OM Digi Converter
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- Alright so whilst out shooting in India I found the digital teleconverter option for the OM-1. After reading a lot of quite negative reviews I decided to test it thoroughly for myself, in the field with real subjects. And you know what my findings were surprisingly good. So here's my complete field guide for using it with do's and don'ts. As always please watch it through as there are lots of general hints and tips for your photography included too.
I will happily answer polite questions so feel free to stick then in the comments.
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Thanks for your great presentation. Much appreciated Andy.
My pleasure!
An excellent and surprising video covering all the bases. Important to watch it in full.
Glad you enjoyed it
Wow! that was so enthusiastic - entertaining and informative - brilliant thank you !!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video and great information. Guilty of not even looking at the digital converter, assumed it would not be of any use. Now i will have to go out and give it a try. Thanks Andy for your expertise.
We’ll see if it suits you first matey but I can think of a certain grebe we could use it for!
I have used this function for years, works really well with the EM5ii and the 75-300mm mk2 that I used to have.
Fabulous results! Thank you! You have inspired me to try it on my 300F4. Hopefully going to the tropics soon and now I am convinced I must bring that lens! 2 for 1.
Have fun!
Thanks Andy, after watching this video, I tried it yesterday on my 300 f4 and was very impressed with the results.
Great to hear! That’s all I want for people to try this and see it for themselves. If some don’t like it then fine that’s personal choice. But I hate the slagging off from people online who have barely tried ti
Thanks for doing this video. It's a feature I've wondered about and if decent quality, provides and enhances opportunities. Well done.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Andy, I watched this video a few months back…I revisited it again today and I’m very happy that I did. I followed your guide and I am very happy with my bird photography adventure this morning. The results using the digital converter along with my 300mm f4 lens was spectacular. I’m looking forward to more adventures with it.😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks, Andy, for making this video. I am definitely going to try this out.:)
Cool!!
Great, great job, Andy. A very good and comprehensive tutorial. In today's time, when people seek shorter and faster content, this is a contrasting example of how to approach a topic, and it is truly worth my time to watch it. The reason for this because this presentation using live examples and it provides a deeper understanding of the topic. Many Olympus "ambassadors" have often claimed the opposite from your statement without providing any serious explanations WHY teleconverters should not be used. Due to factors such as speed or lack of knowledge, many of them often skip that crucial "WHY" shich is important for understanding any topic. Without that, it becomes a mechanical transmission of someone's "knowledge," which is not good, actually it is bad. That's why this video is different and fantastic, as it offers a comprehensive view. As a long-time Olympus user, I'm truly thrilled to have found this video and chanell. I hope you will handle other topics (focus stacking, live view, ND filters, etc.) related to OM1 that are interesting in the same way. Bravo. 👋👋👋
What a great video Andy, passionate as ever and your images are just superb illustrating your point brilliantly. I've used the x2dtc for many years now on various Olympus cameras and done enough back to back shots to realise it was worth trying out on many occasions. Hopefully your video will spur more people on to give it a go. Additionally I find it allows me to better compose those intimate images making any cropping I might do on raw files later easier. I also think that it allows better close control over the key subject exposure than would have been gained from say an off centre cropped image, if that explanation makes sense. Really looking forward to seeing your latest Tiger shots, all the best Phill.
Cool. My main reason as I said is simply quality of a interpolated cropped file on PS against the digi one
Great job Andy, really love the depth of this. I have the 100-400 (still waiting for the 150-400 from backorder) and the MC20. I had stopped using the MC20 with this lens unless I was in REALLY good light as the results were soft at the long end - perhaps not a surprise given the aperture restriction with the lens and tc combination, but in a side-by-side test on a static subject using the lens plus MC20 and the lens with no MC20 but digital tc on, the L-SF files were significantly sharper using the digital t/c. So, I have assigned this to one of the front buttons next to the lens on the OM1 and I have a new and very useful tool in my tool kit. Thank you SO much for this superb in-depth review.
