I bought a Pen-F when it was first released. I just couldn’t figure out how to make good use of the camera - to the point where I was contemplating selling! Then I came across a blog that recommended watching Rob Trek’s Olympus tutorials. I watched, learned, studied and practiced. Because of Rob and his excellent, calm, tutorials, I am (and remain) in love with my Pen-F. Thank you Rob.
If you own a Olympus mft camera there are no better teachers out there than Rob Trek, he is an absolute joy to listen to, doesn't beat around the bush, gets to the point, has a great relaxed style. Thank you so much for sharing. KJ. U.K.
When I first purchased my x 2 Pen Fs, this was the first video I watched- several times. It was ,and remains,tremendously helpful. This is a truly excellent video, Rob puts across material that is seemingly hidden in the camera's manual.
Hi Rob, Thank you! Like many others , I continue to learn from you about the vast array of features in the camera. You have such a kind and gentle manner.
Thank you Rob for another excellent video. I don't know where I would be without you. Olympus' manuals are so minimal that I could never really understand my camera until I discovered your channel. I really appreciate this expert advice.
Rob-- the info provide in this webcast was very interesting and useful. I think this was one of my favorites of you webcasts. Thanks for all the details you provide.
In the past, to have better control over effects in a conversion to B&W we would ALWAYS make a colour pic and then, in post, do the necessary filter adjustments. HA, and then Olympus came along and we can now do everything in-camera - so brilliant ! Thanks Rob - a great run-thru of these effects and the how-to.
Enjoyed this learning experience very much. Art filters are something I've summarily dismissed in the past, now after watching your videos I see they can be a useful aid in extending my photography further. You're a wonderful teacher, thanks muchly 😀
Hi Rob from Japan, Many thanks for this terrific and helpful video! I've been shooting Hi-Contrast BNW with my Ricoh GR II and was getting pretty strong results. About 2.5 months ago I picked up a used Olympus EM1 Mark II with an M.Zuiko f2.8 60mm Macro lens to start Macro shooting and have really been amazed at what this duo can do. I've wanted to begin shooting BNW with my EM1 but the results were so-so. Your video got me so excited about the BNW shooting possibilities that after watching it, I ran to my get my Olympus and watched your video a second time making Super Menu settings adjustments along with you (and my wife laughing hysterically)! Tomorrow can't come fast enough...I'm going to be shooting BNW with my EM1 musing the Red filter and will try Sepia Tones as well. THANK YOU!!
A great video, Rob, on the creative tools available on a camera that offers so much, but which most of us would never find without your explanation and, most importantly, demonstration. The videos you have made are so useful. Olympus ought to include reference to your work; others have written this many times.
Hi Rob I have been following your videos since I sold my Nikon D7200 and purchased the EM1 Mk2 and out of all the RUclips channels I watch, I love the way you explain in simple terms, so a big thank you from me. also I know your tuts are more based on the beginners end of Olympus models because its more for beginners, but I would like to see more about the EM1 Mk 2, now I know there is a lot in common anyway but there is also a lot to learn about the EM1 just my thoughts. Thank you so much for what you have already helped me with on the Olympus journey.
Really enjoying the vids, I started shooting Olympus about 3 or 4 years ago, started with a PL5, moved to a OMD EM10, and now a OMD EM1 Mark II. I don't get a lot of time to shoot with work, school ect. But I do enjoy taking the camera on long road trips every year. Your videos are allowing me to see new ways to enjoy the camera, thanks for that.
Thanks Rob. Another great and informative video. Just a couple of points you might have mentioned, for example the filters etc only effect JPG files and not ORF files. I tend to shoot only ORF and then apply those same settings in Olympus Workspace and adjust to my taste at the time. Like that I shoot a basically "non destructive" image to which I can apply monotone. What is useful however is that the image you see in the EVF is what the JPG might look like in post processing.
Thanks. Yes, a jpg is embedded into the raw even when shot raw only. I prefer shooting in jpg for my personal stuff and skipping post processing. For paid work, I always shoot raw.
Hello Rob...Great demo...Thank You...! You make it look so easy, the menus and the super control panel friendlier...! When I am "in picture mode" I still carry 2 cameras...one B&W and one Color...like in the old days. It is two different ways, to "See". It helps a lot, squinting, when in B&W node. The contrast and the colors "change" to Values or Zones.
Color can be distracting when trying to evaluate exposure. Some people like to shoot b&w using optical viewfinder because they prefer to see in color and visualize the b&w in their head. I really only shoot b&w when I can't get the white balance right. Thanks!
Awesome tutorial, I really appreciate you explaining slowly I find I can get my head around your tech tutorials. I found a yellow filter from 20 years ago for my film camera I still have. I'd forgotten what it was for. I hope I didn't ditch it! I'm going out for some film shutter therapy soon.
Hi Rob Fantastic info in all your tutorials, Ive been using Olympus MFT cameras since the launch of the first OMD and have never used half of what the camera was capable of, but since watching your channel I have started using more of what the camera has to offer especially the B&W and again your tutorial showed me things that I hadn’t tried such as the colour filters, so a big THANKS and keep them coming.
Thanks Rob, I am a new Olympus M5 owner. Your videos are very informative. I now have a much better understanding of my options for black and white photography. Keep up the great work.
Hi. Thanks for this instructional video. I had considered art modes as gimmicky. Because of this video, I get it! I have several projects where emphasizing one color will help my creativity. Thanks again!
