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Pen F users - some quick questions...

Started Oct 5, 2019 | Discussions thread
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Enjoy that camera, Ben
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Ben Herrmann wrote:

Hey gang...

I've always been a Pen user - love the format - so lately I've been getting stressed a bit when I found out that Olympus would no longer be making this line. So last week I purchased the Pen F at B&H. I already have the E-P5 and E-PL7.

My questions are these - and I know they are simple and right in front of my eyes, but I can't seem to find the information:

1. I want to shoot in RAW only, but the only choices I have in the menu structure are either JPG or RAW & JPG. What am I missing here - no setting for RAW only?

2. I was messing around with the settings this morning and I had the IS enabled in the menu. I'm using the Panny 12-60 on my Pen F. After adjust settings to my liking (or so I thought), all of a sudden the ability for me to turn on the IS is now blanked out? I have the lens-based IS turned off since the 5 Axs version in the Pen F is better. What other setting(s) that I may have adjusted affects the ability to access IS settings?

Thanking you in advance...

Enjoy that Pen F, Ben. It's a darling.

Get the Olympus OEM grip.

Forget CAF. Really. Don't even bother.

Watch out for focus accuracy with the Olympus f/1.2 Pro primes wide open (my experience). I bought an OM-D E-M1.2 specifically to better-utilize my 25mm f/1.2 Pro wide open. The number of keepers I get now has skyrocketed.

I generally reserve my Pen F for my small primes now: 12mm f/2, 25mm f/1.4, 45mm f/1.8 and then the Oly 12-40mm f/2.8. I plan to pick up a Lumix 20mm f/1.7 soon.

Jim Pilcher
Summit County, Colorado, USA
Don’t trust anyone under 9100 feet

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