Hey my pleasure and that’s where I have my quick button set
Thanks Andy I've just tried this tonight in the living room with a jigsaw box shot with the OM-1 40-150mm F2.8 Pro ISO25600 JPEG out of camera with no processing I'm impressed and can't wait to try out in better light and better subject.
Remember what I said, good light only!!!
I’ve used the digital converter before and always thought it was pretty good. I look forward to your results from your next trip.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for this Video, Andy. I have been preaching the value of the DTC (Digital Teleconverter) ever since I discovered it on my old Olympus E-M5 Mkl. I've been call derogatory names on popular forums for suggesting the value of it, and told that I don't know what I'm doing -- despite having been a professional photographer for 30 years. Having a pro photographer with your reputation and skill talk up the value of this feature, helps validate what I have said for years. I have beautiful large wildlife and floral prints on my studio walls (and have sold many) that were captured using the DTC. I have close up tiger portraits that you can count every hair on the tiger's nose, and Grizzly photos from Alaska where you can see stains on the bear's fangs.
I have my DTC Function programmed to my Video Button on my E-M1X -- as I am almost exclusively a stills photographer. I can easily toggle it on or off as needed.
A couple points I would ad to what you mentioned in the Video are:
First, assuming a composition where the subject is not in the center of the frame -- such as a small bird where the 'rule of thirds' is in play -- if you use the DTC rather than cropping in post, you are actually capturing your subject closer to the center of your lens, which is optically the sharpest part of any lens. Thus, the DTC tends to actually produce slightly sharper results than cropping in post, since it crops to the center.
Second, I have found the DTC to be insanely good for close-up/near macro photography -- even using it with macro lenses -- but especially handy with long lenses like the 100-400mm or 150-400mm. For example, shooting a butterfly on a flower where you can't or don't want to get too close, the DTC produces outstanding detail.
My advice to anyone would mirror what you emphasized about shooting in good light -- if one is not using a tripod, or if there is subject movement. At a FF equivalent FOV of 1600mm or 2000mm, steady hand holding becomes critical, as does subject movement -- so high shutter speeds are important. Too many photographers insist on hand holding, then get soft images and blame the lens or a function such as the DTC, when the problem lies with inadequate shutter speed or poor technique.
Thank again! P.S. I am a huge fan of your beautiful work.
Excellent reply and post!!!
Really informative video Andy. Will definitely have a try next time I'm out. 🙏👍
Have fun
Looking forward to trying this! Thanks a lot Andy!
Hope you enjoy it!!!
This video just made a new subscriber, very good. The part about using your arms as a brace, many years ago before any camera or lens stabilization I was shown how to use your body as a tripod.
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Thanks Andy, great insight. Will certainly give it a go, with the latest firmware
Yeah 100%!
What a refreshingly honest and up front video/tutorial. BRILLIANT! As a professional, now ex press photographer for the past 50yrs, you speak the lingo of the real world, not the dry bench test of so many reviewers. Although totally different in levels of articulating a point, you might well be the next turn to advisory voice as a replacement of the late and great David Thorpe (ex press)who was the first reviewer of m43 that I, as an old-school photographer, was made aware to the benefits of m43. I still shoot Nikon, although I do have a dog walking camera EM10 II and kit 14-150 lens and mainly shoot landscapes,macro and street (I’m 72) and occasional wildlife,kangaroo’s and birds. I liked your reference to how to hold a camera (no posing) and you refreshing valuation of shooting jpeg. So thanks for the tip re the in camera Tele converter and if I ever grow a set and make the move to OM1 I’ll certainly check out this feature. I’ve subscribed to your channel. Cheers.
Wow thanks Michael what a lovely thing to say. I am just saying what I believe in my cockney way! Hope you enjoy the channel lots on there!!
@@Wildmanrouse Some linguistics say the Aussie slang derived a lot of its formation from Cockney slang.Dogs eye n' dead horse😉🙃
I’m thrilled to bits with the idea of this and the fact you can put it on a button. Do you realise , I think, you are the first person to recommend it. Am goi g to go out and have a practice. Many thx Andy.
