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Actually not really.  DoF is independent of focal length and only depends on aperture for the same subject magnification at moderate distances. What that means is if you shoot someone's head to...

No, they attach in completely different ways.

No, nor has there ever been a rumor of such.  Well, there was a rather silly rumor years ago that there would be an OIS version of the 7-14 - which made zero sense at the time and still. These more...

I've asked this question more than once myself, read a number of reviews and chatted with people that own both. The general consensus is that stopped down - say F/5.6 to F/8 - there is almost no...

As far as Fourier analysis goes the primary difference between human vision and hearing is that we are extremely tolerant of phase distortion in hearing and not at all tolerant of phase distortion...

Agreed.  In this particular case it doesn't bug me much because if I'm doing AEB there is one set of settings I am almost certainly using. In general though it is another limitation. I know on my...

The E-PM2, E-PL5 and E-P5 have this feature. It would be nice if Olympus added it to the E-M5 in a firmware update but historically it seems they rarely add new features via firmware.

Yes, but unfortunately Olympus inexplicably requires the Fn button to be held down continuously for the Myset  to apply - making Fn button assignment for Mysets an impractical solution and wasted...

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." -Ansel Adams That said, Ansel Adams was a technical master as well. Sorry - didn't read the whole thread and there is a fair chance...

Especially for those of us that shoot RAW it would be nice to have a in camera preview JPEG that isn't over-exposed when we ETTR a bit.  This is a clever way to achieve that - thanks for sharing.

You're welcome!  The E-M5 has some many options and menus it is easy to miss things. Go to "Shooting Menu 2" (graphic of a camera with a 2 next to it), select Bracketing, select AE BKT and you have...

Yes, they just use the main sensor for metering.  Same as compact cameras and same as DSLRs when they are using live-view.

Yeah, waves (that aren't blurred with long shutter speeds) are a classic case for a grad ND. As far as multi-exposure with clouds the E-M5 can fire off a 5EV AEB in less than a second - so you'd...

So I have a Cokin system from film days and an expensive grad ND bouncing around somewhere. I never, ever use them anymore. Much more controllable results and much faster working in the field to...

It is either that or the 25/1.4. I tend to think for labor you are probably going to find the 17 a bit wide.  That focal length tends to require getting close to your subject and you aren't going...

That's the tripod I use all the time.  Excellent features, reasonably sturdy for such a small QR plate.  I don't have the 75-300, but I have shot with the 45-200 (which is a similar sized and...

I'm guessing you have a "protective" filter on the lens - UV or clear glass?The location of the "orbs" in the night shots appear to be perfectly polar symmetric reflections of the light. I think...

As already outlined the Fn1 assignment is often not useful because you must hold it down. And he was right, it is 8 clicks otherwise and as usual you are just too little of a person to admit you...

Cross posted with you, sorry.  It is a test shot, not a photographic shot, and one of the presented samples was at F/2.8 - but another and F/5.6 - so I wasn't sure which you were referring to.  My...

Actually, sorry - I now realize I don't know which sample image you are referring to here as far as aperture goes.