Setting up your camera, new or old, the way you want is important. It is a lot easier to photograph when you have set the buttons and dials the way you prefer. Also, there are some other things like beeping sounds, image quality that you might want to check.
My video might help you!
In the video below I go through my settings what I call best settings.
If you have some other Olympus cameras then use this link to see if I have the best settings video about your camera.
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Getting sharp images is most likely your goal. it is not easy sometimes, but with these few tips, it will a lot easier.
The First tip is to use the right focusing mode.
Modern cameras have a variety of different focus modes. Choosing the right focusing mode will help a lot. The normal focusing mode for everyday photography is S-AF, single autofocus. Then the camera will focus when you press the shutter button (or use the back focus button) and the camera will focus. This works best if the subject is not moving.
Use C-AF or AF Tracking for moving subjects.
S-AF will stay on the distance that it was when pressing the shutter button. If your subject is moving it will out of focus. Using C-AF or AF Tracking the camera will follow the subject and try to keep it in focus. This depends on how good your camera is in continuous autofocus and tracking.
Use Face Priority and/or Eye Priority when photographing people.
We usually want to focus on the eye of a person in portraits. Sometimes it can be a bit hard and take our attention away from the model. With Face and Eye priority, we do not need to worry about focusing. We can have our full attention on the model. This will make your photography a lot easier and better. One of the most important things in portraiture is the connection with the photographer and the model.
The video about the same topic will have a few more tips.
Does gear matter in photography is a question that I get asked quite a lot. There is no one answer to this. You can answer No and you can answer Yes. It all depends on the perspective you take on this one.
Let’s start with No.
Many of us think that getting new gear will make you a better photographer. In my opinion that is false. To be better you must learn how to use your existing gear. Getting new once won’t help in that at all.
Sometimes limiting yourself will be a better solution. Having limitations makes you think more. You need to solve problems and that will make you better. You might come up even ith new ideas and totally new kinds of images.
For example, in landscape photography, most of us think that a wide-angle is a must. Yes, a wide-angle lens is often used in landscape photography. If you do not have an ultra-wide-angle, what then?
Why not try a standard lens or even a telephoto lens. That can give you a totally new kind of landscape photos.
When the answer Yes?
When you get better here might a time to start thinking about better gear that actually will make you better. Well it is maybe a bit too much to say that it is the gear, it is the possibilities that the new gear gives. What I mean by that is that it might open up all new ways of making photographs. Sometimes it might even give a possibility to try new genres.
One example is bird photography. You can photograph birds with a wide-angle, but getting a longer lens will give new possibilities and new kind of mages that was possible for you before.
In the video below I talk more about the No and Yes.
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