A Micro Four Thirds Love Letter to my Olympus OMD E-M1 Mark ii

[@jpsteiner2]

I connected with my OM-5 the first time I used it. I take it everywhere. I totally get your "love letter."

[@johnehman8685]

Thank you for sharing! The E-M1ii is historically a breakthrough camera, and it is still brilliant today. But you raise another point: just as a musician doesn’t just use “an” instrument but “my” instrument, so too a photographic artist uses a favorite tool with which the artist is in sync. That makes it more than a tool but a trusted companion on a creative journey.

[@philippeleblanc4345]

Bonsoir Chris. Il y a des choses que nous ne pouvons pas expliquer. Les appareils Olympus ont quelque chose de particulier, qui les rendent beaux et presque sensuel. Je sais , pour avoir eu Canon , Nikon et Sony, que je n'ai jamais retrouvé avec ses appareils le même contacta qu’avec le matériel Olympus. Les autres faisait bien le travail, mais pas plus de plai’plaisir que cela. Je comprends donc tout ce que tu nous racontes dans cette vidéo . A bientôt, et merci encore pour ce travail sur KZbin

[@andybamforth]

Totally get the photography as an escape, it's been the only thing that has kept me reasonably sane for the last fifty years. When everything gets too much to lose yourself and think of nothing else but what is in front of your eyes. Priceless. Love the shots too.

[@Olympuszuiko]

Thank you for sharing. Im from Germany and I feel exactly the same for this Camera. I started photography in the age of 16 with the legendary Olympus OM-1 in 1976. I used Olympus with great fun and success till around 2000. Then i must go to digital Cameras for professional purposes. Canon was the only affordable system in these times. So i lost Olympus man years till the Pen System comes out. Till this point Olympus was not useful to me. Later i bought the OM-D EM10 MARK I. STUNNING ! Since this point, i bought several bodies und lenses and do everything with it. Two years ago i thought, that i must have a Fullframe Camera, the Lumix S 5. But seriously, i use it barely. PS: i have good friends in Newcastle upon Tyne, their dialect is quite similar to yours. You must be a Geordie. 😊 Thanks for this Video, take care.

[@MichaelGerrard]

M43 is alive! 🙂 Thanks for the videos and enthusiasm.

[@RonaldBrown59]

I've been using the E-1 Mk 2 since it came out, and its still one of my favorite cameras. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@andrewbaxter9395]

Olympus for me has the holy trinity of IBIS, colour science and Live Bulb. Watching the image develop with the histogram is so unique.

[@boxiedog]

Thanks for the inspirational content. A blend of Thomas Heaton & Sean Tucker. 😊

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Chris, I watched this to the end, and like what you had to say. Bravo! Keep on your photography journey, using what tools suit you best.

[@kimmaree5701]

Love your raw and open honesty...keep on enjoying and being you ❤

[@FierceSleepingDog]

LOVE THIS! I switched to MFT gear last year and have gone nuts buying used bodies and lenses. I love it. I go on photo walks every day and have never taken so many interesting photos. It's a connection to the gear and how it unlocks your creativity, inner peace, and satisfaction. I hear you! Oh...and MFT isn't dead...as long as we are all still alive.

[@76steps]

Love of your life Chris? Grey hair attractive wife? Chris I think your running the risk of kit getting trashed by the misses 😂😂😂 I love my em1ii too. But not more than the wife and child. So glad you have brought us along on your journey. Keep um coming

[@peterosborne9802]

I agree 👍 I have now an olympus OM 1, and I love it. However, I previously had an olympus OMD1mk2. I still have it, and I'm not selling it. Let me explain. I started with an olympus omd10 mk3. I've had kit lenses, a macro lens, a 12-200 lens. Those I sold now trading up to my OM1 plus a 12-40 f2.8 and a 40-150 f2.8 . Both brilliant lenses. Now, if I can pass on any advice, it's this. Don't sell your gear, I regret selling my earlier olympus stuff,I wish I hadn't. However, I love the setup I've got and agree absolutely with you.

[@vin424242]

Not selling past olympus gear would be mine too, part exed a pen f when I bought the OM1 2 years ago and still regret it, looked at getting another but prices now !!!!

[@sweden_ove2074]

Chris, I really loved your emotional video. It's overwhelming, and it makes me proud too, that I choose Olympus when I got back to photography 2019. It's been a joy. A pleasure to investigate and learn Olympus cameras.

[@ivan7453]

I can understand exactly where you are coming from and it's not wierd at all. Cheers:)

[@MrJapanforce]

proud user of Lumix Micro Four Thirds cameras since 2008!!! Never looked back dude. Great video of yours. Keep going.