Yeah give it a go. It might not suit what you do but it might so you enjoy it and see!!
Brilliant video I’m currently a canon R6&7 shooter but looking to move to a stacked sensor and after hearing about the om-1 and specially with that 150-400 lens I’ve been getting tempted and your images and enthusiasm is really inspiring me to confidently make that change 👍👍👍
Well you must do what’s best for you. Bet in mind availability for lens is limited and it might be Upto a years wait. If you so make the change I have an OM-1 training course available. Best of luck and thanks for watching
It's also an incredibly expensive lens. I've diversified instead of going to one lens like that. The 40-150 f/2.8 Pro is pretty nice. It even comes with the 2x optical teleconvertor at times, for the same price as standalone. Those deals are pretty nice. This is my favorite lens next to the 12-100 f/4 Pro. For long reach, there's a 100-400, but it isn't int he pro line and doesn't have a constant aperture. With this in mind, it does have OIS that works somewhat well with IBIS, not as well as the Pro with OIS do mind you. I've rented one to try it out, and it did surprisingly well. This lens is significantly cheaper than the 150-400. So it might be worth looking into.
Yes, I was pleasantly surprised too, with the 40-150 pro 2.8. Using the mc20 will increase 2 stops and add extra weight (not by much though). Activated using the L-fn button on the lens which incidentally, is also available on the 150-400.
Yes I do know that as I was incidentally making a video on using it today for people to help them
How would you compare the 40-150 pro + DTC vs the 300 pro at 300 mm both. Im trying to justify myself for not spending the extra money on the 300
Love your enthusiasm❣️
Someone has to!
Since watched a few video including this one ive gone out early this morning and shot a few Springtime mating birds at a local park with the newly acquired Em1x mated to a Nikon 300mm pf f4. Strictly manual focus i was able to nailed sharp handheld photos at 1200mm f4!!! Thanks for sharing!
Perfect t
Great video. Such enthusiasm! Just tried this with pigeons on a tree in my garden and very impressed I tried a comparison of the 2x JPEG v the raw and agreed with your assessment, however I zoomed the raw 2x and then applied the new 'denoise' in the lates LR and to me it looked somewhat sharper and more detailed than the JPEG, so the jury is out for me. I will be doing more tests before I make the jump..
It’s a tool to use when you need it. Not a defacto you must use it. So there are many approaches. I did a video on the new nouse reduction too
Thanks Andy, very helpful.
Glad to help
Great advice, I will give it a go.
Great video!! Like many others, I dismissed this feature until recently. With a sharp lens, it can give results that are close to a physical teleconverter. And I have been finding it *fun* to use, even when the results are not much different visually than cropping. And even with less sharp lenses, such as the 75-300, it can still work excellently so long as one is not going for stuff very far away.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the heads-up on this. Will have a play with the 100-400. Cheers
Have fun!
Thank you for this. It looks like I will be re-organizing my custom #3, my buttons and perhaps a My setting.
Great!!!
I have found it to work best with the hires function activated as well. I guess that does not work for wildlife. I think that all the extra information is there in the raw files, but I figure the camera does a better job of sorting out the best processing.
Thanks very much for this very informative video….I have just been out with the budget 75-300 lens and even with that the results are impressive…I cropped in on the jpeg of a bird and the detail was amazing…thanks again
Glad it was helpful!
I had the digital tele converter assigned to a button on my em1 mk3, it's a brilliant option for extra reach for macro.
Nice
I have both the 1.4 and 2x converters having just moved to OM-1. I found this video really useful as I was using the digital converter with the 12-100 f4. I’m still working on that combination.
Glad it helped!
You know what...I'm inspired...It's already set up now...thanks Andy...
Have fun!
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hi andy first time watcher and commenter, i bought an olympus micro 4/3 camera just to be more compact , but what a massive camera it is , im continually finding new features , thanks for your great video
Welcome aboard!
