Basic Video Shooting Tips For Olympus OM-D Cameras

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Though I repeatedly mentioned I am not a videographer or cinematographer, I have received numerous requests for me to do a basic video shooting tips using Olympus OM-D cameras. I did work for Olympus before and I know a few things about the camera, so I thought why not share what I can, and I am sure some of the information may be useful. I am still learning when it comes to video shooting part but I have also gained some precious experience doing videos here in KZbin, and surely it has been quite different since the first video I made in June 2019, a year ago.
Basic video shooting tips:
1:14 Use Dedicated Movie Mode on the Mode Dial
2:48 Fn Lever as Shortcut for Movie Mode
4:17 Olympus Flat Profile or OM-LOG400
8:27 Movie Image Stabilization Mode 1 vs Mode 2
11:18 120FPS Slow Motion FHD
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[@robinwong]

Some updates on current situation in Malaysia (11 June 2020) The lockdown situation has improved and we are allowed to move about now. Also public filming and photography shooting are now no longer prohibited (they were specifically in the banned list of activities during lockdown). Hence you see some B-Rolls in this video being shot at public locations, and yes they made the video so much better. I have one or two more videos being shot from my tiny balcony, and I promise after that, we have more videos filmed in more interesting locations around Kuala Lumpur. I cannot wait to go out and shoot and share what I can with you beautiful people. Please do bear with me for a little bit longer.

[@lacijeszi309]

Thanks a lot!

[@davebellamy4867]

Still Robin, the view from your balcony is pretty cool!

[@dano5378]

I love your honesty,we need more of you in this world 😁

[@Smoothblue90]

Another tip is that when you have the mode dial set to movie mode and you press OK you can use the INFO button to toggle the super control panel to more of an old school camera settings menu. Another tip is that I use the lever on my Olympus cameras while in the photography modes to change between S-AF and C-AF. And when I have the mode dial in video mode. I have the lever programmed through the video menu, button dial lever, dial function, M so that with the lever down in position 1 the dials are ISO and FNo. And when the lever is up in position to the dials are Sutter and Mic Vol. (And since I don't use program mode for video I have the dials programmed for video P mode so both lever positions for the back dial are headphone volume, and the front dial to be microphone volume.) My normal video mode is manual, with the lever in position 1, so I can change the ISO with the rear dial and aperture with the front dial on the run.

[@romualdb5968]

Once again I learnt about my om-d e-m1 mark ii... Thanks to you Robin! :)

[@danielclifton4589]

Great video! A wonderful rundown on some of the video components of Olympus cameras. Thanks

[@taylorkong6556]

Really appreciate this video Robin! I had a ton of trouble trying to find the settings after the update last year.

[@4funboatin]

Thank you for wonderful tips you give.

[@robfj3414]

I've watched this video a few times, Robin. I keep referring back to it. Thank you thank you thank you!

[@babisarts3916]

Excellent video tutorial.Thanks my friend

[@garryneil753]

Very useful Robin!

[@mikewalker3800]

Great tip for us occasional videographers Robin. Used it yesterday, so quick and easy, thanks as usual for doing the hard yards so we can all benefit 👍. P.S the 120fps in FHD is great fun 😃.

[@stevieb7121]

Brilliant content. Thanks Robin!

[@motivatedoutdoors]

Just started using my E-M1 Mark II for video much more often. Glad I came across this video. Very helpful. Older video but still great.

[@Bakin]

Great tips Robin; although you may think these are basic tips they are still much appreciated!

[@StevesWeekender]

Thanks for these video tips Robin 👍👍, have an EM1m2, will try these settings out on the weekend 👌😎

[@umviajado7691]

Que vídeo incrível e maravilhoso muito obrigado 😊 pela sua ajuda e parabéns pelo o vídeo meu amigo 👏🏻👏🏻☺️

[@niay79]

I just get my EM-5 Mark 3, your video do great help for me.

[@pahenvideo]

Great! It'll help me when setting.

[@caigner]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@mariangroeneveld7401]

Hai Robin, I am also a basic video shooter so thanks for your tips, they are very welcome! I have the Olympus em5 markii and the videopossibilities are somewhat limited but fine for me. Keep up the goor work, greetings form The Netherlands!

