro grade bodies' ... guess that makes me a 'pro' now ...Congratulations Bart
I hope you got one of the 'just announced' silver chrome bodies?
Incidentally, and FWIW, I've spent some time trying to get to the point where I only need the menu for formatting the card - I've got there . . . this is what I did"
AF, HDR buttons top left unchanged
FN1 set to AF area select. (With four way set to move the focus points
FN2 set to magnify area
Video button set for focus peaking
AEL/AFL set to lock AEL spot metering
When Switch set to 2 uses front dial for ISO. rear dial for WB (mode 1)
Front plate top set to manual WB
Bottom sets focus point to Home (not convinced by this)
Dials set to exp comp on front for PASM
On manual rear is Aperture, front is shutter speed
Shutter release set to AEL/AFL on half press . . .
Maybe it's worth a new thread to share settings?
I had set my video button to MF , mostly to disable video, but your settings make me question whether it is necessary to set MF -- does the camera go to MF once a non-AF lens is detected? If so focus peaking on the video button and magnify on a FN button could take care of using a non M43 lens. Since the video button is more prominent, I guess which ever i prefer will go there, but I would like my E-PL5, E-P5 and E-M1 (not here yet) to all handle similarly. This would argue for putting magnify on the video button, as E-PL5 does not have focus peaking.AF, HDR buttons top left unchanged
FN1 set to AF area select. (With four way set to move the focus points
FN2 set to magnify area
Video button set for focus peaking
AEL/AFL set to lock AEL spot metering
When Switch set to 2 uses front dial for ISO. rear dial for WB (mode 1)
Front plate top set to manual WB
Bottom sets focus point to Home (not convinced by this)
Dials set to exp comp on front for PASM
On manual rear is Aperture, front is shutter speed
Shutter release set to AEL/AFL on half press . . .
Hi Scott - yes, it seems to.Jono's settings and some questions:
I had set my video button to MF , mostly to disable video, but your settings make me question whether it is necessary to set MF -- does the camera go to MF once a non-AF lens is detected?
I sympathise, but if you do that you're doomed to restrict what you do with the new camera - which seems sad.If so focus peaking on the video button and magnify on a FN button could take care of using a non M43 lens. Since the video button is more prominent, I guess which ever i prefer will go there, but I would like my E-PL5, E-P5 and E-M1 (not here yet) to all handle similarly. This would argue for putting magnify on the video button, as E-PL5 does not have focus peaking.
Hrumph - well, to be absolutely honest I don't use either very much, I use µ43 mostly to use the excellent zooms and AF, but I have had a bit of fun with the APO telyt 135.Which do you prefer, of the two focus aids, and do you also use them together?
scott
If you're going to use manual lenses, I'd recommend you try using the front plate top button for focus peaking, bottom button for zoom. That seemed to work well for me when I tried it.
Cheers
Brian
Just received shipment notice. Should be here on Friday.
G
Hurray for Godfrey !Just received shipment notice. Should be here on Friday.
G
That's good to hear.Godfrey, Received mine the other day. About 200 shots so far - all with the 25. Not one chatter yet. However 90% in manual and in the evening or night if that has any impact.
Hooray!Just received shipment notice. Should be here on Friday.
G
I think the chatter is due to the camera adjusting aperture to maintain exposure for live view. When you take a shot, there used to be an 'aperture dance' where the aperture was opened fully to focus, closed down to the aperture selected for exposure to open the shutter, and finally back to varying aperture for live view.Godfrey, Received mine the other day. About 200 shots so far - all with the 25. Not one chatter yet. However 90% in manual and in the evening or night if that has any impact.
Jim
Oh, I understand all that. But other lenses don't make so much noise and annoyance in the process of doing it, I don't understand why the Summilux is so singular in this regard. It's the noisiest little cha-cha I've ever seen on a camera with the E-PL1.I think the chatter is due to the camera adjusting aperture to maintain exposure for live view. When you take a shot, there used to be an 'aperture dance' where the aperture was opened fully to focus, closed down to the aperture selected for exposure to open the shutter, and finally back to varying aperture for live view.
This could easily have been improved for the E-M1. The most chatter used to occur during live view in high contrast light conditions.