Brilliant ,funny and informative.
Glad you enjoyed it
great video Andy; I used it for taking pictures of the moon in combination with high resolution mode handheld with 150-400 mm TC at 500 mm with great results
Thanks for your efforts Andy.
Pleasure
Thanks for this video. I am going to try the digital converter out on my E1 MarkIII and using the MC 14 with the 40-150 f2.8 lens. I already use the MC 14 on that lens
Sounds great!
Thank you for this detailed and honest review of this function. I hadn't even considered using it until I saw this video. I'm super excited to be able to get usable Jpeg files at 400mm equivalent FOV from my 12-100 PRO in the right situations with good light 🙂
Give it a go and see if it works for you
Just set my OM-1 with 300 f4 pro up C3. Well what can I say!! Brilliant Andy, COYI
Nice one! And COYI #moyesout
Fabulous video! I just spent the day with my newly discovered Digital Teleconverter. My thing is flowers & small things. I just got the Olympus 12-100 f4 Pro lens and found I'm mostly at the 100mm end for flowers. But now, I pop a button (I used the same button as you -- I used the upper one) and bang (!) I've got a 2X view of my image -- at the same resolution! Wow. I'm having a blast! (and I saved $$$ too -- I was eyeing Olympus's non-Pro 12-200 lens -- now I don't need it!)
Awesome!
Thanks! I needed this! 👌
Wow … couldn’t be more informative or passionate … off to sell a kidney to get OM1
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😳
Well put lol just ditched my R7 to get one lol 👍👍
😅😂😂😂
Absolutely brilliant ! Complete amateur here who's looking at the OM systems, love wildlife.. Glad I've found your post, You're a breath of fresh air 😅. Going to buy the OM 1 but unsure what lense, probably the 300 but need to sell my other kit first... Poser 😂😂😂😂
The proof is in the pudding as they say. Vital that folks listen to what you're saying about jpegs, get it right and it can be great! One of the very best videos I've seen which demonstrates perfectly the difference between Raw and jpeg. Andy remember the book you did many years ago about RAW, seems like a lifetime ago lol. Cheers.
Thanks so much and yes all I seek is to stop the geeks dominating photography and bring it back to the pros as we use this stuff everyday. And yes that book is donkeys years old!!!
Great Tip. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
brilliant will try.... you can always tell when a pro is talking compared to an equipment vlogger
Thanks a ton
Really informative video and delivered with passion. Subbed and looking forward to more for my OM-1. I’m a Utd fan but not the London one :). Mal
Noooooooooooo!!! That’s ok just give us a forward and we will cal it quits!
I've attached it to the lens Fn button on the 12-100 F/4 I just got. Looking forward to giving it a whirl with my EM1 MkII. Cheers Andy.
Very helpful! Thank you very much 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Andy - more like this please ;-)
More to come!
Awesome. I just tried this yesterday on a Bald Eagle nest that was 450 feet away on my 300/4 and was astonished at the results. I’d always dismissed “digital zoom” but this resulted in a couple of keepers!
Good stuff!
Brilliant Andy… did not realise the 2x image recorded to jpeg 👏🏻👏🏻
Me neither until I tried it so works sound
Great summary, I've used DTC on my age-old Olympus bodies EM1 and EPM2 and they were as sharp as my gear (14-150mm or 75-300mm lenses) would allow. An additional advantage for me is being able to see if I'm looking at a rock or a seal if it's really far😅
I’ve no idea E-PM2 has it as well.. , great~
The resolution with the digital teleconverter can be enhanced for stills by using the High Res feature on the OM-1. This will also reduces the noise!
Yeah I have just been trying that one. It's ok for one shot but the issue is the write time that makes it very impractical for wildlife that tends to move.
Great video after been shooting the canon R7 and realising how bad the rolling shutter is I’m now looking at a faster stacked sensor system and after initially looking towards a Nikon z8 when released paired with the z800 f6.3 I’m now looking at a smaller set up the Olympus with the 150-400 f4.5 set up for wildlife
Well I hope you find what suits you best and I thank you got your interest in my channel!
