Recent content by bassman

I don’t know anyone who isn’t an hobbyist or pro that still uses a “camera”. My kids, now in their 40s and with their own children in school plays, sports, recitals, etc. leave their DLSRs gathering dust in the closet and use their phones. For myself, I no longer own a “compact camera” to...

Sweet.

Self-isolation

I don't feel bad taking my OM-D with me on the almost-daily walks. I'm out in suburbia, and yesterday I passed exactly three other pedestrians and four bicyclists over six miles.

Nikon D80. My first SLR since the Nikon 6006, which I shelved after lugging 15 lbs of camera gear on a vacation in a shoulder bag. The D80 just outclassed the digital P&S cameras I had been using, and was the camera I learned to actually be a photographer with (along with some serious...

Already did that. I've been using it since the original E-M5 as well. Nonetheless, this is really a bug that Olympus should fix. There’s no reason for it, and it wipes out work that the user has done. And correcting it by reentering all of the settings is error-prone.

Washington Square Park, NYC

Here’s the response I got: Thank you for contacting Olympus Technical Support and taking the time to share your thoughts on the the E-M5 Mark III. I will forward your email to the OM-D Product Marketing Team for consideration. Best Regards, [ ] Olympus Technical Support Olympus America Inc...

Yes, the E-M1.2 and the Pen F do save your settings via Olympus Workspace. The E-M5.3 doesn't. Here's the Support note I sent to Olympus USA this evening: "Olympus OM-D cameras have more than 250 Settings that allow the user to customize the camera to meet their needs; this is great...

Alright, I officially hate Olympus for this now. I spent an hour last night documenting my settings, updating to 1.1, and then reseting everything. Except I missed one thing - Raw+LF (the default is LF). So my shoot this afternoon was all JPEGs - which I never want. My documentation is...

It was quite annoying until they allowed saving them in an update to be original E-M1. It’s really an infuriating downgrade.

Blake Christiana and Rick Bugel of Yarn at The Towne Crier Cafe. Rick Bugel of Yarn.

Over the last month I’ve aggressively cleaning house and rationalizing my kit. Gone are five Nikon F mount lenses (35/1.8 DX, 11-16/2,8, 50/1.4AF, 70-300G, 80-200/2.8 AF) which I used on the D7000 that’s been gone for years. The two AF lenses date back to my film days in the last century...

That is beautiful.

Flash usually won’t work on silent mode because the flash duration is far too short to illuminate the sensor during the long read cycle.