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January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only). WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may look WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles on WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
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January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only). WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may look WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mmWROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: MR. MATT DISTRIBUTION SITE wrotniak.net: Mr. Matt Distribution Site. Here is the current version of Mr. Matt, a game for any 32- or 64-bit Windows. mrmatt-inst.exe — Mr. Matt Version 3.54, 2008/06/16. This is a self-extracting installation of Mr. Matt; the easiest way to have it on your computer in a minute or so. Just read the note below downloads. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: GODOX TT350O FLASH UNIT It is the thickness (front-to-back) where it counts most, as the smaller flash better fits into a camera bag pocket. In the straightened-up "brick" shape the size is 140×62×38 mm (compared to 150×64×50 mm for the FL-36).These numbers can be interpreted as a 31% reduction in volume. Not revolutionary, but noticeable. WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE OLYMPUS E-3 Some time ago I wrote an article Customizing your E-500, which turned out to be perhaps the most popular piece in the Photo at that time, generating lots of reader feedback. It was followed with another one, dealing with the E-510 and E-410.. In response to quite a few requests, here is a similar article about the E-3. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M10 MK. III There are three product lines, aimed at increasingly demanding (and wealthy) user: E-M10, E-M5 and E-M1, and within each line model progression is marked (pun intended) as Mark 2, Mark 3, etc. The original E-M10 appeared on the market in early 2014. It was a perfect (or close) compromise between specs, performance, constructionquality, and price.
WROTNIAK.NET: DARK NOISE IN OLYMPUS E-M5 AND E-M1 At the lowest light levels (i.e. longest exposures and/or highest ISO settings), the dark noise becomes one of the factors limiting the image quality. This noise consists of two components: static (pixel-to-pixel within the same frame) and random (frame-to-frame forthe same pixel).
WROTNIAK.NET: HIGH-RES MODE IN THE OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II See also a sequel: E-M1 Mk.II High-Res Mode, Part 2. Sensor Shift as a Way to Increase Resolution. The sensor-shift technique has been used for a few years already in some applications of medium-fornat photography, at the expense of some complication and a serious extra cost. Olympus was the first manufacturer who introduced it into aproduct
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING YOUR OLYMPUS E-510 (OR E-410) CAMERA This is a re-make of the original version, dealing with the E-500. While the E-410 is almost the same camera as E-510 (except for image stabilization), its user interface is a bit more streamlined, and some setup options have been removed from that model (usually hardwired to reasonable defaults). WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles on WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only).WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may look WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The 14-45 mm zoom bundled with the E-300. (Picture by Olympus) Initially the E-300 is being sold only bundled with this lens, which is the "economy version" of the excellent 14-54, F/2.8-3.5 zoom bundled with the E-1. "Economy" means here "half-price", making the lens (or the bundle) affordable to us the Joneses. WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles on WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only).WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may look WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The 14-45 mm zoom bundled with the E-300. (Picture by Olympus) Initially the E-300 is being sold only bundled with this lens, which is the "economy version" of the excellent 14-54, F/2.8-3.5 zoom bundled with the E-1. "Economy" means here "half-price", making the lens (or the bundle) affordable to us the Joneses.WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: LENSES FOR OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM CAMERAS This is an annotated list of lenses and lens accessories available for the Olympus E-System and, in general, Four Thirds cameras. If you are looking for Micro Four Thirds (non-SLR) lenses — see another list.. Update of 2013: Looks like the Four Thirds line of cameras is dead for good. Still, many users are happy with results they are getting from the E-5, E-30, or E-620, and there may be WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE OLYMPUS E-3 Some time ago I wrote an article Customizing your E-500, which turned out to be perhaps the most popular piece in the Photo at that time, generating lots of reader feedback. It was followed with another one, dealing with the E-510 and E-410.. In response to quite a few requests, here is a similar article about the E-3. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: GODOX TT350O FLASH UNIT It is the thickness (front-to-back) where it counts most, as the smaller flash better fits into a camera bag pocket. In the straightened-up "brick" shape the size is 140×62×38 mm (compared to 150×64×50 mm for the FL-36).These numbers can be interpreted as a 31% reduction in volume. Not revolutionary, but noticeable.WROTNIAK.NET: EXA
Two concurrent Exa lines Over a number of years there were two Exa camera lines, being manufactured concurrently: . The original Exa (often referred to as Exa 0), continued as Exa I: this line was undergoing a normal evolution, being manufactured between 1952 and 1970.Their viewfinders were interchangeable with Exakta. The mirror was used as a part of the shutter, and speeds were limited to WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1X Olympus E-M1X digital camera commentary . Micro Four Thirds The Micro Four Thirds (of just μFT) is the standard, developed by Olympus and Panasonic, defining the sensor size, lens mount, and lens-to-camera interface, so that cameras and lenses conforming to it are guaranteed to work together. It is intended for mirror-less interchangeable-lenscameras.
WROTNIAK.NET: DARK NOISE IN OLYMPUS E-M5 AND E-M1 At the lowest light levels (i.e. longest exposures and/or highest ISO settings), the dark noise becomes one of the factors limiting the image quality. This noise consists of two components: static (pixel-to-pixel within the same frame) and random (frame-to-frame forthe same pixel).