Friendly word of warning - the 150-400 is (apparently) a great piece of glass, but given its popularity with wildlife shooters pairing it with the OM1, there is a LONG wait for this lens - I am in the UK, ordered mine in February and it is expected in October. My advice if you do decide to switch is dont part with your existing gear until you have the lens. OM System have switched production of this lens to an new expanded facility in Taiwan, but there is a big backlog of orders and it will take time to fulfill them.
Agee fully 2X on OM-1 is great! Also works well with video and much better and faster than cropping in post. I used it for stills and video to shoot polar bears with 300/f4 and MC20 (300x2x2 =1200mm or full frame equivalent 2400mm!!!), hard to aim steady handheld but IBIS worked great (I posted it on UA-cam). The only downside for me is that jpg denoise is less efficient on jpg than raw, so need good light (and strong hands for handheld 😏)
I have used for years on my em10 iii, em1 ii, and om'5. If you have good light it's fabulous.
I recently added the Olympus 1.4x & 2.0x converters, never even thought of the digital converter. I also shoot fine JPEGs as standard as never really needed raw images for most of my end requirements. Just tested in on my EM-1 Mkiii - works brilliantly on the 90mm macro, the 100-400mm & the 40-150mm F4 Pro lens. Which can also use the 2 teleconverters in mentioned earlier.
Great video! Thanks!!❤
You are so welcome!
Tightly packed & useful info! I’ve got a pair of OM-1’s, and a 300/4 and a 100-400. I’m now anxious to try the dig-teleconvorter. Ages ago they were rubbish, but we both know that if anyone can do it, Olympus can. This the first of your videos I’ve found, but it won’t be the last. Can I donate?
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Great video Andy. Appreciate your passion and humour. I’ve just bought an OM-1 after two EM-1’s, a mark 1 and 2 and still finding my way around the camera. This is super useful. Many thanks. PS where do you publish your photos? Would like to see more.
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A great video, thank you. What about noise reduction (when it is needed)? Would you apply this in camera or let something like Topaz take care of it later?.
Personally I’d just let the camera sort it as from what I’ve seen it does a good enough job for my commercial images. But know I have not shot above iso 800 with this yet. But of course if you want to cut this down you can, just experiment and see what works for what you need to do
Andy, brilliant video, absolutely love your delivery. Also the images are amazing. Will definitely try this, only got the 12-40 2.8 and 40-150 f4 at the moment with my new OM1, will be trying it with the longer lens.
Do you do talks to camera clubs ? Would love to have you at ours in Essex.
I do yes!
And remember I'm a child of Essex!!
love the video i will have try this
Hope you enjoy
Hi, Andy I have custom 1 and 2 programmed to use for most of my photography, but to use the setting you recommend I have set it to custom 4 with access via a front button but it only works if the top dial is moved out of custom 1-4 such as Aperture priority is this the only quick way?
Not sure for me I just setup the camera as I wanted with the digi converter on, assigned that to a C mode then in button settings whacked it onto one of the little front buttons. I’m sure there are many solutions mine is not always the best
Absolutely beautiful! Just learning about wildlife in preparation for a safari in 2025 (hopefully). I have the OM-1. Does the new OM-1 mark ii offer more improvements for photographing large animals? Thank you.
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Hi Anddy, great video thanks very much, wonderful images too,
Great bit of info, just wondering if you had time one day you could do a video on how you edit your images I think that would be really interesting. All the best.
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I've used the I-Zoom feature on my Leica V-Lux 114 bridge camera and found it to work very well expanding the 25-400mm lens up to the 800mm equivalent IF you don't push the motor drive too hard. However, for my Lumix G9 more experienced shooters than me have advised this feature is best left to videos and not stills. Have you any feedback for your Lumix MFT cousins? Very interesting video by the way.
