Great to see a whole new generation of photographers discovering what Ive been shooting for almost 20 years, JPEG on cheap digital cameras 😃Ive actually had photos published in national magazines with the cheapest Canon Rebel DSLRs and primes. The older Panasonic Lumix CCD sensor digicams have some really cool effect settings that are very filmic. Thanks for the video!
You were the OG Michael!!! Nice one 👍🏻 that is so cool you’ve had pics in big mags with that kind of gear ⚙️ it’s super underrated! Thanks for watching
@@DritteHeinzI dig the black and white jpg shots from my LX3. I take it whenever I go out for a quick run to the store or whenever I don’t want to carry a camera bag. I created a b&w jpg setting and a color jpg setting. How about you?
@@BrandonLibby I actually played around a bit with it, haven't got into much. There are several reasons. First of all it's battery is dying, especially at ~10 °C, and secondly I shoot in raw and hate, which is fynny, processing it after shooting in LR. I want to come back to it in summer, because it's colours at sunsets are awesome.
My heart skipped a beat when I just saw you post this as I was so excited about you having this camera! Love what you're getting with it and you are my dream gal for the sweetest of shout outs. Can't wait to see what else you shoot with this!
Say, Olympus XZ-1 has the rough monochrome art filter.... Yes, some Olympus four thirds SLRs have it, and some Olympus micro four thirds mirrorless have it. But XZ-1 has it, too. Typically with an Olympus camera, first you choose vivid, etc. in say A (or P or S or M for that matter) mode and customize the contrast and so on (say low key) then to dial to ART and choose the rough monochrome there. Actually, as far as you have the OM Workspace softwate (free of charge) you can apply the rough monochrome art filter to any of your ***JPEG*** file. You cannot apply the art filter to any RAW file even if the file is created by an Olympus camera. With the software I have applied the rough monochrome art filter to some JPEG files shot with Olympus E-300 with a Panasonic Leica lens atteched to it. So, as far as the art filter is concerned, what camera you use does not really matter in that sense while obvously it comes in handy when you have an Olympus camera with the art filter built in. Especially mirrorless cameras with relatively good preview capabilities (better back LCDs) can be nice, instead of any SLR. In that case, I would suggest that you may want to choose to use the Panasonic LEICA DG SUMMILUX 15mm F1.7 ASPH. with an Olympus micro four thirds.
I have an Olympus Digital PenF and had forgotten that it had the ART modes also. Just tried them out again and now my favorite walk around camera has new vistas to conquer. Thanks
Four Thirds was great, and it’s still affordable. My experience with Grainy Film Art Filter is that like Flat curves that were all the rage, it gets old fairly quickly. I’ve been having some success with RNI film presets for Lightroom. Portra, Delta, Agfa Scala, they are pretty convincing and super fun.
Finding this channel so engaging. A joy to see what can be achieved when we turn the clock back and embrace the imperfections of the past. Great work Lucy.
I recently got the Olympus E400 that Ali reviewed which has the Kodak CCD sensor. I love the look from it with a general warm film like look and saturated colors. I particularly like the skin tones it gives with the Flash.
Yesssss! The “grainy film” filter is my favorite thing about my Olympus camera! I was thinking about selling it but I couldn’t bring myself to do it because of that ONE setting. Glad you like it too!
I bought my E-620 in 2009 after I ruined my Canon SX110 at the beach just before my photography class started. I decided on the E-620 for a lot of reasons, one being the Olympus kit lenses were much better than other kit lenses from other manufacturers. The other, which is funny since you mentioned the grip and your large hands, was that I have small hands and the E-620 was easier and more comfortable for me to handle. After a couple of years, I upgraded to the Olympus E-5. I still have both cameras, both in excellent condition,
I recently picked up an Olympus OMD E10 ii (just wanted something small for EDC) and was blown away by the art mode. Like you, I expected them to be gimmicky and boring, but find myself using grainy film and pinhole a lot. Thanks for sharing. I'm really enjoying your channel!
You should definitely try an Ricoh GR digital from 2005. This is top point & shoot cam. A lot simpler than its successors, but still an 8 mp beast in monochrome mode
I've got to second this remark. Bought one a year ago and I'm always happy when I check the results. The combination of fixed lens, tiny form factor and manual operation is really nice !
Paolo Pellegrin of Magnum fame created a lot of his earlier work on Olympus point&shoot cameras (C-5060, ~5-6MP) in stark, contrasty black and white. When Olympus introduced the art filters with the grainy film black and white emulation, I was thinking to myself that they paid tribute to Pellegrin. I've shot digital Olympus cameras since 1998 when I bought a brand new 1.3MP Camedia C-900Zoom. I went back to film until 2008, when I bought my first DSLR, an Olympus E-520. Then an E-5 (which I still have and use from time to time). I have added an E-620 and the elusive E-400 since. I still have all my Four Thirds glass, so all of these cameras are a joy to shoot with high grade glass. The E-5 is still a stunning camera in usage and output today. I'm curious to what extend RUclips, Instagram etc. can drive the hype machine towards Olympus. I am just glad I already have all of the Olympus gear I will ever want and need, so whatever you do to prices on Ebay, Lucy - you have my blessing! ;)
Try setting to the extreme and dial back till you get rusults you like. I do that with cameras, synthesizers, guitar pedals & amplifiers and it always works 😎
Hi Lucy....This is the kind of exact feeling I get usin my Olympus Pen E-P5. It's quite magical ! I use it in combination with my Fujifilm X-Pro1 and vintage 35mm Voigtlander LTM and love both of them.
I don't have this camera, but I covered my niece's wedding a couple of months ago using my EM1 MKII set to both raw and grainy film B&W. They loved the photos. They had sort of a ' reportage ' look to them. Its not just I who say so, but quite a lot of experienced landscape photographers using medium format film cameras, also say that Olympus MFT sensors have the most film like rendition, for obvious reason, small sensor not producing all that full frame detail, slightly grainy files above iso 640, slightly lower colour saturation etc etc. I don't shoot much colour film, but I do B&W all the way up to 8X10, and the Olympus files do resemble 35 mm film quite easily. Also in ' monochrome ' mode both my EM1 and EM5 MKii allow tone contouring on the go, for shadow, highlights and mid tones, which give huge flexibility in getting the look I want. Good photography BTW miss Lumen.