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING YOUR OLYMPUS E-510 (OR E-410) CAMERA This is a re-make of the original version, dealing with the E-500. While the E-410 is almost the same camera as E-510 (except for image stabilization), its user interface is a bit more streamlined, and some setup options have been removed from that model (usually hardwired to reasonable defaults). WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles on WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only).WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II A gray box like this denotes my gripes, remarks, and suggestions, most often related to the user interface.You may skip these, if you wish, without losing any useful information.. First, some general remarks on the subject. A good thumb rule of user interface design is that the more often a given option or setting may be accessed, the easier that access should be. Therefore, an ideal design of WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may look WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW This is a detailed, technical review of the Olympus E-300. It is based on a final, retail version of that digital camera, bought at my own expense, with Version 1.0, of the firmware upgraded to the latest v.1.3, and the text modified to reflect the changes. WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles on WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only).WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II A gray box like this denotes my gripes, remarks, and suggestions, most often related to the user interface.You may skip these, if you wish, without losing any useful information.. First, some general remarks on the subject. A good thumb rule of user interface design is that the more often a given option or setting may be accessed, the easier that access should be. Therefore, an ideal design of WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may look WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW This is a detailed, technical review of the Olympus E-300. It is based on a final, retail version of that digital camera, bought at my own expense, with Version 1.0, of the firmware upgraded to the latest v.1.3, and the text modified to reflect the changes.WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: LENSES FOR OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM CAMERAS This is an annotated list of lenses and lens accessories available for the Olympus E-System and, in general, Four Thirds cameras. If you are looking for Micro Four Thirds (non-SLR) lenses — see another list.. Update of 2013: Looks like the Four Thirds line of cameras is dead for good. Still, many users are happy with results they are getting from the E-5, E-30, or E-620, and there may be WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE OLYMPUS E-3 Some time ago I wrote an article Customizing your E-500, which turned out to be perhaps the most popular piece in the Photo at that time, generating lots of reader feedback. It was followed with another one, dealing with the E-510 and E-410.. In response to quite a few requests, here is a similar article about the E-3. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II VS. THE ORIGINAL E-M10 Mk.II: 120×83 mm, 399 g The height numbers are a bit misleading. While the Mk.II is shown here as being 3 mm shorter than its older sibling, this is due to a significant reduction in the size of the viewfinder hump (removal of the proprietary accessory port I never liked); the height of the body proper, measured to the top deck, actually increased quite significantly, by about 5 mm WROTNIAK.NET: GODOX TT350O FLASH UNIT It is the thickness (front-to-back) where it counts most, as the smaller flash better fits into a camera bag pocket. In the straightened-up "brick" shape the size is 140×62×38 mm (compared to 150×64×50 mm for the FL-36).These numbers can be interpreted as a 31% reduction in volume. Not revolutionary, but noticeable.WROTNIAK.NET: EXA
Two concurrent Exa lines Over a number of years there were two Exa camera lines, being manufactured concurrently: . The original Exa (often referred to as Exa 0), continued as Exa I: this line was undergoing a normal evolution, being manufactured between 1952 and 1970.Their viewfinders were interchangeable with Exakta. The mirror was used as a part of the shutter, and speeds were limited toWROTNIAK.NET: KIEV
The Contax, introduced around 1933, was a major competitor to Leica. The Soviets were making imitations of both these camera lines, their FED and Zorki Leica clones being more pedestrian, the Kievs — more sophisticated (and much more expensive). From my own experience: in the Sixties Kiev was selling in Poland for about 40% of the price ofan
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1X Olympus E-M1X digital camera commentary . Micro Four Thirds The Micro Four Thirds (of just μFT) is the standard, developed by Olympus and Panasonic, defining the sensor size, lens mount, and lens-to-camera interface, so that cameras and lenses conforming to it are guaranteed to work together. It is intended for mirror-less interchangeable-lenscameras.
WROTNIAK.NET: DARK NOISE IN OLYMPUS E-M5 AND E-M1 At the lowest light levels (i.e. longest exposures and/or highest ISO settings), the dark noise becomes one of the factors limiting the image quality. This noise consists of two components: static (pixel-to-pixel within the same frame) and random (frame-to-frame forthe same pixel).
WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles onWROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only). WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: EXAKTA MODELS IN PICTURES wrotniak.net: Exakta Models in Pictures. Here is an illustrated walkthrough of the Ihagee Exakta line from Dresden. I am showing all major Exakta versions here, along with some minor variations. They are accompanied by brief comments, some technical, some personal. All cameras shown come from my collection. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may lookWROTNIAK.NET: KIEV
The Contax, introduced around 1933, was a major competitor to Leica. The Soviets were making imitations of both these camera lines, their FED and Zorki Leica clones being more pedestrian, the Kievs — more sophisticated (and much more expensive). From my own experience: in the Sixties Kiev was selling in Poland for about 40% of the price ofan
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The 14-45 mm zoom bundled with the E-300. (Picture by Olympus) Initially the E-300 is being sold only bundled with this lens, which is the "economy version" of the excellent 14-54, F/2.8-3.5 zoom bundled with the E-1. "Economy" means here "half-price", making the lens (or the bundle) affordable to us the Joneses. WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles onWROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only). WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: EXAKTA MODELS IN PICTURES wrotniak.net: Exakta Models in Pictures. Here is an illustrated walkthrough of the Ihagee Exakta line from Dresden. I am showing all major Exakta versions here, along with some minor variations. They are accompanied by brief comments, some technical, some personal. All cameras shown come from my collection. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may lookWROTNIAK.NET: KIEV