No I haven’t sorry. Some photographers have criticised this video of course because they don’t understand what I’m really saying about the use. It’s very specific but it works and I will use it where necessary. Anyway sorry I have not heard from any Lumix people on this. In life you make your own decisions about what works for you and what doesn’t. Experienced pros like me can advise from our pro standpoint but it’s Upto each photographer whether they use it or not
Fantastic video. Go the ammers
Irons!!
Hi Andy, you can set the Digital TC to a button. The symbol in the button menu looks like a magnifier with the words '2x'
Cool, thanks
I have set mine to a custom setting on the command dial
Thanks so much for the info, you have saved me loads of head scratching. The OM-1 is relatively new to me and I'm still digging deep into the computational stuff. I've assigned my x2 to the AF-ON button as it's next to my thumb position - should do the trick! Just loving this camera as I'm sure you are too.
Yes I use the Digital TC quite often on the OM-1 it's very useful but the only drawback is your depth of field is reduced.
Not a drawback for wildlife photography with the M43 as I would give anything to have less depth on the system
@Wildmanrouse it is when you shoot Insects and do lots of Macro photography I've still not used the photo stacking on the OM-1 yet.
The digital teleconverter does not reduce depth of field. Cropping an image does not reduce depth of field. Making a larger size print does not reduce depth of field. All of these things are equivalent.
Hi Andy, sorry about the Hammers 😦, Thanks for this very informative video. One question please, is it possible to fix focus (AF, etc) before activating the Digi Converter and then switch to it. Will the focus remain?
Up the Gunners Glyn
Andy, I am between getting the 40-150 f/2.8 pro using the dtc for birds in flight, do you think that would take me closer to what I would get with the 300 f/4 pro at the 300 range? Thank you
Toughie. Just remember it’s jpeg only so has limitations. Not great in low light. Raw is always better. My use is a strange one for publishing that doesn’t apply to most. 300 f4 great lens. You might be better 40-150 with external 1.4 then crop a little ?
Thanks for that Andy. I am now subscribed. I was put off using the dtc because in the EM1 III the file size was reduced or so I have been led to believe. Apparently Panasonic cameras have been producing excellent results with this feature for a no. of years.
I will test this out tomorrow using the Panasonic 35-100 f2.8 mark I as i am shooting a lot in woods currently and can absolutely live with 200mm as a focal length.
In order to avoid over sharpening on the raws I have been using -2 which allows lots of leeway. So will you also reduce contrast on the jpeg by a corresponding amount or just leave it at zero?
C’mon you Spurs!
Ps I have also assigned the digital teleconverter to a button.
Yeah reducing the contrast is a good shout I think !
Hi Andy great video. I was not a great fan of jpeg or the Digital two times converter, but your video has change that for me, a subscriber of my channel put me onto yours and I have mentioned you in my latest video hope that’s Ok.
All the best Mike 😎
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Great information Andy. I will give it a try for sure. I have one custom setting for static subject which I will update to have this digital teleconverter on. I have been using digital teleconverter on video and it does give 1.4x. For still does it give 2.0x or 1.4x? Anyhow, I guess I will find out myself later tonight. Cheers!!!
I think it’s 2x for stills but anyway it’s a lot closer so good luck!!!
Really great tip mate. I ran into situation where I need the reach and equip my 300mm F4 with MC20. I love the fact that I could still keep high shutter speed and for sure the image should come up nice and shaper comparing to using the MC20 converter. Look forward for more great tips from you!!!
Okay, to pot with all the G9ii hype, I'm gettin' me an OM-1.
great video Andy, do i have to have both RAW & Jpeg selected or can i have just RAW as normal but when using the converter it will automatically save a RAW & jpeg?
Nah you have to have raw plus jpeg selected else it won’t work
@@Wildmanrouse thanks tried it today over my local wetlands just downloading pics now thanks.
Hi Andy, can it replace the MC-20 teleconverter? Or does the teleconverter has advantages over the digital?
Thanks! Cheers from Portugal.