Hi Lucy, Great vid as always ☺. I think the ultimate digital camera with a film like look are any of the Sigma foveon cameras. Very limited iso performance 100-400 for colour and black white 100-1500 the are cameras the slow you down in many ways. I have owned the dp series in the past and upgraded to their SD Quattro mirrorless system. Overall the foveon look offers something special that the traditional bayer sensors just cannot replicate. Oh, and you can remove/ refit the IR cut filter yourself in 5 min for IR photography. Cheers and keep up the great work!
Bought an Olympus “Tough” waterproof camera several years back and discovered the Art setting which is really fun to experiment with. I like the Sepia setting.
Great! I still shoot, develop and print BW film. The darkroom is from our semesterly fotocourse (about 10 x 2 hours). And off course you only print the negatives you like, so prices still keep in boundaries.
Fuji were the first to implement the film like colours and textures,look at the S2,S3 and S5 cameras,they go back 14 years and beyond..I still use the Fuji S5 and love it to bits.(Nikon body with the awesome Fuji super CCD sensor) 🙂
Current Olympus cameras also offer these "art scenes" including variations of grainy black and white and dramatic tone. I never use them, but the dramatic tone is quite nice. The Ricoh GR also has some nice black and white and grainy film profiles. These are wonderful, and I use them all the time.
I had one and converted it to infrared a few years ago. Olympus were so far ahead at the time, image stabilisation , flip out screen, dust reduction by vibrating the sensor, art filters etc. Still a big Olympus and monochrome filter in camera filter user. Have you tweaked your in camera filter settings yet ;-) Great image by the way .
I had an E-620 and loved the Art Filters. Olympus has continued to improve and increase the Art Filters in their subsequent micro 4/3 cameras. I had the infrared blocking filter removed from my Olympus E-510 and an infrared only filter installed. Therefore it is used for black-and-white only.
I bought my Olympus evolt 510 in 08 for 850 dollars for the kit this was the first camera I bought with my own money. I got it because it shot in black and white without having to convert the image later And it shot in RAW which is 10 times better than jpeg . Later my dad bought the evolt 620 on on sale at some point, now I have both of them they are Awesome cameras. The evlot 510 It was my go to DSLR and still is to day and welcome to the greatness that is compact flash. Also you can shooting in sepia tone and many others. Enjoy this wonderful Camera.
Well, congrats on your 510s length of service. I've had one for three months (and an E300 since 2006), but am just about to sell it as i just bought a 620. Glad to hear you continue to enjoy the 510 - and i love my 300 too! All the best from a cabin in a swamp in a rainforest in New Zealand.
Interesting camera that wasn't on my radar, until now, those film like b/w features are impressive. I've always been drawn to Olympus cameras, since a friend at school brought his Olymous trip 35 on a trip and showed me the photo results, which were stunning compared to my kodak instamatic. My own first decent camera was the Olympus AF1- mini a bit like an mju clamshell type deal. Since then a few more Olympus models have graced themselves on my camera collection shelf. The iconic 1960s Olympus pen ee half frame camera. Several mju models including the 105 zoom, the mju II zoom 170 both now sold for crazy money 💰 I have the Olympus superzoom 110 and an old digital sp810. Hoping to add many more....
I have a Pentax K2000 (circa 2009, 10MP CCD) that I sometimes ponder selling off because of its size compared to my newer micro 4/3 cameras, but something about the shutter sound you can hear from 20 paces, and its CCD sensor manage to keep it in my house. I think I will give its art modes a try today.
I have two of these cameras. Been tempted to trade them. However the monochrome feature is really good. If you customize the contrast, for the monochrome, you can really get deep blacks. Ink like. The iso thresold is very good for the era. Plus, the AA batteries make it slightly future proof and convenient. Build quality is meh. Kmount let's you hunt many vintage lens though...
In 1980, I bought a Nikon EM shortly after it arrived in the Uk. Really enjoyed it. 3 years later I bought the first Nikon L35AF as soon as it was released. Owned and enjoyed for many years. About 6 or 7 years ago, I bought a second user Olympus E-620, like yours here. It spent the next few years sat in its box, until I got round to listing it on Ebay. For me, after being seduced by reports, reviews, descriptions....., on seeing it, and holding it in my hands, it was just another very large lump that modern SLRs in their digital form had become. A long, long way from my handy Nikon EM. The sheer bulk of the E-620 was a big no, no for me.., I never got round to exploring its merits as a camera.
I shot with the OM620 for several years when they were "current"... The four thirds sensor never bothered me. It really is a superb system with lots of lenses (if you can find them). Just recently I was gifted a Nikon d3000 and I have been experimenting with it do the same, shooting B&W jpegs. It trully reminds me of the days when I shot Kodak Tri-X! I love it! Glad I found this video, brought many good memories of using the 620 and 420 Olympus cameras... Thanks!
Ohhhhhhhh thank you so much! That is very kind and I’m so excited for you to receive it - that one really pops! Thank you for supporting me and my work. X
I have been playing with digicams but it still does not replace the analog experience since it is not the result that matters the most, it is the journey...
Olympus Art Filters are too easily dismissed. The Grainy Art II setting on the modern mirrorless cameras is absolutely brilliant. Some complain it’s too contrasty but don’t realise the contrast can be adjusted using the in camera Curves. Also there’s Bleach Bypass, Vintage, Dramatic Tone (best in Mono), all can be used to great effect if one just learns how to use them.
And the four thirds lenses are larger and easier for our large hands ;) ALL Olympus cameras have this miracle function! Get an E-M5 if you want something smaller that works well in low light.
As always, I love your approach to photography. I have an Olympus Omd-Em10-ii that I bought several years ago and still use in combination with my nifty fifty lens (from a canon) with adapter. I think in some ways it shoots way more film-like and interesting portraits than I get with my newer Sony or Canons. I have never been able to afford the best and greatest of cameras, but I think it is more important to just get out there and shoot, especially since I am not striving to be a professional anyway. At any rate, thanks again for another down-to-earth and useful review of a camera that is interesting.
secret pro tip. If you want a small Leica -esque camera for black & white film like stuff like this, grab an olympus pen ep/ ep-L and a 14/17/20mm pancake lens.
I love how you fight to preserve the tradition of film photography: and this is important. But, if that camera shoots in RAW, have a look at DXO and it's modules. You get a 30 day free trial and you can effectively make your own film simulation recipe. I know that digital is not your professional game, but it can be really good fun for leisure shooting.