The Contax, introduced around 1933, was a major competitor to Leica. The Soviets were making imitations of both these camera lines, their FED and Zorki Leica clones being more pedestrian, the Kievs — more sophisticated (and much more expensive). From my own experience: in the Sixties Kiev was selling in Poland for about 40% of the price ofan
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The 14-45 mm zoom bundled with the E-300. (Picture by Olympus) Initially the E-300 is being sold only bundled with this lens, which is the "economy version" of the excellent 14-54, F/2.8-3.5 zoom bundled with the E-1. "Economy" means here "half-price", making the lens (or the bundle) affordable to us the Joneses. WROTNIAK.NET: MR. MATT DISTRIBUTION SITE wrotniak.net: Mr. Matt Distribution Site. Here is the current version of Mr. Matt, a game for any 32- or 64-bit Windows. mrmatt-inst.exe — Mr. Matt Version 3.54, 2008/06/16. This is a self-extracting installation of Mr. Matt; the easiest way to have it on your computer in a minute or so. Just read the note below downloads. WROTNIAK.NET: LENSES FOR OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM CAMERAS This is an annotated list of lenses and lens accessories available for the Olympus E-System and, in general, Four Thirds cameras. If you are looking for Micro Four Thirds (non-SLR) lenses — see another list.. Update of 2013: Looks like the Four Thirds line of cameras is dead for good. Still, many users are happy with results they are getting from the E-5, E-30, or E-620, and there may be WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: NOISE FILTERING AND SHARPNESS IN THE E-M1 MK.II Downloads. This experiment should show what combination of sharpening and noise filtering in the E-M1 Mk.II will result in "best" (subjectively) in-camera JPEG images. In the past I did two similar studies: for the E-3 and later for the E-620, members of the Olympus E-Series ( Four Thirds) line. (An early version of this procedure wasalso
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II PANORAMAS The lens used was MZD 12-100/4.0 Pro at 47 mm. 13 pictures were taken over the whole 180-degree arc of camera rotation. Stitching was done in ICE on in-camera JPEGs. The resulting panorama file (after minimal cropping) was 48 000×3 800 pixels, or 182 MP, still within the comfort zone of the JPEG format. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS ART FILTERS Olympus E-M1 Mk.II, MZD 12-40/2.8 at 25 mm. Program (-.3 EV): 1/50 s at F/2.8, ISO 6400, Auto WB. Encouraged by these first results, I was ready to do a full project, consisting of two parts: one without, and one with defocusing. The first part was aimed at learning more about the Olympus Art Filters, while the second — mostly at generating WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE OLYMPUS E-3 Some time ago I wrote an article Customizing your E-500, which turned out to be perhaps the most popular piece in the Photo at that time, generating lots of reader feedback. It was followed with another one, dealing with the E-510 and E-410.. In response to quite a few requests, here is a similar article about the E-3. WROTNIAK.NET: ZUIKO DIGITAL 12-60 MM F/2.8-4.0 The 14-54 mm F/2.8-3.5 ZD and 12-60 mm F/2.8-4.0 ZD ED SWD, mounted on an E-510. (Shot with an E-3, 50 mm Macro ZD at ISO 800) Make, feel, and operation. The lens is very well made; we've got used to it with the Olympus Pro line. The finish is first-class, including the differently rubberized surfaces of both control rings. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1X Olympus E-M1X digital camera commentary . Micro Four Thirds The Micro Four Thirds (of just μFT) is the standard, developed by Olympus and Panasonic, defining the sensor size, lens mount, and lens-to-camera interface, so that cameras and lenses conforming to it are guaranteed to work together. It is intended for mirror-less interchangeable-lenscameras.
WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles onWROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only). WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: EXAKTA MODELS IN PICTURES wrotniak.net: Exakta Models in Pictures. Here is an illustrated walkthrough of the Ihagee Exakta line from Dresden. I am showing all major Exakta versions here, along with some minor variations. They are accompanied by brief comments, some technical, some personal. All cameras shown come from my collection. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may lookWROTNIAK.NET: KIEV
The Contax, introduced around 1933, was a major competitor to Leica. The Soviets were making imitations of both these camera lines, their FED and Zorki Leica clones being more pedestrian, the Kievs — more sophisticated (and much more expensive). From my own experience: in the Sixties Kiev was selling in Poland for about 40% of the price ofan
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The 14-45 mm zoom bundled with the E-300. (Picture by Olympus) Initially the E-300 is being sold only bundled with this lens, which is the "economy version" of the excellent 14-54, F/2.8-3.5 zoom bundled with the E-1. "Economy" means here "half-price", making the lens (or the bundle) affordable to us the Joneses. WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY The National Aquarium in Baltimore — sharks, coral reefs and more; shooting in the dark. Ocracoke in the Outer Banks: Long, uncrowded beaches, killer sunsets, relaxed pace of life. Ocracoke Fireworks: A Fourth of July show over the Silver Lake Harbor on this picturesqueOuter Banks island.
WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME wrotniak.net: Welcome. Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles onWROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
January 14, 2020. Asus RoG Zephyrus G14. Ryzen 4800HS (8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W. 16-32GB (DDR4 3200) .5-1TB. 14" 1080p/60fps. 1600 g, 324x222x18 mm, 76 Wh. Picture of the Week: Winter, as seen through my bedroom window in Crofton, MD, four years ago. Yeah, we used to have winters then. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Firmware Updates for the E-M1 Ml.II — Version 3.0 of June, 2019 includes a number of new or improved features, some of which were introduced in the recent E-M1X . (Updated 2019/07/08) Panasonic GX9 — compact, but full-featured; a great addition to your OM-D system, a strong competitor to the E-M10 III (and not only). WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM The Olympus E-System camera line is gone, with the last flagship, the E-5, released in early 2010. There are, however, many of these cameras around, so I hope these pages will be still of use to many FT users and enthusiasts. Therefore I am planning to maintain this section inforseeable future.
