OM SYSTEM OM-5 - Best Settings

[@jpsteiner2]

Thanks! I tried your recommended settings, but with slightly more contrast and saturation and used your ETTR recommendations (along with your guide on using the histogram). Very helpful!

[@ForsgardPeter]

Thank you very much. Glad it helped you.

[@Group51]

Thanks for selling your settings Peter. A great time saver. OM should enable custom modes via smartphone on all their cameras. To support people like you.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Glad those are helpful. Thanks for the support too.

[@roxyschiavone7076]

Thanks, Peter, very helpful. I just purchased the OM-5

[@ForsgardPeter]

Good choice!

[@Kunal0915]

Now that the prices have come down with the OM systems cashback, I am planning to buy this camera with the 12-45. Very helpful to have this video as a resource. Much better than going through a manual. Thanks Peter.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Glad this video helped you. OM-5 wioth the 12-45mm lens is a very good combo.

[@robertavery8002]

Hi Peter I have very recently purchased the OM5 with the 12-45mm f4 PRO lens here in England, as the package is now being heavily discounted during this month. Just for context, I am an amateur photographer who has been using M43 for many years, after deciding that the low weight and small size suited me for travel, street and ED photography. I have owned a number of Panasonic Lumix cameras, and more recently the GX9 coupled with small fast prime and zoom lenses has become my favourite 'go to' kit. However, unfortunately the GX9 lacks weather sealing, (often needed in the wet and windy UK) and so I decided to give the discounted OM5 a try, particularly after watching your 'First Impressions' video. Well, after using the OM5 for a week or so, and with your much appreciated help regarding best settings, I can see my GX9 now has some serious competition!!😀 So, many thanks for your very helpful and much appreciated videos and I look forward to seeing you in action again soon.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Glad to hear!

[@Tennisfan4Eva]

thanks Peter this is really helpful

[@ForsgardPeter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alvaro5162]

I still haven't decided if I prefer to have the exposure compensation on the front or rear wheel but knowing that I can reverse the functions seems great to me. 😄 Thank you very much Peter for giving us so much useful information 🥰

[@ForsgardPeter]

Good thing that it can be either one.

[@WhoIsSerafin]

You probably you use it far more than changing aperture, put in on the back wheel so you can keep your finger on the shutter

[@S3mj0n]

Thanks so much for this video. I'm really thinking about buying a OM-5 after looking for weather sealed M43. First thought about a EM-5 III, but used with a weather sealed lens it's only 200 less than a new OM-5 kit with the 12-45 pro with my corporate benefits code. Might also get the 17mm 1.8 and later, in a year or so, the 40-150 pro.

[@ForsgardPeter]

E- M5 Mark III is still a capable camera. OM-5 is agood choice with the 12-45mm lens. Adding a fast prime is a good idea. I hope you enjot photography with your OM-5.

[@chuchinette]

Tahnks so much for this detailed and precise tutorial. That's my first Olympus camera and have still a lot to learn. I've succeeded to set the manual focus but I didn't succeed to find out this function when using video. Is there a way to set some manual focus on videos ? Thanks for your attention and reply. best regards from Parma, Italy

[@ForsgardPeter]

You can do it from the video menu page. If you have a lens that has MF Clutch just use that.

[@chuchinette]

@@ForsgardPeter thanks a lot..I'm really a newbie...

[@ForsgardPeter]

Glad I could help. If you have more questions do not hesitate to answer.

[@odemata87]

How do you turn off the Self-Timer LED light when its counting down? Thank you for the video, also can you map one of the cross-pads to a picture profile?

[@ForsgardPeter]

Not sure you can turn it off. Have not found a setting that can do that.

[@odemata87]

@@ForsgardPeter yea I was told that using silent timer option that would stop the LED from going on, and it seemed to work but now using it once more the light still comes on. Truly weird

[@الرجل-المنقرد]

Hi peter can do best sething for vedio with pro lens

[@ForsgardPeter]

Unfortunately I do not have Olympus/OM SYSTEM pro lenses anymore.

[@nikolleouf]

Hello Peter! Thank you for your work and your videos. I have the first omd e-m5 since 2012 and would like to invest in a new case. Do you know if the face detection is as effective between the new OM-1 and the OM-5? I am not a professional, I practice photography only for leisure. Thank you very much and keep up the good work, Nikol

[@ForsgardPeter]

In my opinion OM-1 is slightly better. Both are quite good. It works best when using C-AF+Face Priority

[@nikolleouf]

@@ForsgardPeter I guess that in 11 years the cameras and IA must have evolved in the right direction 😅. Thank you for your answer and have a good day Peter.

