7 Useful Tips For LCD Screen Preview on Olympus OM-D Cameras

[@robinwong]

Here are additional tips on optimizing your Olympus OM-D cameras, in case you have missed the previous videos: 1) AF tips for OM-D: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYGunpp3bp59jbs 2) Optimizing Dynamic Range for OM-D: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnq4loiFfqeAZ5I

[@josesanabria3819]

I promise that at 12:23 I looked at my TV screen in complete disbelief, I didn't know if the 🐜 was actually in the video or on my 50-inch tv. Your video image was so crisp that the little 🐜 really popped out of the image as if it were live, which was scary since I'd never seen such a big one. Ohhh Olympus cameras can create such tack sharp videos too! Thank you again!

[@1957PLATO]

Without the likes of you and Rob Trek and Peter Forsgard I would have sold my Olympus camera after a week, I think. Coming from Canon I really struggled with the menu’s, but I am glad I found your channels to help me and now I am enjoying my Oly camera’s (yes 2 now) to the fullest. So, big thanks, Robin.

[@jennifergrainger2480]

Thanks Robin for your continued support in unlocking the mysteries of the Olympus menu and settings.

[@robinwong]

No worries, my pleasure to do so.

[@hoanglong-nv6wv]

I never thought i have to watch a youtube tutorial for any device i have... But your tips are really awesome

[@MikeChesworthPhotography]

I have been an olympus user for quite a while, but I learn a new tip every time I watch. Some great tips. I never knew about the multiple-image selections. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@observerstation]

Wow, within 1 minute you solved a long time problem of selecting multiple images for deletion. Thank you Robin. These videos are so helpful.

[@AnandaSim]

Wah, several new things I learned. The Touch Screen Push Sharing multiple to OI Share is what I want, all this time I have been Pull Sharing from OI Share.

[@robinwong]

Glad I can share something useful!

[@AnandaSim]

@@robinwong you always share your knowledge a lot, in a sincere way. 👍🏾👌❤️

[@howardcurtiss5048]

I have explored the menu system of OMD-1 M2 so much that I have been places I considered deep. Ha! You, Robin, are profound! Another great tour of the hidden practical nooks and crannies that hangout in the menu underground.

[@vladoxgz]

Hi Robin, you can also lock/unlock pictures using the AEL/AFL button. Thanks for your videos, loads of useful info on them! 🙂

[@vladoxgz]

Also, you can use OK to get out of zoomed-in preview (maybe most people know this, it took me a while to figure out). Cheers!

[@robinwong]

@@vladoxgz thanks for adding the tips!

[@Centauri27]

Nice tips Robin--I didn't know about the instant 1:1 preview shortcut. That will be very helpful!

[@leonfourie5717]

Thanks Robin. As a new omd em1 mk2 shooter,this was all news to me. Much appreciated.

[@tutorials9711]

Hello Robin, thanks for your tips. Even after 8 years of intensive use of an OM-D, I still get to know new and great features of my camera thanks to you. Marking the pictures with the video record button was new to me.

[@BrianOkeson]

Great tips! I now put my Rec in auto so I don't have to push the blue button first ! Thanks!

[@bryan1917vc1]

Down to earth tips and how to implement them thank you Robin you make life so much easier.

[@ipadista]

Another great video that mentions things that doesn’t get much coverage! I wasn’t aware of the disadvantage of vivid in playback so that was something I really appreciated. Some points, I did not find any errors in your suggestions, but in some cases I think there are some additional things that would make sense to mention. #1 This is actually selection, not selection for quick delete :) Once you have selected one or multiple, hit OK, then you can choose what to do with the selection: Share, Lock, Copy (if you have more than one mem card in the camera) and Erase. #2 Lock images - for single images you can just press the lock key to toggle lock status, no need to go into lock handling mode. On the EM1 family you see a blue lock icon next to the AEL/AFL button, on EM5II and EM10 family it is the Curves button. If you want to toggle the lock on multiple I agree hit OK then lock puts you in lock/unlock mode and you can scroll through them. In this scenario there is a further time saving trick, scroll with front dial and toggle on/off with back dial. I find this faster than using up/down, left/right, but that is of course a matter of taste. Another thing about locked images, they will survive Card Setup-All Erase, but not a Format, so they are pretty safe whilst in the camera. #3 multi select. If you want to use touch to select multiple photos this is a valid approach. However you don’t actually have to use the touch screen. Especially on the EM1 family this is actually a less practical approach since you in this mode can’t multi select by using the back dial. I would typically zoom out to thumbnail view, and then use the REC button, on EM1s you can multi select with the back dial as you mentioned, on the others you have to toggle each image separately. When selection is compete hit OK and select the intended action. One thing that I haven’t found is how to exit selection mode. If you deselect all selected you are it of it, but there doesn’t seem to be a quick exit of this mode. So far the only way that i have found is to hit play or half press the shutter to exit playback and hit play again.