For a more analogue experience, glue the screen closed and post off your full SD card to me with ££££. I will then email the files back to you in a couple of weeks.
Oly cams have never got the props they deserve for what they've innovated for camera users. 25mm pancake is a good addition and the bright pro zooms too.
The Art Mode is in newer cameras but I'm not sure you can get that film shooti experience your talking about? I know Olympus cameras there is a OVF mode but I think the profi changes when you change your profile. Fuji might have a OVF mode and I know you can pic three jpeg modes plus raw when shooting Fuji. Olympus does have there own editing software so you could shoot raw and put the camera in OVF mode and just edit the raws when you get home.
The Four Thirds cameras still had an optical viewfinder as they were a true SLR, so you look through the viewfinder and if you shut the rear screen you don't see what you're going to get. You can turn off the live view mode from the viewfinder even in early Micro Four Thirds cameras like the original Olympus OM-D E-M5 that I own, but the viewfinder is crap, and its like looking through a fly screen on a door. Of course giving up the pentaprism allowed Olympus and Panasonic to do other things like making far smaller lenses, and things like the digital Pen F some of my favorite people like Trond Lindholm use but it comes at the cost. The electronic viewfinder on the Olympus OM-D wasn't really any good at all until the Olympus OM-D E-M5 MK III. Neither was the focusing system. Of course Trond uses the digital Pen F which is a much more modern camera. instagram.com/streets_of_oslo The focusing system is brilliant (and fast) on the Four Thirds cameras as you should through the lens, and of course as a result use the Phase Detect focus system. The early Olympus bodies used contrast detect, which is crap, unless you're focusing on just one subject.
Ah... that's sweet. I've just this minute bought a 620 on auction. I've a bit of 4/3 gear, although i use vintage glass a lot, and i'm always reaching for my battery-grip equipped E 300 - a weirdo i bought new in 2006. I've no idea if there's any objective truth to the claim that those Kodak CCD sensors are somehow 'different', but i love the rendering i get with my radioactive Tak 50 1.4. Anyway, M42s on the 620 - if nothing else the manual focusing should be a whole lot easier than on the 300. Appreciated your comments on the results from using the B&W filter... wonder if it'll even work in M mode...?
@@tylerfields2368 I think I was talking about the em10 mark ii. But since then I've bought the em5 mark ii and the em1 mark ii. The 5 and 10 are pretty much the same except for weather sealing, the em1 adds a few more monochrome options, Hope this helps.
I like the idea of using smaller memory cards; somewhere I have 4 gig and perhaps even a couple of 2 gig cards; time to dig those out of storage! When I shoot my Fuji 6x9 I sometimes struggle to shoot 8 frames because of the cost, but with digital I'll go to the same spot and bang off 40 or 50 frames. Time to work on discipline!
Great, that you found something, that works for you. It's funny, I have a few Olympus cameras with xD cards, but I only have very small xD cards - and I hate running out of memory on a digital. Not a limitation, I appreciate 😉 Since you like the shutter sound of the Olympus E-620, you'd probably like the Nikon D70 shutter sound as well. Personally, I shoot in aperture priority or manual mode and depend on the old CCD sensor, older lenses and processing to get to looks, I like. Even in the free version of PhotoScape X, there are plenty of film modes to choose from, but often, I just make my adjustments to the contrast, saturation, color temperature and so on to get my own look. But then again, I do enjoy spending a bit of time processing raw-files - that's not for everyone.
I shoot both film, and modern cameras. However, I also do film like simulation using my Nikon D200 10mp CCD AND Nikon D300 10mp CMOS DSLR cameras from the early 2000s. I shoot 1990s vintage primes, to keep workflow slower and more considered. I often shoot my AF film cameras, such as Nikon F5 or F100 and the D200 on same walkabouts…I carry the same lenses and two bodies in my backpack!
Have you thought about getting a good used Fuji S5 ? D200 but with Fujis own super CCD sensor with their own film modes..I have been using them since 2013 and will carry on using them until I cannot get any more.
Thank you for shedding light on this camera system. Will definitely look into it. What are some of the drawbacks? Would you recommend to someone who has more modern Olympus EM1 mk ii for example? If you were to minimize your collection to 4 cameras would this make the cut?
If you have a Micro Four Thirds body you can use Four Thirds lenses with the official adapter from Olympus. The drawbacks really are spending more money on bodies and lenses that may not perform as well as your Micro Four Thirds camera lenses... I wouldn't spend money on something like this unless you had it left to spend.
A great find, I'm pleased you are trying it out and discovering what it can do. It's a similar age to my Nikon D300, likewise I use a grip as I do with most of my SLR cameras. You will adapt to it eventually. Happy shooting.
Hi lovely, we have a mini cinema rig built up from a Fuji XT4 it’s fairly elaborate but most of the look is a combination of Fuji colour science diffusion filters and tweaking in davinci. Also we shoot manual lenses that makes a big difference to the look. Video is so much harder and more complex than still photography I’m afraid.
@@LucyLumen isn't it as simple as shooting on x-t4 with eterna profile and shooting with high grains setting? does it not give out 16mm film look straight from camera?
Great material, thank you. I assume the prices of used E-620s will go up ;) One more thing worth mentioning: the ability to close/hide LCD screen makes the experience with this camera as close as possible to film IMO. Put a small FlashCard in (to limit yourself) - and you're ready to go! PS. BTW, just scored one in perfect condition, with two kit lenses and battery grip for... EUR100. Now hunting for some lenses in reasonable prices (like the 25/2.8). Cheers from Warsaw, PL :) PPS. I have just scored the Zuiko Digital 14-54 f/2.8-3.5 bundled with a CPL by Hoya... WHAT A LENS! :)))
No I haven’t Bobby! My partner is the one who hunts down all the cameras on FB so no doubt he will be searching for this one now haha 😂 thanks for watching!
This has me wondering if more recent Pens and O-MD models have similar art modes. If prices of these older models go up, there's always the option to pick up one of the (relatively) inexpensive E-PL or E-M10 models.
The Lumix film grain has always looked head and shoulders better than others to me. I switched my digital camera to an Oly EM5 Mk3 recently, mainly for weather sealing (and high-res shot mode for scanning). The film grain sims on the Oly feel like garbage to me, even on the more subtle setting it looks like grit. It's just way too over the top for me.
