Hi from Lysippus
Posted: 12 Jun 2020 15:02
Hi Rob I call myself Lysippus and I’m from the UK. I learn a lot from your tutorials and I am grateful for your commitment to Olympus cameras. Why Lysippus? Lysippus lived in the 4th Century and was the official sculpture to Alexander the Great. It is said of Lysippus that “while others had made men as they were, he had made them as they appeared to the eye”. (ref ThoughtCo.com) Isn’t that what photographers do? That’s why I adopted the name.
I have been taking photos for many years, mainly using compact cameras. My first digital camera was the Kodak DC280 with 2x optical zoom. The pictures were excellent. I graduated to a Panasonic DMZ-FZ20 with a MEGA optical stabiliser. Again, a great camera and it served me well. One day my two brothers decided that they would buy me a OMD 10 MK 2 with the 14-42 kit lens for my birthday. They assured me that MFT cameras were the way to go. Someone in a camera shop told them! Unfortunately, I would have liked a full frame camera, possibly a Nikon, but they didn’t ask me. However, I fell in love with the OMD EM10 camera and I eventually invested in the 12-40mm F2.8 Pro lens. Both the kit and the pro lenses are great.
I found that he Olympus editing software was ok, but as I watched more videos and learned more about photography and processing, the marketing beat me and I took the plunge and subscribed to Lightroom and Photoshop. I have yet to really use photoshop but I have downloaded Olympus Workspace. I didn't know Olympus Workspace existed until I purchased the EM5.
I’m not getting any younger, so this year I upgraded to the OMD Em5 Mk3 body, probably my last upgrade. Apparently washing machines come first. I also acquired an Olympus 60mm macro lens at a good price when my son was visiting Japan last year.The OMD 10 Mk 2 is now my wife’s camera with the kit lens, and I gave it to her in order to stimulate an interest in photography. I got fed up with her asking why I take so long to take a photo, and to hurry up! The strategy has worked well. She’s now on board.
I love to photo landscapes, flowers, trees, and insects. The lenses I have are excellent but I probably need more reach if I want to include small animals such as squirrels, and birds. My photos can be either excellent or terrible. However, the more photos I take, the better seem to get. I am now trying to follow your advice and to ‘get it right in camera’. Sometimes its down to focus or depth of field in my landscapes, or being too far away from my subject. I have found that focus peeking really helps especially up close as the auto focus can be off, sightly forward or behind of where I want. Dark coloured birds are particularly difficult for me to get enough definition of feathers or eyes. Sometimes they appear washed out when I enhance them. My flowers are usually good and since I started using a colour checker card, white balance issues across my photos have not been a problem, except close up. Insects are a disaster most of the time as I can't get sharp and small at the same time. Insects move too quickly and any wind about means that stabilisation doesn't really help. I have just bought a soft box for off camera flash which might help me freeze the action better.
My photography knowledge is mile wide inch deep, so sometimes I may ask stupid questions or worry about something that is not really a problem. That’s were my inexperience comes in. I do read a weekly photography magazine, but I am disappointed that the photos submitted by readers, or professionals, seem to be taken with a pricy top of the range full frame cameras, rather than MFT. When it is an Olympus photo or other MFT its usually the top end of the range. I would love for cameras like an OMD EM 10, to feature more often.
So Rob, keep up the good work, and I appreciate how kind your forum members are to newbies, and also the good humour. That is very encouraging.
I have been taking photos for many years, mainly using compact cameras. My first digital camera was the Kodak DC280 with 2x optical zoom. The pictures were excellent. I graduated to a Panasonic DMZ-FZ20 with a MEGA optical stabiliser. Again, a great camera and it served me well. One day my two brothers decided that they would buy me a OMD 10 MK 2 with the 14-42 kit lens for my birthday. They assured me that MFT cameras were the way to go. Someone in a camera shop told them! Unfortunately, I would have liked a full frame camera, possibly a Nikon, but they didn’t ask me. However, I fell in love with the OMD EM10 camera and I eventually invested in the 12-40mm F2.8 Pro lens. Both the kit and the pro lenses are great.
I found that he Olympus editing software was ok, but as I watched more videos and learned more about photography and processing, the marketing beat me and I took the plunge and subscribed to Lightroom and Photoshop. I have yet to really use photoshop but I have downloaded Olympus Workspace. I didn't know Olympus Workspace existed until I purchased the EM5.
I’m not getting any younger, so this year I upgraded to the OMD Em5 Mk3 body, probably my last upgrade. Apparently washing machines come first. I also acquired an Olympus 60mm macro lens at a good price when my son was visiting Japan last year.The OMD 10 Mk 2 is now my wife’s camera with the kit lens, and I gave it to her in order to stimulate an interest in photography. I got fed up with her asking why I take so long to take a photo, and to hurry up! The strategy has worked well. She’s now on board.
I love to photo landscapes, flowers, trees, and insects. The lenses I have are excellent but I probably need more reach if I want to include small animals such as squirrels, and birds. My photos can be either excellent or terrible. However, the more photos I take, the better seem to get. I am now trying to follow your advice and to ‘get it right in camera’. Sometimes its down to focus or depth of field in my landscapes, or being too far away from my subject. I have found that focus peeking really helps especially up close as the auto focus can be off, sightly forward or behind of where I want. Dark coloured birds are particularly difficult for me to get enough definition of feathers or eyes. Sometimes they appear washed out when I enhance them. My flowers are usually good and since I started using a colour checker card, white balance issues across my photos have not been a problem, except close up. Insects are a disaster most of the time as I can't get sharp and small at the same time. Insects move too quickly and any wind about means that stabilisation doesn't really help. I have just bought a soft box for off camera flash which might help me freeze the action better.
My photography knowledge is mile wide inch deep, so sometimes I may ask stupid questions or worry about something that is not really a problem. That’s were my inexperience comes in. I do read a weekly photography magazine, but I am disappointed that the photos submitted by readers, or professionals, seem to be taken with a pricy top of the range full frame cameras, rather than MFT. When it is an Olympus photo or other MFT its usually the top end of the range. I would love for cameras like an OMD EM 10, to feature more often.
So Rob, keep up the good work, and I appreciate how kind your forum members are to newbies, and also the good humour. That is very encouraging.