Just a small correction, Sepia and the rest of the ' picture ' tones were not film processes but printing process. Sepia toning changes the metallic silver in the print to a sulphide compound. Cyanotype is the Blue tone print ( this is where the old term Blue Print originates from and was an engineering copying process) uses ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide and then there was the Selenium toning ( variable, depending on the silver content and type of printing paper ) which could be warm highlights and cool shadows or just a cool tone. All these processes were designed to alter the volatile Silver compounds of the print into something more resistant to atmospheric pollutants and make the prints more permanent. Very good explanation BTW. Thanks.
Excellent, highly informative video. I thought my monochrome settings on my PenF were pretty good before this video but after watching this, I am going back to the drawing board!
A late comment Rob. Have had difficulty getting sharp B and W contrast when using monotone with my 2 Pen F's. This helped a lot, but will have to watch several times and take notes, not a problem as the moment, we all mostly have plenty of time on our hands When using the front dial on the Pef F, when selected monotone,, the default camera choice ( in both bodies) was a sort of wimpish grey. I am after some really sharp B and W punch and will have and attempt the of choices you have illustrated. Have made most of my adjustments, via the Menu, not the Active Control Panel...does one of your baby level videos demonstrate how to make the same setting changes you do here in the super control panel. Many thanks.
On the PenF, you need to use the jog dial on the back to toggle between highight/Shadow and Color. Try Monotone Profile #2. It's pretty punchy. As for the super control panel, I don't think I've done one specifically for that.
@@RobTrek Thanks Rob, will try your suggestion. The super control panel method of making adjustments seems so much simpler than diving into the menus, Any suggestions how to active it? May be that it's active as a default setting & both Pen F's have it deactivated? May just do full factory reset. Thanks again
Thanks Rob, another informative video. I haven't tried the monotone setting yet, but I have tried the art filters and I didn't know I could do so much more with them.
More delving into the menus! I guess yellow must be the default filter setting in Monotone on the SCP - I noticed that your camera and mine both had yellow set before changing to other filters. Maybe Olympus decided that the yellow filter resulted in the nicest tones for monotone. So now I’ll be playing around with what I’ve just learned from this video. Thank you!
Thanks. I'm pretty sure Neutral is the default. I'm not a B&W expert, but which filter to pick will depend on what colors are in the scene so try them all.
@@RobTrek I tried these settings today using a selection of colourful buttons then uploaded the images into Olympus Workspace. It's so useful to see all of the settings in the data for each image. It was lucky that i used RAW + jpeg because that was where I noticed that the Partial Colour images only showed the effect in the jpegs. Thanks so much for being there!
@@lizdellar That's why I love workspace. I learn more about our cameras. I can experiment at home then setup my camera before heading out to test in real life. Always shoot raw+jpg. I rarely need the raws for anything but to see what the settings were to get the jpg.
@@RobTrek Ah Ha! Now i can use that response to those who ask why shoot in raw! So in Workspace I guess these same effects can be applied in post processing if they are not used in camera while out shooting?
@@lizdellar Effectively yes. The only challenge is sometimes you shoot differently when using custom settings so going back and applying them later to get the effect you want might be more difficult. Exposure comp is a good example of that.
Thanks! I may do a separate video for the Pen-F settings. It's all a little over my head, as I'm not really a b&w shooter, so not sure I'd explain everything well.
@@RobTrek Good.. My favorite time is at evening and at night. I've been using the fuji xt 10 And my favorite vintage lens for that ocation is the Konica 50mm 1.7. I think with the olympus will be better. I'm doing fine with the fuji .. Love to shoot in manual full manual. With the olympus i will follow you To take the most out of it. Thanks for your time and sharing. A pleasure🙏 Daniel from Puerto Rico🌴🚶♂️
Hi Rob...thanks for the video tutorial..I never thought there's so much features in the Oly in-camera that there's no further need for post-process. I own Em5 mk ii. :)
Thanks for an interesting and informative presentation. One thing that the in camera filter settings do not do is simulate the haze penetration that colour filters achieved with film. Red filters, especially had a pronounced haze cutting effect.
Great demo. One thing to note, however, is that when shooting RAW the image does not maintain its settings after importing into lightroom and instead you will see the full color image when you go into develop. This still does not detract from the incredible power to actually "see" in black and white when composing. To bad I can't set the lever on my OMD E-M5 II to switch between color and black and white, now that would be something.
Fortunately, when using an art filter, the camera creates the jpg for you! I should have mentioned the raw and jpg differences in the video. I'm keeping an eye out for an e-m5ii. Waiting for a really good deal. Thanks for the feedback!
Hello...! In ep 46, Rob make changes to the mode dial button, to switch to your myset presets. (One of the modes you don't use) mpgxsvcd writes: You need to select a mode dial function first. Then setup your settings in one of the mysets. Then you can load those settings to any of the mode dial functions.
thanks I'm watching on your videos cuz I'm thinking of getting the Olympus om-d 10 Mark 3 and your videos are going to make me decide which one to get .thank you
New to the E10 MkII, Kudos on a fantastic Video, As with ALL your other video's, Informative, super-practical and easy to apply tips. Thank you my friend!
Hello Rob - Some great videos. Thanks and now subscribed. I have an OM-1 and have a question regarding the Partial Colour art filters. The default for which partial colour is yellow. Can I change this somehow?
Rob, You're like the Bob Ross of Photo to me I love your channel and have shared it with fellow Olympus enthusiasts here in Michigna I would love to see you do a "LIVE" Q&A weekly or monthly on your channel and I'll bet the rest of the world would like you to do it as well Please give it some thought and a try best regards, Rick
I'm not sure I'm up to a live broadcast. My memory is so bad, I'd probably freeze up on the questions that I should know the answers to but can't remember. I loved Bob Ross. Made me want to learn painting, he makes it look so easy.
