Avotius
Some guy
Hello folks. I have a question about the HDR capabilities of the OMD which maybe someone here can better explain to me.
I would need to bracket shoot of course, and have been doing so on my Canon 5D so I have a general idea of how it works.
On my EP1 however bracketing is hidden deep in the menus and is very much useless as it only allows a -1 0 +1 at its more extreme setting and it doesnt not record the photos to the card at the correct order, writing them as 0 -1 +1.
Info pulled from dpreview says: AE Bracketing (2, 3, 5, 7 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 2/3 EV, 1 EV steps)
On the Canon I could set a -2 0 +2 which for most cases is enough for my uses. The Olympus if I am reading this right still only allows 1 EV steps at the max and if I am right would the 2,3,5,7 mean....
(if set at 1 EV steps)
2= 0 +1
3= -1 0 +1
5= -2 -1 0 +1 +2
7= -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
Does this sound right? To get a +-2 you would have to take 5 frames rather than 3 on the old Canon?
Also did Olympus ever fix that exposure order issue with their newer cameras?
I would need to bracket shoot of course, and have been doing so on my Canon 5D so I have a general idea of how it works.
On my EP1 however bracketing is hidden deep in the menus and is very much useless as it only allows a -1 0 +1 at its more extreme setting and it doesnt not record the photos to the card at the correct order, writing them as 0 -1 +1.
Info pulled from dpreview says: AE Bracketing (2, 3, 5, 7 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 2/3 EV, 1 EV steps)
On the Canon I could set a -2 0 +2 which for most cases is enough for my uses. The Olympus if I am reading this right still only allows 1 EV steps at the max and if I am right would the 2,3,5,7 mean....
(if set at 1 EV steps)
2= 0 +1
3= -1 0 +1
5= -2 -1 0 +1 +2
7= -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3
Does this sound right? To get a +-2 you would have to take 5 frames rather than 3 on the old Canon?
Also did Olympus ever fix that exposure order issue with their newer cameras?
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
This is not an answer to your question, but I do know that manufacturers have people looking online for feedback: The menus on the recent crop of Japanese cameras is an abomination, and makes me wonder if they're actually outsourcing the menu/functionality design, or have interns self-review their code.
Avotius
Some guy
I hear you loud and clear on this one. I was paying with my friends Nex 5N and the menu was an abomination. Took many many buton presses to figure out how to set flash settings in some menu's menu.
FrozenInTime
Well-known
Almost :
however Olympus in their infinite wisdom deliberately crippled the HDR possibilities by only allowing upto 0.7 EVF steps on the 7 step bracket ( 1EV is ok for 3,5 )
It a real shame as with 9fps handheld HDR is practical.
If only they could be pressured to add the 1EV/7 and ideally 1.5EV/3/5/7
willie_901
Veteran
Unfortunately, I have to fuse multiple exposures at least once during 80% of my professional photoshoots. Occasionally I use HDR with very weak tone mapping.
I can only think of a handful of times when 0.7 stop increments would have been a problem. Many photographers who prefer more realistic ensure blending only use three exposures. I'm insecure so I always use 7.
Unless HDR is critical for your work, the OMD should be fine.
I can only think of a handful of times when 0.7 stop increments would have been a problem. Many photographers who prefer more realistic ensure blending only use three exposures. I'm insecure so I always use 7.
Unless HDR is critical for your work, the OMD should be fine.
biomed
Veteran
Does the OMD save the raw files after processing the HDR image?
