Author: Peter Forsgard

  • Olympus OM-D E-M1X – Best Exposure Settings

    Olympus OM-D E-M1X – Best Exposure Settings

    In my latest video (14.5.2019) I was talking about the experience that I have had with the E-M1 X now that I have used it for a couple of months.



    I promised to write down the best settings for exposure.

    Menu D1 > InfoSettings > LV-Info and in one of the Custom setting choose Highlight&Shadow
    Menu I > Info Settings > in one of the Custom setting choose Highlight&Shadow
    Shooting Menu 1 > Picture Mode > Muted > Contrast -2, Saturation -2
    Menu G > Keep Warm Color > Off

    Menu G > Color Space > AdobeRGB

    Menu D3 > Histogram Settings > Set Highlight to the value you want the red color to appear and the same goes with the Shadow (blue color) I have set Hightlight to 253 and Shadow to 3.

    Menu B1 > Dial Function > Set on each exposure modes the back dial to exposure compensation.

    These settings will show the image on the LCD and EVF so that it is perfectly exposured when adjusting the exposure compensatuion so that there is no red or blue flag color in the scene. Usually you can have a half a stop brighter becouse the image that shows in the jpg and the final image is a raw-file.


  • How to choose a lens?

    How to choose a lens?

    In this post I am giving you the different possibilities you have for a new lens. This post goes together with the video below. If you haven`t seen it yet, please watch it from here:

    In the video I go trough the questions you should ask yourself when considering to buy a new lens. There is a list and explanation on the different options.

    Fast primes for classical street photography:

    These prime lenses are great for classical street photography. Which one is the right for you. In the video I explained a few ways to decide. It all comes to your own style, are you more of a wide angle shooter or do you prefer a bit tighter field of view?

    For all around shooting a zoom lens could be an option. There are several possibilities depending on your preferences and budget:

    For Nature photographers there are also options for different kind of preferences and budget. If you are morer of a landscape photographer a wide angle could be your choice. The choices a quite similar to what I said about Classical Streetphotography, but there is one zoom lens that could be your choice, the 7-14mm f2.8 Pro Zoom:

    If your preference in nature photography are the animals them a long zoom lens is a good option. There are several option to choose from:

    If your interest is flora, then a macro lens can be a very good choice:

    I hope these links and the video helps you to decide if you are buying a new lens.

    disclaimer: I am an Olympus Visionary. Some of the links in this post are Amazon Affiliate links. If you buy something from Amazon after clicking the link in this post, I will get a small commission, but you do not pay any extra. It is a nice way of supporting my YouTube-channel and this blog.

  • Very durable HDMI port on the Olympus OM-D E-M1X!

    Very durable HDMI port on the Olympus OM-D E-M1X!

    I quite often use an external monitor when making videos with Olympus OM-D E-M1X. I either have an Atomos Ninja Inferno recorder or a Feelworld FW568 field monitor. The recorder or monitor gets the info via an HDMI cable.

    The problem with this method is that most cameras have a micro HDMI port. It is ok to get the signal from the camera to the monitor or the recorder, but the micro HDMI port is not usually very durable.

    I had a video gig this week and I used my Manfrotto 561B HDV monopod. I rested the camera against my body. When started to shoot video again the monitor was black. Then I realized that the HDMI cable was bent and was still attached to the camera. This usually means that HDMI port in camera is broken.

    The bend HDMI cable
    The bend HDMI cable

    But luckily it was the HDMI cable that was bend. The port on the camera is ok! So it looks like the E-M1X can not only be washed under running water, but the HDMI port is more durable than the HDMI cable!

    disclaimer: I am an Olympus Visionary. Some of the links in this post are Amazon Affiliate links. If you buy something from Amazon after clicking the link in this post, I will get a small commission, but you do not pay any extra. It is a nice way of supporting my YouTube-channel and this blog.