Category: Olympus

caturday

whbeebe

Luke loves to lounge around the house, especially in the TV room (hey, I’m 70, it’s a TV room even though I stream multiple services only). This is one of his favorite spots, so much so that fights will erupt between him and his brother Beau as to who will lounge in that one spot.

Beau of course has his own selection of spots, such as out on the lanai in the corner of the lounge furniture. Normally he likes to pick a spot so he can keep an eye on the other cats, such as…

Zoë, who likes to sit up high so she can keep an eye on everybody else eyeing her.

Now that I have the Pen F on those crazy color settings, I’m using my E-M1.2 with the 12-40mm/2.8 PRO. Makes a potent combination for general running around. One body, one lens, and that’s all I really need.

trying out pen f “recipes” — kodak portra 400

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I came across a modest YouTube channel where a photographer was taking old digital cameras, such as the Olympus E-P3, and changing the camera’s configuration (white balance, etc) in order to produce a close approximation of film. In this example it’s supposed to resemble Kodak Portra 400. Whether it does or not isn’t all that important to me, it’s an opportunity to kind of shake things up a bit with regards to my photography.

In this example, using the Olympus Super Control Panel, I changed the following:

  • White balance set to sunny
  • A +5
  • G -4
  • Portrait mode
  • Sharpness -2
  • Contrast 0
  • Gradation normal
  • Saturation +1

Everything else remained the same. The photo is JPEG straight out of the camera. The scene was near the University of Central Florida, the time after 3 in the afternoon. It was hazy to overcast, with just a bit of directional sunlight from the upper left. The tree is one of the many pink trumpet flowers currently blooming all around Orlando. The camera was of course my Pen F with the M.Zuiko 75mm/1.8, set at f/4.

So far I like what little I’ve taken with it, and I will probably continue using this configuration for a while, regardless of light type or levels, just to see how it will work.