High Resolution Shot Explained | Expert Guide From OM SYSTEM Ambassador Moises Cugat

OM SYSTEM's High Resolution Shot Mode allows photographers to capture incredibly detailed images up to 80MP - the possibilities are endless. Here OM SYSTEM Ambassador Moises Cugat explains how this mode works, shares ideas for when you should use it, and demonstrates how to get the best results.
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[@ookiemand]

Great star tracker tip! I wish Olympus/ Lumix would develope a sensorshift based star tracker mode!

[@NigelPullen]

Great video and just the right length with all the info required.

[@SpudUna]

Appreciate these tips. Thanks

This "stars" hi-res trick is great, thanks .) It's basically doing the same as DSS (Deep Sky Stacker) stack from 12 images. Its way more simple but you also have no control of the process. DSS allows as many photos you want and you can use also dark frames to further reduce noise.

[@markypark]

I think that you have shared a fantastic idea to minimize star trails during long exposures via handheld high res on a tripod Moises! I know that many of us would appreciate more details regarding technique. I am unclear regarding how much of the horizon can be present before it affects the algorithm which is compensating for earth's rotation? If this could be shared in another video or as a blog entry on the OMDS site it would be so appreciated!

Hard to tell, you need to try that. The hi-res shot is blackbox, sometimes it works, sometimes not - and you get ghosts. Moving clouds or wind can make it way more challenging. You can always make a separate photo of the foreground (this time in tripod mode!) and just stitch layers together.

[@moisescugat3948]

Hello!! Ideally beter without any foreground (which would be blurred anyway), but a 10% is not a problem. The big problem is for example a small tree branch... anything that confuses the camera about what to align...

[@my2004rt]

Thank you. I can’t wait to try the high res mode on a tripod to capture the milkyway in a few weeks when there is a new moon phase.

[@stewartlogie]

Thanks for noting that you can (and often should) use hand held high res shot on a tripod. The high res shot modes are now tolerable in speed with the OM-1. I found prior cameras exasperatingly slow. I can rarely use these modes because there is usually something moving in the scene and that destroys the result - too bad.

[@wansonicful]

Thank you for this priceless tips. Can't wait to try this. 😍😍

[@RobinHartJones]

Thank you. I have never used high-res mode but now I will try it. I also sometimes photograph the Milky Way and did not realise it could be used for that.

[@dhwardphoto]

Brilliant tips! Thanks very much 👍🏻

[@MrTifoso31]

Thank you for the star picture tip 👍

[@Bewar3them00n]

Thanks for explaining this, this is one of the reasons I’m going to get an OM-1 (along with the weather sealing)

[@WhoIsSerafin]

I use it so much on my om5 with my laowa 6mm and crop it for that panoramic look.

[@stephencarmickle]

I didn’t realize it reduced noise too. That is a huge benefit to me, noise is my arch enemy.

[@moisescugat3948]

It is a photo stacking on camera. It reduces noise and increases dynamic range

[@catherinetremerryn]

Really useful talk, thank you.

[@fernandoescubos5388]

Gracias. Lo probaré la próxima semana en Los Monegros.

[@judylynncarter9423]

Truly remarkable "Deep Dive" into High Res mode!! The dynamic range and sharpness are reason alone enough to shoot in HR almost as 'standard'. The .jpg file isn't as 'flexible' to post process as is in RAW, but otherwise... Thank you Moises!!

[@EmilPozarphoto]

HR makes RAW as well

[@Pixeditor07]

@@EmilPozarphoto thank you. You’re correct, my apologies.

[@moisescugat3948]

Thanks so much!!

[@Pixeditor07]

There appears to be a ISO limit of 1600 when using AF Star and High Res Mode. Confirm please?

[@ConstanGarcia]

Gracias Moi por el apunte de la via laceta

[@ABCMO-bl5pi]

Thank you for this very useful video. I’m intrigued by the possibility of using the handheld option for High Resolution photography of the Milky Way. I have the OM-1 as well as many Olympus lenses, and a few years ago acquired the Olympus 12mm f/2.0 for photographing the Milky Way. For a variety of reasons, I haven’t been able to try that yet, but I would like to do so in about a week, weather permitting, when I’ll be at a relatively dark sky location. My question is, what shutter speed do you recommend? I’ll have the lens wide open at f/2.0, and I will probably start using an ISO of 1000, which is what Ben over on the Narrowband channel recommends for the OM-1 when doing astrophotography. Given these setting, should I use a shutter speed of 15 or so seconds in the handheld High Resolution mode, or something shorter? I realize the answer depends on how much star trailing one can tolerate and the shorter the shutter speed, hence the higher the ISO, the less star trailing there will be. What do you think would be the right balance here?