I like your style of doing tutorials. The explanation, demonstration and all of it. Will watch many more. I have a question - I had not realized that the red filter was an option in my Olympus OMD-10 Mark ii. So I bought an actual red filter and used it on an older manual focus lens on the camera. The result was quite bad - almost a infrared effect in monochrome mode. I suspect the camera was struggling with white balance etc. Do you know if there is a setting which would allow an actual red filter to be used to good effect on that camera in monochrome mode ? Else will stick with the soft filter in the camera. Thanks !
Rob, As always your tutorials are super helpful. I have a Pen-F and love it. I must have turned something off because when I shoot in "Art Mode" I don't get the helpful screens you showed that give you other options I & II, etc. I get a narrow band of options at the bottom of my view screen, no frames or pinholes... any guesses what I've done to my poor camera? I have searched online but no luck so far. Thanks very much, Pat
When you have selected an art filter in the narrow band, push the down arrow on the thumbpad, that should bring up the options for that filter. Thanks for your question!
I missed those tutorials Rob. The introduction music was the best, perhaps you can do more photographic tuturial instead new gears presantation. Photography is an a kind of art and we need to know to understant how to get a artistic picture instead of just birds in a long distance using gears which cost thousands of $.
Hi Rob I enjoyed this video but can I setup monochrome with a function button so that the settings are already saved This would reduce the time in setting up the camera and looking for the function. Regards Jeff
BTW, I think the last firmware changed a bit the way the Monocrome Pen F works. When you press Ok in the supercontrol panel you won't get the Filter Control any more: you now get a "grain" setting. If you want access to colour filters you need to use the lever under the "mode dial" until you get the colour circle which allows you to dial the filter colour you want and how strongly it will affect the image (from +1 to +3) This video I think still apply to other Olympus camera which don't have a dedicated effects knob.
Thanks for sharing. I'm so used to the menus now across 5 different Olympus cameras, I get around them pretty easily whatever changes. I often don't even notice.
Many thanks for your videos. Using OMD 5 iii, Is there a way of bracketing only "Natural" and "monochrome" and so exclude the other art filters? Many thanks
Yes. In the bracketing menu, go to Art BKT, select On, then click right on the d-pad. You should then see a list of picture modes with tick boxes next to each one to turn on or off the ones you want to bracket.
The settings only affect the JPG. However, if you open the raw file in Olympus Workspace, it will show the "embedded" jpg settings you used. Watch my recent video ep.220 where I demonstrate this.
When working with B%W film, the color of the filter on the lens is the color that will be reduced (subtracted). For example, a light red filter will make a white females skin appear "paler".
hi Rob, i loved your analysis. i have some questions. I wonder if you could explain what is happening in the pixel when taking B&W photography. What is the physics of color interpolation? What is the difference between a camera that is monochrome and a camera takes color and B&W? Or you can let me know any instructive video about this subject. Your teaching method and use of the language are instructive. I am using Lumix G9, I wonder it has all these possibilities that you explained. Lately, I met Hasselblad medium format. I loved it. i am looking forward to another product from the company. I believe this company knows the art of photography. Most of the companies are driven by money(canon, sony, etc.) put everything into one body, competing for 4ks, 6ks, 8ks. it is ridiculous. They don't care about creating the physics of high dynamic range which is a core notion of photography. thank you.
Thanks. Wow, those are deep questions. Basically sensors can only see in b&w. Colored filters are layered on top of the sensor, so each pixel has 3 color filters - Red, Green, Blue. The camera then interpolates each pixel to represent a final color. Dedicated b&w cameras don't have these color filters over the pixels, so they are typically sharper with more detail and tonality. Here is a video you can watch: ruclips.net/video/2-stCNB8jT8/видео.html
Hi there! Could you also do this with color pictures? Meaning to create some sort of tonality with a color picture? Or only partial color and black and white? Thanks!
Hi Rob, you know I love your channel. it's my 'go to' point of reference. I use an E-M5 Mk III and this is probably a really dumb question but is there anyway through LRC or OM Workspace that I can ascertain which ART filter is applied to a particualr image (e.g. ART14 II / Partial Colour II, ART5 I / Grainy Film I etc.)?
In Workspace, select a jpg then click on the Properties Icon on the top right. Then in the panel, click on the Camera icon. You'll see a line item for "Art Filter" which will show the one you used.
Hi Rob, Thanks a lot for your job. I have just started to take B&W pics in RAW+JPEG. In Olympus Workspace I see both of them in monochrome. How can one see Raw file in colour please? Thanks in advance
Hi Rob, Love your channel. I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying a Mkii. One question... can you apply the filters, effects etc. in camera after you've taken the picture in a normal JPEG mode?
Rob, Huge fan of your videos and your presentation style. However, I am having trouble with the language barrier. I am English and live in the UK and I have to smile when you refer to leaves and greenery as foilage - what is this foilage he keeps talking about - until it clicked with me - he means foliage or have I got it wrong. Doesn't stop me enjoying the videos though. Many thanks
Hi Rob, Thanks again for all the video's at one point I am going to have stop watching them and practice a little bit more what you have thought me... Ha ha.... Quick question, when I am displaying a picture on the screen and I push the info button, the super controls panel does not show up, so that I can modify the pic. Is that possible with The OM D mark ii? Thanks again.
Click the "OK" button when displaying the photo in Live View. Then a different menu shows up depending if it's a Raw Image or JPG. The editing is limited on JPG.
First of all: thank u, great video! Second: I have a question. As you can set the camera to shoot in LSF + RAW, is there a way to set it so that it takes the photo once in colour and once in bw? So I would still see and think in black and white, but I would also have a colour copy of the picture. Is something like this possible? Thank u very much!
