Mike Hatam
Senior Subscriber Member
A few quick shots from the weekend.
The shots at the lake are with the 7-14. The others are with the 50 lux.
The shots at the lake are with the 7-14. The others are with the 50 lux.
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Having fun with the E-P1
- Thread starter jonoslack
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Wow. I remember on a road trip to New Mexico going through TX on a 115 deg. day--the asphalt on I40 was melting--we eventually stopped and decided to drive at night. Just awful--at least you don't have much humidity with it--though I have heard, due to "Eastern immigrants" that the use of grass, etc. has raised the humidity in your area. Humidity is a killer for me in the Southeast LOL.
I hope you will keep us posted about your B & H trip. I've never been, though one of these days just for fun---but its always fun to hear about others' trips and what they find new. Stay inside until you leave!!!!!
Diane
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Thanks Diane but I actually have to go out on a runway and shoot a corporate jet with the wheels down for landing. Yes on asphalt in this heat today which supposed to hit 113. I just hate summer here. I'm a native Jersey boy and been living here 31 years and i am still trying to figure out how stupid I really am. I hate heat.
Have to admit I really like these images coming off the EP-1 and that is something I usually don't say but this thing has it going on.
Have to admit I really like these images coming off the EP-1 and that is something I usually don't say but this thing has it going on.
dmpbyrdwatcher
New member
highlight spot meter
are you sure that is what the highlight spot meter is doing? I don't have E-P1 (though I wish I did), but with other Oly cameras the highlight metering purposely overexposes, while the shadow metering purposely underexposes. It isn't designed to 'protect' the highlights or shadows, but to prevent the camera from metering these things to gray.
Both highlight and spot metering functions are still useful - but not really any different than purposefully adding or subtracting exposure compensation. I only mention this because it is a frequent assumption about highlight spot metering in the Oly dpreview forums - and people get really upset when their highlights aren't 'protected' after all.
Hi Terry,
are you sure that is what the highlight spot meter is doing? I don't have E-P1 (though I wish I did), but with other Oly cameras the highlight metering purposely overexposes, while the shadow metering purposely underexposes. It isn't designed to 'protect' the highlights or shadows, but to prevent the camera from metering these things to gray.
Both highlight and spot metering functions are still useful - but not really any different than purposefully adding or subtracting exposure compensation. I only mention this because it is a frequent assumption about highlight spot metering in the Oly dpreview forums - and people get really upset when their highlights aren't 'protected' after all.
Terry
New member
Re: highlight spot meter
I think we are getting at the same thing. If I spot meter on the highligt in a normal spot meter mode the camera will try and neutralize it back to grey. My understanding and the way it has been working for me is as you say it over exposes but not by enough to let the highlights blow or the shadows to go to black clipping (depending which spot setting you use). So as an experiment, if I were to matrix meter a scene where the sky would blow, and then switched to spot highlight and metered on the part the was blowing in the first meter reading, the camera would adjust exposure treat the part I'm spot metering on as a highlight but not a blown one and adjusts the scene from there. So, when I say it protects the highlights all I'm saying is that meter with that option on the highlight the camera doesn't let it blow. If I have this wrong let me know as it seems to be working the way I'm describing it.
I think we are getting at the same thing. If I spot meter on the highligt in a normal spot meter mode the camera will try and neutralize it back to grey. My understanding and the way it has been working for me is as you say it over exposes but not by enough to let the highlights blow or the shadows to go to black clipping (depending which spot setting you use). So as an experiment, if I were to matrix meter a scene where the sky would blow, and then switched to spot highlight and metered on the part the was blowing in the first meter reading, the camera would adjust exposure treat the part I'm spot metering on as a highlight but not a blown one and adjusts the scene from there. So, when I say it protects the highlights all I'm saying is that meter with that option on the highlight the camera doesn't let it blow. If I have this wrong let me know as it seems to be working the way I'm describing it.
Godfrey
Well-known member
I hope Luigi makes a leather half-case and strap for it, like he does for many other cameras of this sort. They're expensive, but hand made and beautifully finished, very rugged.
http://www.leicatime.com/
Send him an email ... ;-)
Cindy Flood
Super Moderator
Terry, Please keep us informed about Luigi's progress on the case.
I have a Luigi strap on every one of my cameras. They just become better with age.
Joan
New member
Love the portrait of your daughter, Mike. It looks like she is "cooking" up some good mud meatballs.
Mike Hatam
Senior Subscriber Member
Thanks Joan. I thought the same thing, but she corrected me. They are "chocolate chip cookies"
Terry
New member
Wow my "tollhouse" version has a weird brown colorcast. Must calibrate my oven.Thanks Joan. I thought the same thing, but she corrected me. They are "chocolate chip cookies"
mbroomfield
New member
Anyone tried this hack to use Capture One for Raw?
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=32166288
Mike
Terry
New member
A couple from yesterday working with Monochrome red filter and highlight spot metering. All with the 17mm pancake.
The conservatory in Golden Gate Park. The colors were so lush it felt criminal to make the pictures in B&W but this is going to be one of my first outings with a converted IR camera
I think the metering worked well. I love delicate flower petals.
Fort Point - one of my regular bridge spots tall black building is my office.
I know it's that damn bridge again
hehehe I cheated I just had to turn it to color eventually
The conservatory in Golden Gate Park. The colors were so lush it felt criminal to make the pictures in B&W but this is going to be one of my first outings with a converted IR camera
I think the metering worked well. I love delicate flower petals.
Fort Point - one of my regular bridge spots tall black building is my office.
I know it's that damn bridge again
hehehe I cheated I just had to turn it to color eventually
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dmpbyrdwatcher
New member
Re: highlight spot meter
Maybe it just works better now that there is more room to overexpose without clipping with the newer sensors. With the prior generation cameras, it would just add a stop of exposure compensation seemingly without regard to whether that would induce clipping.
In any case, your pics look great so far, so maybe E-P1 has 'intelligent' highlight metering. Or maybe you are just a better picture taker
Hi Terry,
Maybe it just works better now that there is more room to overexpose without clipping with the newer sensors. With the prior generation cameras, it would just add a stop of exposure compensation seemingly without regard to whether that would induce clipping.
In any case, your pics look great so far, so maybe E-P1 has 'intelligent' highlight metering. Or maybe you are just a better picture taker
jonoslack
Active member
No - interesting though - any idea how to do it for C1 version 4 on the mac?
Hi Mike,
Oluv in Germany did, look at this pictures, left Oly-Studio, right with C1
http://www.dslr-forum.de/showpost.php?p=5279350&postcount=505
Yogi
mbroomfield
New member
Uwe made a comment that it works on the Mac, but no how-to..
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1022&message=32346572
Mike
Edit, in fact I found that post on DPR from Uwe's EP-1 diary (entry on 7/9)
http://www.outbackphoto.com/CONTENT...cameras_2009/20090702_Olympus_E-P1/index.html
I got it to work using HexEdit on Mac OS, replacing all the E-30 strings with E-P1 in the ImageCore.dylib file in the Capture One v4.8.1 trial version. There may be a better way, but this one worked for me. No guarantees/warranties, you are on your own, proceed at your own risk.