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Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus launched the OM-D E-M5 Mark III camera with a specific purpose in to create a Micro Four Thirds camera for advanced enthusiast and professional photographers who prefer a smaller, yet very powerful mirrorless camera. The E-M5 Mark III is a true system camera for those who demand the best in cameras, lenses, and image quality.
Darrell Young and Jim Johnson’s Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III explores the features and capabilities of the camera in a way that far surpasses the user's manual. It is designed to guide readers through the camera’s features with step-by-step setting adjustments; color illustrations; and detailed how, when, and why explanations for each option. Every button, dial, switch, lever, and menu configuration setting is explored in a user-friendly manner, with suggestions for setup according to various shooting styles.
The authors’ friendly and informative writing style allows readers to easily follow directions while feeling as if a friend dropped in to share his knowledge. The learning experience for new E-M5 III users goes beyond just the camera itself and covers basic photography technique.
Darrell Young and Jim Johnson’s Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III explores the features and capabilities of the camera in a way that far surpasses the user's manual. It is designed to guide readers through the camera’s features with step-by-step setting adjustments; color illustrations; and detailed how, when, and why explanations for each option. Every button, dial, switch, lever, and menu configuration setting is explored in a user-friendly manner, with suggestions for setup according to various shooting styles.
The authors’ friendly and informative writing style allows readers to easily follow directions while feeling as if a friend dropped in to share his knowledge. The learning experience for new E-M5 III users goes beyond just the camera itself and covers basic photography technique.
565 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 28, 2021
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January 10, 2022
Some background: I've been a serious photo buff since 1961 when I picked up a friend of my father's at the DC airport. His son arrived with an advanced Nikon rangefinder and when I asked about the numbers on the camera I got a pretty full explanation and was hooked! Over the years, many courses, lots of darkroom work and in 2004 moved to digital and it re-inspired the creative process.
I stayed with Canon but a couple of years ago I returned from a club photo trip and realized I was lugging 60 pounds of gear between 2 cameras (full frame and APS-C) and associated lenses. I had been reading about a new format from Olympus and Panasonic called "Micro Four Thirds", essentially half frame cameras but with fairly high resolution in a "mirrorless" configuration. Given that the gear was substantially smaller and lighter and yet produced excellent results I was happy to make the switch. I began to favor the Olympus so when the OM-D E-M5 Mark III became available, I sold the Panasonic and M-10 Olympus and used the proceeds to acquire one.
Since it is a very capable and complicated machine, I knew I would need a guide of some type and had been happier with previous books in this series and figured one would be along shortly. Due to Covid, supply chain issues, Olympus reorganization etc. etc. it took 18 months after the introduction of the camera for this book to finally arrive. The authors notes the delay with a semi-apology in the beginning.
To give you an idea of the need for this type of assistance, the last chapter on Set-up runs 10 pages. The prior chapter on customization runs 195 pages! Basically, the camera lets you do a lot of things internally that one normally does post edit on a computer. It also has some specialized functions that you may find helpful. One very helpful bit is that the author tells you how he has various functions set and since his photographic habits are similar to mine I found that of interest. (And note that many of them he leaves at the factory setting.)
I enjoy taking bracketed photographs of varying exposure to produce High Dynamic Range photos by merging them on the computer. This lets the camera record a wider range from shadows to highlights that is more akin to the human eye. This camera lets one set it up automatically - how many shots, how much variance, etc. as the book describes. That is all I need but the book goes on to describe bracketing of other parameters such as ISO, white balance, focus points, etc. Might be fun to experiment but probably a bit too set in my ways. Still nice to know it is all there. Lots of information on video and wifi/bluetooth settings which I am not inclined to use but I know many are.
Generally, very happy that the book is finally here. My only criticisms is that it tends to be repetitive - not the author's fault, just many ways to do a single task. Sort of like Lightroom and Photoshop programs. Also found that the screen shots of the camera menus can be a bit difficult to read due to their small size but I suppose making them larger would have taken the already weighty 562 page tome to 1,000+! Just a side note, don't go looking for Appendix A and B like I did. I missed the note in the front that those are available online and deal primarily with button function reassignment. Not on my list but their are a lot of "back button focusing" fans out there.
The book will certainly help you get a lot more out of the photographic marvel that is the M5 Mark III!
I stayed with Canon but a couple of years ago I returned from a club photo trip and realized I was lugging 60 pounds of gear between 2 cameras (full frame and APS-C) and associated lenses. I had been reading about a new format from Olympus and Panasonic called "Micro Four Thirds", essentially half frame cameras but with fairly high resolution in a "mirrorless" configuration. Given that the gear was substantially smaller and lighter and yet produced excellent results I was happy to make the switch. I began to favor the Olympus so when the OM-D E-M5 Mark III became available, I sold the Panasonic and M-10 Olympus and used the proceeds to acquire one.
Since it is a very capable and complicated machine, I knew I would need a guide of some type and had been happier with previous books in this series and figured one would be along shortly. Due to Covid, supply chain issues, Olympus reorganization etc. etc. it took 18 months after the introduction of the camera for this book to finally arrive. The authors notes the delay with a semi-apology in the beginning.
To give you an idea of the need for this type of assistance, the last chapter on Set-up runs 10 pages. The prior chapter on customization runs 195 pages! Basically, the camera lets you do a lot of things internally that one normally does post edit on a computer. It also has some specialized functions that you may find helpful. One very helpful bit is that the author tells you how he has various functions set and since his photographic habits are similar to mine I found that of interest. (And note that many of them he leaves at the factory setting.)
I enjoy taking bracketed photographs of varying exposure to produce High Dynamic Range photos by merging them on the computer. This lets the camera record a wider range from shadows to highlights that is more akin to the human eye. This camera lets one set it up automatically - how many shots, how much variance, etc. as the book describes. That is all I need but the book goes on to describe bracketing of other parameters such as ISO, white balance, focus points, etc. Might be fun to experiment but probably a bit too set in my ways. Still nice to know it is all there. Lots of information on video and wifi/bluetooth settings which I am not inclined to use but I know many are.
Generally, very happy that the book is finally here. My only criticisms is that it tends to be repetitive - not the author's fault, just many ways to do a single task. Sort of like Lightroom and Photoshop programs. Also found that the screen shots of the camera menus can be a bit difficult to read due to their small size but I suppose making them larger would have taken the already weighty 562 page tome to 1,000+! Just a side note, don't go looking for Appendix A and B like I did. I missed the note in the front that those are available online and deal primarily with button function reassignment. Not on my list but their are a lot of "back button focusing" fans out there.
The book will certainly help you get a lot more out of the photographic marvel that is the M5 Mark III!
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