Thank you. The raw file will be in full color when you import it for editing. What you see in the camera is the embedded jpg file for the raw. The separate jpg file will only be b&w.
Still awesome!!! :) I learned so much from this video. I especially liked the section on partial colours. I love my E-M5II and videos like yours are enabling me to enjoy it each time I use it. Thank you so much.
Hi Rob, Please would you be so kind as to do a video on the GPS logging function via the Olympus OI.track app on one's phone. I have an em1 markii and I had this working using their OI.share app which Olympus have recently changed. The Geotag Logging now redirects to their OI-track app which won't send the GPS data to my camera. Perhaps you could test it using your other cameras? Thanks a million for your instruction :-) Jean
I don't use the app much but will look into it for you. I used to sync GPS data via google track. Lightroom would match the timestamp of the picture with the GPS location and tie back into google maps. So I'm familiar with the general process, just have to see how Olympus does it.
PenF is wonderful. It does everything the omd10 mark ii, only more. Particularly if you like shooting jpg, it has a wider selection of filters and customization. Also has lens profiles for adapting lenses. Only thing missing is a built in flash, but is comes with a nice little flash. More megapixels, better ibis, and fully articulating screen.
I actually had my color calibration cards out and was going to show how each filter affected each color. After about 5 minutes, I realized was in over my head. So I simplified the whole thing to just saying any color that is not the filter color will be darker, etc... Thanks for the feedback!
do all the art filters work in the 4k mode too? i have an e-pl9 and they only work in 1080 fullhd, although i found out from a youtuber that they work on his e-m10iii (and they both use same processor and sensor, even more, e-pl9 is newer)
Hi. I don't have an E-PL9 to check directly myself, but my E-M5 Mark III can record 4k with Art Filters. I just select it in the picture mode. Maybe try putting the camera in "ART" mode then push the record button.
I still have not figured out how the sensor know the difference between the colors when you pick a color out...like on a Panasonic, it is called 'One Point Color'. How does it know where to draw the line between colors in the photo?
I imagine it's done by the software in the camera. Once the image is processed in raw, each color is assigned a 12-bit value, then the colors outside of a certain value are subtracted while maintaining the luminance value.
I bought a Pen-F when it was first released. I just couldn’t figure out how to make good use of the camera - to the point where I was contemplating selling! Then I came across a blog that recommended watching Rob Trek’s Olympus tutorials. I watched, learned, studied and practiced. Because of Rob and his excellent, calm, tutorials, I am (and remain) in love with my Pen-F. Thank you Rob.
Thanks, Justin. I still use my PenF all the time!
If you own a Olympus mft camera there are no better teachers out there than Rob Trek, he is an absolute joy to listen to, doesn't beat around the bush, gets to the point, has a great relaxed style.
Thank you so much for sharing.
KJ. U.K.
Thank you for the very kind words. I appreciate you taking the time to write.
I really think he is good explaining the different features of the camera.Thank you Rob.
Yes, he is great teacher for all things Olympus!
When I first purchased my x 2 Pen Fs, this was the first video I watched- several times.
It was ,and remains,tremendously helpful.
This is a truly excellent video, Rob puts across material that is seemingly hidden in the camera's manual.
Thanks!
After few years, I am still happy I can see your videos. You, Pete Fosgard, Rob Wong - just best of best :).
Thanks!
Couldn’t keep from thinking.
Such a beautiful homage to Bob Ross 🙋🏻♀️🌸
Hi Rob, Thank you! Like many others , I continue to learn from you about the vast array of features in the camera. You have such a kind and gentle manner.
Thanks. Glad to help.
Thank you Rob for another excellent video. I don't know where I would be without you. Olympus' manuals are so minimal that I could never really understand my camera until I discovered your channel. I really appreciate this expert advice.
Happy to help.
Rob-- the info provide in this webcast was very interesting and useful. I think this was one of my favorites of you webcasts. Thanks for all the details you provide.
In the past, to have better control over effects in a conversion to B&W we would ALWAYS make a colour pic and then, in post, do the necessary filter adjustments. HA, and then Olympus came along and we can now do everything in-camera - so brilliant ! Thanks Rob - a great run-thru of these effects and the how-to.
Thank you!
Enjoyed this learning experience very much. Art filters are something I've summarily dismissed in the past, now after watching your videos I see they can be a useful aid in extending my photography further. You're a wonderful teacher, thanks muchly 😀
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Rob from Japan,
Many thanks for this terrific and helpful video! I've been shooting Hi-Contrast BNW with my Ricoh GR II and was getting pretty strong results. About 2.5 months ago I picked up a used Olympus EM1 Mark II with an M.Zuiko f2.8 60mm Macro lens to start Macro shooting and have really been amazed at what this duo can do. I've wanted to begin shooting BNW with my EM1 but the results were so-so. Your video got me so excited about the BNW shooting possibilities that after watching it, I ran to my get my Olympus and watched your video a second time making Super Menu settings adjustments along with you (and my wife laughing hysterically)! Tomorrow can't come fast enough...I'm going to be shooting BNW with my EM1 musing the Red filter and will try Sepia Tones as well. THANK YOU!!
Glad you found this video helpful! Thanks.
I recently purchased a PEN-F and like it. However, the best thing about that purchase was discovering your channel. Thank you for you.
Thanks!
I have been using a fraction of my camera’s potential, you have a excellent simplified method of explaining the camera’s menu. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
A great video, Rob, on the creative tools available on a camera that offers so much, but which most of us would never find without your explanation and, most importantly, demonstration. The videos you have made are so useful. Olympus ought to include reference to your work; others have written this many times.
Thanks!
That OM2 Spot Program is a handsome looking piece of kit. I had to zoom on to se what it was. The OM2S was called OM2SP in the UK.