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II The E-M1, especially in the Mark II incarnation, has more shooting and setup options than any other Olympus camera up to date: about 300 various settings. This makes the process more painful, confusing, and error-prone than for other models, and this is why you really may need this write-up. Index. Conventions used. WROTNIAK.NET: EXAKTA MODELS IN PICTURES wrotniak.net: Exakta Models in Pictures. Here is an illustrated walkthrough of the Ihagee Exakta line from Dresden. I am showing all major Exakta versions here, along with some minor variations. They are accompanied by brief comments, some technical, some personal. All cameras shown come from my collection. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. With the body construction and most of the specifications unchanged (or improved just a little), this may lookWROTNIAK.NET: KIEV
The Contax, introduced around 1933, was a major competitor to Leica. The Soviets were making imitations of both these camera lines, their FED and Zorki Leica clones being more pedestrian, the Kievs — more sophisticated (and much more expensive). From my own experience: in the Sixties Kiev was selling in Poland for about 40% of the price ofan
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The 14-45 mm zoom bundled with the E-300. (Picture by Olympus) Initially the E-300 is being sold only bundled with this lens, which is the "economy version" of the excellent 14-54, F/2.8-3.5 zoom bundled with the E-1. "Economy" means here "half-price", making the lens (or the bundle) affordable to us the Joneses. WROTNIAK.NET: MR. MATT DISTRIBUTION SITE wrotniak.net: Mr. Matt Distribution Site. Here is the current version of Mr. Matt, a game for any 32- or 64-bit Windows. mrmatt-inst.exe — Mr. Matt Version 3.54, 2008/06/16. This is a self-extracting installation of Mr. Matt; the easiest way to have it on your computer in a minute or so. Just read the note below downloads. WROTNIAK.NET: LENSES FOR OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM CAMERAS This is an annotated list of lenses and lens accessories available for the Olympus E-System and, in general, Four Thirds cameras. If you are looking for Micro Four Thirds (non-SLR) lenses — see another list.. Update of 2013: Looks like the Four Thirds line of cameras is dead for good. Still, many users are happy with results they are getting from the E-5, E-30, or E-620, and there may be WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: NOISE FILTERING AND SHARPNESS IN THE E-M1 MK.II Downloads. This experiment should show what combination of sharpening and noise filtering in the E-M1 Mk.II will result in "best" (subjectively) in-camera JPEG images. In the past I did two similar studies: for the E-3 and later for the E-620, members of the Olympus E-Series ( Four Thirds) line. (An early version of this procedure wasalso
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II PANORAMAS The lens used was MZD 12-100/4.0 Pro at 47 mm. 13 pictures were taken over the whole 180-degree arc of camera rotation. Stitching was done in ICE on in-camera JPEGs. The resulting panorama file (after minimal cropping) was 48 000×3 800 pixels, or 182 MP, still within the comfort zone of the JPEG format. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS ART FILTERS Olympus E-M1 Mk.II, MZD 12-40/2.8 at 25 mm. Program (-.3 EV): 1/50 s at F/2.8, ISO 6400, Auto WB. Encouraged by these first results, I was ready to do a full project, consisting of two parts: one without, and one with defocusing. The first part was aimed at learning more about the Olympus Art Filters, while the second — mostly at generating WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE OLYMPUS E-3 Some time ago I wrote an article Customizing your E-500, which turned out to be perhaps the most popular piece in the Photo at that time, generating lots of reader feedback. It was followed with another one, dealing with the E-510 and E-410.. In response to quite a few requests, here is a similar article about the E-3. WROTNIAK.NET: ZUIKO DIGITAL 12-60 MM F/2.8-4.0 The 14-54 mm F/2.8-3.5 ZD and 12-60 mm F/2.8-4.0 ZD ED SWD, mounted on an E-510. (Shot with an E-3, 50 mm Macro ZD at ISO 800) Make, feel, and operation. The lens is very well made; we've got used to it with the Olympus Pro line. The finish is first-class, including the differently rubberized surfaces of both control rings. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1X Olympus E-M1X digital camera commentary . Micro Four Thirds The Micro Four Thirds (of just μFT) is the standard, developed by Olympus and Panasonic, defining the sensor size, lens mount, and lens-to-camera interface, so that cameras and lenses conforming to it are guaranteed to work together. It is intended for mirror-less interchangeable-lenscameras.
WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995.. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger.. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles on photography, or Windowsprograms.
WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY Most recently posted Mt. Timpanogos Trail — hiking the Wasatch Mountains near Sallt Lake City, UT : Mt. Timpanogos Trail — same, in monumental monochromw ; American West Sturgis, SD: home of the legendary motor-bike rally. Have a look at some historic bikes at thelocal museum.
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Cameras Olympus E-M5 Mk. III — most impressive, yet still affordable. Looks like Olympus got it right this time. Or very, very close. (posted 2019/12/24) A look at the E-M1X — a very capable camera, but I have mixed feelimgs about it. Is there enough room for four different OM-D models? WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM Cameras Olympus E-5: the E-3 Reloaded: The latest (and last) SLR from Olympus.Farewell to Four Thirds. (Upd. 2013/11/03) Olympus E-620 Review and Reference: A great camera, loaded with features and delightful to use, but image-wise a tad behind the E-30 or E-3 (Upd. 2009/06/28); Olympus E-450: Another new camera from Olympus, or just the E-420 repeating the grade?WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
Top | Bottom. January 14, 2020 Asus RoG Zephyrus G14 Ryzen 4800HS(8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W 16-32GB(DDR4 3200) .5-1TB
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II A gray box like this denotes my gripes, remarks, and suggestions, most often related to the user interface.You may skip these, if you wish, without losing any useful information.. First, some general remarks on the subject. A good thumb rule of user interface design is that the more often a given option or setting may be accessed, the easier that access should be. Therefore, an ideal design of WROTNIAK.NET: EXAKTA MODELS IN PICTURES The VX 1000 and the downgraded VX 500 were the last "true" Exaktas, made by Ihagee and compatible with the vast line of Exakta accessories. The later 35-mm cameras using the Exakta name were doing just that, slapping an Exakta nameplate on cameras having nothing to do with the real thing. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 A swan song? Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The E-300 (called Evolt in the U.S., why?) is the first affordable digital SLR from Olympus, following in the footsteps of the E-1 of last year, of which I hold a high opinion.. Having owned both the E-10 and E-20 fixed-zoom SLRs and three high-end, non-SLR Olympus models, I grew to like the way in which Olympus designers make their compromises (if any camera maker says theirs don't make anyWROTNIAK.NET: KIEV
The Contax, introduced around 1933, was a major competitor to Leica. The Soviets were making imitations of both these camera lines, their FED and Zorki Leica clones being more pedestrian, the Kievs — more sophisticated (and much more expensive). WROTNIAK.NET: WELCOME Hello. I am Andrzej Wrotniak, and this is my Web site. It has been around for a while — since 1995.. If this is your first visit here, have a look at my brief personal info, lest you talk (or listen) to a complete stranger.. Feel free to have a look around, or to check out some of my photographs, technical articles on photography, or Windowsprograms.
WROTNIAK.NET: THE GALLERY Most recently posted Mt. Timpanogos Trail — hiking the Wasatch Mountains near Sallt Lake City, UT : Mt. Timpanogos Trail — same, in monumental monochromw ; American West Sturgis, SD: home of the legendary motor-bike rally. Have a look at some historic bikes at thelocal museum.
WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS OM-D SYSTEM Cameras Olympus E-M5 Mk. III — most impressive, yet still affordable. Looks like Olympus got it right this time. Or very, very close. (posted 2019/12/24) A look at the E-M1X — a very capable camera, but I have mixed feelimgs about it. Is there enough room for four different OM-D models? WROTNIAK.NET: THE OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM Cameras Olympus E-5: the E-3 Reloaded: The latest (and last) SLR from Olympus.Farewell to Four Thirds. (Upd. 2013/11/03) Olympus E-620 Review and Reference: A great camera, loaded with features and delightful to use, but image-wise a tad behind the E-30 or E-3 (Upd. 2009/06/28); Olympus E-450: Another new camera from Olympus, or just the E-420 repeating the grade?WROTNIAK/PHOTO/NEWS
Top | Bottom. January 14, 2020 Asus RoG Zephyrus G14 Ryzen 4800HS(8c @2300/4000, 7nm, 35w) nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6) 1298MHz, 65W 16-32GB(DDR4 3200) .5-1TB
WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE E-M1 MK.II A gray box like this denotes my gripes, remarks, and suggestions, most often related to the user interface.You may skip these, if you wish, without losing any useful information.. First, some general remarks on the subject. A good thumb rule of user interface design is that the more often a given option or setting may be accessed, the easier that access should be. Therefore, an ideal design of WROTNIAK.NET: EXAKTA MODELS IN PICTURES The VX 1000 and the downgraded VX 500 were the last "true" Exaktas, made by Ihagee and compatible with the vast line of Exakta accessories. The later 35-mm cameras using the Exakta name were doing just that, slapping an Exakta nameplate on cameras having nothing to do with the real thing. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-5 A swan song? Olympus has always been cautious and deliberate in introducing its flagship digital SLRs: first the revolutionary E-1 of 2003, then the E-3 of late 2007, reworked from the ground up, and now (more exactly, in January, 2010) the E-5. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-300, A TECHNICAL REVIEW The E-300 (called Evolt in the U.S., why?) is the first affordable digital SLR from Olympus, following in the footsteps of the E-1 of last year, of which I hold a high opinion.. Having owned both the E-10 and E-20 fixed-zoom SLRs and three high-end, non-SLR Olympus models, I grew to like the way in which Olympus designers make their compromises (if any camera maker says theirs don't make anyWROTNIAK.NET: KIEV
The Contax, introduced around 1933, was a major competitor to Leica. The Soviets were making imitations of both these camera lines, their FED and Zorki Leica clones being more pedestrian, the Kievs — more sophisticated (and much more expensive). WROTNIAK.NET: MR. MATT DISTRIBUTION SITE Here is the current version of Mr. Matt, a game for any 32- or 64-bit Windows. mrmatt-inst.exe — Mr. Matt Version 3.54, 2008/06/16 . This is a self-extracting installation of Mr. Matt; the easiest way to have it on your computer in a minute or so. WROTNIAK.NET: NOISE FILTERING AND SHARPNESS IN THE E-M1 MK.II Lens: MZD 12-100/4.0 IS PRO at 70 mm Exposure: Aperture Priority (-.3 EV) at F/4; from 1.3 s at ISO 64 to 1/320 s at ISO 25600 White balance: Auto Light source: Warm fluorescent lamps in paper shades Focus: MF mode with AF on demand at start of the session Processing: Natural Picture Mode, contrast and saturation at 0, Normal gradation; 1:2.7 JPEG compression WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS PEN E SERIES COMPARED E-P — the original, premium Pen Line The year is 2009. The Four Thirds Olympus E-Series of SLRs seems to be in full swing, with three models released that year, in three different market segments: the E-30, E-620, and E-450.We don't know yet, what is going to hit the fan. The previous year Olympus and Panasonic announced the new Micro Four Thirds (μFT) mount-and-sensor standard (with WROTNIAK.NET: E-M1 MK.II SETUP CHEAT SHEET Olympus E-M1 Mk.II quick setup table. This cheat sheet is based on a full article on the subject, where you can find explanations of all camera settings and rationale behind most choices.; Recent Updates: ; 1.11 2017/06/06 Major changes, mostly in controls (button assignment) WROTNIAK.NET: LENSES FOR OLYMPUS E-SYSTEM CAMERAS This is an annotated list of lenses and lens accessories available for the Olympus E-System and, in general, Four Thirds cameras. If you are looking for Micro Four Thirds (non-SLR) lenses — see another list.. Update of 2013: Looks like the Four Thirds line of cameras is dead for good. Still, many users are happy with results they are getting from the E-5, E-30, or E-620, and there may be WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1 MK.II PANORAMAS This time there is only one browser capable of displaying the Full Size panorama image: the Edge by Microsoft (if it only had a full-screen mode!). For all others, the link below has to be used for download only. Full Size: 65 000×7 800, 507 MP, 78 MB. As you can see (assuming you took the pains to download the full-sized version), the amount of detail in this panorama is not just great: it WROTNIAK.NET: ZUIKO DIGITAL 12-60 MM F/2.8-4.0 Here is a user report on the new Olympus "standard" zoom lens for Four Thirds cameras. It was loaned to me by a friend, and I've been using it for five weeks on two ten-megapixel cameras: the E-3 and E-510.. February, 2009: As soon as I could afford it, I bought this lens, an I am using it with the 12-megapixel E-30. My opinion of it remains unchanged (well, maybe a bit more enthusiastic). WROTNIAK.NET: CUSTOMIZING THE OLYMPUS E-3 Some time ago I wrote an article Customizing your E-500, which turned out to be perhaps the most popular piece in the Photo at that time, generating lots of reader feedback. It was followed with another one, dealing with the E-510 and E-410.. In response to quite a few requests, here is a similar article about the E-3. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS ART FILTERS Encouraged by these first results, I was ready to do a full project, consisting of two parts: one without, and one with defocusing. The first part was aimed at learning more about the Olympus Art Filters, while the second — mostly at generating wallpapers I needed. WROTNIAK.NET: OLYMPUS E-M1X Olympus E-M1X digital camera commentary . Micro Four Thirds The Micro Four Thirds (of just μFT) is the standard, developed by Olympus and Panasonic, defining the sensor size, lens mount, and lens-to-camera interface, so that cameras and lenses conforming to it are guaranteed to work together. It is intended for mirror-less interchangeable-lenscameras.