Well I don’t intend to use mine anymore. With care and precision big crops and re interpolation can easily yield fantastic results with the OM-1
Gave it a try on a whitethroat with my 300mm f4 ,nailed the shots then switched on the digital converter and it seemed to work well looking on the camera screen but for some reason lightroom will only import my raw files and hours of googling and youtube searching has not changed that ,never mind.
Yes that’s right I think as ACR does the same. So I changed photo mechanic to show the raw and jpeg separately and then could drag the jpeg in by itself
Of course this has been a feature in Olympus MFT cameras, in my case, since E-M5 (I notice it was in the E-PM1) as well as the Stylus 1 & I have used it a few times in the other models since, but I confess I haven't tried it with the OM-1 (yet). It is interesting you see an improvement in IS in OM-1 FW 1.4 since it is one of the things not specifically mentioned in the FW update details.
Anyhow, I'll try it with my 100-400 lens, so thanks for sharing this. I'm afraid the 'RAW file snobs' will dismiss it though. 😏
I've been saving RAW + JPEG ever since the days of using the E-520 DSLR & am strong on advocating getting the JPEG right & then any raw file editing is going to be needing less & easier to get the desired outcome.
They don’t worry me Ross as I’m a professional photographer and make my money from the quality of my work. To be that’s all the counts, image quality in the real world. I’ve inspired a lot to try this so that’s all I can hope to do else too many geeks get involved with real shooting.
@@Wildmanrouse And that's the most important part, but I was having a little dig at those that say "they only shoot raw". 😉
There was one occasion where I took my Stylus 1 (bought it some weeks after knocking back the E-M1 during bush fires here in NSW, which I got 6 months later) & I had accidently left DTC on & captured water hens (or coots) running across the lake. Thankfully, in that case, I also had the raw file & was able to extract a wider image with them better framed than what I had in the JPEG. Other times I have forgotten & left DTC on & ......., well you know, not the detail I wanted when editing the raw file.
Hi, great video good tips, I have a 70 - 140 Zuiko lens on my Olympus OM-D E-M1. This is equivalent to 140-600 on a 4 thirds camera with a 2 x magnify on the converter switched on does this take me to 280-1200mm ?
No it gives you the equivalent 280-560
Sorry typo should be 70-300mm Zuiko lens
WOW! Phenomenal video, Mr. Rouse! Might I make one suggestion, Sir? Less caffeine! I was exhausted after watching your amazing tutorial!
I present as I enjoy it as it must be for me. No one has ever complained about my enthusiasm so I don't apologise for it.
@@Wildmanrouse I wasn’t complaining, Sir! I wish I had half your energy and enthusiasm!
What a wonderful, useful video. I'll definitely be giving this a go on my next adventure. Andy, do you think that maybe you should consider trying decaffeinated tea? ;0) I hope you realize that this is “tongue in cheek.” Your style is not only refreshing in the land of boring “talking heads,” but it is encouragingly a “call to action.” Don’t change one single degree of enthusiasm you project.
Lots of people love the way I present and would rather me be positive than boring! But yes I was a little hyper that day!
Just an FYI for anyone interested. You don't have to get an expensive olympus camera for this to work. These past days I've been testing this feature on my EM10 (yes, the mark i), and I was amazed by the results. Of course, it'd be better to just shoot at the desired mm, but this was significantly better than cropping it, and I'm still scratching my head about it.
Apologies if anyone else has asked this question. I have tried taking a combination of Handheld Hires with my OM-1 and the Digital Telecon; and the good news is that both work in tandem. The big question for me is do they work 'cumulatively'? I think they do! For example: the .ORI (RAW) image is 17.9MB, the HHRES ORF (RAW) is 37.9MB, and the digitally teleconned JPEG is 19.7MB . . . . . which seems to imply that JPEG is derived from the HHRES image, and although the JPEG has raw processing applied the image is much sharper that the unprocessed RAW. I'm going to experiment with the JPEG settings, but think for static shots taken with the tripod hires mode in good light the results could be awesome!
