Tag: E-M1X

  • New lens and Firmware – 150-400mm f4.5 Pro is here!

    Olympus has launched the much-awaited telephoto zoom lens, the 150-400mm f4.5 Pro. The lens was first announced in January 2019. The same time when E-M1X was launched. Then of course it was a product development announcement. Now the lens reality and first real-life test have been done. The lens is available in January 2021.

    Jari Peltomäki tells us about the lens

    I have not had a chance to test it yet. It has been mainly tested by bird photographers here in the Nordic. I did have a chance to talk to a Finnish award-winning bird and nature photographer Olympus Visionary Jari Peltomäki. He has been testing the lens a few days. In the video, he also tells us what he had to with the production of the lens.

    New Firmware

    Four Olympus OM-D bodies got a new firmware. The new firmware includes Bird recognition to E-M1X and ProResRAW-video for E-M1X and E-M1 MKIII.

    Both of these new features are very interesting and make both bodies even better than they are now.

    Subject recognition in E-M1X

    Olympus E-M1X has subject recognition AF. It “knows” what motorsports, trains, and airplanes look like. Now the Ai-driven algorithm has been improved to include also birds. This one I had the chance to test. In the video below I give a sneak peek of the feature. A full video about it coming up next Friday.

    ProResRAW gives better video quality

    ProResRAW is compared to H.264 that Olympus camera records internally the same as the difference between shooting raw vs. jpg. That is the simple and quick answer to what raw video is. ProResRAW is compatible with Atomos Ninja V only. An external recorder is needed if you want to shoot raw-video.

    I have a blog post about ProResRAW. There is some more info about that. There will also be a dedicated video about ProresRAW on my channel.

  • 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.