[@Sunshineleroy]

Robin, very well done! Don't forget that on the LCD screen you can move the tab on the right into the screen to directly change movie settings. Again, thanks...

[@paulus6797]

Thank you so much! I' m sure that you will develop to one of the most advanced hybrid shooter! I hope that video will accompany you and your channel in a great Olympus-JIP-future!

[@Timepiece_modz]

Thank you!

[@smalltalk.productions9977]

thank you for the effort and the sharing. your vids are always informative. some video-centric questions: does the OM-D EM1mk2 have access to zebras? are the audio meters visible during recording? is there a way to expand the image to check focus during recording? thanks in advance. thumbs up.

[@Fotomensch]

Thanks for the video! And enjoy your coffee ;)

[@TeddyWandererCamera-Bear]

Thank you Robin I always find your videos interesting and informative. I have recently just purchased a second hand EM1 mark II ( only 1024 images captured ) its in really good condition and I thought I might have a go at video with it. I usually use my camcorder for video capture and not my cameras. I own Pen F ( I love it ) Original EM1 and I had the original EM5 until it died hence the new purchase of the EM1 mark II ; ) Thanks again Take care : ) Teddy

[@jasonp2906]

Great tips Robin! What about using A mode to record videos as a hack to enable auto ISO? I remember this was a workarounds for the EM5 III as it had no auto ISO in the video mode.

[@fabioarodrigues]

Thanks for the tips Robin. I didn't know how to turn on the OM-LOG400. Now, thanks to you, I know. I wonder why Olympus hides these useful features... When I was making the first movie ever of my kids egg hunting on Easter, with my EM-1 Mark II, I attached the Olympus EMA-1 microphone that I used to use with older E-M5 and Pen E-PM2 for better audio and, when went to watch the video it was all mute. I went to investigate and the power to the microphone was disabled by default. I was soooo angry... I wonder why the team responsible for turning on and off these features makes always the worst decision on what critical features should be left on our off. Thankfully we have you and other great Olympus visionaries to help us.

[@RonnyR1977]

Great video. I know Robin, you love shooting photos but could you make a video on some advice about lenses to use for video? I have read that the 17mm 1.8 to start is a good lens for video but I didn't find much on the other oly lens for video.

[@caricestone9707]

My fiance just got this camera for my birthday and was totally thrown off when you said Happy Birthday Keri. I guess thats destiny haha thank you for this video!

[@gelulache]

Thank you.

[@RikSchuffelen]

Thanks for the video Robin! Any change the flat image profile for video will come to the M10 mark 3 with a firmware update or any advice to get a more flat looking image on the m10, for example with highlight and shadow control?

[@SzymonPytel]

Thx for great tips. I just wonder is there zebra function i video mode like in stills?

[@spanksen]

Thank you so much for this useful Video Robin. One Question, when i shoot in 120p Slow Motion Mode, which Shutterspeed must i use in the Camera? 240? And if i want to mix a Video with Normal 1080p Footage with Slomo 120p Footage, what are the best Settings? 1080p 60fps and 240 Shutterspeed?

[@davebellamy4867]

3:15 I like that explanation Robin! The function lever looked a bit odd to me because it surrounds the AEL/AFL button. It implies that is connected to those functions - but it isn't then!

[@johnallen3423]

Thanks..Is the exposure compensation dial useful to control brightness?

[@hauke3644]

Thanks for your tipps! Only for the first one I have a question: Is there any possibility to enable auto-iso in video mode? I like to use that (in combination with an ND filter, if necessary) to set my video exposure, because I want to set the aperture according to the desired depth of field and the shutter to obey the 180° rule, so there is only iso left for automatic exposure adjustment. In M mode that is possible with my OM-D cameras, but not in video mode. About flat and log profiles: Since Olympus cameras only allow 8-bit recording, at least in theory, these profiles could lead to banding effects when the contrast of the scene is enhanced too much. So in these cases (and only then) using natural profile might be better.

[@JoseRamirez-cd7ge]

Hi Robin, Thank you. But have you something for OMD EM5 MII ?

[@raphotopeck5536]

I would love to see Olympus add 400fps slow motion video. Nikon had it in their V1 camera. Great for action, lots of fun.