[@martingreenberg870]

Love my GX85/9 and G9 in addition to the EMD1 Mii. They are cheap as chips. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

[@philmetcalfephotography]

Yep 100% agree .... My EM1 mkii has got its hooks into me and it has indeed clicked with me .... I have captured my best images with this camera and I carry it almost everywhere I go .... so I'd just like to say " My names Phil and I love my EM1 mkii 🙂 "

[@adriangpuiu]

your killing it dude. you really wanna take my OM1 out and start shooting and that's something I did not do for ages

[@terryclair2914]

Nice video Chris! Over the last few years I have gone from 4/3 to full frame and now back to micro 4/3.. The new cameras are just so impressive to use and the images look great printed to 20X30 on my walls. If Olympus keeps innovating the 4/3 system will always be around.

[@TheFtrevino]

Chris I truly admire your candor and ability to do self introspection. I too love the EM1 MKii. I have two of them and it is the camera I reach for. Thank you for your videos. Keep up the great work which I enjoy immensely.

[@vinnaful]

I don't find antingen sill about how you express your feeling towards you camera. I find your videos very inspiring. So inspiring that I am going to buy an olympus camera as soon as I sold my current one. Thank you!

[@Telewest792]

I bought my OM-1 when it first came out i have always been an Olympus shooter until i ventured out of my comfort zone and purchase a second hand Nikon D 850 and two lenses 24-70 and a70-200, i shoot a range of things from sport to landscapes to macro and i find it interesting that a picture is a picture but for some reason reason i go to my Olympus OM-1 mark 1 98% of the time possibly because of the weight and the glass i use or the fact that it just does everything i need it to do with out to much thought of the camera and more thought on the composition. Great video just keep shooting i love your enthusiasm .

[@veritas932]

I am impressed with your passion. You're a much better Olympus ambassador than Robin Wong. You spoke from your heart. You might not be an official Olympus ambassador but you've the heart and spirit of one.

[@franzmajcyn3836]

I drove from Ohio to California with my dad’s Olympus 35rd in 1978 and learned photography. Later I got the EM-1 mark I just because of emotion I think and still love it! But I think I’m getting a mark ll soon. Great show Chris!

[@raybridges1927]

Well done! I completely empathise with your thoughts. I love my Olympus cameras (and my old GX7). They are so much fun to use that they encourage me to take photographs nearly every day. I have taken most of my best and favourite images on them. My OM1 and EM1 mark 3 are my favourites.

[@ggwildlife]

Absolutely great video and the photos top notch Chris we love our Olympus 😍keep'em coming mate.

[@mickbidewell6481]

A very honest and intriguing video. I can fully understand your emotional attachment to your camera. And well done for plugging micro four thirds. It’s a long long way from being finished

[@timothylabrecque8589]

Love to see more m43 content out here. Been using em1 3 for a few years now and its so versatile as someone who does landscape and wildlife.

[@theflyingdutchman7127]

hi Chris Sometimes the journey through your life can be very wild and dynamic. Sometimes more than you would like, unfortunately we have no influence on that. how we deal with those dynamics. I think your photos are very beautiful and enjoy them. thank you for sharing your love for olympus/Om system. It is a beautiful brand that needs and deserves a lot of love and attention.❤

[@ronalderb9692]

I understand having an attachment to a camera. I'm retired and without my 3 Olympus cameras, I would be bored and lost. No, it does not sound weird.

[@Big.E]

It's good for the soul, and definitely good for mental wellbeing 👍

[@glenharris2617]

I really enjoy your videos Chris I use the same camera as you I have been with MFT since 2010 and my on mkii is the camera I can’t let go even though I have purchased other cameras in the time I have owned it they are the ones I have sold I totally understand where you are coming from keep it up 👍

[@hilarylee5332]

you're a talented photographer, put a side the emotional attachment to your EM1 MK II, which I fully understand by the way, you prove the point that it's the photographer who MAKES the photo, the camera simply takes it

[@simonatterbury]

It's a game changing camera and I moved from Canon. I bought if for one project but its used every week in all sorts of scenarios, stills and video. Even shot a really cool music video using it in C4K using the 12-40 F2,8 Pro and 17mm F1.8. I am going to get the EM5 MKII so I have something smaller to lug around at some point,

[@paulsebring5326]

Sounds like the only thing you need is another Olympus to do the recording so you can ditch that shit auto focus from the a7r. Great video!

