Last updated:- 17th March 2024
Introduction
I lost my left arm in a motorcar accident and have been on pain medication ever since. It's difficult to say which is worse, losing my left arm or the opioid-based pain medication. My wife and I worked hard to reduce my pain medication, and we reached the point of cutting it completely. Those who followed my blog know how it benefitted me personally and my ability to write better articles.
I bought my first digital camera in 1998, which also started my craving for that perfect digital camera promoted by camera reviewers and social media experts. Breaking free from commercially biased theories, repetition, and the collective social media influence is similar to walking away from addictive medication. I can write a book about these processes and the similarities...
I use a simple strategy or rule when studying technical info. I reject any "interesting" information that does not improve my photography. My understanding and articles about digital cameras focus on information that improves the average photographer's image quality. My regular readers appreciate the benefits of marketing free camera knowledge. This is an ongoing learning experience...
The technical aspects of cameras interest me the most. My wife and I enjoy taking photos and using them in different projects. We love photography and regard ourselves as hobby photographers.
My focus in 2024 and onward...
The challenge of learning and growing the MyOlympuOMD blog impacted my recovery positively. I will continue to develop the blog and plan to focus on used Olympus cameras while we are waiting for a real OM-System camera. This includes exploring unique cameras like the Fuji XT-5, the Sony ZV-E1, the Panasonic GM-1, and the EP-7. I also plan to create more YouTube videos in 2024.
My focus will be the following subjects for this blog and YouTube:
- Videography with basic principles, casual videos, and documentaries
- Digital camera knowledge and techniques improving our photography
- OM Workspace, the Enhanced Raw Format, and general photo editing
- I am planning to write informative articles on older Olympus cameras
My first two videos for 2024
I uploaded 2 YouTube videos over the past 8 days. They give an overview of my articles on exposure and Workspace and will benefit those who prefer watching a video. I will create shorter videos in the future that will focus on specifics. I am working on my sound quality and will have a solution for my next video. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel and post your thoughts in the comments.
2 comments:
Sigfried, can't thank you enough for an amazing series of blog posts- IMHO best in the OM space! Question please...I frequently need very high ISO settings for low light bird in flight work. While OM _WS AI noise filter is good, I find today DxO raw prime 4 is superb. So, the Issue is workflow... To utilize all the good in OM-WS it requires the raw file and only exports TIFFs or JPEGS. DxO requires a raw file and outputs a TIFF, JPEG or DNG, none of which OM-WS accepts. Dilemma, how to use a 3rd party noise reduction software AND OM-WS? thoughts please?
Hi Jay.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback.
I took a quick look with PhotoLab 7. It is possible to manually edited the 16-Bit WS file in PL. The noise filter defaults to High Quality. I don't know if this would be good enough for you.
The alternative is to only use PL in those cases where noise is a problem for you. Newer raw converters like Photoshop Raw, PhotoLab 7 & 8 are very good. I think the main advantage of WS is what we learned. For example I never treated exposure compensation and tonal adjustments like I do today. Are these adjustments the same for PS or PL? If not, are the differences that big that it should concerned us?
I would continue with WS for my day to day use. I like the idea of tweaking my camera settings in WS.
I am not a good BIF photographer, but you could try this. Most of my BIF shots are aimed at the sky. Blue skies are very forgiving which means you could safely ETTR up to 2EV and safely pull it back in post. That means you will get excellent info (SNR) in the shaded parts of the bird...
Let me know what you think.
Best
Siegfried
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