Thinking of going to Olympus for focus bracketting/stacking

davholla · Post by **davholla** » Mon May 13, 2019 12:28 pm

Probably Olympus OM-D E-M1 (£295 second hand)or OM-D E-M5 MK II Body Black (£419 new).

With the 60mm lens.

My shooting is due to commitments not ideal, i.e. I don't get up early and look for insects whilst they are still asleep. It is more 5 minutes here or there when my family let me, never early in the morning and on holiday often by torch light.

I currently use Canon 550D and 60 mm lens which I am happy with but I would like the ability to do more stacks. If Olympus didn't have this feature I wouldn't think about changing for a second.

I also use a Canon MPE-65 which I would continue to use.
Here is my current photostream
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14586608@N08/

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Mon May 13, 2019 5:39 pm

E-M1's full electronic shutter mode is actually noisy and often degrades image quality, compared to its own electronic front shutter or full mechanical shutter. E-M10 mk2 has a very good e shutter.

Lou Jost · Post by **Lou Jost** » Mon May 13, 2019 7:09 pm

I'm very happy with my PEN F + 60mm Oly macro lens for auto focus bracketing. It is a wonderful tool, especially if your field time is limited.

davholla · Post by **davholla** » Mon May 13, 2019 11:34 pm

Lou Jost wrote:I'm very happy with my PEN F + 60mm Oly macro lens for auto focus bracketing. It is a wonderful tool, especially if your field time is limited.

Sadly a bit more expensive than I wanted to pay.

Yawns · Post by **Yawns** » Tue May 14, 2019 7:36 am

Please clarify what's your intention...
Bracketing ? (frames in the card and later process the files in the computer...)
or
Stacking / post-focus.. ? .. (photos processed in camera)

I must tell you the "bracketig" it is not easy.. my experience was very frustrating and even depressive.. at some point I thought I spent 1.000 euros for nothing ...
Then I started to resolve a long list of problems one by one... tok sometime to get decent results.
The bracketing sounds good in the paper and in the "reviews", but has a lot of hidden problems and also hidden costs.. if your intention is to do "bracketibg you will need another few hundred euros (depending of what parts / software you already have... like a license of Zerene or Helicon Focus).