Hi Rob I have been following your videos since I sold my Nikon D7200 and purchased the EM1 Mk2 and out of all the RUclips channels I watch, I love the way you explain in simple terms, so a big thank you from me. also I know your tuts are more based on the beginners end of Olympus models because its more for beginners, but I would like to see more about the EM1 Mk 2, now I know there is a lot in common anyway but there is also a lot to learn about the EM1 just my thoughts. Thank you so much for what you have already helped me with on the Olympus journey.
Thanks. I will try and add some more em1.2 videos since it's very similar to the em5.iii.
Wonderful video Rob!! So excited to play around with this!
Really enjoying the vids, I started shooting Olympus about 3 or 4 years ago, started with a PL5, moved to a OMD EM10, and now a OMD EM1 Mark II. I don't get a lot of time to shoot with work, school ect. But I do enjoy taking the camera on long road trips every year. Your videos are allowing me to see new ways to enjoy the camera, thanks for that.
They are great cameras! Thanks for watching. -Rob
Your knowledge of the Olympus systems is always impressive.
Thanks. I learned everything on youtube!
Thanks Rob. Another great and informative video. Just a couple of points you might have mentioned, for example the filters etc only effect JPG files and not ORF files. I tend to shoot only ORF and then apply those same settings in Olympus Workspace and adjust to my taste at the time. Like that I shoot a basically "non destructive" image to which I can apply monotone. What is useful however is that the image you see in the EVF is what the JPG might look like in post processing.
Thanks. Yes, a jpg is embedded into the raw even when shot raw only. I prefer shooting in jpg for my personal stuff and skipping post processing. For paid work, I always shoot raw.
Hello Rob...Great demo...Thank You...! You make it look so easy, the menus and the super control panel friendlier...!
When I am "in picture mode" I still carry 2 cameras...one B&W and one Color...like in the old days.
It is two different ways, to "See". It helps a lot, squinting, when in B&W node.
The contrast and the colors "change" to Values or Zones.
Color can be distracting when trying to evaluate exposure. Some people like to shoot b&w using optical viewfinder because they prefer to see in color and visualize the b&w in their head. I really only shoot b&w when I can't get the white balance right. Thanks!
Awesome tutorial, I really appreciate you explaining slowly I find I can get my head around your tech tutorials. I found a yellow filter from 20 years ago for my film camera I still have. I'd forgotten what it was for. I hope I didn't ditch it! I'm going out for some film shutter therapy soon.
Thanks, Jenn. I need to finish some rolls of film myself!
Hi Rob
Fantastic info in all your tutorials, Ive been using Olympus MFT cameras since the launch of the first OMD and have never used half of what the camera was capable of, but since watching your channel I have started using more of what the camera has to offer especially the B&W and again your tutorial showed me things that I hadn’t tried such as the colour filters, so a big THANKS and keep them coming.
Thank you for the kind feedback!
Thanks Rob, I am a new Olympus M5 owner. Your videos are very informative. I now have a much better understanding of my options for black and white photography. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!
Dear Mr. Trek, your tutorials are amazing! Thanks so much...
Thanks!
Hi. Thanks for this instructional video. I had considered art modes as gimmicky. Because of this video, I get it! I have several projects where emphasizing one color will help my creativity. Thanks again!
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! I had no idea how much goes into making an amazing B/W photo. I am amazed with the partial color mode. Thank you so much! Great video!
Thanks for watching!
Just a small correction, Sepia and the rest of the ' picture ' tones were not film processes but printing process. Sepia toning changes the metallic silver in the print to a sulphide compound. Cyanotype is the Blue tone print ( this is where the old term Blue Print originates from and was an engineering copying process) uses ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide and then there was the Selenium toning ( variable, depending on the silver content and type of printing paper ) which could be warm highlights and cool shadows or just a cool tone. All these processes were designed to alter the volatile Silver compounds of the print into something more resistant to atmospheric pollutants and make the prints more permanent. Very good explanation BTW. Thanks.
Thank you for the feedback.
This is great Rob...you are making the Olympus menu system seem understandable....Outstanding...Thank you!!
I'm still learning new things about this menu system. Will share as we go! Thanks.
Excellent, highly informative video. I thought my monochrome settings on my PenF were pretty good before this video but after watching this, I am going back to the drawing board!
Yes, the Pen-F has many more, but hopefully, you will understand them better now when you go back an look at them. Thanks!
All of your videos are great. They have helped me to navigate more easily and making photography a lot more fun!
Glad you like them! Thanks.
Hi Rob,
Awesome tutorial. Tried the partial colour without fully understanding it. I now know what I'm doing. Thanks.
Glad this video helped! Thanks.
Rob, your videos are clear and easy to follow. Thank you.
Thanks!
A late comment Rob. Have had difficulty getting sharp B and W contrast when using monotone with my 2 Pen F's.
This helped a lot, but will have to watch several times and take notes, not a problem as the moment, we all mostly have plenty of time on our hands
When using the front dial on the Pef F, when selected monotone,, the default camera choice ( in both bodies) was a sort of wimpish grey.
I am after some really sharp B and W punch and will have and attempt the of choices you have illustrated.
Have made most of my adjustments, via the Menu, not the Active Control Panel...does one of your baby level videos demonstrate how to make the same setting changes you do here in the super control panel. Many thanks.
On the PenF, you need to use the jog dial on the back to toggle between highight/Shadow and Color. Try Monotone Profile #2. It's pretty punchy. As for the super control panel, I don't think I've done one specifically for that.