Very cool :) Yes, I'm a Fujifilm shooter, but I'm not gonna say 'try the X-whatever' cos it's great that you have found a way to enjoy this one. Cheers.
When the older cameras came out they competed against film cameras. Of course the focus is on mimicking film, modern cameras are made to mimmickone another and seem to focus on selling point. Pick up any upper level hobby grade or prosumer cameras and you'll see a difference. :)
This is why Leica CCD M9 and M9M still command a high price in 2023. The pictures are more filmic than anything else because the CCD sensor is made by Kodak themselves.
Hi Lucy..love your channel. You should give the konica minolta alpha 7 digital a try. It's a 6.1 megapixel with amazing ability to take film like photos.. cheers
I believe all micro 4/3 olympus cameras have the same art filter. I see the images posted on this (great) video and i have to ask myself....... why the hell do I shoot film! LOL
To be honest an SLR sounds good but when u start shooting in low light conditions and try to set ISO you realise our image coming out is worse than what you see in the View finder. If u are a VF purist a digital VF is better, If you just use it for fun than the SLR VF is ok.
Interesting video. I shoot Fujifilm digital cameras and I love their built-in film simulations. However, I am interested in replicating the Kodak Tri-X 400 as another film simulation, but doing it post in my Capture One editing. I have found a Tri-X 400 simulation recipe from a company called Digistock, and hope to try this out when I next shoot. I understand from others comments that their simulation is quite good. I’m also interested in seeing how it compares to the various Acros film simulations already built into Fujifilm cameras. I thought you may be interested to know. I would also like comments from others that have tried this Digistock Tri-X simulation. Have a lovely day.
You can do that in photoshop in like 3 seconds lol. I used to do this to photos that I used as a reference for some b&w drawings. If your transferring photos to a computer at all might as well have photoshop or something similar to be able to get any look you want, sooc is overrated.
I love your content, your persona, and the style and quality of your production but for heaven's sake, stop it with the digicam naming. That's a micro four thirds DSLR camera, not a "digicam". Nor are the small compact cameras "digicams". This artificial hype RUclips photogs are building up around this keyword makes no sense. And they are definitely not "film-like". They just look bad, maybe with the exception of one or two. Now I don't know whether it's due to a lack of knowledge or just going with the flow to keep the algorithm fed, but its annoying AF.
Hey 👋🏻 thanks for the compliments at the start of the comment and for letting me know how you feel. For me a digicam is just a digital camera that’s been forgotten about or is like 10+ years old now…i don’t actually refer to it as a digicam in the video but titling it as that helps it to reach the people that like digicams and that sort of content is that so evil?? People get really annoyed about hyped titles and RUclipsrs doing things to try and get more eyes on their video and that is because it takes like 20 plus hours to make a YT video and when it under performs it feels like a waste of time. We put a lot of effort into our videos from every angle and unfortunately we have to package them up in way that allows them to be seen and spread to as many people as possible otherwise it’s extremely frustrating for us. Keywords like digicam or film are highly searched things on YT and I need that to help my video get to more people - I’m just positioning it so more people who are into film and older digital cameras might see the video and enjoy it - that doesn’t really seem that bad of a thing to be doing?? Splitting hairs over what exactly constitutes as a digicam seems kind of pointless in the grand scheme of everything really but I’m sorry it frustrates you. Thank you for watching.
In French we have a saying that translates somewhat like this "Criticism is easy but art is difficult." With love for your art, hard work and kindness . Daniel
The E-620 is a DSLR, not micro four/thirds mirrorless. It has an OVF, not an EVF. The mount is four/thirds, not micro four thirds. The E-volt line will not take micro four/thirds lenses. With an adapter you can use four/thirds lenses with micro four/thirds cameras such as the Olympus OM D E-M1.
This is how I make my digital photos look like warm film - www.lucylumen.com/shop/p/lucys-warm-film-preset
Great to see a whole new generation of photographers discovering what Ive been shooting for almost 20 years, JPEG on cheap digital cameras 😃Ive actually had photos published in national magazines with the cheapest Canon Rebel DSLRs and primes. The older Panasonic Lumix CCD sensor digicams have some really cool effect settings that are very filmic. Thanks for the video!
You were the OG Michael!!! Nice one 👍🏻 that is so cool you’ve had pics in big mags with that kind of gear ⚙️ it’s super underrated! Thanks for watching
Which Lumix cameras do you exactly mean? I use DMC-LX2 and like it for a kinda filmic look of it's pics. That one has a really nice colours.
@@DritteHeinzI dig the black and white jpg shots from my LX3. I take it whenever I go out for a quick run to the store or whenever I don’t want to carry a camera bag. I created a b&w jpg setting and a color jpg setting. How about you?
@@BrandonLibby I actually played around a bit with it, haven't got into much. There are several reasons. First of all it's battery is dying, especially at ~10 °C, and secondly I shoot in raw and hate, which is fynny, processing it after shooting in LR. I want to come back to it in summer, because it's colours at sunsets are awesome.
The grainy film art filter is available on all the Olympus mirrorless cameras as well, which have a feature in the EVF to emulate an OVF.
Yeah. It’s actually pretty good.
My heart skipped a beat when I just saw you post this as I was so excited about you having this camera! Love what you're getting with it and you are my dream gal for the sweetest of shout outs. Can't wait to see what else you shoot with this!
Love you Ali!! Xxx
Say, Olympus XZ-1 has the rough monochrome art filter.... Yes, some Olympus four thirds SLRs have it, and some Olympus micro four thirds mirrorless have it. But XZ-1 has it, too. Typically with an Olympus camera, first you choose vivid, etc. in say A (or P or S or M for that matter) mode and customize the contrast and so on (say low key) then to dial to ART and choose the rough monochrome there. Actually, as far as you have the OM Workspace softwate (free of charge) you can apply the rough monochrome art filter to any of your ***JPEG*** file. You cannot apply the art filter to any RAW file even if the file is created by an Olympus camera. With the software I have applied the rough monochrome art filter to some JPEG files shot with Olympus E-300 with a Panasonic Leica lens atteched to it. So, as far as the art filter is concerned, what camera you use does not really matter in that sense while obvously it comes in handy when you have an Olympus camera with the art filter built in. Especially mirrorless cameras with relatively good preview capabilities (better back LCDs) can be nice, instead of any SLR. In that case, I would suggest that you may want to choose to use the Panasonic LEICA DG SUMMILUX 15mm F1.7 ASPH. with an Olympus micro four thirds.