[@mongoose9594]

Brilliant once again Chris, just brilliant (‘nuff said)

[@LeeHallphotography]

I totally understand where you are coming from. I have always used canon but for the same reason as you the first time I held the olmpus it just felt so right? This little camera with their little lens was just something I was missing in my photography. Why did olmpus not push them when they first come out. Fantastic video's and content

[@wimvandaalen954]

Nice Chris! Really nice.

[@normstangl3499]

Hi Chris, your passion resounds. I have a Mk lll version from the EM models and coincidentally own a GF1 but with the Lumix 20mm lens (given to me). I tend to shoot street in B&W with the Lumix. I love the outcome. As a cyclist and camping enthusiast the Olympus system really works for me. In what other system can you carry six lenses and a camera body in a bag about half the size of a shoebox? I’ve been through APS-C and FF (I still have a Canon 5D Classic with 40mm f2.8). But M43 and its features really “just works” for me top. I just feel joy when I’m using the Olympus over any other system that I’ve had. You’re an ambassador without being an ambassador! You mentioned bokeh for portraits, just give the 75mm f1.8. It feels a bit weird and unaccustomed initially, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a brilliant portrait lens. Keep the videos flowing, they’re great!!!

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

I photographed a lot of wedding with the Olympus OMD E-M1ii. The feature that displays the image right after you taken it for 0.3 seconds is a life saver. I know wedding photographers and also some well known ambassadors that have screed up weddings. That feature is a life saver. The E-M1ii is good up to ISO 1,600 but I push it to ISO 3,200 and add a little noise reduction in Lightroom 20 or 30 on Luminance. If I use DXO PureRaw I can go to ISO 6,400 with no issues. And the OM-1ii can go as high as 25,600 now with DXO PureRaw. And if you use 14-bit raw you can skip DXO PureRaw if you want.

[@bevdonovan]

Great vlog Chris. I can vouch too for the EM-1 MKII. Now I did move on and now have the MKIII & OM-1 , but both of those purchases were for functions that I do use - LIVE ND being the main one, as well as the subject detection and hand-held Hi-Res. But, if funds allowed, I would love to round out the collection with the EM-1 original & MKII, they're both awesome cameras. Also, I love that beach! So many potential subjects - if you don't mind me asking what's the name of it? I'd love to add it to the enormous list of potential subjects for the next time I'm in the UK.

[@PeterJenkins-lr8tz]

Speaks to me! Thanks Chris!

[@dwmoreair885]

Keep up the great content Chris

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

They been say Pentax is dead for the past 40 years. Unless they stop making something its not dead. I remember them saying Apple is going out of business back in the 90's it never happened.

[@susandavidson6738]

Love this video. What lense did you shoot these photos with please ?. I've came for canon and wildlife to the Om1 but I'm more of a wildlife lover than a photographer tbh, the features kind of overwhelm me. I'd love to capture some decent seascapes/ landscapes so I'll keep watching and hopefully I'll get something I can hang on my wall 😊.

[@deborahhammond8576]

I recently moved from Canon ff to Olympus OM1. I love long exposure sea scapes, BUT, although I’ve watched and read a fair bit I am really struggling to understand the bulb modes. Be great if you could do a video soon on how to use them in depth please.

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

Chris you might want to put OMD in the title Olympus OMD E-M1 Mark ii. It might help the video show up better in search.

[@everydaygrandad5642]

Couldn’t part with my mk 11 when purchased OM 1 👍

[@sweden_ove2074]

@@everydaygrandad5642 I couldn't part with my mk3 when I bought my OM-1 😍

[@Nature_Unboxed_0]

I bought the OM-1 mainly for wildlife, but also have the E-M1 Mark II, can't sell it.

[@SuperSpily]

Hi Chris, but to see in live view when there are ND filters active, the live view boost?

[@kaido3471]

Great stuff 👍

[@steadmanuhlich6734]

Chris, if you have not done so already, I think a video on why you don’t think the Sony is fitting you like you thought it would, could be a good video itself (focused on that topic). I would watch that to hear more from you, as it compares to the other system you use, etc. I don’t own either system, but had been considering both, with the Sony model you mentioned specifically due to the “dynamic range” (low light photog.) aspect.

[@i-klaus]

I actually only bought the E-M1 because of the m.zuiko 60mm 2.8 macro. Now I have more lenses and my other cameras are staying at home more and more often. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@tonytwyman]

Great video 🤙

[@FieldingSmith]

Sounds like you need to trade your sony in for a used GH body for your video work. 1 system/mount for everything. I can’t let go of my GX8 and GM1 for the same reason, and the 20/1.7 I got with my GF1 in 2010. Even within m43 there are better/newer cameras and lenses… and yet I love those little buggers.