@@RobTrek Thanks Rob, will try your suggestion. The super control panel method of making adjustments seems so much simpler than diving into the menus, Any suggestions how to active it? May be that it's active as a default setting & both Pen F's have it deactivated? May just do full factory reset. Thanks again
Thanks Rob, another informative video. I haven't tried the monotone setting yet, but I have tried the art filters and I didn't know I could do so much more with them.
Thanks. Glad this video helped!
More delving into the menus! I guess yellow must be the default filter setting in Monotone on the SCP - I noticed that your camera and mine both had yellow set before changing to other filters. Maybe Olympus decided that the yellow filter resulted in the nicest tones for monotone. So now I’ll be playing around with what I’ve just learned from this video. Thank you!
Thanks. I'm pretty sure Neutral is the default. I'm not a B&W expert, but which filter to pick will depend on what colors are in the scene so try them all.
@@RobTrek I tried these settings today using a selection of colourful buttons then uploaded the images into Olympus Workspace. It's so useful to see all of the settings in the data for each image. It was lucky that i used RAW + jpeg because that was where I noticed that the Partial Colour images only showed the effect in the jpegs. Thanks so much for being there!
@@lizdellar That's why I love workspace. I learn more about our cameras. I can experiment at home then setup my camera before heading out to test in real life. Always shoot raw+jpg. I rarely need the raws for anything but to see what the settings were to get the jpg.
@@RobTrek Ah Ha! Now i can use that response to those who ask why shoot in raw! So in Workspace I guess these same effects can be applied in post processing if they are not used in camera while out shooting?
@@lizdellar Effectively yes. The only challenge is sometimes you shoot differently when using custom settings so going back and applying them later to get the effect you want might be more difficult. Exposure comp is a good example of that.
This is a fantastic. I always learn something from your videos.
Thanks. I try.
Thank you Rob, Your tutorial really helps me a lot. Thumb up.
Thanks.
Very informative, thanks Rob! I'm keen to find out what additional extra special options for b&w are available on the pen f.
Thanks! I may do a separate video for the Pen-F settings. It's all a little over my head, as I'm not really a b&w shooter, so not sure I'd explain everything well.
B&W photography is like Coffee for me..:) I'm drinking one right now☕
I'm loving B&W now. Wasn't that into it when I made this video.
@@RobTrek Good..
My favorite time is at evening and at night. I've been using the fuji xt 10
And my favorite vintage lens for that ocation is the Konica 50mm 1.7.
I think with the olympus will be better.
I'm doing fine with the fuji ..
Love to shoot in manual full manual.
With the olympus i will follow you
To take the most out of it.
Thanks for your time and sharing.
A pleasure🙏 Daniel from Puerto Rico🌴🚶♂️
Hi Rob...thanks for the video tutorial..I never thought there's so much features in the Oly in-camera that there's no further need for post-process. I own Em5 mk ii. :)
Thank you! Em5.2 is an awesome camera.
Thanks for an interesting and informative presentation. One thing that the in camera filter settings do not do is simulate the haze penetration that colour filters achieved with film. Red filters, especially had a pronounced haze cutting effect.
Thanks. I actually don't have much experience with real filters.
@@RobTrek And I am very inexperienced with digital which is why I find videos such as this so helpful.
That was amazing. I feel like I've done a night class!
Thanks!
Un tutorial foarte bun. Multumesc mult!. Felicitari pentru efortul facut!
Thank you!
Many thanks, very good tutorial!
Cheers from Oz 🌞
Thank you!
Great demo. One thing to note, however, is that when shooting RAW the image does not maintain its settings after importing into lightroom and instead you will see the full color image when you go into develop. This still does not detract from the incredible power to actually "see" in black and white when composing. To bad I can't set the lever on my OMD E-M5 II to switch between color and black and white, now that would be something.
Fortunately, when using an art filter, the camera creates the jpg for you! I should have mentioned the raw and jpg differences in the video. I'm keeping an eye out for an e-m5ii. Waiting for a really good deal. Thanks for the feedback!
Hello...! In ep 46, Rob make changes to the mode dial button, to switch to your myset presets. (One of the modes you don't use) mpgxsvcd writes: You need to select a mode dial function first. Then setup your settings in one of the mysets. Then you can load those settings to any of the mode dial functions.
Great video again Rob, I definitely want to try out some of these techniques with my Olympus. Thanks.
Yes, they are really great working with colors in b&w.
Thanks Rob for another great tutorial, learning a lot more about how to use my OM-D 10 correctly
Thank you!
thanks I'm watching on your videos cuz I'm thinking of getting the Olympus om-d 10 Mark 3 and your videos are going to make me decide which one to get .thank you
I like the omd line. It's what converted me from full frame dslrs.
New to the E10 MkII, Kudos on a fantastic Video, As with ALL your other video's, Informative, super-practical and easy to apply tips. Thank you my friend!
Thank you! Glad you find them helpful.
Cheers Rob. My dusty old OM-2 is glaring at me reproachfully as I type this...
I still have a roll in it to finish!
Thank You Rob!
For this lasson. Just what I ned.
Glad to help!
Hello Rob - Some great videos. Thanks and now subscribed. I have an OM-1 and have a question regarding the Partial Colour art filters. The default for which partial colour is yellow. Can I change this somehow?
Hi. I made a quick video for you here: ruclips.net/video/lJQ4FTT9Ipo/видео.htmlsi=MZAbMmTAy_8fQhy2
Very useful video Rob many thanks
Thank you, Richard!
Rob,
You're like the Bob Ross of Photo to me
I love your channel and have shared it with fellow Olympus enthusiasts here in Michigna
I would love to see you do a "LIVE" Q&A weekly or monthly on your channel
and I'll bet the rest of the world would like you to do it as well
Please give it some thought and a try
best regards, Rick
I'm not sure I'm up to a live broadcast. My memory is so bad, I'd probably freeze up on the questions that I should know the answers to but can't remember. I loved Bob Ross. Made me want to learn painting, he makes it look so easy.