I have an Olympus Digital PenF and had forgotten that it had the ART modes also. Just tried them out again and now my favorite walk around camera has new vistas to conquer. Thanks
I think its "Monotone" or " Monochrome" option must be way better than this too contrasty "grainy" b&w
Four Thirds was great, and it’s still affordable. My experience with Grainy Film Art Filter is that like Flat curves that were all the rage, it gets old fairly quickly. I’ve been having some success with RNI film presets for Lightroom. Portra, Delta, Agfa Scala, they are pretty convincing and super fun.
Finding this channel so engaging. A joy to see what can be achieved when we turn the clock back and embrace the imperfections of the past. Great work Lucy.
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you so much for these kind words Mark.
I recently got the Olympus E400 that Ali reviewed which has the Kodak CCD sensor. I love the look from it with a general warm film like look and saturated colors. I particularly like the skin tones it gives with the Flash.
Yesssss! The “grainy film” filter is my favorite thing about my Olympus camera! I was thinking about selling it but I couldn’t bring myself to do it because of that ONE setting. Glad you like it too!
I love the colors of my Olympus E-1 and E-500
with the Kodak CCD sensor.
E-400 too !
@@photomovies and E-300
Olympus e500 and Fuji xe1 here hehe
I bought my E-620 in 2009 after I ruined my Canon SX110 at the beach just before my photography class started. I decided on the E-620 for a lot of reasons, one being the Olympus kit lenses were much better than other kit lenses from other manufacturers. The other, which is funny since you mentioned the grip and your large hands, was that I have small hands and the E-620 was easier and more comfortable for me to handle. After a couple of years, I upgraded to the Olympus E-5. I still have both cameras, both in excellent condition,
I recently picked up an Olympus OMD E10 ii (just wanted something small for EDC) and was blown away by the art mode. Like you, I expected them to be gimmicky and boring, but find myself using grainy film and pinhole a lot. Thanks for sharing. I'm really enjoying your channel!
Olympus had a lot of fun art and customization options back in the day. The E-P1 was my first "proper" camera and I've been wanting my Pen-F back!
You should definitely try an Ricoh GR digital from 2005. This is top point & shoot cam. A lot simpler than its successors, but still an 8 mp beast in monochrome mode
I've got to second this remark. Bought one a year ago and I'm always happy when I check the results. The combination of fixed lens, tiny form factor and manual operation is really nice !
I have about a dozen cameras, from $50 to $3000 but the OG Ricoh is my favorite. It's always in my camera bag.
Paolo Pellegrin of Magnum fame created a lot of his earlier work on Olympus point&shoot cameras (C-5060, ~5-6MP) in stark, contrasty black and white. When Olympus introduced the art filters with the grainy film black and white emulation, I was thinking to myself that they paid tribute to Pellegrin.
I've shot digital Olympus cameras since 1998 when I bought a brand new 1.3MP Camedia C-900Zoom. I went back to film until 2008, when I bought my first DSLR, an Olympus E-520. Then an E-5 (which I still have and use from time to time). I have added an E-620 and the elusive E-400 since. I still have all my Four Thirds glass, so all of these cameras are a joy to shoot with high grade glass. The E-5 is still a stunning camera in usage and output today.
I'm curious to what extend RUclips, Instagram etc. can drive the hype machine towards Olympus. I am just glad I already have all of the Olympus gear I will ever want and need, so whatever you do to prices on Ebay, Lucy - you have my blessing! ;)
Wondering the same. Since Olympua really wanted to take it to leica for the sake of the working man in the 1960s, I hope they get their hype moment.
Try setting to the extreme and dial back till you get rusults you like. I do that with cameras, synthesizers, guitar pedals & amplifiers and it always works 😎
Good advice! Thanks for watching
One Month Two Cameras + Snappiness awesome RUclipsrs ! - I like your channel too , keep up the amazing work Lucy !
Love Ali and James - they are both awesome RUclipsrs and people! Thanks for watching lovely.
Hi Lucy....This is the kind of exact feeling I get usin my Olympus Pen E-P5. It's quite magical ! I use it in combination with my Fujifilm X-Pro1 and vintage 35mm Voigtlander LTM and love both of them.
I don't have this camera, but I covered my niece's wedding a couple of months ago using my EM1 MKII set to both raw and grainy film B&W. They loved the photos. They had sort of a ' reportage ' look to them. Its not just I who say so, but quite a lot of experienced landscape photographers using medium format film cameras, also say that Olympus MFT sensors have the most film like rendition, for obvious reason, small sensor not producing all that full frame detail, slightly grainy files above iso 640, slightly lower colour saturation etc etc. I don't shoot much colour film, but I do B&W all the way up to 8X10, and the Olympus files do resemble 35 mm film quite easily. Also in ' monochrome ' mode both my EM1 and EM5 MKii allow tone contouring on the go, for shadow, highlights and mid tones, which give huge flexibility in getting the look I want. Good photography BTW miss Lumen.
Hi Lucy, Great vid as always ☺. I think the ultimate digital camera with a film like look are any of the Sigma foveon cameras. Very limited iso performance 100-400 for colour and black white 100-1500 the are cameras the slow you down in many ways. I have owned the dp series in the past and upgraded to their SD Quattro mirrorless system. Overall the foveon look offers something special that the traditional bayer sensors just cannot replicate. Oh, and you can remove/ refit the IR cut filter yourself in 5 min for IR photography. Cheers and keep up the great work!
Bought an Olympus “Tough” waterproof camera several years back and discovered the Art setting which is really fun to experiment with. I like the Sepia setting.
Great! I still shoot, develop and print BW film. The darkroom is from our semesterly fotocourse (about 10 x 2 hours). And off course you only print the negatives you like, so prices still keep in boundaries.
Fuji were the first to implement the film like colours and textures,look at the S2,S3 and S5 cameras,they go back 14 years and beyond..I still use the Fuji S5 and love it to bits.(Nikon body with the awesome Fuji super CCD sensor) 🙂
Current Olympus cameras also offer these "art scenes" including variations of grainy black and white and dramatic tone. I never use them, but the dramatic tone is quite nice. The Ricoh GR also has some nice black and white and grainy film profiles. These are wonderful, and I use them all the time.
