Olympus OM-D10 II - Display and LCD live view?

[DJF55]

I just bought a mint Olympus OM-D10 II and there is a setting that I can not figure out:

I am in M mode and use front and rear dials for S.S. and aperture, respectively. iso is manual as well. When I look at the rear display, it gets lighter or darker as I change the exposure. Howevee, when using the EVF, the lightness stays the same. What setting makes the EVF react to changes in exposure like the display does. Thx.

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DJF

 

[philzucker]

Check if you have "S-OVF" displayed in the viewfinder - if so you have the Optical Viewfinder simulation active. Refer to the manual page 108 for how to de-activate it.

Phil

 

[DJF55]

Check if you have "S-OVF" displayed in the viewfinder - if so you have the Optical Viewfinder simulation active. Refer to the manual page 108 for how to de-activate it.

Phil

Thanks Phil. But no, when setting S-OVF to Off, nothing changes in the OVF, but it results in the same effect on the display. I.e. display and OVF now behave the same, as I don't want either to.

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DJF

 

[DJF55]

Check if you have "S-OVF" displayed in the viewfinder - if so you have the Optical Viewfinder simulation active. Refer to the manual page 108 for how to de-activate it.

Phil

Thanks Phil. But no, when setting S-OVF to Off, nothing changes in the OVF, but it results in the same effect on the display. I.e. display and OVF now behave the same, as I don't want either to.

Addendum: the histogram doesn't reCt either to changes in exposure while in M mode. How come? But when I set to A mode, everything works fine when S-OVF is set to Off.

So with which settings does M mode work to set exposure?

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DJF

 

[Sdlv]

Check if you have "S-OVF" displayed in the viewfinder - if so you have the Optical Viewfinder simulation active. Refer to the manual page 108 for how to de-activate it.

Phil

Thanks Phil. But no, when setting S-OVF to Off, nothing changes in the OVF, but it results in the same effect on the display. I.e. display and OVF now behave the same, as I don't want either to.

Addendum: the histogram doesn't reCt either to changes in exposure while in M mode. How come? But when I set to A mode, everything works fine when S-OVF is set to Off.

So with which settings does M mode work to set exposure?

There are two functions that adjust exposure preview in this camera. The first, noted above, is S-OVF. The second is Live View Boost. If this is on, you won't get exposure preview in the EVF and the histogram won't be accurate.

Unlike S-OVF, Live View Boost is turned on selectively for different modes (that is, manual, bulb/time, live composite, and others). Go to Gears/D to Live View Boost, enter the sub-menu for this, and make sure that "manual shooting" is set to "Off."

(Note that "Live View Boost" was renamed "Night Vision" in the OM-1.)

. . . Steven

 

[DJF55]

Check if you have "S-OVF" displayed in the viewfinder - if so you have the Optical Viewfinder simulation active. Refer to the manual page 108 for how to de-activate it.

Phil

Thanks Phil. But no, when setting S-OVF to Off, nothing changes in the OVF, but it results in the same effect on the display. I.e. display and OVF now behave the same, as I don't want either to.

Addendum: the histogram doesn't reCt either to changes in exposure while in M mode. How come? But when I set to A mode, everything works fine when S-OVF is set to Off.

So with which settings does M mode work to set exposure?

There are two functions that adjust exposure preview in this camera. The first, noted above, is S-OVF. The second is Live View Boost. If this is on, you won't get exposure preview in the EVF and the histogram won't be accurate.

Unlike S-OVF, Live View Boost is turned on selectively for different modes (that is, manual, bulb/time, live composite, and others). Go to Gears/D to Live View Boost, enter the sub-menu for this, and make sure that "manual shooting" is set to "Off."

(Note that "Live View Boost" was renamed "Night Vision" in the OM-1.)

. . . Steven

Great Steven, found it and solved. I actually had to set all 4 settings on that sub-menu to Off to make it work. Many thanks!

 

[JamDingo]

Custom Menu.

Display/PC Tab

Live View Boost Tab.

Set Live View Boost to Off.

Exposure will now be shown in M Mode.

 

[DJF55]

Custom Menu.

Display/PC Tab

Live View Boost Tab.

Set Live View Boost to Off.

Exposure will now be shown in M Mode.

Thx to you too