Setup tour for video on Olympus OM-D EM1 MKII
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- This is a walk-through on the settings I use for capturing motion with the Olympus OM-D EM1 MKII. Hopefully it will be useful to people stepping into the camera for the first time or for still photographers who want to start exploring the cameras capabilities for shooting motion video. (second upload corrected background audio levels)
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Hi Joseph, just a quick note to say thanks for all your hard work to create these videos, I have referred to them many times over the last 5 years. Your insights and expertise are incredibly valuable, thanks for sharing your vast knowledge of the Olympus system.
Great combination of settings. I would never have been able to figure out all these on my own. This is a huge help in my understanding of what this camera is capable of.
Some serious multiple rewatch will be required for me to grab a handle on my camera's video. Thanks for the leg up.
Just started doing video for our school. Ty for cutting down my learning curve a bit
Thanks Joe, you saved me once more (sound of my camera did not work on a crucial moment, I forgot the plugin power)
Thanks for this and all the other videos you have been producing. You have really helped me understand my camera much better which will directly help me be more creative.
The other night I was sitting on the balcony capturing still images of the moon in the clouds.
I selected manual mode.
As the clouds moved by the moon captured a video image.
The video was all black.
It’s as though the manual exposure settings for still images were overridden.
Hmmm …. strokes goatee.
Thanks, Joseph, appreciate the effort you put into this and I'll watch it a few times 👏
Wow! I’ve learnt so much about my settings from this one video. Thanks indeed Joseph. Now to have a little play.
More hands on time thankfor video
Glad to see someone else gets confused in menus
Really enjoying your videos, I’m just in the process of changing system to Olympus and find your advise excellent! Thanks...
Andrew Hemming Good to hear it’s a bit of help, good luck with the new system, I’m pretty sure you’ll love it
Excellent and much needed video. Your tutorials, particularly the set up videos, have been essential for me as I make the conversion from Canon to Olympus. In this video you highlight how one can set up the camera for taking videos. In particular you mentioned using the function lever as the switch from still photography to video. I've been trying that out but have become a bit confused. When in switch position 1 (still photography) I noticed that I can just hit the record button and the camera will begin recording video --- using the PASM mode that I was using for still pictures, and using the same exposure settings I had been using for still pictures. (Or at least that is the way it seems to me.) When I activate switch position 2 (video photography) I the camera leaps into the full video mode which if I had selected cin4K meant the exposure settings change drastically (ISO whatever I had in last video shot, Shutter at 1/48th, and aperture wide open ) This creates a problem though because the exposure settings are now a big mis-match to my previous still shot exposures and I find I need to rapidly crank the Shutter/Aperture dials to get a suitable image. How do you avoid this?.... Or alternatively, what is the advantage of using the function lever to go from still to video?.... It seems to me that any speed advantage is lost when I'm fumbling with the exposure settings upon making a change. (In other words, I might as well have just used the dial on the top of the camera.) Thanks for any advice you can provide..
Good overview. Exactly what I was looking for. Even more excited to upgrade from OMD EM5 M1. Just waiting on news/leaks on upcoming cameras. So many features, so many hybrid cameras to choose from, how does one decide in 2018...Sigh
Superb precise and very informative . Many thanks for making it
Very good set-up tips for video. I have just recently started using my EM! MkII for video, so these were helpful to me. I have now supported your channel. Cheers.
Thanks so much for another great tutorial! Your explanations are very clear and precise. I have an EM1ii and love it for stills, but I need to learn to shoot video. I’ve noticed that the aperture and shutter settings I use for stills don’t seem to translate well to video and I end up with dark clips. I also would like to be sure I can retain my video settings while jumping back and forth between video and still modes for things like hybrid portraits. Can you please do some more tutorials for those of us who are so video-challenged? Thanks again :)
Fabulous video on video Joe... thanks tons!!!
Lots of good info but the background music is very distracting and doesn't go with the video.
I really like your tutorials! I would like some tips on low light situasjons
Some great content here. Keep up the good work!
Great informative video as ever..Thankyou.