[@johnkanzler6646]

I use the “shutter button tap” to exit everything. It may be a bad habit, but it has become muscle memory now, across all my Oly models!

[@tonyboyd6434]

I've had my OMD1 mk ll for 8 months and still you show me how little I know about it! Thank you, Robin

[@keithpinn152]

Hi Robin: Thanks for preparing this video. I made some changes to my camera settings based on your guidance and they are working exactly as I hoped. Keep safe! Cheers, Keith (Canada)

[@f1remandg]

Excellent video saving time and stopping upset!

[@joelarnol5134]

Excellent , merci pour ces explications par les exemples de réglages su l’écran 🙏👍

[@davidellis6757]

Excellent. As a new owner of a EM1 Mark ii this was excellent information thank you Robin.

[@marklaurendet1861]

Thanks for another informative video. I tried to see if my EM10 II had that jump to 100% in one rotation click but unless I missed it, the EM10 II does not look to have that setting. I mainly use the magnification vertical slider on the right of the screen to enlarge my preview

[@stehlealexander]

I would be lost without you - thanks.

[@robinwong]

Glad the video is useful!

[@mattwaller8959]

Wow, I never knew about that Natural vs. Vivid setting for the LCD display! I checked it on my E-PL8 and found that it's been set to Vivid this whole time, and I corrected it. (I mostly shoot B&W, so it didn't really affect me, but still!) Thank you!!

[@AnastasTarpanov]

Wow, I didn't know the multi-select while holding down the record button, this is a lifesaver for me, also with the touch. If I want to delete a big batch of images is a pain in the ass, click - rotate, click - rotate and do this like 1000 times... But for the locking functions, you can just click the AEL/AFL button, you also have a key as an icon there :)

[@Rafaga777]

Thanks for the tips. As always useful in combination with a clear and concise presentation which makes it a pleasure to watch...

[@wolfcoding]

Thanks for the great video. I have been searching for how to mark and delete many images more quickly. Thanks.

[@mikem9246]

3:00 How long have I had this thing and never knew that! Very useful when you hold down the ProCapture mode and take like a zillion pictures all at once.

[@TillHofmann-hofoto]

Some new and helpful tipps I didn`t know yet. Thanks for that!

[@judithwinkler1553]

Good tips, thanks for another great resource, Robin. And.....I would love to see tips on using the tracking pad to touch to focus while using the EVF. Sometimes it comes on immediately with double tap, sometimes it doesn't.

[@jakobhovman]

Great Great tips...Thank You...! You can also demonstrate the brightness +7 level for strong sunlight and -7 for nighttime.

[@robinwong]

Thanks, and yes the brightness of the screen can be adjusted

[@Only1Feckitt]

Brilliant mate. My go to guy for learning the tricks on my 1 Mk2

[@PackingLess]

3:45 instead of going to the menu to lock an image you can press the AEL/AFL button in preview to instantly lock the image with one click

[@mikem9246]

Also if the keys don't appear, make sure you press the INFO button to get to a mode that displays the key. When it is set to show the image with no info, the key does not appear on previously locked images.

[@mikem9246]

Also, I think Robin presented it that way because the E-M5 doesn't have the key icon shortcut on the AEL/AFL button. Someone will have to confirm if this trick works there.

[@PackingLess]

Mike M my em5iii has it, and it works not sure about the older models

[@shaunwaring-jones4858]

Thanks for the informative video Robin, it will help plenty. The ant seems to have enjoyed exploring as well.

[@inspirity668]

Another amazingly informative video Robin, thank you! That 1:1 preview shortcut!!! And that Ant!! :)

[@oskidj2815]

Very handy tips, as usual. Thank you Robin

[@CheikoSairin]

Thanks for the useful tips. Happy weekend .👍😀👍

[@garybrown9719]

hands on video thanks #2 done that

[@ezio-falco]

Thanks for sharing, Robin! Shall I suggest to make some videos fully dedicated to a couple or three of menus at time passing through each settings? I'm also waiting for best settings tips for video, as I know almost anything about. Bye!

[@hnahler]

What a great video! I knew most points already but certainly learned some new ones. Comment: I believe ‘Tip 4’ is not available on the original E-M1 (quick jump to 1:1 magnification).

[@garryneil753]

Excellent as always

[@scottbourque1323]

Thanks for all you do Robin!