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September 1, 2019
_Time for omni-aspect sensors?_ Shooting in portrait orientation without having to rotate your camera would be really nice. This article is a small study of feasibility, which I hve been planning to write since February — after being disappointed with Olympus going for a 'vertical grip' in the E-M1X. The solution is relatively simple; for Micro Four Thirds it calls, in the simplest version, for a 33% increase in the imager height. For a decent viewing experience, the height of the EVF screen should also gain the same percentage. The concept is so obvious that there must be, I'm sure, some camera makers working on it now. Maybe not Canon or Nikon; but perhaps Fujifilm, Olympus or Panasonic? Panasonic uses one of these schemes in their Lumix DC-GH camera line — but without the portrait orientation capability this is not much of a breakthrough I'm waiting for. I'm still waiting for the realthing.
The Snooper accessible by clicking on this picture shows frames for various μFT aspect ratios, for four different imager designs. The μFT image circle and frame outlines for the most common aspectratios.
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August 12, 2019
_Picture of the week:_ The backlit keyboard of my old Alienware laptop. Shot with a legacy Four Thirds 50/2.0 lens, the only FT lens I've been really using with my μFT system. (Or, at the moment, would like to use, since I left it behind in Maryland.) In the meantime, my _Quick-and-dirty HTML _ article is done. Instead writing a sequel about embedding images, I just added the subject to the original text. Oh, this is also why it is now described as _"A one-hour crash course"_, no longer a 30-minuteone.
Now I'm considering another sequel: _Style Sheets without Styles_; enhancing capabilities of the original without affecting HTML files you might have invested in (well, almost: one line added per file).Stay tuned.
Olympus E-M1 Mk.II, ZD 50/2.0 Macro lens (FT) AP(9EV): 1/6s @ F/2.0, ISO 1600, WB 5300K In-camera JPG. slightly cropped and rescaled for the Web, otherwiseunprocessed.
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July 16, 2019
_Picture of the week:_ another urban sunset shot from my wife'sbalcony last June.
The more I use this lens, the more I like it. It is, after all, sharper than I expected, and it handles direct flare very well. At EFL of 120 mm, it serves as a very handy medium telephoto: 135 mm was one of the most practical lengths on 35-mm film cameras. No, for portraitrs it will not match the ZFD 75/1.7, but its 2:1 (equivalent) maximum magnification remains unmatched: a horizontal field of view of 17 mm! Olympus E-M1 Mk.II, MZD 60/2.8 Macro AP(-.3EV): 1/640s @ F/4., ISO 200, WB 5300K _HTML without pain._ This is not related to photography, at least not directly: _Quick-and-dirty HTML — a 30-minute crash course_ is something I promised to a friend (and then a few more), who wanted to do some personal or scientific Web authoring without significantly investing into learning the tools oftrade.
The funny thing is that 24 years ago I started my Web affair from receiving a similar crash course (only verbal). see my 10th Anniversary article of 2005. This tutorial does not include tables, style sheets, or JavaScript; any of these would break my 30-minute limit. A simple but nicely-looking mechanism for inserting images will be added in Part IIwithin a few weeks.
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July 4, 2019
_Happy Fourth of July_ to all Readers from the U.S. (including theexpats).
_Picture of the week:_ a high-school graduation in Wilmington, Delaware (2005). I came across it while cleaning up my archives. It is quite amazing, how relevant does this camera (or most of its _Four Thirds_ siblings) stay after 15 years, capable, in good hands, of very satisfying results. If you are afraid eight megapixels is not enough, think again. The real-life resolution of 35-mm film (negative or slide, ISO 100) is about 6 MP, so 8 MP should be fine for full-image viewing or printing, even with some cropping. 12 MP is plenty and at 16 MP we enter the pixel-peeping realm (lens permitting). See _Pixel Peeping Galore_ about digital vs. film resolution. Dating back to 2007, the article is still valid; some things don't change with fashion. Olympus E-300 with Sigma 55-200/4.0-5.6 DC@128 mm
P(-.7EV): 1/50s @ F/5, ISO 400, Auto WB Postprocessing in _Phot0-Paint_ and _Paint Shop Pro_ The new firmware Version 3.0 for the E-M1.II has been out for a few days now. I already have it installed (with some problems, later about that). This is a rather major upgrade, focused mostly (if not entirely) on bringing to the E-M1.II some of the improvements introduced in the E-M1X. I realize this is an early version, but it should be already more useful than a common cut-and-paste job (at least I would like to thinkso).
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June 10, 2019
_Picture of the week:_ Who said you cannot eat dangerously in Europe? Here is the venom sac of the _Carpathian Cave Lizard_, cooked in a secret combination of berries, which is supposed to neutralizethe poison.
Very few restaurants in Poland have a license to serve this dish (some do that without), and you have to sign an affidavit, relieving them from responsibility for any adverse effects. Don't be afraid, though: the failure rate is below 5%, and less than half of these are fatal. Just _avoid breaking the tubular ending_; if it is already broken, send the dish back to the kitchen. By law, they have to take it, even if it's already half-eaten. Olympus E-PM2 with MZD 14-42/3.5-5.6 EZ@ 14 mm
AP(0EV): 1/20s @ F/5.6, ISO 800, Auto WB Postprocessing in _PSP 21_ No, I did not expect you to buy the lizard story. Still, thanks fortrying.
In fact, the picture shows a dessert: buttermilk sorbet, pickled rhubarb cooked in raspberry juice, and pumpkin-seed oil. It is a part of my new, small _Dinner Time_ gallery, shot last Saturday at the Powidokrestaurant in
Łódź, Poland.