I had one and converted it to infrared a few years ago. Olympus were so far ahead at the time, image stabilisation , flip out screen, dust reduction by vibrating the sensor, art filters etc. Still a big Olympus and monochrome filter in camera filter user. Have you tweaked your in camera filter settings yet ;-) Great image by the way .
I had an E-620 and loved the Art Filters. Olympus has continued to improve and increase the Art Filters in their subsequent micro 4/3 cameras. I had the infrared blocking filter removed from my Olympus E-510 and an infrared only filter installed. Therefore it is used for black-and-white only.
I have a question regarding this. Does the grainy film simulation still produce its desired effects well with the infrared filter removed??
I bought my Olympus evolt 510 in 08 for 850 dollars for the kit this was the first camera I bought with my own money. I got it because it shot in black and white without having to convert the image later And it shot in RAW which is 10 times better than jpeg . Later my dad bought the evolt 620 on on sale at some point, now I have both of them they are Awesome cameras. The evlot 510 It was my go to DSLR and still is to day and welcome to the greatness that is compact flash. Also you can shooting in sepia tone and many others. Enjoy this wonderful Camera.
Bailey....as David Bailey ???
@@1DesperateDan he mite be my cousin lol
Well, congrats on your 510s length of service. I've had one for three months (and an E300 since 2006), but am just about to sell it as i just bought a 620. Glad to hear you continue to enjoy the 510 - and i love my 300 too! All the best from a cabin in a swamp in a rainforest in New Zealand.
Interesting camera that wasn't on my radar, until now, those film like b/w features are impressive.
I've always been drawn to Olympus cameras, since a friend at school brought his Olymous trip 35 on a trip and showed me the photo results, which were stunning compared to my kodak instamatic.
My own first decent camera was the Olympus AF1- mini a bit like an mju clamshell type deal.
Since then a few more Olympus models have graced themselves on my camera collection shelf.
The iconic 1960s Olympus pen ee half frame camera.
Several mju models including the 105 zoom, the mju II zoom 170 both now sold for crazy money 💰
I have the Olympus superzoom 110 and an old digital sp810.
Hoping to add many more....
The photos turned out incredible and its always nice when they have that unique feeling to them whilst being captured 📸🤩
Newer Olympus cameras also have this ART settings, on the EM10 Mk ii are great and on the Olympus Pen too
I have a Pentax K2000 (circa 2009, 10MP CCD) that I sometimes ponder selling off because of its size compared to my newer micro 4/3 cameras, but something about the shutter sound you can hear from 20 paces, and its CCD sensor manage to keep it in my house. I think I will give its art modes a try today.
I have two of these cameras. Been tempted to trade them. However the monochrome feature is really good. If you customize the contrast, for the monochrome, you can really get deep blacks. Ink like. The iso thresold is very good for the era. Plus, the AA batteries make it slightly future proof and convenient. Build quality is meh. Kmount let's you hunt many vintage lens though...
In 1980, I bought a Nikon EM shortly after it arrived in the Uk. Really enjoyed it. 3 years later I bought the first Nikon L35AF as soon as it was released. Owned and enjoyed for many years. About 6 or 7 years ago, I bought a second user Olympus E-620, like yours here. It spent the next few years sat in its box, until I got round to listing it on Ebay. For me, after being seduced by reports, reviews, descriptions....., on seeing it, and holding it in my hands, it was just another very large lump that modern SLRs in their digital form had become. A long, long way from my handy Nikon EM. The sheer bulk of the E-620 was a big no, no for me.., I never got round to exploring its merits as a camera.
Having been a film manufacturer, trust me, Fuji knows color science very well, and has no problem offering film like images.
I shot with the OM620 for several years when they were "current"... The four thirds sensor never bothered me. It really is a superb system with lots of lenses (if you can find them). Just recently I was gifted a Nikon d3000 and I have been experimenting with it do the same, shooting B&W jpegs. It trully reminds me of the days when I shot Kodak Tri-X! I love it! Glad I found this video, brought many good memories of using the 620 and 420 Olympus cameras... Thanks!
I have since upgraded to another CCD Nikon, the d200! It is amazing for B&W... they are great! It's like Tri-X film that I used back in day!
I just bought the ping pong print! I love your channel! Thanks for all the hard work you put into it 🤙🏾
Ohhhhhhhh thank you so much! That is very kind and I’m so excited for you to receive it - that one really pops! Thank you for supporting me and my work. X
Very cool. Will try that art filter on my Oly. Many thx.
OMG that looks like pushed Ilford HP5. I'm in love!
I have been playing with digicams but it still does not replace the analog experience since it is not the result that matters the most, it is the journey...
Olympus Art Filters are too easily dismissed. The Grainy Art II setting on the modern mirrorless cameras is absolutely brilliant. Some complain it’s too contrasty but don’t realise the contrast can be adjusted using the in camera Curves. Also there’s Bleach Bypass, Vintage, Dramatic Tone (best in Mono), all can be used to great effect if one just learns how to use them.
And the four thirds lenses are larger and easier for our large hands ;) ALL Olympus cameras have this miracle function! Get an E-M5 if you want something smaller that works well in low light.
With that shutter sound appreciation movement I really think that once you go Pentax 6x7 mirror slap you can't go back :D
As always, I love your approach to photography. I have an Olympus Omd-Em10-ii that I bought several years ago and still use in combination with my nifty fifty lens (from a canon) with adapter. I think in some ways it shoots way more film-like and interesting portraits than I get with my newer Sony or Canons. I have never been able to afford the best and greatest of cameras, but I think it is more important to just get out there and shoot, especially since I am not striving to be a professional anyway. At any rate, thanks again for another down-to-earth and useful review of a camera that is interesting.
Thanks so much David this is really kind of you to say and I agree just get out and shoot at the end of the day that’s what it’s about!
secret pro tip. If you want a small Leica -esque camera for black & white film like stuff like this, grab an olympus pen ep/ ep-L and a 14/17/20mm pancake lens.
I love how you fight to preserve the tradition of film photography: and this is important.
But, if that camera shoots in RAW, have a look at DXO and it's modules. You get a 30 day free trial and you can effectively make your own film simulation recipe.
I know that digital is not your professional game, but it can be really good fun for leisure shooting.
My E PLs do this amazingly! I use one for portraiture and the subjects love it.
Have you tried any of the Pentax Q series of cameras? They have a Bold Monochrome setting that is similar to film.