[@kevinmahoney2400]

Thx so much Robin for the mode dial info....when I would go from photo to vid mode ( by pressing the red button to get a quick clip) my exposure would be all white.and overexposed. I'll try this tonight...and thanks again ( btw I'm using omd em1x) guys, how do I get to the flat mode setting via the menu system? TIA peace.

[@edwardtsui4115]

Thanks Robin. Talking about video during lockdown period, is there any method of using an Olympus camera as a webcam for video conferencing such as ZOOM? I know we can buy a hardware converter, but it costs too much.

[@MarcusRow]

hi Robin, thank you so much for making this video, just curious as to how I get the Flat Profile on my EM-5 Mk 3, since from following your instruction (where I believe you demo it on an EM-1), after setting Picture Mode to 'on', when I subsequently open the Super Control panel, I can't change the Picture Mode to anything except what's already displayed - it looks the same as in your video at 10:57

[@MLee-vcrr]

Good video. I would like to know if there is any way to record single video files? Vers. 3.0 was a major selling point for me but no reviewers mentioned that files have to be "stitched" together later in post from 2GB files( NO, it's not my SD cards). I also noticed that even when recording in C4K, the bit rate is no where near 237Mbps, it's more like 100Mbps average. Perhaps Olympus can address this in a future firmware update? Overall I'm happy with camera but I wouldn't have made a purchase if I had known about these limitations. Keep up the good work!

[@lewis4964]

Dear all, I'm using EM5 M3 (love it so so much) may I get some opinion from you guys, if I using Gimbal Stabilizer like DJI with my EM5 M3 to shooting video, which Stablilization mode should I use is the better one. THANK YOU ^^

[@AerialLensVideo]

THANK YOU SO MUCH - I have only the M5 Mark II but most of these settings could be found - Yay! However, why does the MovieMovie change my focal length? For example, I have the Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 set for 7mm, but the image tells me it is narrower, at 9mm. Why? How can I get the full 7mm? This happens in any movie resolution it seems. I am confused why the lens view is narrower than desired. Oh, and I cannot seem to overide "Auto ISO."

[@mayadoesfitness6960]

Oooo! Really tempted to get an Olympus camera now 🙈🙈🙈

[@robinwong]

Any camera is a good camera! But you do need a good tripod for vlogging purpose. Consider upgrading that tripod first!

[@mayadoesfitness6960]

Robin Wong that DAMN tripod! 🤣

[@39zack]

Was the video stabilization tests with you just holding the camera with one hand? What you use for the grading? The Olympus log file and DaVinci?

[@Smoothblue90]

One more tip. With the Olympus M1 Mark II, and maybe other Olympus cameras. There's a secret menu that's difficult to find. Named audio record settings. You get to it by pressing menu, video menu, movie with the little microphone symbol, on, then a little drop down box opens up that says off and on, and there's an arrow to the right when that drop down menu highlight is at on, if you press your right d-pad that goes to your audio record settings menu.

[@tomfenn7149]

It's exactly this which really annoys me (and thousands of others) about an otherwise brilliant camera system, the really difficult to navigate especially when in a hurry, menu system. I really do hope the new owners of Olympus address this somehow without removing the versatility of the device.

[@SKIDSnSTUFF]

@@tomfenn7149 pressing the arrow on the right side of the touch screen takes you instantly to microphone level adjustment.

[@joankauai]

Hi Robin, thank you for the video. Is there any way to request Olympus to provide the USB synchronization for the LS-P4 recorder similar to that with the LS-100 recorder? Thanks

[@Chris-Brown-]

Can you impart any knowledge about noise filter, aperture and iso specifically for video

[@pollyculturetravel429]

Hello @Robin Wong, I am big fan of your videos and proud owner of OMD EM-10 Mark II. Here in the EU we have a video camera tax law which leads to the European version of Olympus cameras haveing a Movie reccord limit of 29 minutes. This limit does not fit my needs to reccord 1 hour long videos with my EM-10. Can you tell me a workaround on how to reccord longer videos. I cannot go and press the reccord button every 29 minutes, ad it doesn't make second movie clip after te first is done. No problem to have separated videos. I just need full coverage of the whole reccording session. Thank you in advance.

