Last update:- 4th September 2026
Taken with the Olympus EM-1 III and the M.Zuiko 12-45mm pro lens. I converted the RAW+ file in Workspace.
I decided to take my E-M5 II and Leica 25mm f/1.4 lens on a summer afternoon walk with my wife and Milo. It was literally the final minutes prior to the sun setting for a quiet evening. The EM-5 II, with its innovative feature set, continues to be a fascinating mirrorless camera in 2026. The images have a unique natural balance with beautiful colors, and is one of only a few cameras with a pleasant, soft-sounding shutter. The posted photos were converted and edited in Workspace, and the frames were added in Affinity. I edited my camera settings, tonal settings, and a mix of Natural, iEnhanced, and Color Creator Picture modes in Workspace. It's great to use a mirrorless camera from 2016 with such an advanced "computational" feature set. Will it be the final one in my camera bag?
Imagine the savings potential when using a mirrorless camera from 2015 with modern features such as connectivity to OM Capture, Pen F and OM-3 color profiles via Workspace, 40MP high-res photos, and more. With its 16MP Live MOS sensor, the EM-5 II is one of the more affordable mirrorless cameras. Imagine an MFT camera with access to a full range of quality used lenses and no need for expensive PC configurations, overpriced memory cards, and high-capacity hard disk servers in 2026.
Olympus EM-5 II and the 25mm f/1.4 Leica lens. ISO200, f/3.5, 1/8th. This high-res 40MP RAW+ file was converted in Workspace.
While watching a video from James Popsys about colour, and studying the book Lighting & Rendering from Jeremy Birn, I was reminded of just how little I know. I am looking forward to the day our focus shifts from perfect cameras to using our GOD given talents to be artists and not consumers.
This is one of my EM-5 II plus 25mm f/1.4 Leica lens photos I took the day after. I used the Color Creator in Workspace.
This is a more "natural" EM5 II - HDR version of the converted RAW file in Affinity Photo 2.
Another EM-5 II HDR raw conversion in Affinity Photo 2.
I used the HDR function of Affinity to convert this EM-5 II RAW+ file. Affinity made HDR photography fun again...