Hey Pete, no I don’t think we have tried any of those but we will no doubt be on the lookout now haha. Thanks for watching!
And some best slide mode ever, on this old pentax cameras, called a reversal film.
Lucy.. Exellent work Beautiful Exellent👌👌👌
For a more analogue experience, glue the screen closed and post off your full SD card to me with ££££. I will then email the files back to you in a couple of weeks.
Lol 😂 this is really funny 😄
Oly cams have never got the props they deserve for what they've innovated for camera users. 25mm pancake is a good addition and the bright pro zooms too.
The Art Mode is in newer cameras but I'm not sure you can get that film shooti experience your talking about?
I know Olympus cameras there is a OVF mode but I think the profi changes when you change your profile.
Fuji might have a OVF mode and I know you can pic three jpeg modes plus raw when shooting Fuji.
Olympus does have there own editing software so you could shoot raw and put the camera in OVF mode and just edit the raws when you get home.
The Four Thirds cameras still had an optical viewfinder as they were a true SLR, so you look through the viewfinder and if you shut the rear screen you don't see what you're going to get. You can turn off the live view mode from the viewfinder even in early Micro Four Thirds cameras like the original Olympus OM-D E-M5 that I own, but the viewfinder is crap, and its like looking through a fly screen on a door.
Of course giving up the pentaprism allowed Olympus and Panasonic to do other things like making far smaller lenses, and things like the digital Pen F some of my favorite people like Trond Lindholm use but it comes at the cost. The electronic viewfinder on the Olympus OM-D wasn't really any good at all until the Olympus OM-D E-M5 MK III. Neither was the focusing system. Of course Trond uses the digital Pen F which is a much more modern camera.
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The focusing system is brilliant (and fast) on the Four Thirds cameras as you should through the lens, and of course as a result use the Phase Detect focus system. The early Olympus bodies used contrast detect, which is crap, unless you're focusing on just one subject.
Ah... that's sweet. I've just this minute bought a 620 on auction. I've a bit of 4/3 gear, although i use vintage glass a lot, and i'm always reaching for my battery-grip equipped E 300 - a weirdo i bought new in 2006. I've no idea if there's any objective truth to the claim that those Kodak CCD sensors are somehow 'different', but i love the rendering i get with my radioactive Tak 50 1.4. Anyway, M42s on the 620 - if nothing else the manual focusing should be a whole lot easier than on the 300. Appreciated your comments on the results from using the B&W filter... wonder if it'll even work in M mode...?
I recently bought an Olympus and very much like the 'grainy film' effect, looks like I've been taking pictures since 1952.
Which one?
@@tylerfields2368 I think I was talking about the em10 mark ii. But since then I've bought the em5 mark ii and the em1 mark ii. The 5 and 10 are pretty much the same except for weather sealing, the em1 adds a few more monochrome options, Hope this helps.
Olympus. Yes..OK Exellent optic.. 👌👌👌👌👌
I like the idea of using smaller memory cards; somewhere I have 4 gig and perhaps even a couple of 2 gig cards; time to dig those out of storage! When I shoot my Fuji 6x9 I sometimes struggle to shoot 8 frames because of the cost, but with digital I'll go to the same spot and bang off 40 or 50 frames. Time to work on discipline!
you've convinced me, Im buying one next week!
Wow 😯 nice 👍🏻 tag me on IG with your shots I would love to see! Thanks for watching
Really loved your compositions in this video.
Thank you so much - and thank you for watching!
Great, that you found something, that works for you.
It's funny, I have a few Olympus cameras with xD cards, but I only have very small xD cards - and I hate running out of memory on a digital. Not a limitation, I appreciate 😉
Since you like the shutter sound of the Olympus E-620, you'd probably like the Nikon D70 shutter sound as well.
Personally, I shoot in aperture priority or manual mode and depend on the old CCD sensor, older lenses and processing to get to looks, I like. Even in the free version of PhotoScape X, there are plenty of film modes to choose from, but often, I just make my adjustments to the contrast, saturation, color temperature and so on to get my own look.
But then again, I do enjoy spending a bit of time processing raw-files - that's not for everyone.
I shoot both film, and modern cameras. However, I also do film like simulation using my Nikon D200 10mp CCD AND Nikon D300 10mp CMOS DSLR cameras from the early 2000s. I shoot 1990s vintage primes, to keep workflow slower and more considered. I often shoot my AF film cameras, such as Nikon F5 or F100 and the D200 on same walkabouts…I carry the same lenses and two bodies in my backpack!
Have you thought about getting a good used Fuji S5 ? D200 but with Fujis own super CCD sensor with their own film modes..I have been using them since 2013 and will carry on using them until I cannot get any more.
Thank you for shedding light on this camera system. Will definitely look into it. What are some of the drawbacks? Would you recommend to someone who has more modern Olympus EM1 mk ii for example? If you were to minimize your collection to 4 cameras would this make the cut?
If you have a Micro Four Thirds body you can use Four Thirds lenses with the official adapter from Olympus. The drawbacks really are spending more money on bodies and lenses that may not perform as well as your Micro Four Thirds camera lenses... I wouldn't spend money on something like this unless you had it left to spend.
A great find, I'm pleased you are trying it out and discovering what it can do. It's a similar age to my Nikon D300, likewise I use a grip as I do with most of my SLR cameras. You will adapt to it eventually. Happy shooting.
if I want to get same filmlike look for my video, what you suggest? this olympus camera doesn't shoot videos.
Hi lovely, we have a mini cinema rig built up from a Fuji XT4 it’s fairly elaborate but most of the look is a combination of Fuji colour science diffusion filters and tweaking in davinci. Also we shoot manual lenses that makes a big difference to the look. Video is so much harder and more complex than still photography I’m afraid.
@@LucyLumen isn't it as simple as shooting on x-t4 with eterna profile and shooting with high grains setting? does it not give out 16mm film look straight from camera?
Great material, thank you. I assume the prices of used E-620s will go up ;) One more thing worth mentioning: the ability to close/hide LCD screen makes the experience with this camera as close as possible to film IMO. Put a small FlashCard in (to limit yourself) - and you're ready to go!
PS. BTW, just scored one in perfect condition, with two kit lenses and battery grip for... EUR100. Now hunting for some lenses in reasonable prices (like the 25/2.8). Cheers from Warsaw, PL :)
PPS. I have just scored the Zuiko Digital 14-54 f/2.8-3.5 bundled with a CPL by Hoya... WHAT A LENS! :)))
Have you tried the Lumix LX3? I think it suits your hi-contrasty b/w style
No I haven’t Bobby! My partner is the one who hunts down all the cameras on FB so no doubt he will be searching for this one now haha 😂 thanks for watching!