[@nikinsolanki1230]

Thank you for the video, it's useful but I'm using olympus om d em1 m ii , video with c af , it's not work good always lost af,at time camera moving to the subject. Any solution / settings to my camera I'm sharing lot of questions for af em1 mii in video but not give any answer for final solution ,I have firmware 3.0

[@johnkirk1465]

Is it possible in video review to see shutter speed, bitrate and other user variables displayed, as is standard for stills? I'm often seeing only fps and file size, and 'no lens information' or 'no camera information'. Thanks

[@DonSaeKang]

Can you set the C1, C2 and C3 with video setting?

[@andreamancuso4626]

Hi Robin, thanks for this great tips as always! Really important and well explained :) Just one note: at 11:42 seems that only em1mk3, em5mk3 and em1X has 120fps, but if i remember well even the e-m10 mark 3 has the 120fps slow motion, or am i wrong ?

[@robinwong]

I meant 120FPS slow motion capture at Full HD 1080p resolution. Sorry I should have been more precise.

[@davebellamy4867]

Ha! I just got a Fujifilm camera advert in the middle of this video with the glamorous young lady and her Fuji camera.🤣

[@hansmeyer2591]

What video editor do you use? I’ve switched to LumaFusion on iPad Pro and I’ve found that color grading without using a LUT leaves something to be desired. Unfortunately Olympus’s LOG LUT doesn’t look good in LumaFusion.

[@CARLIERPETIT]

Are the OM log 400 profile available in Omd em5 mark iii body ?

[@michelgomez1298]

Good afternoon Robin, I would like to make an inquiry. I would like to use an external Ninja V recorder with my Olympus EM1 MarkII and I would like to know if the camera output is 4: 2: 2 8 bit or 4: 2: 2 10 bit. The information is quite confusing. Many thanks.

[@esmpmedia8586]

Hey Robin, just got my brand new M1 Mark iii. Started shootings video with video dial in correctly. But I start noticing some constat ambien noise like continous shutter noice in the background and it audible in the video as well. Just wondering if you happen to have any idea what might have contributed to that. Thanks. !

[@PlasticPhantom]

Using my EM10 Mark II, my channel does toy reviews and all videos done with my camera. Unfortunately, my camera model record under mov format so i need an app to convert it to mp4 format. If I record with my speech it is good. But if I record video on front facing like Robin does here, which is further away from camera, it will capture other sounds too. Sadly i think my camera have no microphone port plugin. Not sure if wireless/bluetooth mic can be set? Hmmm...

[@majin9359]

Sorry, brother. What lenses do you use?

[@LeoMaverick]

Hey Wong. You mentioned the LUTs LOG-400... I didn't found them at Olympus website... Could you send me the link?

[@braids1272]

Hi there! I have an OM-D E-M1 and I couldn't find the Video Menu for setting the OM-Log400 :( (specifically, I can't find where to switch on Picture Mode)

[@ProRace1]

In E-M10 Mark III theres no crop between MS-1 vs MS-2

[@leolexx5652]

I need help , ​​my Olympus OM-D m5 markiii profile does not have FLAt video recording or om log. How do I get them?

[@jekl2]

Hi Robin! My old M10 allows me to take stills while filming. But it does not seem work on my new M1 ii. Am I missing something? A hidden setting? I find this to be very useful sometimes. Any help on this topic would be very appreciated. I have googled this to no avail.

[@jekl2]

Just got an answer from Olympus support. It is NOT possible on M1 ii. They suggest I film in 4K, and pull stills from the movie.

[@StuartCorlett]

My EM5II only will record 5 seconds of video at a time, Where is the setting for this?

[@Smoothblue90]

Good video. I just bought you a cup of coffee through your PayPal link. It was very easy to do. I appreciate your content. I have an M5 Mark II and an M1 Mark II. If you go to my channel the last few videos taken of cars on the street were taken with my M1 Mark II. With a Panasonic 12 to 35mm 2.8 lens, and a Shure VP 83 shotgun microphone.

[@ronyap65]

Hi Robin, great video & thanks for the tips. However, I think Olympus should put the camera into proper video mode regardless of the mode the camera is in. If the P/A/M does nothing to the video, then why don’t Olympus switch the camera to video mode and negate human error? Do it via software - should be a easy fix to the firmware