VideoPic Blog: Walking the dog with my Olympus EM-5 II

Last update:- 9th 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 it's one of only a few cameras with a pleasant and soft shutter sound. 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 2015 with such an advanced "computational" like feature set. Will it be the final one in my camera bag?

PS. The posted images ended up covering a span of three days.

Forecasted consumer trends, like the declining popularity of compact digital cameras and demand for hybrid cameras, seem to have been marketing "trends" all these years. We also see how corporate and consumer priorities changed with the arrival of AI, which impacts the business forecasts and priorities of professional photographers. For instance, the original Sony A1 with a lower shutter count is now a better financial alternative to the newer MKII label. Shouldn't photographers question official market trends more, with used camera sales being excluded from globally reported sales figures? One cannot help but wonder, how well is OM System geared for this fast-changing environment?

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. The EM-5 II has proven to be an exciting camera with its high-sensitivity 16 MB Live MOS sensor. Imagine an MFT camera with access to a large range of quality used lenses and no need for expensive PC configurations, overpriced memory cards, and high-capacity memory 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 how much more I need to learn. I am looking forward to the day our focus shifts from perfect cameras to using our GOD given talents to become better artists and not consumers. I am excited to see a new camera from OM System and wish them success...

The photos below are a selection of my enhanced raw files converted and edited in Workspace, plus HDR conversions of the EM-5 II raw files in Affinity. I added all the frames in Affinity.