Question, E-M10 III and E-PL9 have pro capture mode? thanks

techie takes pics wrote:

Not on the E-M10 (all models) or the PL9 (consumer level).

I believe not even the M5.2 has it.

strange

TG-5 and TG-6 have it

i just found a new use with pro capture on my TG-5

it is for night (low light) photography

in pro capture under low light it will use a long shutter speed of 1/10

now normally if i use 1/10, all pics will be blur

but i found out in pro capture which capture a burst of photo, it will often turn out ok

i think probably because it start buffering as soon as i half press shutter

this enable me to use no more than ISO 400 in most dark situation and together with DXO PRIME, low light IQ suddenly become OK

before that, bad IS on TG-5 so have to push up ISO, than IQ of course is really bad

too bad this feature not in E-M10 III and E-PL9

Till Kamppeter wrote:

But on E-M10 III and E-PL9 you have S and M mode which are not available on TG-X. In these modes you set the shutter speed to 1/10s and set the drive mode to continuous shooting (the slow one is good enough and conserves live view, diamond variations for EFCS). Aim and half-press normally, then keep the shutter full-pressed for 4 or 5 clicks, at least one of these pictures will be sharp.

Should work better than pro-capture on the TGs, as the m43 cameras have better stabilizers (even the 3-axis of the E-PL9) and you shoot with mechanical shutter.

Till

What u said may work, i guess

but not exactly the same as pro capture as it start the buffering as soon as half press

i don't have E-M10 III and E-PL9 so not sure if it will work as u said

joeletx wrote:

Jefftan wrote:

i just found a new use with pro capture on my TG-5

it is for night (low light) photography

in pro capture under low light it will use a long shutter speed of 1/10

now normally if i use 1/10, all pics will be blur

but i found out in pro capture which capture a burst of photo, it will often turn out ok

i think probably because it start buffering as soon as i half press shutter

this enable me to use no more than ISO 400 in most dark situation and together with DXO PRIME, low light IQ suddenly become OK

Very interesting. Do you mind to show some examples?

i will try to do so later but i just have an important observation

for each pro capture shot one will get either 6 or 7 burst shot (6 jpeg and 6 RAW or 7 jpeg and 7 RAW)

one need to pick out the sharpest one out of the them and process the sharpest one RAW file with DXO PRIME

right now it seem to me that I can be pick out the sharpest one base on the jpeg file size

the largest jpeg file size (out of the 6 or 7 jpeg file) seem to be the sharpest and the smallest jpeg file size seem to be most blur

please give me some time to confirm this. If it is really so it would be easy (otherwise just find out which is the sharpest one is a difficult task)

I got to sleep now