Thank you for this tutorial, super helpful!!
Thanks, very helpful; if I may make a little comment…lower the music, it is rather distracting. Still, very helpful video!
Thanks for bonus tip about White Balance. Could you please explain how to do proper manual White Balance in video mode? the front button works different than in photo mode. You can shut of Auto WB but I can't find the mode where I focus on a white or grey peace of paper to adjust.
Great tutorial. I will try your settings. But a little request, please take out the really bad/annoying background muzak, as it's really distracting, and isn't needed. It always seemed to get loudest when you were covering the more important aspects of setting up the already over complicated menu settings.
I actually remade this video without the music so if you need it again please look for the copy marked “updated”. Thanks!
@@JosephEllisPhotographer Hi Joseph, thanks for the reply. I went looking for the video, but I think you only updated the one which you talk about how you have your E-M1 set up for shooting stills. It was the video on setting up the E-M1 to shoot *video*, & not stills that I wanted to watch without the background music. Cheers!
Hi Joseph, really appreciate your delivery of these videos that you put up, really helpful, easy to understand. Could you recommend video editing software, I am slowly introducing some video work. Again, thanks for the clarity of your information!..Marty :)
Great video, thanks!
Great video. I am new to Olympus with the E-M1 MKIII. I am also new to videos with a DLSR. I noticed that the button labels on the EM1- MKII are different so this created some confusion for me. Could you post a comparison of the Function Buttons used in this video with the buttons on the EMI-MKIII? Also, how do you set up the card slots for Movie mode? Thanks.
great tips ....thank you for that ...!!!
the best for 4k video **** very clear **** I do love it
I have an Olympus OM-D E-M1 camera and am not happy with its
autofocus while recording video. It's so slow. My Nikon 1 V1 focuses 5 times
faster. Am I doing something wrong ? Should I switch „ON“ FULL- TIME AF ?
Your tutorials are very precise , and useful and it's a real pleasure to watch them.
Best regards !
If you have the EM1 MKI I’m not sure there is any improvement to be had but if you have the MKII with the addition of the firmware update from Spring/Summer 2019 the video AF has been highly improved. I use both CAF and single with a very high success now for run and fun projects.
@@JosephEllisPhotographer ,it's 100 % tru the auto focus in video production is so bad , I'm changing many settings in c af it's lost focus camera moving to subject my firmware is 3.0 , c af is useful only interview shoot or cut shoot not moving a slide camera.
Thank you!
I leaned a lot from your video, thank you very much. Now that the EM5 MKIII is out, does it have the same capabilities for shooting motion video? I'm considering to buy it because of its light weight; but I need a good camera to shoot ballroom dancers indoor.
It has excellent video capabilities the same, in fact, as the more expensive EM1MKIII and EM1X
Hi Joe, thank again for some much great quality information. Can I ask; on a UH2 SD card, at Cinema 4K, what size card would you recommend? Is biggest (i.e. 256(?)) always best and how long could I record for? Is there a cut off of 1/2 hour (like some Sony cameras)? Are there any cautions about filming for longer periods of time. Really appreciate any thoughts you can send my way.
Hi Roz, at the C4K setting your memory cards get used very quickly so the larger the better, I'd recommend 128GB as being a good trade off for price/size/performance.
Yes you'll have the 30 minute record limit no matter which settings you use since that's a limitation Olympus (and most others) impose on their cameras for what I'm told are tax reasons.
One tip I have for longer recordings is to try the regluar 4K mode instead of C4K, you'll get about twice the capacity in minutes you can record and I think it still looks pretty great.
As far as cards go, you definitely don't need UHSII cards to record video as any card with a minimum of 30MB/second will handle video with no fuss. I tend to shoot video to my 2nd card slot and as I explained in the video it's limited to UHS I anyway.
The last advice I can think of at the moment is that if you've never tried it, try shooting in the FLAT profile. You will need to add contrast after the fact but it's nice insurance in case you want to push the color/highlights/shadows after capture.
I hope that helps, let me know if anything else comes up!
Thanks you helped!