Yeah understand that sorry it's above my pay grade. I use a disappointingly few features on any camera as am very very old school
Great video Andy! I also have an OM-1 and when shooting in LSF+Raw my jpegs are only 11.5MB and the .ORF are 23.5MB. You mentioned your files are 57MB… is that correct or am I doing something wrong?
Converted Tif files
@@Wildmanrouse thanks for clarifying
Great energy and clear information. I’d dismissed this feature, thinking it was a simple crop. I tested myself and yes it’s terrific. I’m thinking this is a compute function in the camera that uses the sensor shift to interpolate (like the HD shot) followed by an in camera crop. Do you have any idea if this is what’s going on? Anyway, for static subjects in good light it is a freebie. Best tip I’ve had in years. Thanks. Oh btw, I assigned mine directly to the lens function button. It’s so fast to toggle. I frame and focus in 1X and then ‘zoom’ with the lens button. It’s sort of addictive. Hammers, eh? Oh well …
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really loved this video mate, thanks for sharing, atb HansPetter
Thanks for saying more to come!
Thanks Andy for this tutorial on the digital TC in camera. I had used it before on stills for just the x2 magnify on the EVF showing all the focus points etc with only RAW output and never realised it could give the upscaled cropped JPEG output like you are showing. Why don't OMDS tell us this stuff! I found if only take RAW and you preview the digital TC RAW file in camera, it shows the crop frame and then you can do an in-camera RAW edit of the file to get the nice output JPEG file with the crop that is also upscaled. So it is possible if one is prepared to faff about with editing the RAW files using the camera preview / RAW edit feature to apply all the JPEG settings like sharpening after shooting in case you didn't quite get it right at the time of shooting. I kind of like the in camera RAW editing myself for one-offs and quick sharing but it might not be everyone's cup of teas especially if you have 100s of files to process!
Thanks Bill not for me but someone might find this really useful so hopefully someone will see it.
Hi Andy, I've only just bought my OM-1 and wasn't aware of this feature, so your guidance has been very helpful. A question - at the end of the day I might have 1000+ photos and used the Digi Converter on say 10 shots.I normally use raw files, so how do I quickly find the jpeg files where the converter's been used?
No easy way. I use photo mechanic and can just view without the combo of raw and jpeg but you gotta do it the hard way.
Ok, thanks
I often use one of these tricks to separate shots: a) shoot a blank before and/or after the sequence (point lens to ground or sky etc) b) use playback and record a message, then search for the wav file. I often use voice notes to remember settings, mark pano sequence etc.
@@ecosmidis thanks for the tips. I'll experiment and see what works for me
Andy will this work with the 40-150 f2.8 with a 2 X teleconverter as well?
Yep
Bravo c'est superbe, je m'abonne
Merci
Thanks Andy great tip aNd I wiLl now go and try it. You keep talking about 50mpx images - does that mean you shoot Hires hand held by default for all your wildife images? if so what about birds and moving wildlife? Or do you mean you export 50mpx tiff images?
Ahhh I talk about 50 mb which is the minimum size my agency wants for files. The world I live in is dominated by my keeping images to 50mb or 5050 pixels longest wide.
@@Wildmanrouse Sorry I meant 50mb - Ok so help me understand. My standard capture on the O-M1 is 5184 × 3888 which exports from PS as a 9.8mb .jpg file (or thereabouts depending on content of course)How do you get a 50mb file from that? Or is that 50mb .tiff?
Just something I forgot. Does the jpeg digital converter image have anything in its data to indicate it was taken with a digital converter? I can’t find anything. Thanks again.
Sorry no idea on this
my Sony A7R2 also has a similar feature where the camera will give me 2 pictures one crop and one original. I don't recall such features on my A6400. may be because my A7R2 has 40MP to do the cropping. and important thing is the subject is still in the center, so it knows where the crop.
Hi Andy,
Can you use this function in conjunction with the built in Tc in the lens?
Yes but I wouldn't
Thanks