[@robinwong]

No worries, my pleasure doing them

[@maudecotnoir8085]

Hello Robin, Is the magnification tip available on Omd em10 mark 2? I do not find the D2 menu or something similar to what you explained. Thanks for all those very good infos!

[@robinwong]

Opps forgot to mention it is on E-M1 Mark II, E-M1x and E-M5 Mark III only

[@leonid.elenin]

Very useful tips! Thank you!

[@robinwong]

Glad I can share.

[@claudedanse]

Always great tips! Thank's Robin! Question tip #4 only applies to Em 1MKII what about em5 MKII???

[@ОлегФедянин-т9к]

Thank you, Robin, for very helpful video!

[@josesanabria3819]

Thanks Robin for a f-ANT-astic and useful video!

[@lloydbligh5601]

Robin - on my 1mkII when I preview a picture and turn the back dial to zoom in I don’t get the directional arrows to move the image around they appear on my 5mkII with this function , what gives. You amaze me with the new functions you dig up, keep them coming. Thanks.

[@lloydbligh5601]

That should be reviewing a image.

[@bogdandumitrescu8987]

Great video and tips for LCD, I will use some from now on. I'm just curious what lens were you using such as at f/6.3 you had such a narrow DOF. Thanks !

[@AbbasBinYounas]

Great tips robin, sadly some of them are not applicable to my E-M10. While trying your first tip, I discovered that on my E-M10 mk 1, I can protect the images by pressing the Curves button, on the top panel near the Record button.

[@davidblack2632]

Great tips. Learned a few things!

[@MDMiller60]

Robin, I remember hearing, watching video(s) that said it is not a good idea to delete images off the card in the camera. Do you know anything about this? Also, if you mark images for deletion or lock, when you download to an editing program such as Lightroom, are the images still marked for deletion and/or still locked against editing in the software? Thanks.

[@catherinetremerryn]

Hi Robin, do you have any tips/tricks re shooting small birds with the 40-150mm pro lens, M1 mark2? I’m finding my images are noisy. Atm uk is in heatwave so v bright conditions.

[@jerrymorgan9792]

Great video

[@T-Barbin]

Hey Robin, thanks a lot for these useful videos! I have learned a lot from you after recently picking up an Olympus camera. I was wondering if there is some way to set it so the camera shows instant playback on the rear LCD screen, but not in the EVF? Coming from Canon I am used to glancing at the LCD if needed after a shot to get a glimpse of how things are looking. I find the instant review showing up in the EVF very disruptive. Ideally I would want to shoot uninterrupted through the viewfinder with the option of just glancing down at the LCD if needed to make sure I'm not blowing out highlights. The only solution I have found is to turn off instant playback and just hit the playback button when needed. The problem I have with this is that I shoot one handed most of them time with my left hand occupied. The position of the playback button does not work for one handed shooting! Alternatively, is there a way to assign a different button as the playback button?

[@viktorialarsson5037]

Thanks for the good tips! Helped me a lot 👍!

[@eamonnthatcher]

Can you please help i have a Olympus E-10iii ive been trying to tether it to my laptop, ive updated all camera lens settings and there's nothing to link it to my laptop PC is there anyway I can that!! If not can you recommend another Olympus camera thats does that ,so i can use the lens i have ,i take a all of portrait photographs please. Love your videos i learnt so much from you big thats

[@libork8106]

Great tutorial ... Thank you.

[@jamespayne4759]

Great videos !!!!! Keep up the good work !! Jim, Charlotte, NC.

[@johnsousa6708]

Your the best bro

[@johnkanzler6646]

At 12:30, i started to watch little ant’s big adventure, popping up all over your camera 😃

[@CarolyneMacMillan]

I notice you have the level activated on your screen and wondered do you use it and if that will be included in a future tips video?

[@michael-mvtd]

Regarding Tip #1: using the Rec button marks the images with red check mark but if you then press OK button, you get option to Share/Lock/Delete the marked images. At least, so it is on my OMD EM1, v.1. (ie: the marking permits more than just for deleting)

[@johnrayner819]

Is the quick 1:1 viewing possible in the EM10 MkII ?

[@robinwong]

Sorry forgot to put a footnote only for E-M1 Mark II, E-M1X and E-M5 Mark III

[@JuhaKoski]

@@robinwong Does the 5x for raw 1:1 and 7x for jpg 1:1 apply for other models too, even if they do not have the jump-to menu option? (E-M1 mk1 here)

[@JulesMoyaert_photo]

THANK you 🤗👍

[@MrAhdawson]

Great tips, on my Om 5 mark ii I can’t find. The setting to allow full magnification preview

[@aesace]

You've probably already find it, but just in case when in preview mode press the Fn1(AEL) button, you can adjust the magnification, then press again to zoom in and press again to zoom completely out. And this you can now do on each picture.

