birgit_rhoads

<p>I've been a Nikon user all along, up to the D4. I am not selling my Nikons! I like this camera, I don't like the convoluted settings, same as everyone else it seems. So far, I think the camera is best for portraits, landscape, anything still. However, I love the size, weight, and good build. I bought the 12-40/f2.8 (lovely lens) and 75-300...okay. Not great for birding and very fast action. I think probably people action will be nice. Dogs racing around...more difficult. My daughter is printing out the manual for me which will be easier to go through. By the way, the Scenes are this camera are quite nice!! Try them. One more thing, even though the camera has IS, it is very easy to make OFF pictures.</p> <p>Photo: </p> <ul> <li > <a href="https://www.flickr.com/cameras/olympus/e-m1/">Olympus E-M1</a> OLYMPUS M.75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II </li> <li >ƒ/6.1</li> <li >200.0 mm</li> <li >1/8000</li> </ul> <ul> <li >ISO 16000</li> </ul><div></div>

<p>Hello, I am new to this forum. I come from Nikon - D7100 and D4. I would describe myself as a semi-professional as I do shoot some event and personal bookings. I know my Nikon settings.<br> About a month ago I purchased an OMD-EM1 + 12-40 f/2.8 and 75-300f/4.8. First let me say that I am not having a problem with creamy OFF bkrds with either lens. I bought the camera for the same reason as everyone else, I no longer wanted to carry big heavy bricks with me.<br> When the camera takes a good picture, it is very nice. But I get more OFF bad pics than is reasonable. So back and back to the manual. And so far, forget any action pics except for the first day I tried the camera.....now how did I do that!<br> My frustration with this camera is the settings. They appear to change after I turn the camera off and back on. I shoot mostly Aperture mode, wide open For example, I had my camera set up for an event the night before. Continuous shooting, AF, never turned on facial recognition. Next day, I get Single shot, Face recognition which seemed to ruin the AF. Back to Manual PDF@! For viewing photos, I wanted to see the entire photo. I got that set up, but it keeps returning to thumbnail with EXIF on side!!! Yikes, <br> I have never been one to use Scenes, but I have to say, I tried some on this camera and they really are quite nice!! Have to try the Sports Scene LOL<br> I like the size, weight and build of the camera and particularly the 12-40. Nice quality, but I better learn how to take better pics or I will definitely feel like an idiot for spending so much on a camera that drives me bonkers.</p><div></div>