Gotta start reading.......lots of things I haven't figured out yet!
----- Original Message -----From: Chuck Norcutt
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[OM] Who knew? Not Chuck
A few days ago Don Holbrook emailed me with info about a new book by Darrell
Young on the E-M1 (see link below). I hadn't heard about it, checked the info
on Amazon and decided to buy a copy. It arrived yesterday. I was busy and set
it aside but late last night started thumbing through it.
To my amazement the second page I opened (somewhere in the middle of the book)
said: "Keystone Comp.". What? Yes, it's exactly what the name implies... it
adds simulated view camera tilt and swing adjustments to the E-M1. I hadn't
noticed it in the menu since my camera's firmware was at 1.1 despite being only
a couple of months old. I updated the firmware to version 3.0 which is (wow!) 6
version levels above 1.1. I also discovered that two lenses also needed
updating.
Anyhow, despite reading what's in Young's book and in the E-M1 manual I haven't
quite figured out how to use it... or perhaps I have. Neither source states the
limitations but it appears that it's not possible to do both tilt and swing on
the same frame. I was initially very confused since the only control I saw was
for tilt when, according to what I had read in the books, I should see both
controls. I think now that I had turned the rear dial (tilt control)
prematurely. The tilt/swing scales take several seconds to show up on the
display after selecting Keystone Comp. As soon as one of the controls is
activated by turning either the front or rear dials the display for the
opposite control is removed. The only time you can see both controls is when
both tilt and swing are at "zero", ie with the indicators centered as in a
level guage. If you try to change one the ability to change the other is
removed. I think it strange that neither source mentions this.
Some other oddities. Young apparently didn't do all his homework. He says you
must properly set your exposure before engaging Keystone Comp. since the front
and rear control dials are busily engaged in tilting or swinging rather than
exposure controls. What he didn't mention is that the Keystone Comp. setting is
one of the displays tied to the info button. By pressing the info button you
can rotate through the other info displays which will allow you to change
exposure. You can then go back to the Keystone Comp. display if desired.
Another mystery is why the E-M1 manual says to use the cursor arrow controls to
"...to choose the area recorded." Useless advice. The cursor seems to be almost
non-functional except for sometimes and unexpectedly jumping from one side of
the screen to the opposite side.
Trying to figure out how to use this function has been more like Keystone Cops
that Keystone Comp. :-)
I may still use it from time to time. It doesn't do anything that PhotoShop
doesn't (less actually) but it does give you the opportunity to see if applying
perspective corrections will leave an acceptable field of view after
corrections are applied. It might be necessary to shorten the focal length for
a wider field if the correction leaves you without fill on the sides of the
image.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/9/2015 7:12 PM, Don Holbrook wrote:> In case you're interested.......mine
arrived today....first> impression----it's heavy.>
http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Olympus-OM-D-Darrell-Young/dp/1937538540/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425942278&sr=8-1&keywords=darrell+young--
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