Em1 - Mkiii JPG question

[john.dyer]

Hi Rob, I recently bought the above camera ans am very impressed, I have enjoyed your videos and they have been helpful.

I have a JPG saving question/query :-

I nearly always shoot Raw to card 1 and duplicate to card 2 (both Raw)

If I shoot focus stacking its saves the final file as a JPG (as it should)
If I shoot Hi Res handheld or tripod I get a Raw file and a JPG file of each
If I use the 'art' filters I get a JPG file. (As expected)

BUT if I use the 2X converter it wont write the final JPG file, unless i have 1 of the cards set up to take jpg files (Or Raw+JPG)

Is that correct?

The Hi-Res issue is interesting, I thought hand help you got a 50mp JPG, and at tripod you got a 80mp Raw, but i seem to get both on both settings?

John

[john.dyer]

Found the answer from Olympus UK

RAW picture is straight from the sensor and due to this it is not possible to have the cropped image in RAW.
Other features, such as stacking, require the final JPEG image created in camera and due to this it will automatically change the save setting to RAW + JPEG.

Digital Teleconverter can be used without creating the JPEG file and this is the reason why camera does not change save setting to RAW + JPEG.
The RAW images will simply show the white frame and no cropped image is saved. Should you wish to have the cropped image created in the camera, please set at least one card to save in RAW + JPEG.

Kind regards,

UK Customer & Technical Support

[Rob Trek]

Thanks, John. I was going to look into this, but the answer above makes sense. I had assumed the digital teleconverter always created a jpeg just like the stacking feature. Interesting choice by Olympus to not have the digital teleconverter automatically create a jpg.

[john.dyer]

Hi Thanks, yes it does seem odd, though I get the logic, having come from Nikon DSLR I am really enjoying the Olympus, and thanks to your videos I've got to grips with it sooner.
I have only one 'con' with it and that is the EVF is shocking, thought technology was more advanced and coming from TTL its quite poor. But I think the pros certainly out way the EVF, its something I shall get used to, thankfully the LCD is a much better resolution.

Thanks Again
John