r/OMSystem

Greetings everyone,
Hope you all have a great day!
I am a fellow photographer about to enter a new world of possibilities switching from iPhone mobile photography to finally buy a mirrorless camera system!

In short-
I love the sensor performance of a full frame
And I love the versatility mobility of MFT

USECASE:
30% everyday photo and videography (lowlight possible - street- portraiture etc)
35% birds and wildlife
15% landscape and wide angle
5% Astro and night shots
15% macro

Please help me which path is better, I wish to build my skills and technique further in this field seek guidance?

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Setup 1 - Micro four thirds :
OM1 Mark II
7-14 2.8
12-40 2.8
40-150 2.8 with 1.4 tele
~~~~ after 1 year ~~~~
25 1.2
45 1.2
75 1.8
300 f4
90 macro

Setup 2 - Full Frame
Z6 iii
17-28 2.8
24-120 f4 S
70-200 2.8 VR S
~~~~ after 1 year ~~~~
Either one of 50 vs 85 1.8
180 - 600 5.6 - 6.3
105 macro

Setup 3 - hybrid
OM 1 Mark II with Z6 iii
7-14 2.8 MFT (14-28 full frame equiv) due to live composite of MFT
24-120 f4 S FF
40-150 2.8 MFT (80-300 full frame equiv also use 1.4 tele converter)
75 1.8 MFT (150 full frame equiv)
~~~~ after 1 year ~~~~
Either one of 50 vs 85 1.8
300 f4 MFT (600 full frame equiv)
90 macro MFT (180 full frame equiv)

Key points
Hate tripod / Will not print / Will use DXO denoising

Appreciate your advice and experience in photography?

So, I've been using a Ricoh Griiix, which is my only camera besides my S26U phone, but I usually leave the phone behind to avoid distractions. My kids are a bit older now and actually stay still for pictures, but they're also getting into sports. My oldest does sideline cheer on Friday nights, my son plays pony baseball, and the youngest is a professional insect collector. I've been really interested in M43 cameras because of their smaller size, and I keep coming back to the OM-3. My question is, how would the OM-3 handle being a "dad camera" for sports, low light, outings, and macros? Would there be an advantage to switching to the OM-1ii? I love the OM-3's style, and Emily from Micro Four Nerds' reviews keep drawing me back to it.

I'm currently looking at getting a used setup from KEH camera and found a body, as well as the lenses below; I'm still not sure which macro lens to go with.

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8

Olympus 12-45mm f/4 ED

It might not be for everyone, and I know you can add recipes to your OM-3 via the OI.share app over wifi or on a computer via OM Workspace.

But I wanted something a bit simpler and a slightly different user experience, so I've created an iOS app for saving and uploading OM-3 colour recipes with your iPhone over USB-C.

I'm also keen to not replicate the features of om-recipes.com as I think they are doing great work and I'd hate to divide the community for no reason, so I've kept the scope of this tightly around storing recipes on your device and the upload function.

Sadly I haven't cracked the white balance issue yet, but working on figuring something out.

If you have an iPhone on a recent iOS version, I'd welcome testers to put it through its paces. You can leave me feedback via the more tab in the app.

You can sign up here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/1e2SkwVt

Some screenshots below:

https://preview.redd.it/mv42q89vx52h1.jpg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6550e20bd809e08a2e4e040ce294cbf83d71335d

https://preview.redd.it/tvp981h1y52h1.jpg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c57d49edd595db6a75b6f5ce068e29452f19b0e9

https://preview.redd.it/61uewrp6y52h1.jpg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb4637965aac479add62f67ccf55040d916939eb

Hey everyone,

I’m posting to see if this is common or if I’m missing something obvious.

I use Custom Mode C1 as my landscape starting point, C2 as my run‑and‑gun street preset and C3 for bird photography,

While I love my relatively new camera a behaviour frustrates me: the OM‑1 Mark II treats changes made after recalling a custom mode as temporary and will revert to the stored custom‑mode settings after shut down, which means small in‑field tweaks (for example changing aperture by one or two stops) end up being lost after powering the camera off. 

I could surely relay more on sleep mode, or consider auto saving changes using the “hold” function, but I’d end up progressively altering my preset. I’d rather prefer the camera to only discard temporary tweaks when I deliberately switch the mode dial away from a custom slot, not as part of powering down. I want quick one‑off changes to be thrown away when I manually change mode, but kept across power cycles if I’ve deliberately saved them.

Thanks for reading, curious to hear other workflows or if this is just me. 

On my OM-3, whether I shoot with my Godox v480 or not, I notice that focus bracketing at close (macro) range takes shots SIGNIFICANTLY slower than at far focus points (~8fps vs. ~20fps).

I assume that is due to the motors in my 60mm lens.

Does anybody know how fast at 1x and 2x the 90mm can shoot (with & without flash)?

I would honestly buy the 90 just for this one reason if it improves significantly.

Just curious, its seems silent shutter seem to have only benefits. Any benefits to use the mechanical shutter?

Can anyone recommend a telephoto lens for a whale-watching trip? I read 400 mm (full frame equivalent) is about the longest one can go handheld on a boat.