tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post8299620893720200914..comments2024-02-12T03:21:03.402-08:00Comments on Ron Martinsen's Photography Blog: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Review–Part IIronmartblog.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815090271742112506noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-45804987712035401582014-05-17T14:25:02.629-07:002014-05-17T14:25:02.629-07:00Dimon,
Also you should update your EM-5 firmware ...Dimon,<br /><br /><i>Also you should update your EM-5 firmware before your review, ISO starts from 100 now.</i><br />That wasn't the case at the time I reviewed this product. I had the latest firmware available and unfortunately do not have the bandwidth to re-review every product for every firmware update.<br /><br /><i>I'm not sure is Noiseware any better than build in noise filter.</i><br />You may not be, but I am. I've done very thorough reviews of the major noise reduction products and done years of extensive research on the subject. <br /><br /><i>Noiseware lives some strange and ugly artefacts</i><br />That hasn't been my experience, but the reality is that noise reduction software is effectively smearing the image in its attempt to remove noise. Depending on the amount of noise in your image and how aggressive your settings are, the results of noise removal could potentially make things worse. <br /><br />See my noise reduction series at http://www.ronmartblog.com/2009/03/noise-reduction-roundup-1-of-5.html <br /><br />It started with three products but I've tested numerous other products since. I still have the same opinion that external products do a better job than most camera internal processing and that Noiseware is the best product on the market. Dfine is quite good too, and Noise Ninja (now Photo Ninja) offers the least destructive noise reduction algorithm. <br /><br />My example of a good viewfinder is the Sony NEX-7/7R. The Fujifilm X-T1 isn't too bad either, but the Sony's I've tested are the best I've used thus far.ronmartblog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815090271742112506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-49091434492031323972014-05-01T03:39:58.676-07:002014-05-01T03:39:58.676-07:00RE: "My viewfinder comments in the original a...RE: "My viewfinder comments in the original article seemed to piss off the Olympus fan boys, so I’ll clarify that WHEN COMPARED to the wonderful rear OLED display on the E-M5"<br /><br />I had NEX5R and NEX6 and have to tell you that Olympus decision to put OLED in back screen and plain LCD in viewfinder was very smart.<br />It doesn't matter in a bright day when you look through viewfinder as you can see nice and clear, there is no bright light in there to bother you. But when you are using back screen under direct sun you will see a proper difference between Sone LCD and Oly OLED. NEX5 which has no viewfinder is totally unusable in these situations. <br />Also you should update your EM-5 firmware before your review, ISO starts from 100 now.<br />I'm not sure is Noiseware any better than build in noise filter. I didn't see much difference on retina display. I prefer Oly filter,it is more steady and more predictable. Noiseware lives some strange and ugly artefacts.Dimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688837270246347368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-89598442124049327132012-09-10T10:26:52.965-07:002012-09-10T10:26:52.965-07:00Personal point of view along with reasonable real ...Personal point of view along with reasonable real life testing make a blog useful an interesting. Keep it up. If I don't have to walk too far and potentially carry my three year old grand daughter, I grab my Canon 5D3. But I can carry the OM-D with a tiny lens when I need small and light and get very nice results. Also, I seldom carried my Nikon with birding lens because it was so heavy. I don't mind carrying the OM-D with a 200-600mm equiv. zoom that I can hand hold and get very sharp results. The point here is that good results are possible with any camera and sometimes size/weight and lens choice trump other criteria.bgoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826231802859523569.post-58491307080639736732012-09-10T06:51:48.839-07:002012-09-10T06:51:48.839-07:00I've always valued your opinion straight. Ther...I've always valued your opinion straight. There's plenty of fanboy blogs out there. I own the E-M5 (love-hate) and 1DX (love). Your I respect your Olympus review because it was honest. Stay the course! ReidWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547806560101715811noreply@blogger.com