Hi Joe, I know you have a lot of experience with the EM1 MKII.
I own this camera and have an issue. Basically in mechanical shutter. I can take 50 60 100 photos and no problem. Then for some reason I take a photo, the screen and LCD goes black. When it did I removed the Lens, thinking the shutter jammed. But it was down and the sensor was visible. So I turned it off then back on and all good again. However I later realised after waiting when it goes black, it then shuts down. Turn it back on again and ok again. I have now set it to silent mode activated the beep and flash and use it in silent and all corrected. Have you heard this before. It seems to have appeared since 3.2 firmware was installed. Could SD card cause this. I am using 16GB slow version scan disk.
Your thoughts would be appreciated
this is still relevant to me. 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.
No to zebras, yes to audio levels during recording and the punch in is only available before recording. It's definitely not at the same level in terms of features as a Panasonic camera but the AF improvements in firmware 3.0 coupled with the IS are very well done for video.
@@JosephEllisPhotographer thank you for the reply and sharing. what do you think of the actual video image quality? 8bit/422 should look good. does it? nice colors? using either the flat or log400, does the footage grade well? would you use the video from a OM-D EM1mk2 for paid corporate video work?
@@smalltalk.productions9977 I do believe the camera is up to professional work for sure. I've used it successfully for corporate event work and interviews and it performed flawlessly. I tend to use it with the flat profile since I'd prefer not to spend extra time grading but then I can't claim to be an expert in that field either. If you're looking for an amazingly small rig that you can hand hold (no stabilzer needed) it's fantastic. The biggest downside for commercial work is the 30 min record limit if it's your main camera for a presentation etc.
@@JosephEllisPhotographer if after the 3.0 software update the hybrid autofocus is as good as described , then for corporate interviews and events in a small package, i remain interested. last question: are the camera's audio pre-amps good enough for pro interview audio or do you use a separate audio recorder? again, thanks for the sharing. i am an appreciative subscriber.
smalltalk.productions I don’t find the preamps you be bad but to be honest I’m almost always using an external recorder for final audio.
Today. Do you recommend the same settings? Thanks
Great video. A question I have is if it is possible to record more than 2 min continuous shooting at Cinema 4k? I have a UHS-2 card on slot 1 and my videos are always broken up in smaller 2 min video clips that I have to then Stoch together in post, which is very annoying when doing just a video of my kids playing around in the park.
I agree that is a pain, one tip I have is that you might try the standard 4K setting. The bit rate is 100Mbps instead of the (variable) 237 Mbps of C4K so you’ll get a lot more record time overall and each segment of a longer take will be 5-6 minutes instead of 2ish.
@@JosephEllisPhotographer thanks for the response and for the tip. So that's not really a way around it? I thought that it was something I had configured wrong. I never tried Panasonic cameras, but I heard that some of them can record up to 30 min continuously in 4k. Initially I was using a standard UHS-1 card and thought that was the reason for not getting more than 2 min of recording. I bought a faster UHS-2 card and had the same result. So apparently for filming in 4k I would have the same result with either card. But the UHS-2 card helps when shooting photos at 60 fps.
If it is true that Panasonic cameras can really film up to 30 min continuously in 4k, I'm a bit disappointed at Olympus for not doing the same. Not everyone wants to edit their videos when filming their kids playing basketball or a ballet recital... Looks like I will have to go back to using Full HD instead...
Well first, your camera is recording continuously since there is no gap between the files. Second the reason for the multiple 2 minute clips has to do with a file size limitation not the card your using and the Panasonic I have used work the exact same way. What a GH5 can do however is record for more than 30 minutes without stopping (but you will still have multiple files). Sorry I can’t be of more help.
@@JosephEllisPhotographer You actually helped a lot. I now understand it is a file limitation and not a camera issue. Thanks for the info. Really like your content.
I will definitely change now for the normal 100 Mbps when filming 4K, as you suggested.
I just wish the camera manufacturers offered a simple solution for stitching all videos in one file for computer playback. Would make life much easier for consumers just interested in film simple life events in the best quality possible, without the need of third party software.