This has me wondering if more recent Pens and O-MD models have similar art modes. If prices of these older models go up, there's always the option to pick up one of the (relatively) inexpensive E-PL or E-M10 models.
They do, I'm just not sure if they have these particular settings.
You can get a very similar look to this on current Panasonic Lumix cameras with the L.Monochrome D profile!
these remind me so much of the Ricoh GR hi-contrast B&W jpegs
thanks for enlightening us Lucy, always enjoy watching your shows, ......looking great those bnw images...would they be the same on the E300?
what a rad camera!
The Lumix film grain has always looked head and shoulders better than others to me. I switched my digital camera to an Oly EM5 Mk3 recently, mainly for weather sealing (and high-res shot mode for scanning). The film grain sims on the Oly feel like garbage to me, even on the more subtle setting it looks like grit. It's just way too over the top for me.
Very cool :) Yes, I'm a Fujifilm shooter, but I'm not gonna say 'try the X-whatever' cos it's great that you have found a way to enjoy this one. Cheers.
Thank you Greg! 🙋🏻♀️📸👍🏻
You should try olympus e1,e300 or 400/500 too
Olympus seen a location in Bethlehem, PA cooooool
When the older cameras came out they competed against film cameras. Of course the focus is on mimicking film, modern cameras are made to mimmickone another and seem to focus on selling point. Pick up any upper level hobby grade or prosumer cameras and you'll see a difference. :)
If you had to work with DSLR's almost since they've hit the markets in the late 90's, I'm sure you'd learn to hate them too...
This is why Leica CCD M9 and M9M still command a high price in 2023. The pictures are more filmic than anything else because the CCD sensor is made by Kodak themselves.
The e620 doesn't have the Kodak ccd, it's a CMOS.
Isn`t this the same art filter as Olympus MFT have ?
Love that grain 📷📷♥️📷📷
i need to get it
Hi Lucy..love your channel. You should give the konica minolta alpha 7 digital a try. It's a 6.1 megapixel with amazing ability to take film like photos.. cheers
I believe all micro 4/3 olympus cameras have the same art filter. I see the images posted on this (great) video and i have to ask myself....... why the hell do I shoot film! LOL
Awesome shots, I just hate how these dorky cameras look.
To be honest an SLR sounds good but when u start shooting in low light conditions and try to set ISO you realise our image coming out is worse than what you see in the View finder. If u are a VF purist a digital VF is better, If you just use it for fun than the SLR VF is ok.
Interesting video. I shoot Fujifilm digital cameras and I love their built-in film simulations. However, I am interested in replicating the Kodak Tri-X 400 as another film simulation, but doing it post in my Capture One editing. I have found a Tri-X 400 simulation recipe from a company called Digistock, and hope to try this out when I next shoot. I understand from others comments that their simulation is quite good. I’m also interested in seeing how it compares to the various Acros film simulations already built into Fujifilm cameras. I thought you may be interested to know. I would also like comments from others that have tried this Digistock Tri-X simulation. Have a lovely day.
Anyone know about any smaller alternatives that have a 'film mode' this dramatic and grainy??? I was thinking more digicam
In another comment someone said some of the digital Pen series cameras have the same art modes. Might be worth looking into.
The Olympus XZ-1, XZ-2, XZ-10 and Stylus 1s all have this art fliter along with bright, sharp zooms.
Hold on tooo hahaha WATCH OUT LUX
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You can do that in photoshop in like 3 seconds lol. I used to do this to photos that I used as a reference for some b&w drawings. If your transferring photos to a computer at all might as well have photoshop or something similar to be able to get any look you want, sooc is overrated.
Hope this review doesn’t jack up the price for this camera.
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1:04 Olympus E620
I thought it was Nikon F4
You are so incredibly silly! My god are you funny!!
If people want film… just shoot film. ‘Leave’ the digital wanna-be’s behind. Find a nice 60’s-- 90’s film camera and shoot film🤫
It saves a lot of money just buying this camera though.
It’s still an uninspiring chunk of a camera.
"My partner" = lesbian.
But but but
I love your content, your persona, and the style and quality of your production but for heaven's sake, stop it with the digicam naming. That's a micro four thirds DSLR camera, not a "digicam". Nor are the small compact cameras "digicams". This artificial hype RUclips photogs are building up around this keyword makes no sense. And they are definitely not "film-like". They just look bad, maybe with the exception of one or two. Now I don't know whether it's due to a lack of knowledge or just going with the flow to keep the algorithm fed, but its annoying AF.
Hey 👋🏻 thanks for the compliments at the start of the comment and for letting me know how you feel. For me a digicam is just a digital camera that’s been forgotten about or is like 10+ years old now…i don’t actually refer to it as a digicam in the video but titling it as that helps it to reach the people that like digicams and that sort of content is that so evil??
People get really annoyed about hyped titles and RUclipsrs doing things to try and get more eyes on their video and that is because it takes like 20 plus hours to make a YT video and when it under performs it feels like a waste of time. We put a lot of effort into our videos from every angle and unfortunately we have to package them up in way that allows them to be seen and spread to as many people as possible otherwise it’s extremely frustrating for us.
Keywords like digicam or film are highly searched things on YT and I need that to help my video get to more people - I’m just positioning it so more people who are into film and older digital cameras might see the video and enjoy it - that doesn’t really seem that bad of a thing to be doing??
Splitting hairs over what exactly constitutes as a digicam seems kind of pointless in the grand scheme of everything really but I’m sorry it frustrates you. Thank you for watching.
In French we have a saying that translates somewhat like this "Criticism is easy but art is difficult."
With love for your art, hard work and kindness .
Daniel
The E-620 is a DSLR, not micro four/thirds mirrorless. It has an OVF, not an EVF. The mount is four/thirds, not micro four thirds. The E-volt line will not take micro four/thirds lenses. With an adapter you can use four/thirds lenses with micro four/thirds cameras such as the Olympus OM D E-M1.
@@leonardcasteel6617 Very true...you are Spot on Mate !
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The grainy film art filter is available on all the Olympus mirrorless cameras as well, which have an EVF feature that emulates OVFs.