Our friends took us to this place just a week earlier, and we all liked it enough to sign up for a tasting-menu event coming in a few days, showcasing eight-courses created by chefs of this and two affiliated restaurants. plus two pastry chefs. The dinner met our expectations (which were set fairly high to start with) regarding flavors, presentation, service, and general attitude. While the experience was worth the effort and expense, this is about photographs, not about food. I just wanted to get a few casual, existing-light snapshots, but a cell-phone camera was out of question, so I ended up using my traveling-light μFT option: an _Olympus Pen Mini_ with a _pancake 12-42 mm _ zoom. No flash, no tripod, not even getting up from your chair. Not to mention, the existing light was a nightmare: a mix of late-afternoon daylight with both incandescent andfluorescent.
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May 31, 2019
_So you thought this time you might get away_ without having to see a monochrome version of another of my photo galleries? No way, here it is, and if I had to keep just one B&W set, it would be a tough choice between Sturgis, SD and Łódź, Poland.
Anyway, meet the lovely bar maid of Sturgis. _The technique_ I'm using here is quite simple: * Do the color postprocessing as usual; * Apply the B&W conversion of your choice; * Add just enough of PSP Local Tone Mapping; * Optional: adjust mid-tones. See also _Is It All in Postprocessing?_ for a different use of LTM. To compare various amounts of it, look here.
_Olympus E-M1_, _MZD 12-40/2.8_ @ 12 mm Program (-.3EV): 1/60 s @ F/2.8, ISO 1250, Auto WB Postprocessing in _PSP 21_ It is important not to overdo the LTM step. Try to keep it low enough to be just a tonal adjustment, not an obvious special effect. Also, so far I was unable to find any implementation of LTM working like the one in PSP (one of the reasons why I haven't switched to GIMP yet).Top | Bottom
May 26, 2019
_Picture of the Week:_ a historic bike in a local museum, legendary Sturgis, SD. A few more
of these beauties can be seen in my Sturgis Gallery Page.
_Some more (guesswork?) on the hand-held HR mod_e in the E-M1X: for this to work, the camera's IS has to either leave some shake uncompensated, or add some random compensation error. Ironic, but (probably) true; have a look . The first set of the MZD 60/2.8 Macro sample images is ready. I need at least two more sets to be more specific, but things are looking good and I'm getting better feelings about this lens. _I also updated_ the μFT lens list . _Olympus E-M1_, _MZD 12-40/2.8_ @ 40 mm Program (-1EV): 1./80 s @ F/2.8, ISO 1000, Auto WB Postprocessing in _PSP 21_ _About lenses._ The new M.Zuiko Digital (is this the same as 'MZD'?) _12-200 mm F/3.5-6.3 ED_ looks like a strange animal. It is often dismissed as a cheap mass-market superzoom, which it certainly isn't: not at $900, not with 16 elements (three aspherical and seven high/low refraction glass), and not with dust- and drip-proofing. At 455 g and 100 mm it is lighter and shorter than my favorite, the MZD 12-100 MM f/4.0 ED IS PRO (561 g, 116 mm), and provides focal length range more attractive than the MZD 14-150 mm F/4.0-4.6 (or two 14-140 mm lenses by Panasonic and Leica). The image samples I've seen are sharp enough (for most uses) at F/8, especially near the frame center. This is reported to get worse above 100 mm, but some of the images shot in that range at F/8 look nicely sharp to me, no complaints. Besides, if you are limited for some reasons to a single-lens outfit on a trip, the only alternative is the 12-100 (and, maybe, the 14-150, but 12 mm is important!). Therefore, when deciding on a sole travel lens, my choice would depend on what I need more at that particular occasion: critical, first-class resolution (12-100) or doubling the zoom range (12-200). Take it orleave it.
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May 20, 2019
I've been using the _MZD 60/2.8 Macro_ lens for a few months now, for both regular shooting (macro or not) and image samples. Here is one,shot yesterday.
Click on the picture for a screen-sized version or see the originalin-camera JPEG.
The tip of the nose is about 5 mm ahead of the eye sockets; image width — just below 50 mm. The "AF on demand" was set on the left eye (your left, not cat's). _This is one of the better Olympus μFT lenses._ Comparing it against the (non-Micro) ZD 50/2.0 Macro will have to wait; now let me just sayI like it.
Except for one thing: the AF range limiter dial, which works fine only if you don't have to turn it or to read its position. Anyway, the first batch of sample images has been just posted , with more to come. _Olympus E-M1.II_ with _MZD 60/2.8 Macro_ Aperture Priority (-.7EV): 1.3s @ F/8.0, ISO 200, Auto WB Indoors, shaded window light, tripod, self-timer Postprocessed in _PSP21_ Interestingly, this is one of very few lenses supporting _focus shift photography_ on Olympus cameras (called bracketing, no sirree, this ain't no bracketing!). Not having much (read: any) experience withthis technique
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I took this opportunity to gain some; two or three more sessions and I may be literate enough on the subject to write a few pages about it.Stay tuned.
_The dust. Oh, the dust._ Remember Kansas? Even if your object looks clean, it never is. Not quite, and not just for stainless steel. Back to lint-free tissue, brush, and vacuum cleaner; the improvement isdramatic.
The E-M1X analysis is, at last, getting there. A major addition in this version is the _Handheld High Res_section. .
This is perhaps the riskiest part of all: there seems to be no available technical or conceptual information on the subject from Olympus, their Visionaries, or reviewers. Therefore I had to depend a lot on deductive work, starting from the few known facts and numbers. Some of these might have been inaccurate or just wrong; some steps erroneous; therefore I might have gotten some of my story wrong. Still, at least I'm trying.Top | Bottom
April 26, 2019
Just for the record: the _American Pi_ article, posted on April 1 was an All Fools' Day feature. It's _not_ a joke, though; things are getting serious, both in Poland and in the U.S. It is not so easy to come up with something really stupid, simple, and, at the same time, new. Sooner or later it was bound to happen: here is another _Pi_ story, from the state of Alabama, published 21 years ago. Check it . See also two other, older articles from my April 1 series: _geeCam: Free Cameras for the Masses_ and _Panasonic FRT-1_ — they might have been a bit ahead of their time,but not by much.
