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I am actually pretty interested.
- Ricardo
Add me to the list !Me too. :clap:
I have read these two reviews and some others during the last hours and I think that DPreview 1) hasn't used the optimal lens for their shots. 2) the raws looks softer than the jpegs, as if they were in need of further contrast and sharpening. 3) they used PS or LR for conversion, while Adobe has not yet issued a definitive support for that camera.I'm tempted (but I have three perfectly good bodies already).
Has anyone seen a description of how the 40 MPx process works? From the B&H descriptive article, I see that you turn off image stabilization, lock the camera to a tripod, and take 8 pictures at sensor shifts 1/2 pixel apart. Why 8? I would think 4 are needed, so maybe the next 4 are for averaging to reduce noise background.
scott
(edit): Have a look at Olympus OM-D E-M5 II First Impressions Review: Digital Photography Review , where they give a pretty detailed discussion and compare M5II output with Nikon 810. It turns out that the Olympus system shifts 4X by a whole pixel step to sample all four Bayer filter values!, then it shifts half a pixel in both x and y directions in a single step and repeats the 4X process at that new origin. In the comparison, the 810 has some horrible Moire, which the M5II eliminates, but the resolution of the 810 is better.
(second edit): Check out further comparisons at Olympus E-M5 II Review: Now Shooting! . Dave Etchells (who is an imaging engineer) explains a bit further. The comparisons are with D810 and Sony R7s. The whole process takes about a second to happen.
It'll be perfect for stills under controlled conditions, but the improved IBIS is probably its most interesting asset.
All the best.
You mean electronic shutter goes to 1/16,000... I guess you are talking about the 40 MP mode?Add me to the list !
As for electronic shutter, 1/20 sec. Is the limit. (Read that on a Spanish review, in DSLRmagazine or Quesabesde)
One shot ... 120M :wtf:When shooting in RAW+JPEG mode, the camera will save a 40M JPEG file, a 64M RAW (ORF) file and a 16M RAW (ORI) file. 64M RAW images may be processed using Photoshop CS4 and later with a required plug-in.
Thanks Aaron- do you have a link with an official Olympus statement or specs sheet where it mentions it? Thanks, much appreciated.Raist,
From what I have been reading it sounds like the new Em-5 mkII does not have an anti aliasing filter.
Aaron