@@RobTrek You've moved on!!
Thanks Rob for this great tutorial. I thought there was something wrong with my camera I wasn't getting the B/W tone I wanted but now I know why ;)
It's much easier than I thought it would be. I'm learning as I do these tutorials as well. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Rob, this video was great, made my life easier!!!
Thanks for watching!
A great video.
Very helpful.
Thank you very much!
Glad to help!
I like your style of doing tutorials. The explanation, demonstration and all of it. Will watch many more. I have a question - I had not realized that the red filter was an option in my Olympus OMD-10 Mark ii. So I bought an actual red filter and used it on an older manual focus lens on the camera. The result was quite bad - almost a infrared effect in monochrome mode. I suspect the camera was struggling with white balance etc. Do you know if there is a setting which would allow an actual red filter to be used to good effect on that camera in monochrome mode ? Else will stick with the soft filter in the camera. Thanks !
Thanks. Interesting question. I'm thinking through my next videos and will give this some thought and experimentation.
Rob,
As always your tutorials are super helpful. I have a Pen-F and love it. I must have turned something off because when I shoot in "Art Mode" I don't get the helpful screens you showed that give you other options I & II, etc. I get a narrow band of options at the bottom of my view screen, no frames or pinholes... any guesses what I've done to my poor camera? I have searched online but no luck so far.
Thanks very much, Pat
When you have selected an art filter in the narrow band, push the down arrow on the thumbpad, that should bring up the options for that filter. Thanks for your question!
Thx Rob, some good stuff here!!!
Thanks!
I missed those tutorials Rob. The introduction music was the best, perhaps you can do more photographic tuturial instead new gears presantation. Photography is an a kind of art and we need to know to understant how to get a artistic picture instead of just birds in a long distance using gears which cost thousands of $.
Photography style is a bit out of my comfort zone. I'm not as good at articulating such topics as many others here on youtube.
Just when I thought I had a handle on my EM1/penF, I there no limit? Great tutorial. As always.. Cheers. JF-uk
Thanks!
Great videos, very informative. Thanks!
Thank you!
Hi Rob
I enjoyed this video but can I setup monochrome with a function button so that the settings are already saved
This would reduce the time in setting up the camera and looking for the function.
Regards Jeff
Thanks. I'm loving monochrome photography too!
Rob,
Great, I really like your tutorials ...
Thank you
Thank you for watching!
Good stuff as always, Thanks Rob :)
Thanks, Randy!
BTW, I think the last firmware changed a bit the way the Monocrome Pen F works. When you press Ok in the supercontrol panel you won't get the Filter Control any more: you now get a "grain" setting. If you want access to colour filters you need to use the lever under the "mode dial" until you get the colour circle which allows you to dial the filter colour you want and how strongly it will affect the image (from +1 to +3) This video I think still apply to other Olympus camera which don't have a dedicated effects knob.
Thanks for sharing. I'm so used to the menus now across 5 different Olympus cameras, I get around them pretty easily whatever changes. I often don't even notice.
Thanks, great lesson. FYI..ART 14 filter is not available on my Olympus Pen Lite E-PL5.
Thanks for the feedback! I know, some filters and features don't always make it to the other models.
Thanks for a great video, just wondered if all these options can be applied in camera after the image has been taken?
Yes, all of this can be done in camera!
@@RobTrek Thank you
Starlite is where the items in your photo will create a cross like star...or make the shinny parts of the photo bright or glitter .....it pretty cool.
Thank you!
Thanks for this all is much clearer to understand.
Glad it was helpful!
Many thanks for your videos. Using OMD 5 iii, Is there a way of bracketing only "Natural" and "monochrome" and so exclude the other art filters? Many thanks
Yes. In the bracketing menu, go to Art BKT, select On, then click right on the d-pad. You should then see a list of picture modes with tick boxes next to each one to turn on or off the ones you want to bracket.
@@RobTrek very many thanks for your help which is much appreciated
Do the settings you use change the raw files or just the JPEG. I watch and rewatch your great videos. Thanks!
The settings only affect the JPG. However, if you open the raw file in Olympus Workspace, it will show the "embedded" jpg settings you used. Watch my recent video ep.220 where I demonstrate this.
Thanks a lot for the tutorial. Very useful for a newbie like me...
Thank you! Glad to help.
When working with B%W film, the color of the filter on the lens is the color that will be reduced (subtracted). For example, a light red filter will make a white females skin appear "paler".
Thank you for the info.
Thankyou for this great information 👍
Glad it was helpful!
hi Rob, i loved your analysis. i have some questions. I wonder if you could explain what is happening in the pixel when taking B&W photography. What is the physics of color interpolation? What is the difference between a camera that is monochrome and a camera takes color and B&W? Or you can let me know any instructive video about this subject. Your teaching method and use of the language are instructive.
I am using Lumix G9, I wonder it has all these possibilities that you explained.
Lately, I met Hasselblad medium format. I loved it. i am looking forward to another product from the company. I believe this company knows the art of photography. Most of the companies are driven by money(canon, sony, etc.) put everything into one body, competing for 4ks, 6ks, 8ks. it is ridiculous. They don't care about creating the physics of high dynamic range which is a core notion of photography. thank you.
