Lessons
Course Introduction
04:48 2Olympus History and Product Overview
12:56 3Photography Basics
09:46 4Basic Controls and Touch Screen Demo
04:26 5Mode Dial: Auto, Art, Scene
11:30 6Mode Dial: Movie Mode
05:06 7Mode Dial: Program, Aperture Priority, Manual
14:18 8Top Deck: Function Buttons, Microphones, Flash
11:51Electronic View Finder
12:31 10ISO and White Balance
06:28 11Auto Exposure Lock, Info and Playback Buttons
13:30 12Focusing Options
03:50 13Super Control Panel: Flash Options and Image Stabilizer
08:39 14Super Control Panel: Sequential Shooting and Quality
10:29 15Super Control Panel: Auto Focus, Metering, and Aspect Ratio
08:29 16Left, Right, Front and Bottom Sides
11:57 17Lens Options
17:37 18Shooting Menu 1
10:35 19Shooting Menu 2
12:06 20Playback Menu
06:01 21Custom Menu A: Autofocus/Manual Focus
14:30 22Custom Menu B: Button/Dial/Lever
06:09 23Custom Menu C: Release/Drive Mode
08:09 24Custom Menu D: Display Items
15:44 25Custom Menu E: Exposure/Metering/ISO
13:15 26Custom Menu F: Flash Sync
02:34 27Custom Menu G: Quality/Color/White Balance
05:43 28Custom Menu H: Record/Erase
06:57 29Custom Menu I: Movie Mode
09:46 30Custom Menu J: Built-In EVF
03:45 31Custom Menu K: General Utility
06:06 32Setup Menu
11:17 33Camera Operation
13:20Lesson Info
Custom Menu F: Flash Sync
Okay, next up is flash synchronization. We'd mention this before in the flash section that the maximum sink speed is one to fiftieth of a second. And so I guess you can go in and change that if you want. You know, I'm not even sure what the options are. You can. You can set it down lower, if you would prefer to. So, for instance, if you were using flash and you wanted it to be a slower shutter speed, or you had a certain type of power pack system that required a little bit longer period of time. When you do have the built in flash, this is this is one of those areas where you get to grade yourself on how good you are at holding the camera steady. So your average user beginning user who is just going to hold the camera and not be too conscious about how they're holding it probably should have it set to around a sixteenth of a second, which is moderately fast. Now, if you're really good about holding that camera rock steady, you could go down to a thirty f or fifteen or much lower. I wou...
ld feel perfectly comfortable holding this camera at a fifteenth of a second cause. I know the stabilization works out very well, and I can hand hold the camera pretty darn steady. And so if you're really good, you could go down to an eighth or a quarter of a second. So this is just kind of the limits that your camera would automatically choose in shutter speeds when there is a flash attack. Seeing how the camera does not have a built in flash it's. Not something most people are going to use very much. All right, flash exposure, compensation and exposure compensation are two different things. Do you want to combine them? The more advanced photographer does not, they want to keep him separate. They're going to do one adjustment on one in one adjustment on the other, when you are using a flash and you want your pictures to be a little bit lighter or a little bit darker and you're trying to keep things really, really simple, you can set this toe on, and it just makes the appropriate adjustments to pick make the picture 00:01:57.638 --> 00:02:00. lighter or darker for the man. For the more advanced 00:02:00.75 --> 00:02:03. user who wants to turn this off, they could say no, 00:02:03.78 --> 00:02:06. I want the flash a little bit darker, but I want the 00:02:06.28 --> 00:02:08. ambient light a little brighter and they can go in 00:02:08.8 --> 00:02:11. and really tweak with these settings in this. I mean, 00:02:11.49 --> 00:02:15. this one setting right here is probably a five hour 00:02:15.95 --> 00:02:20. class and lighting if we really wanted to get in and 00:02:20.83 --> 00:02:25. go through the options on it. Sorry, folks, we don't 00:02:25.06 --> 00:02:26. have time.
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Ratings and Reviews
a Creativelive Student
I had previously purchased the Fast Start for the earlier OM-D E-M5 model and found it invaluable. I was lucky to catch this E-M5 Mark II Fast Start when it was live and had my camera set up beautifully - until I updated the firmware recently and discovered how uncooperative the camera can be in the absence of the combination of settings recommended by John. So I bought the course, which enabled me to restore the camera to the optimal settings and gave me may "Aha" and light-bulb moments about things I'd forgotten or not understood the first time around. I am glad I now have this course so I can revisit it as needed. NOTE: There IS an option to save settings to the PC before updating firmware. I will be doing that in future!
a Creativelive Student
Excellent course. John's ability to patiently and throughly cover all elements of this detailed camera is impressive. He converts the stress level of learning a new camera to a fun level.
Susan Gutterman
I watched most of the live broadcast and just finished going through all of the modules with my camera. I learned so much!! My camera is customized to my preferences and I am now very comfortable shooting in M mode. My picture quality has already improved. John is an excellent instructor.
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