[@FreddyRamonMonsalve]

Hello, how are you? I have the Om5 system and also the Omd5 Mark ll. I have compared the dynamic range of the two cameras and the noise at high iso and in low light and I can't understand why the Omd5 Mark ll still has a better dynamic range and better response to noise... I have tested both cameras with the 12-40 f/2.8 lens. I have used the same parameters on both cameras. It's incredible how the Omd5 Mark ll far surpasses it. Am I configuring the Om5 wrong..??? Is it a sensor problem?? Thank you very much.

[@ForsgardPeter]

I cannot reaslly say what the problem might be. In my test the difference was not really that big. OM-5 was slightly better. Did you have the same settings, exposure and ISO?

[@gerryphillipson]

Hi, Peter, many thanks for a very useful video and as a result I've got the OM 5 well set up with my own preferences. But I've a problem and having wandered the menu maize several times I can find no solution. Problem: When I take what I think will be single photo (S-AF) I frequently get six copies of the same image. I also find images taken when I lower the camera to look around for another shot. I've probably inadvertently set something wrongly. I'd be very grateful for you help. Stay well.

[@ForsgardPeter]

S-AF means single auto focus. You probably have Sequencial Shooting on.

[@ytr8989]

Is there any noticeable difference between lcd and EVF?

[@ForsgardPeter]

EVF is better quality, but both are usable.

[@robertkiss2350]

Is there a way to increase raw resolution more than 3200x2400? I keep getting that resolution and the manual tells that there are higher resolutions. The jpeg resolution works.

[@ForsgardPeter]

Where do you get that resolution? That is only 7,7Mpix?

[@HenryFalkner]

On December 3rd 2022, DP Review still does not list the OM System OM-5 release date. Photo Warehouse in Auckland, New Zealand does not list it at all.

[@ForsgardPeter]

The camera started shipping on Nov. 17th, and at the moment, it is out of stock in many places. Photo Warehouse in New Zealand has it in stock. I do not understand your comment. Did I miss understand something?

[@Group51]

I got mine last Saturday

[@Group51]

Just updated OM Workspace to latest version and it still doesn't work with macOS Ventura to connect to camera. So will have to try the iPhone app.

[@ForsgardPeter]

OM Workspace, iOS and updating firmware can sometimes be a bit hard. The security settings in iOS are quite strict. OI.Share is a better option. It has always worked better than OM Workspace.

[@eugeniophoto5723]

Hi Peter how can I create a new folder with om5 ? Thank you

[@ForsgardPeter]

It seems that it is not possible.

[@eugeniophoto5723]

Thank s again Peter

[@Sorennn94]

The camera seems to have problem wirh the white ballance.Evem though i keep it on Auto it is evem bery warm or even very cold.The transition takes too long to adjust

[@ForsgardPeter]

Turn off the Keep Warm color if you do not like the warm tones.

[@Sorennn94]

@@ForsgardPeter thank you Peter

[@Maikel.57]

Podria ser el vídeo en castellano?

[@WhoIsSerafin]

You could have just reposted your em5 mark 3, just kidding, sort of😂

[@ForsgardPeter]

Good one. EM-1 Mark III video could have also been reposted!

[@heleneclausse7714]

et allez ! de l'anglais, rien que en anglais, toujours en anglais, à nous français de faire la gymnastique intellectuelle pour comprendre ou choper quelques mots, ---- on se débrouillera , hein!!!!!!!!!!!!! les explications c'est pas fait pour les français !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! je suis en colère !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nikolleouf]

Tu peux utiliser la traduction automatique de KZbin. C'est simple comme bonjour 😉

[@heleneclausse7714]

@@nikolleouf tu parles , c'est écrit tout petit ! j'avoue que j'en ai vraiment marre de traduire et avoir à lire alors que les images me passent sous le nez pendant que je lis !!! non !!! un effort bon sang ! il n'y a pas que les anglais sur terre

[@heleneclausse7714]

@@nikolleouf ahahahah --- je suis bien obligée de connaitre !!!!!! vous avez vu la tradi/ écrite en tout petit ! "vite ! mes jumelles" !!!!! on se fout de nous

C'est bien français de se plaindre que le contenu n'est pas en français. KZbin est une plateforme internationale et l'anglais est la langue universelle. De plus l'auteur n'est ni français, ni anglais et c'est déjà bien d'avoir ce contenu en anglais plutot qu'en finlandais. Allez, un effort pour l'anglais ! En pratiquant cela deviendra beaucoup plus facile et vous permettra de découvrir un vaste monde d'informations.