Setting up new E-PL6

alexisgreat wrote:

Right I usually do that too- Olympus metering is usually great but having the "blinkies that dont blink" in live view is a definite help! I can use the AEL function to separate focal point from metering point though. Hmmm sounds like I might need to switch my first setting to Mode 2!

Thanks for the description I actually pictured it in my head with how to recompose twice and then shoot. Wow that's a lot of IS you have going there and very impressive with the small weight of the camera. With the E-520 I was able to do 15 sec exposures at 14mm without movement, but that camera is heavier and I had my elbows and half my arms propped on a wall. Did you have dual axis IS turned on or IS in just one direction or off?

The (heavier than E-PL5) E-P5 because it was handy and had a lens on it, always 5 axis IBIS turned on and that body with S-IS-Auto which detects panning, but I just about never do panning shots so it's equivalent to having it on S-IS1, stabilising in X and Y directions.

The way I use the E-P5 is to have 4 x A mode MySets set up for different light conditions assigned to the Mode dial to replace the never used iAuto/Art/Scene/other_thing(?) spots. When taking a shot, if the shutter speed sounded too low then I move to the next MySet by turning the Mode dial and take again, until the shutter speed sound is reasonable. That way I don't have to keep peering at the LCD to see what the speed will be. I use LCD only, haven't used the VF-2 for maybe near 3 years now.

Also many thanks to Helen for taking over what is my night shift (8am here in Sydney now) she explains things more carefully and more accurately than I do. Plus she seems to have an E-PL6.

Regards....... Guy