New E-M10: Obligatory cat shot

local novice wrote:

Wow, I like this lens and your shot. 300mm comes in handy with animals with sharp teeth. I admire your steadiness. Is it me or does this one look hungry?

Thanks! With the IBIS, it's pretty easy to get good handheld shots.  I rested the fully extended lens on a barrier for this though.  Even then, I wish I got the shutter speed higher for more crispness.  I already had to push the ISO up to 640 which added a lot of noise.

paul2009 wrote:

Great shot. It has a real sense of movement and also is quite threatening. How did you get away? Or was it going backwards?

Thanks! It was chasing a little toy on a string. At full lens extension, I was kneeling behind a barrier at about 50m away.

In what way are the files of poorer quality? Is is just size?

Lot more noise and artifacts when compared to larger format sensors.

SDPharm wrote:

I don't know...you did a great job and I like this photo a lot, because of the subject and the content. I don't think I'll like it any better if you had shot it with the best sensor with twice as much resolution, dynamic range, etc, etc.

Thanks!  I agree here which is why I'm starting to feel that "a shot in the hand is worth two in..."

I will pick a few and see how they look when printed big. I like to make stitched panoramas.

blulegend wrote:

I'm having a hard time getting over the poorer quality files (in my workflow), but it's such a breeze to carry and use. I can certainly see what some people mean when they say m4/3 is "good enough". On one hand, I have the shot because I brought my camera, but on the other, I sometimes feel like I could use a better output.

Compared to what is the quality of the files poorer? X100s or E-M1? I compared the output of my GM1 with some files I shot with a X100, D5100, and X100s. I was amazed how well the GM1 holds up. No reason for me to move back to aps-c. Anyway, I'm interested to hear more about this as I'm in the market for a second m4/3 body. My wife likes the GM1 so much that I hardly get a chance to play with it myself.

Frits

FM51 wrote:

blulegend wrote:

I'm having a hard time getting over the poorer quality files (in my workflow), but it's such a breeze to carry and use. I can certainly see what some people mean when they say m4/3 is "good enough". On one hand, I have the shot because I brought my camera, but on the other, I sometimes feel like I could use a better output.

Compared to what is the quality of the files poorer? X100s or E-M1? I compared the output of my GM1 with some files I shot with a X100, D5100, and X100s. I was amazed how well the GM1 holds up. No reason for me to move back to aps-c. Anyway, I'm interested to hear more about this as I'm in the market for a second m4/3 body. My wife likes the GM1 so much that I hardly get a chance to play with it myself.

Frits

Compared to the D7000 and X100S.  Even though the X100S files were beautiful, I noticed a lot of blotchy artifacts on flat colored areas.  Very detailed landscapes had a lot of detail blur.  So even the X100S' X-trans wasn't perfect.  However, I still notice noise and artifacts earlier and in greater magnitude with Oly m4/3 than my more recent cameras.  Just part of the system.  Nothing is perfect I've found.  Been waiting since 2001 for perfection.

If anyone ever was wondering if m43 could keep up with a baby this should put you at ease.

techiecool wrote:

If anyone ever was wondering if m43 could keep up with a baby this should put you at ease.

Thanks! Ha! Only thing was I didn't use continuous focus. I pre focused and switched to MF. However, the E-M10 subjectively focuses faster than any camera I've owned, including the D7000 and X100S as more recent bodies.

I'm surprised that you are finding a lot more noise at 640. Most reviews I've seen, with sample images that confirm it, at least to me, show that most m4/3 sensors aren't really significantly noisier at his level. Higher ISO's, sure.

Thanks!  Still really liking the E-M10, even after taking it to Peru and Ecuador!