[@moisescugat3948]

I use to applu the rule of the 500 in the conservative side... anyway, it will be a long wait.... lots of photos

[@niklasmoeller]

Is the higher color accuracy and shadow details true for the HighRes mode in older models like the E-M1 Mark II as well?

[@henkpeter1755]

Yes, also E-M5III

[@moisescugat3948]

Any HRes mode is a stacking of photos... so yes. Absolutely

[@rsworden09]

The E-M5 Mark II only has Tripod Hi-Res. Will the idea of using Handheld Hi-Res on a tripod to simulate star tracking work with this model? If not directly, is there some modification of the technique that will work? Thank in advance.

[@moisescugat3948]

Noup... I am sorry.... it will not work with that mode.

[@albutt7132]

Would you recommend this mode for capturing meteors in the up coming Perseid meteor shower?

[@moisescugat3948]

Not at all... the meteors would not be properly rendered with the stacking most likely

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

Great video moises and youre absolutely right! The amount ofnnoise reduction and dynamic range is insane. That trick with the stars is very interesting. Would love to try it sometime but it would mean traveling long distances since i live in one of the countrys with the most light polution in the world😅

[@moisescugat3948]

Don't complain Guido!! Your country is awesome!!

[@GuidoVanDeWater]

@@moisescugat3948 please come back soon then 🙂🙏

[@user-vw6wr2wf4s]

At 2:25 is he holding an OM-1, as it looks very different from mine! I use hi-res, but have to go through the menu to enable. I agree on the benefits, but surely an OM Ambassador should be using the latest model to demonstrate?

[@wolfgangkiesewetter1492]

It looks like an OM-5

[@jsirkerp]

Eso de poder usar con tripode en modo handheld para las estrellas esta novedoso!

[@mogaman28]

0:55 Cuando he visto esa cámara y esos objetivos humedos... Se me ha caído el corazón al suelo.

[@moisescugat3948]

Yo la pmgo debajo del grifo para limpiarla.... no te preocupes

[@alanplatt888]

It sounds very impressive

[@moisescugat3948]

It is

[@sebastiandiao3004]

Thanks for sharing. One reason why I am seldomly using the High Res Shot, is that I don't get a RAW file out of it. I only get the High Res Jpg, what I deem a downside sometimes compared to a 16mp raw. Or do I do sth wrong? I use EM 5 II and EM 1 II, not the new OM cameras.

[@MrTifoso31]

You need to set it in the menu system that you want a raw file as well

[@sebastiandiao3004]

@@MrTifoso31 well, I know how to do it for the usual Jpg shots indeed. But I couldn't find this option for the High Res Shot. Are you sure that it exists in the older EM 5 II and EM 1 II? 🤔

[@MattParson]

Whenever I use hand held mode while shooting the Moon, Hi res shot always fails

[@EmilPozarphoto]

Moon moves..

[@oneeyedphotographer]

I have an E-M1x. In hand-held high resolution (this is one of the features I required when I bought it), it sometimes fails to composite, and leaves me with nothing. I also use a Lumix S1R which has a tripod-only high resolution mode. Whatever else happens, I get standard resolution shot. It also has a choice of compositing modes to deal with subject movement. I don't see a reason that Olympus/OM Systems cameras shouldn't also keep the first image. A standard resolution shot is better than no shot or a messed up composite.

[@vladimirkarphotography]

Olympus and OMS cameras keep the first shoot : you can find them on your card but you have to rename them to ORF

[@oneeyedphotographer]

@@vladimirkarphotography It happened to me two days ago, after compositing failed there was nothing the camera showed me in playback from the scene.

[@jean-michelbel4700]

Quand les paroles seront traduites en français on pourra y voir plus clair

[@OMSYSTEMCameras]

French Auto-Subtitles now added - hope this helps :-)

[@macjba3005]

No entiendo como por parte de OM Systems se cuida tan poco la comunidad hispano hablante. Todos los vídeos están en otros idiomas, pero es especialmente sangrante cuando el fotógrafo del vídeo es español y ni se molestan en grabar una versión en español de 4 minutos y medio, siendo además el segundo idioma más hablado del mundo.