[@jimmywestphoto]

Hey, I recognize that video title... 🤣

[@swadventurer6624]

Why are you using ND filters instead of the built in option? Thank you.

[@ChrisBaitsonPhoto]

This camera doesn’t have the built in ND filters.

[@swadventurer6624]

@@ChrisBaitsonPhotothanks, I took a look at OM’s site and that is what you are referring to as Live ND.

[@ThePNWRiderWA]

I started with the OMD-1. It’s now with son #2. I have the Om-1 but sadly I don’t have faith in OM systems. The next body will be the GH-7 as I am getting into video. I just don’t see the same level of commitment OM systems has to the brand. I suspect they will do similar to what they did with Toshiba.

[@championthewonderhorse9733]

I had a Sony A7Riii and hated using it. It rubbed my knuckles against the lens, it was clunky to use, and the images SOOC had weord colours. Small, light and a huge sensor but never any connection or enjoyment using it.

[@brugj03]

Why is that camera with such a small sensor so big. Does it need to compensate . Many FF cameras these days are much smaller and probably much lighter, that seems to me a better choice. Why would you want a miniscule sensor. Better use your phone, that sensor is even smaller.

[@WhoIsSerafin]

Everything you wrote is wrong😂

[@briancarlisle2534]

Question I sold my OM-1 for a Nikon Z63. And I don’t do videos, at all. But I was afraid that I was missing out on image quality. 20mpx vs 24mpx. And noise and lighting and Dynamic Range…. And I don’t do many portraits, but I do love that smooth creamy background. In the real world, by comparison, is there really a difference in image quality? If not, then I’d probably just swap back to Olympus. I miss the in camera stacking, I miss the in-camera ND filters. And I’ve only printed up to a 28x36, and the image looks good (from my OM-1) I haven’t printed anything from my Nikon yet. What are your thoughts to this? I shoot lots of landscape, some wildlife (birds and stills), macros, and some Astro. I don’t do a lot of cropping in, but I do pixel peep (bad habit I have picked up, no one that I know pixel peeps) So, if I’m talking about a big difference vs slightly a little, then I’ll probably go back. Just looking for a professional opinion here. Thank you, Brian

[@ThePNWRiderWA]

I do professional landscape and wildlife work and I am using the OM -1. I tried the Sony A7 lll and honestly the photographs were no better even printed most often as 16 x 20. I have been using Olympus gear since the OMd -1. However, I am thinking this will be the last OM system body as I do not see the commitment to the Olympus brand. The next body will be the Panasonic as I’m doing video work more and more.

[@blackforestwanderer]

Hey Brian, you sound like my photography twin😂. I am not a professional, sorry... But I went through the same thoughts as you. Sold all my Olympus gear and went for the Canon R6. Amazing camera! Yes, it does perform better in low light, of course! I like to shoot in very grim conditions. But I can't really tell a difference of the printed images. BUT there is a huge difference in weight and cost! Plus, as you mentioned, other brands don't implement as much features as Olympus does. So, I ended up selling the R6, buying the 6Dii for family portraits and astro, but also I got the em1 iii which is my main camera. Best of both worlds😅. I am actually thinking about selling the Canon stuff completely... Chris has a video with astrophotography. Stunning images! Have you been able to shoot an astro photo like that yet? How often do you Go out and do astro photography? Does the amount of time you shoot astro justify the Investment? If you like macro, why switch system? Olympus is great for that! I had the Canon EF 100mm 2.8 L macro lens, certainly not the worst macro lens in the market, but I still prefer the Olympus 60mm. Are you sure the Nikon is a good camera for birds? I don't know any bird photographer using Nikon. Maybe Canon would be a better choice for that? Do you know mpb? Why don't you order a camera and a lens which you are really interested in, try it out, compare, and then decide? You won't waste money that way.

[@Stuffed007]

just bought a em1 mii and a sigma 56mm 1.4 wish Id moved to mft sooner unbelievable system

[@vermis8344]

I've been hearing 'M43 is dead' ever since I started listening to online camera chatter. That kind of gumph stopped impressing me when I moved past 'Sega vs Nintendo' in the 90s. 🥱 In the meantime I'll keep taking photos with my five M43 cameras, thanks.* I only wish grey haired youtubers (and their attractive wives) would stop trying to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. * Wait, five? Yeah, five. When... how did I end up with five!?