[@MrDunk66]

@@aesace thanks for sharing. Was hoping it was there somewhere. Immediate 7x when shooting jpg+raw - perfect! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@lizaronni]

But Robin! Keep in mind (at about 13:10) that Anakin Skywalker, no matter how blindingly his soul would blink blue after years on the dark side, WAS eventually recovered during his final moments with Luke.

[@tutorials9711]

Hello Robin, you can often see in your videos that you take your camera out of your pocket and there is no cover on the lens. Aren't you using a cap to protect the lens?

[@bagpuss998]

Magic👍

[@royjenkins-packer173]

Just a question on locking your image, if it's locked, when you download the images to computer, will they still be able to download. Or do you need to unlock them. Thanks for you video 👍

[@robinwong]

the locking is only preventing accidental deletion on camera. Once you take our the card and put it on other devices, the lock no longer applies.

[@polverdaguer5290]

How can I unlock images using OM workspace? Thanks!

[@juancarlosllaurado4514]

Thank you for the tips, most of them apply as well to my PEN Lite camera

[@juanguerrero1761]

Just by memory... To protect a photo, there is a key sign in the AEL button that directly protect the picture when viewing it without any other additional button.

[@dqmya]

I want to share one tips by my experience which avoid delay when preview image with LCD Screen. By default OMD thick the calender to view the images if we try to zoom out, it take so long and delay if the recorded images in SD card are a lot. Better we thick the 25 or 100 images instead.

[@dqmya]

to change the setting view, go to D menu - info setting - setting then thick the 25 and/or 100 view

[@viktor4860]

how the heck can I disable the shutter release when display is touched ? Thanks

[@pictureeyecandy]

Highlight and clipping warning is based on the Jpg image on the screen not the raw image or am I wrong?

[@robinwong]

Yes, based on JPEG file.

[@dandanu2526]

Can't find "default settings" on D on my Oly em10 mk II

[@ramonborreguero3182]

Dear Robin I have a question to you. I can not afford to by a new camera with lens so I have thought about the EM 5 MK II wich cost 799 € camera and lens 14 150 II non pro I have found that there are refublished cameras and lenses and I guess only in USA. I did not found in other country. there is an offer and is the E-M10 Mark II Two Lens Kit Black Body with 14-42mm IIR & 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 R Black Lenses (Reconditioned) $449.99 What can you tell me comparing the EM 10 MK II and EM 5 MK II. Thanks. I know that the EM 5 MK II is waterproof and the EM 10 MK II not. Thanks and waiting for your news.

[@maggnet4829]

Regarding the body: Take a used EM 5 MK II. It performs similar to the M 10 MK III, but has more professional options available in the menu. In regard to lenses the current kit ones are a good start and can be bought used for good prices. You might want to add a light sensitive prime lens, where anything between 15 and 25mm might be a good multi purpose choice. For purely portrait the 45mm.

[@hnahler]

Tip 3 (original E-M1): I cannot see how I can share photos from the camera to my phone (initiating it on the camera). While I can (multi-)select images in preview and hit the share button, I cannot have a WiFi connection at the same time. When you enter the WiFi menu on the E-M1 and establish a connection to the OI.Share app on your phone, the camera is ‘dead’ to any input. The only thing I can do is to exit the WiFi setup which will also disable WiFi again. - Am I missing a trick here or is this function not available on the E-M1?

[@maggnet4829]

Like in so many other places Olympus did a poor mans implementation here. You have to mark the images for share first on the camera. Next you enable wifi on the camera and OI Share on your phone. Then wait in the main menu of OI Share until the camera is found. You'll then get a message that tells you that there are images available for share and if you want to import them or share them right away. There is no direct sending an image to a phone, just like the rest of the connectivity option are all very limited (in my oppinion they are loosing tremendous market share to mobile phones right at this point).

[@relax9386]

Hi, is this anyway I can insert a comment/name on a photo / photos.. Currently, I am using the copyright name to insert as a comment.

[@kiwiii_]

We need an update for some om-d cameras to show battery percentage :]

[@robinwong]

That cannot be done without hardware upgrade. There has to be a detection device inside the battery to provide such information down to 1% accuracy level.

[@kiwiii_]

aaah damn. thanks for the information. have a nice day

[@snippephotography1913]

it there no touch on the camera ???? delete with select with touch is much easier

[@mrrcassidy]

Tip 8: Do not stand on an ant's nest when vlogging :)

[@christopherseymour7318]

Don't forget that if you format the card all locked images will be deleted