What our cameras are capable of. CaliforniaPeggy and I shoot Olympus cameras and the same zoom lens.

[George McGovern]

Olympus makes cameras which are smaller, lighter, more portable and less expensive than many others. I shot Nikons for more than thirty years before discovering Olympus. If you might be considering Olympus let either of us know. We may talk your ear off though. Nah, just kidding.

Today's images are close—ups, including yes another flower. They show what these camera kits can do. You could say I'm in for a dime . . .

[Walleye]

1. Wow! That is amazing quality

[George McGovern]

2. Thanks Walleye. Olympus sells mirrorless four/thirds cameras. They don't quite compete with full--frame, but

the equipment is lighter, more portable, less expensive than many others and they produce jpegs right out of the camera of good quality. Not as good as full—frame Nikons or Canons, but not too shabby for what Olympus cameras are worth.

What do you shoot with?

[LoisB]

3. The clarity is amazing.

[George McGovern]

5. Thank You Lois!

[LoisB]

9. Let me know when someone creates a Lois-proof camera.

[George McGovern]

11. Ha Ha Well I'm not up on the camera technology . . .

alas perhaps you ought not get your hopes up . . .

[mitch96]

4. Love the depth of field on the flower.. Post processing soft ware? nt

[George McGovern]

7. Yessir. I work with an iMac which contains a program called OM Workspace,

into which I upload photos. I start there with post — processing and sometimes that's all an image will require. If not I go to a site called TouchRetouch for further processing. From there the photo gets re—saved to the desktop from which I finish with the iMac's native Preview. Pretty simple, not in a class like Lightroom, but at no cost.

[mitch96]

14. Is OM workspace the free software you can download if you buy a Oly camera? I got some photo software

when I got my Olympus OM-d
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[George McGovern]

16. Yes it is. Which camera do you have?

OM Workspace is a pretty neat program. Certainly not as great as lightroom, but more than adequate for my purposes. And cost —free.

Try out this link — OM Workspace Software Download

[mitch96]

22. My camera is a E-M10 III. I got it on a estate sale. I don't think the guy used it much as it looks brand new.

I have to get back into it as I've been lax with my photography. As of late I've been looking at different ways of composing photographs. I took a photo course at the local Arts Center but it did not fit my needs.
I recently saw a movie on the tv machine that had some great still shots. The stills were used to transitions in the story line.
The movie was kinda of "blah" but the stills were really neat. Contrasting shadows between light and dark on city buildings, Lots of leading line to the subject, perfect use of the rule of thirds and wonderful framing..
When I was a kid some 55 years ago I did some old school photography with my Miranda SLR.
Aperture, speed and Iso. I was pretty good with the technical stuff but sucked in my composition..
Life changed and I move on... Another hobby by the wayside..

mitch..

[George McGovern]

25. CaliforniaPeggy shoots an E-M10 III, I have an E-M10 II. With you we're in good company!

I also had an E-M1 Mark II. Great camera. Former flagship. With the E-M10 II too I could shoot both at events. Bought both used. TheE-M1 Mark II had an Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 Lens Pro to go with the E-M10 II and its 12—45 f/4.0 lens. Eventually I needed to let go either one or the other and decided to hold on to the E-M10 II. But it was okay because I have realized the smaller camera/lens produces pictures just about as good as the bigger, more expensive one. Plus, I got curious to find out the shutter count on the E-M10 II and learned how to get it off the internet. Turned out Olympus rated it for 100000 "actuations". Mine has more than 112000. And still going strong. Of all its features/settings I use the JPEG edit, by pushing down the OK button for the photo just taken, and the Digital—Converter most often.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Ah, thank you for posting these great images, my dear George!

Andy always said that the 4/3 cameras got images just as sharp and detailed as the full frame ones. That's been my experience too. They also enlarge very well. No loss in the exposure.

Anyway! Olympus makes great lenses! They don't advertise much since the camera division is a minor part of the whole industry. Their main focus is on medical supplies. Endoscopes, scopes for colonoscopies and upper endoscopies, and like that. These are medical grade; they have to be sharp and crisp. Their camera lenses follow from those in the quality.

I don't believe that I've taken any photos of very up close objects, alas. If I had, I would post them! Oh well . . .

[George McGovern]

8. Thanks Peggy. I used to take close--ups more often, but then didn't until now.

Who knows? Perhaps our experiences will influence someone else's . . .

[Tarzanrock]

10. Be careful.

The next step over from photography is astronomy. If you think that photography and cameras and camera lenses are expensive -- just wait until you move into astronomy for a hobby and deal with telescopes and telescope lenses.

[George McGovern]

12. Oh no problems Tarzanrock. I like staying right here. Besides I'm afraid of heights.

[usonian]

13. My SECOND SLR was an Olympus Pen FT. You can't beat that for small and light.

I gave it to my Mom, who took dazzling photos, manual focus, match-needle metering and all.

Contact me anytime you want to compare notes.

[George McGovern]

15. Good deal usonian. Yeah I used to have a Pen F. Great camera!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

17. I used a Pen FT.

Believe it or not, I used a half-frame Pen Ft to shoot portraits when I first moved to California in 1973. I worked for a company that shot baby portraits in the back of a mobile studio in a large stepvan. It was wild getting 72 shots to a roll, and the images blew up just fine to 8x10.

[George McGovern]

18. Ah memories. Sure I believe it Ross. Must have been fun! Did you like it there?

[Grumpy Old Guy]

19. LOL! I only lasted a week!

I think the owners were scammers. They would give photographers a week long "tryout" and then refuse to pay them for their time. I know my pics were good.

I got my own gear and worked for another studio for a year or so. I also shot a lot of Little League photos. It was good money at the time.

[bif]

20. I bought an Olympus when the digitals first came out.

Decent little camera. But I'm a Nikon person since forever. So I ended up buying a D7000. It's a bit dated but it still takes amazing photos. These days, most of my picture taking is with my iPhone. I use the pics mainly for reference photos for my painting.

[George McGovern]

21. Real Nice bif. My first digital was Nikon's D70 and it changed photography for me. Thanks!

A friend purchased his D7000 new and it's still going strong. If you've ever wondered how many shutter clicks you have accumulated, there are instructional videos on youtube. And
if you search google for finding shutter count on your camera there are articles to explain.

Since shooting Olympus the last couple of years I've found out my current camera is rated by Olympus for around 100000 "actuations". It's got now more than 112000!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

23. I started digital photography with a 2mp Olympus.

It was an amazing little camera with great color science. I wish I still had it, but my kid broke it.

[George McGovern]

24. Scammers scum. How'd you like shooting Little League? I'm thinking about that.

[TexLaProgressive]

26. I was a fan of Olympus 35mm film cameras

I admit I kind of became disgruntled when it became impossible to get a variety of film.

Also I wa never in pics of family and friends.

I think if I were to invest in digital cameras it would be Olympus, but I think that ship has sailed.

I do love viewing yours and Peggy's photos. Keep it up.👍