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April 20, 2019
Picture of the Week: _The infamous inner-city Kamienna St._ (Stone St.) in Łódź, Poland. For close to one hundred years it was known for moonshine, drugs, petty crime, cheap hookers, and more. The city hopes to have it re-gentrified in two years or so, as a part of a larger, ambitious urban restoration project. Camera: Olympus E-M1 Mk.II, MZD 12-100/4.0 @ 34mm AP (0EV) @F/5.0: 1/320s, ISO 400 Postprocessing: _PSP 21_, _Neat Image_, _Focus Magic_ _I continue moving ahead_ with the E-M1X article , including another hands-on session. No surprises, but no image samples either: one night is just not enough. This is not much of a problem, though, at least not in most cases: there are quite many image samples on the Web, and some of them can be useful — if you know how to look at them. There is, however, one area where _I could use some help_ from an owner (or owners) of an E-M1X: measuring the effectiveness of image stabilization . This is a serious effort: it takes 300 or so frames per one focal length, and I'm doing the data processing; more about this project in a few days. In the process of gaining familiarity with this camera, I just arrived to one of the really interesting places: the handheld version of sensor-shift High Res mode. While the tripod version remains unchanged (it used to work very nicely, thank you), the handheld one is something entirely different, and I need some time to understand it plus some image samples to see how effective it is. Sorry, no instantgratification.
There is a side effect to these efforts: an update to E-M1 Mk.II High Resolution Mode and its sequel.
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April 8, 2019
_Picture of the Week:_ the tin rooftops of Paris, as seen from the Notre Dame bell towers, 1981. This was my first visit to Paris (thank you, U of DE!), and the only one when I had time to do somesightseeing.
_Minolta xD-5_, 28 mm F/2.8 Tokina lens _Kodachrome 64_ processed by Kodak Scanned by ScanCafe to 6 MP; restored in _Paint Shop Pro 21_ Scan Cafe turned out a disappointment, especially with Kodachromes; even those looking good when optically projected, turned out too contrasty, dark, and grainy in scans. See the reduced whole frameor a 1:1 fragment
of the original scan. _Update:_ A few days after I posted this, the Notre Dame was on fire. We all lost something. _The _Pocket_ story continues. _ Remember the GPD Pocket 2 mini-laptop I wrote about last August? I was hoping to get one, but still haven't made my mind, as things got more interesting lately: not only did _Pocket 2_ get a real competition (the _One Mix 2S_, with up to four times the storage!), but both companies upgraded their products to a faster processor just a few weeks after introduction. Besides, while not a speed demon, my original GPD Pocket is still doing just fine (the text also has been updated). Maybe I can wait a bit longer, until the dust settles (not to mention a backlit keyboard)?Top | Bottom
April 1, 2019
_It's the U.S. law now:_ an executive order of President Donald Trump sets the new, legal and official value of pi to exactly 3. This may turn out to be the biggest (and most overlooked) legacy of this presidency.Top | Bottom
March 25
_So you've been complaining about my _Picture of the Week_ becoming too predictable?_ How about this one then, shot a few minutes before sunrise over the treetops in _Tikál, Guatemala_ (2000). This must have been one of the last rolls of film I've used, before going fully digital later that year with the Olympus C-3000 : 1/1.7", 3 MP. Never looked back. _Minolta 600si_, 28-135 mm Tamron zoom _Kodak Royal Gold 200_ negative processed by Ritz Camera _Nikon Coolscan V ED_ film scanner Heavily postprocessed in _Paint Shop Pro 21_ _More progress on the E-M1X front,_ but not necessarily the kind I expected. The more familiar I'm getting with this camera, the more I tend to see it as a dead-end path of evolution. With all that great technology (some of it nothing short of brilliant), the effort is largely wasted: there is an elephant in the room, and his name is _Dual Grip_. Bigger, better-polished stonetools.
Refer to my brief note on multi-aspect sensors. Whoever does this right first, will send vertical grips the way of the dodo, where they belong. Do not misunderstand me: this camera is loaded with technological excellence; the controls have been tweaked just the right way (I'm done with that section, too); it's just this stupid Jumbo, with histiny, beady eyes...
Oh, well. Give me a few more weeks.Top | Bottom
February 24, 2019
I've been quite busy lately, among others, collecting information on the Olympus E-M1X , just made available, in the U.S. at least. Moving ahead...Top | Bottom
January 29, 2019
_The E-M1X by Olympus is here_ — or will be shortly, announcedjust last week
(see the press release).
_No, this is not E-M1 Mk.3_, a successor to the Mk.2 flagship, but rather the first model in yet another line of OM-D cameras, concurrent with the E-M1 (and, to some extent. competing with it as the secondpro option).
_My first impression is somewhat underwhelming._ The specs, as good as they are, show rather incremental improvements from E-M1 Mk.2 (with some increments, admittedly, quite significant), and I have no doubt that the make and finish quality at least match that camera. Still, nothing to knock your socks off. The new form factor comes at a considerable expense in terms of body weight and size. The body is priced in the U.S. at $3000 (compared to $1500 for the E-M1 and $2000 for Mark II). Promotional picture © 2019 by Olympus Corporation The only obvious new feature is the built-in vertical grip, with some of the controls duplicated for shooting in the portrait orientation (and with room for two batteries). While it may be argued that this puts E-M1X in the "pro gear" league, it also almost doubles the body weight. For some users (including myself) this may be a deal-breaker. Some people will just love this camera; others will remain indifferent. Only if the first group is large enough, it will make the camera commercially viable (assuming it does not undercut sales of the E-M1). Frankly, I doubt this will happen. Still, I may be wrong on this, and I hope I am. Olympus has been in this business for 100 years, and I assume they did some market research before jumping in. For more information and some related thoughts, see my upcoming E-M1X article — at the moment a mere stub, but under vigorous development.Top
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