Thanks. Wow, those are deep questions. Basically sensors can only see in b&w. Colored filters are layered on top of the sensor, so each pixel has 3 color filters - Red, Green, Blue. The camera then interpolates each pixel to represent a final color. Dedicated b&w cameras don't have these color filters over the pixels, so they are typically sharper with more detail and tonality. Here is a video you can watch: ruclips.net/video/2-stCNB8jT8/видео.html
thank you, Rob. More clear now, but of course there is a lot to know.
Hi there! Could you also do this with color pictures? Meaning to create some sort of tonality with a color picture? Or only partial color and black and white? Thanks!
The color filters only work with monochrome picture profile. You would use the color wheel for color pictures. It basically adds a tint.
Hi Rob, you know I love your channel. it's my 'go to' point of reference. I use an E-M5 Mk III and this is probably a really dumb question but is there anyway through LRC or OM Workspace that I can ascertain which ART filter is applied to a particualr image (e.g. ART14 II / Partial Colour II, ART5 I / Grainy Film I etc.)?
In Workspace, select a jpg then click on the Properties Icon on the top right. Then in the panel, click on the Camera icon. You'll see a line item for "Art Filter" which will show the one you used.
Thanks@@RobTrek, I found it! And am I right to presume there's no way to do this when working in LightRoom?
I haven't found a way to do this in LR.
Hi Rob, Thanks a lot for your job. I have just started to take B&W pics in RAW+JPEG. In Olympus Workspace I see both of them in monochrome.
How can one see Raw file in colour please? Thanks in advance
Thanks Rob. I have found it. All the best
Hi Rob, Love your channel. I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying a Mkii. One question... can you apply the filters, effects etc. in camera after you've taken the picture in a normal JPEG mode?
Thanks. Yes, that is how I apply the filters 90% of the time. You can do in camera raw processing or art bracketing.
Very kind indeed.
Rob,
Huge fan of your videos and your presentation style. However, I am having trouble with the language barrier. I am English and live in the UK and I have to smile when you refer to leaves and greenery as foilage - what is this foilage he keeps talking about - until it clicked with me - he means foliage or have I got it wrong. Doesn't stop me enjoying the videos though. Many thanks
Thanks! I mispronounce words all the time. People are correcting me constantly. I misspell a lot too. I think I have dain bramage.
I think it's catching
Ebam Namron
Super tutorial!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you. That was helpful for me.
You're welcome!
Thank you Rob.
Glad ot help!
Hi Rob, Thanks again for all the video's at one point I am going to have stop watching them and practice a little bit more what you have thought me... Ha ha.... Quick question, when I am displaying a picture on the screen and I push the info button, the super controls panel does not show up, so that I can modify the pic. Is that possible with The OM D mark ii?
Thanks again.
Click the "OK" button when displaying the photo in Live View. Then a different menu shows up depending if it's a Raw Image or JPG. The editing is limited on JPG.
Great channel! Thank you!
Thank you!
awesome!
Thanks!
thank you for sharing. much appreciated..
Thanks for watching!
First of all: thank u, great video! Second: I have a question. As you can set the camera to shoot in LSF + RAW, is there a way to set it so that it takes the photo once in colour and once in bw? So I would still see and think in black and white, but I would also have a colour copy of the picture. Is something like this possible?
Thank u very much!
Thank you. The raw file will be in full color when you import it for editing. What you see in the camera is the embedded jpg file for the raw. The separate jpg file will only be b&w.
Rob Trek oh that’s great! Exactly what I was looking for! Thank u very much, and even more thanks for the quick answer! Great channel!
Still awesome!!! :) I learned so much from this video. I especially liked the section on partial colours.
I love my E-M5II and videos like yours are enabling me to enjoy it each time I use it.
Thank you so much.
Thank you!
Hi Rob,
Please would you be so kind as to do a video on the GPS logging function via the Olympus OI.track app on one's phone. I have an em1 markii and I had this working using their OI.share app which Olympus have recently changed. The Geotag Logging now redirects to their OI-track app which won't send the GPS data to my camera. Perhaps you could test it using your other cameras?
Thanks a million for your instruction :-)
Jean
I don't use the app much but will look into it for you. I used to sync GPS data via google track. Lightroom would match the timestamp of the picture with the GPS location and tie back into google maps. So I'm familiar with the general process, just have to see how Olympus does it.
Do you recommend the Pen F? Can it do mostly all the OMD 10 mark II can do?
PenF is wonderful. It does everything the omd10 mark ii, only more. Particularly if you like shooting jpg, it has a wider selection of filters and customization. Also has lens profiles for adapting lenses. Only thing missing is a built in flash, but is comes with a nice little flash. More megapixels, better ibis, and fully articulating screen.
And comparative with omd 5 mark II and pen f ? Thanks Rob
Actually, the filter brightens up the filter color and darkens the opposite color on the color wheel.
I actually had my color calibration cards out and was going to show how each filter affected each color. After about 5 minutes, I realized was in over my head. So I simplified the whole thing to just saying any color that is not the filter color will be darker, etc... Thanks for the feedback!
Thank You Rob!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you
!
No problem
do all the art filters work in the 4k mode too? i have an e-pl9 and they only work in 1080 fullhd, although i found out from a youtuber that they work on his e-m10iii (and they both use same processor and sensor, even more, e-pl9 is newer)
Hi. I don't have an E-PL9 to check directly myself, but my E-M5 Mark III can record 4k with Art Filters. I just select it in the picture mode. Maybe try putting the camera in "ART" mode then push the record button.
I still have not figured out how the sensor know the difference between the colors when you pick a color out...like on a Panasonic, it is called 'One Point Color'. How does it know where to draw the line between colors in the photo?
I imagine it's done by the software in the camera. Once the image is processed in raw, each color is assigned a 12-bit value, then the colors outside of a certain value are subtracted while maintaining the luminance value.