Thanks. I've filed this for reference since it's going to take some
time to absorb it.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/20/2013 9:46 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> Chuck: Listen to Martin, for he is wise.
>
> Starting out, I did much the same as Martin did. The official manual is
> more of an engineering reference manual, and of little help in learning
> how to actually use the camera. I used the Dpreview listings of the
> menus and buttons, plus their "how to set up the camera initially" page
> that Martin cited. It helped that I'd used other Oly DSLRs, so I kinda
> knew how the Super Control Panel (SCP) worked. I've turned that on, and
> I think I turned Live Control off, since it's redundant with SCP.
>
> What's weird about the OM-D is that there are options to turn the
> visibility of other options on or off. Best bet is to leave on only the
> options you will actually use. And... you can make the viewfinder and
> screen show different sets of things, and even different basic views.
> Which would drive me nuts, so I don't do it. Another "weirdity" is that
> the function of the OK button and the Info button can seem to overlap,
> so they can get you into a perceptual endless loop until you realize
> what's happening. (Been there, done that!).
>
> I usually keep the screen off and the viewfinder on (button to the right
> of the finder controls that). That way, hitting OK brings up the SCP on
> the screen, and a half-press of the shutter or two of the Menu button
> makes it go away. In this state, the Info button only cycles options on
> the viewfinder, and I can still review shots on the screen. I only turn
> the screen on when I really need it to view it as a "ground glass." SCP
> and chimping turn the screen on with their own discrete buttons, OK and
> Play respectively.
>
> I turned off auto-preview. I usually use the highlight-shadow warning
> colors rather than the live-view histogram. In fact, I may have turned
> the latter off.
>
> On the top panel, I've made the orange Record button an MF-AF toggle.
> Fn2 is for the focus magnifier.
> Fn1 is AEL toggle.
> Down Arrow is ISO select.
> Left Arrow is focus point
> Right arrow is white balance
> (the arrows that can be programmed match my Panasonic G1 controls, so
> less confusing).
>
> I've turned the Anti-Shock delay to 1/8 and left it there. I can always
> turn it off for decisive moment stuff, where it bothers me. But so far I
> haven't. Time will tell on that one.
>
> For other changes I just use the SCP. I almost always shoot RAW, so the
> JPG-ish image controls are lost on me.
>
> I've set MySet 1 to be my basic camera settings. The above, plus ISO
> 200, single center point autofocus, auto WB.
> MySet 2 is for available light. Basic settings as above, ISO 1600, Face
> Detection on, tungsten WB.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --Peter
>
> Chuck wrote:
> > The E-M5 has arrived but I am nowhere near figuring out how to use it.
>
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