I never use the buttons on the top left, worst button placement possible for something as commonly used as switching drive modes. From day 1, I reassigned the drive mode selection to something accessible with my right hand.
The question was the 'quickest way to change drive mode'. Users here have suggested some alternatives to using custom modes. There is a drive mode button on top of the camera, hold it down and scroll with the dial that your finger is already on. It's probably a split second difference if you know where your camera buttons are. The requirement to change with the press of a button, was made up by you, so you could score some sort of Full Frame v OM System point in your never ending quest. Personally I do use Custom modes, it works, the muscle memory is locked in. I have a 'low' light preset using SS and a 'good' light preset using SH2. I also have a default shutter speed and aperture locked in for each mode, hence the need for a custom mode - which is more useful to me then changing the drive mode with one button. It's almost like people want different things from their cameras, and not everyone uses cameras the same way that you do. Fancy that.
Slower. He asked for the quickest. I told him the quickest - custom mode, and he listened and that's what he's doing now.
It's possible to have rolling shutter issues in fringe situations, like hummingbirds. If I'm in aperture mode, I'm trying to get the best quality possible.
No, you can't assign functions to the split button.
This is very true. In fact, the OM-1 sensor is probably one of the slowest, if not the slowest stacked sensors out there. I often get rolling shutter in electronic shutter from panning while shooting birds in flight. If you don't want to have rolling shutter and have warped backgrounds ruining your photos, the best option is to significantly slow down the burst speeds by using mechanical shutter. You'd be throwing away the main advantage of these cameras - the fast burst rates. But at least the photos would be usable. The only concern is of the mechanical shutter wearing out and getting stuck from age. The EM1 was notorious for this issue. Mine was getting stuck all the time and became unusable.
My solution is to use two bodies
yes the ability to 'disable' unwanted drive modes does speed up that method. It's all muscle memory at the end of the dayI reduced the number of shooting modes available, set each of them to the fps and number in the burst that I wanted and set the right-arrow to switch quickly between them.
It worked perfectly, thank you for your help.
This is one of my favourites from a shoot yesterday. This Peregrine had left the nest just a few hours before and was still finding its feet and feathers
That's a good tip!
I love it. I bought it specifically for the reach and love the results.
I carry my R5+500/4ii without a tripod - that setup is nearly 10lbs LOL. Shot full 8 hours days with it. It's not that bad if you're just holding it by waist side, but when you're holding it up to shoot BIF for extended periods, you'll really feel it in your arms.
But that is exactly what the right-arrow on the arrow pad does when assigned accordingly.
I only ever use mine on a tripod in a hide or for landscape work.
Seems like we'll never win this argument,just face it, you have to buy an R5 and 500 f4, its the only way you can do it quick enough!
I think the 500/4ii is actually much better. Yes it costs more, but it's much lighter, weight is less so front biased, and it's also a good step up in optical performance. The AF and IS is probably better too. Yes you're paying a few more thousand, but I think it's well worth it.Seems like we'll never win this argument,just face it, you have to buy an R5 and 500 f4, its the only way you can do it quick enough!
