ABOUT THE GUIDE
Overview of the guide and how it may help you.
Also available as a downloadable PDF for offline reading.
To access the PDF please click the link below which will open it in a new window, select ‘Saves As’ on the browser menu bar and save it to your computer. You can then transfer to your mobile device.
You can of course open this page on your mobile and then just save it from there. Depending on your mobile device you may be asked to save it or open in in your PDF Viewer, iOS for example I recommend opening it in Apple ‘Books’.
Please view this guide as a reference with plenty of tips and plenty of detail too. It should help to give you a quick way to refresh your memory and encourage you to get out and shoot.
BUTTON PLANNER
Also available to download and print is a PDF planner to help plan out your Custom Buttons and Custom Modes. Download it below and print it. Available as an A4 PDF, print as many copies as you like and plan out your button changes before committing them to the camera.
Use it in conjunction with the Custom Mode Planner.
CUSTOM MODE PLANNER
In the Custom Modes section I show various suggestions for Custom Modes in a spreadsheet. To make it more convenient you can access a PFD version to download and print yourself. The settings are left blank so you can copy them or add your own. Note ‘Delete’ button is not shown because it is not really a Custom Mode choice, either change it to ‘Menu’ or leave as default.
Click for Custom Mode PDF Here
There is also a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet version if you wish to import it and use on a PC to type in the boxes instead of hand writing on a PDF. It is back compatible with older versions of Excel, and it can also be imported into Apple Numbers and Google Docs. Once you have filled it in, save it as a PDF and transfer to you phone so you always have it with you.
Languages
Although the PDF is English, the Guide is also provided as an online version, which can be translated* into many different languages including among others French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese using Google Translate.
Select Websites and your chosen language on Google Translate
*Translation is by Google and I cannot verify the accuracy.
Divided into sections, it covers the menu and how to set up your OM1-MKII. I include how I set my cameras up, tips and tricks, and suggestions for how you can ‘design’ your own settings. Once you understand my settings and my thought process you should be able to apply the same approach to your own settings.
Photography 101 covers the technical theory of camera settings, the Exposure Triangle, Depth of Field and Hyperfocal Distances before moving on to the aesthetics of landscape photography and Composition. I also give plenty of tips on Planning Locations and an overview of some of the best applications available to use.
In In-Camera Features we will look at how to use some of the features of your OM1-MKII camera for creative photography, including Live Time, Live ND, Live GND, Exposure and Focus Bracketing, High Res and Live Composite, and Subject Detection Modes. It covers all the main features and from these you will understand a great deal about your camera.
Processing Workflow shows you how to develop your own workflow. When processing your images it is crucial to organise the ‘work’ step by step so that you have a ‘flow’. I show you my own, suggest how you can explore one for yourself and suggest applications to use.
Lastly, I will suggest Gear to use, what is essential, what to look for and what to avoid. I include many of the items I use myself and not one single item is something I do not have or do not find useful.
A kind request, please don’t share this with others, for all the hard work that goes into producing my Guides it is nice to get something back for them.
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