I never had that issue with Full HD with my original E-M5, but again, I think I never filmed long enough to create a single 4GB file. It is a big leap going from Full HD to 4K.
Cheers!
Thanks for a good video👍
Do you know what Stettings i get when i hit the red bottom in stills. mode?
Ulf Lundh It will by default just start making a movie with whatever settings you currently have set for stills. Usually not too useful for me since typically I have the camera set up very differently for stills rather than video.
Oh and when you say using a shotgun mic over your shoulder ... is that attached to your gimbal?
Hi Roz, when I'm recording in my studio I have a shotgun mic over my head which is either attached to a second camera for an overhead angle or I have it plugged into a recorder like the LSP4. Then when I'm assembling the video I'll use that sound instead of the sound from my main camera angle. If I'm working at an event I'll have the shotgun mic in the hotshoe of my EM1.2 which I might have on a gimbal or a tripod. Keep mind the primary sound for a wedding usually still comes from lav mics. I hope that helps!
@@JosephEllisPhotographer Thanks So much for replying ... make total sense :O)
Hi Joseph, just wondering how you can control the exposure compensation when in manual mode?
You cannot. In M mode the Exp Comp does not work.
So can you take a sample exposure of an area in your composition to set for video as you would in a photo?
tonkatoytruck I set the custom white balance in a photo mode and then that is stored in one of those 3 presets and available in movie mode... at least that’s the best way I’ve found
When you are shooting slow motion (60p) in manual are you using 1/120 as your shutter speed?
Correct, you can of course vary that a bit and it will still work but double the frame rate is still the best advice for video.
Thank you for that. Do you really leave video noise filter to standard?
MrTifoso31 Yes, because I mainly work with the raw files for my clients I just use Lightroom for noise reduction as needed ( usually as an import preset).
Joseph Ellis sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough :)
There a noise filter setting dedicated for video mode. Actually I'm using the setting "low". But maybe in daylight it can even be turned completely off. I'll try that and let you know. Regards, Giuseppe
MrTifoso31 My bad I didn’t look at what video you posted under, yes I use low for video. Please let me know what you find out, I’d love to know if it’s an improvement.
Joseph Ellis Hi, it's me again ;)
Without scientific tests I find that noise filter "low" or "off" make no visual difference. The manual says this Setting is for high iso values. But they don't say which ISO setting it begins with. At c4k and ISO 3200 noise begins to be obvious but in a (for me) usuable way (with noise filter off). Higher than 3200 makes no sense in c4k as sharpness begins to get softer. One curiosity: at c4k you have a slow & fast setting. Do you know how to set the frame rate for slow motion? I only get the faster options and again the manual is useless here. Regards, Giuseppe
I know a lot of UA-camrs say "24 frames/sec." "It's more cinematic." however, the most pixels you can put on a FHD TV is 1920x1080 - 16:9. 4K, same ration. Nobody in all the world broadcasts TV at 24 FPS. USA and a handful of others broadcast 30 FPS. Everywhere else, it's 25 FPS.
Cinematographers use any different aspect ratios. If you don't shoot 16:9, then you must crop in post, or the video is letterboxed - black bands top and bottom.
The camera has one UHS-II slot. There is no point in using a UHS-II card in slot 2.
It requires UHS-I U3 cards for its maximum video spec. UHS-I cards are cheaper that UHS-II.
I have one camera that can definitely benefit from UHS-II card, it's a Panasonic GH5 which requires UHS-II V60 cards, but only for its maximum resolution and speed.
hi your video's are great can you consider us newbies and explain a little slower i can't follow your video's
Mike Cook - Note taken but I’ll also mention the written cliff notes are in the video description if that helps in figuring out the menus etc.
I think you have a lot of good information. I have watched 2 of your video's. Why do you have all of that annoying background music. It's distracting and really annoying. So I prolly won't watch anymore. Sorry it's not worth the headache.
My apologies Frank, I stopped using it after about 3-4 of my first videos. I thought it was a good idea at first but made the change after getting feedback from a few people.
Thank you. I will search your other video's :)