OM System Starry Sky AF Tips & Settings

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OM System Starry Sky AF Tips & Settings

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4 ай бұрын

This video is all about understanding the Starry Sky AF Tips and settings when using the OM-1 or the OM-1 Mark II! I cover the obvious and not so obvious settings to help you capture sharp night sky images. This video includes footage of the OM-1 Mark II with Starry Sky AF operating in a real world situation!
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@sweden_ove2074 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I know how important it is to give thumbs up for your videos to be known to the world. Here in South Sweden, it was spring yesterday, and today it's snow storm and completely white outside, so no difference on ground or air. Luckily the birds are accustomed to shifting April weather. I will spread words about your videos as good as I can.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

That is awesome! I greatly appreciate all the publicity! It helps do more for you all!

@wessmith2422 4 ай бұрын

Hi Lee. StarySky works great on Panasonic lenses. I use it frequently with the 9mm f1.7 Pany

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Good to know! Thanks for sharing Wes! I like this kind of information so that if other clilents ask, I have reliable answers!

@jonathanscherer8567 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info. I have the 25mm 1.7 and considered trying it with Starry Sky AF.

@sweden_ove2074 4 ай бұрын

I forgot to click thumbs up yesterday for this video. 😅 Now its done. And video shared.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@michaelhall2709 4 ай бұрын

Am setting up my new OM-1 mark II custom settings in preparation for a planned trip to Death Valley next week, so this came at the perfect time. Thanks!

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Oh cool! Have a great trip! WAtching for Duane below, maybe you will see him! ;)

@DuaneHJardine 4 ай бұрын

Heading to Death Valley to hopefully take pictures of the night sky. I have an Olympus that is a little older so I do use your hints for manual focus and they work well. Looking forward to any video you do of the night sky. They are a joy to shot.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Duane - what camera body do you use? Thanks for watching and have a great trip!

@DuaneHJardine 4 ай бұрын

@@leehoyphotography Lee I have the OM-D E-M1 Mark II. It does everything I bought it for but then I found it will take pictures of stars and has other features like pro capture. I thought if it can do these other things why not enjoy it.

@johnpark8297 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic video Lee, really helpful. Thank you very much 👍

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

You are welcome John!

@gennisteele5763 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! This is really helpful. You are so thorough in your explanations.

@leehoyphotography 3 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

@DavidL5star 4 ай бұрын

Very informative- thank you.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Of course David, glad it was helpful!

@hikingwithjackieboy 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

You bet!

@serdj_50618-P 6 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information. unfortunately my Olympus E-M5III camera (3 years old) does not have "Starry Sky AF Setting" option. Please advise, if you know, how to get this for my camera.

@LisaSaffell 4 ай бұрын

Great Tutorial! Thank you

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

My pleasure Lisa! Thanks for watching!

@cryptographerchris4856 4 ай бұрын

Great content as always. Thanks for sharing.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

You bet, glad you enjoyed it!

@ImageMaven 16 күн бұрын

Hi Lee, I’m getting conflicting info about using Pana Leica lenses with OM1 for Starry Sky. Some people say only M Zuiko lenses work and others say Panasonic lenses also work. Sadly I don’t have any Zuiko lenses to test with. Can you solve this mystery? Thank you.

@leehoyphotography 12 күн бұрын

Yes, it should work just fine with the faster wide angle lenses (only thing that doesn't work is dual-sync IS).

@berniestang2616 Ай бұрын

Excellent video !!!

@leehoyphotography Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@anitaoakley9437 4 ай бұрын

One good reason to still use shutter button focus… arthritis in my thumb. After a few minutes of back button focus I’m miserable.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Anita, there are always those physical limitations that do restrict us! There are settings you can change that help when having to use front button focus!

@GlennNewton-ru5iq 4 ай бұрын

Great video and as an OM System user I love your videos. Someday I would like to go on one of your trips. After watching some of your previous videos on bird photography I’ve switched to back button focus and also am not using auto iso. It takes a little time for the muscle memory to kick in but I am seeing definite improvement on my photos because of these changes. For Starry Sky I will give back button focus a try but my question would be how would using a wireless remote function while doing Starry Sky or even live composite for star trails?

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Would love to have you join me on a workshop Glenn! I love hearing how people are using my teaching to make their nature photography better! Back button is perfect for star trails, you press the button once to get focus. Once focus is aquired, just use the remote shutter to take a photo or start live composite. Only press the remote once and no risk of changing AF!

@guykerr8111 2 ай бұрын

Found out the other night that really bright aurora will mean one has to carefully pick the correct part of the sky to see stars for Starry AF.

@leehoyphotography 2 ай бұрын

That is for sure! You have to find a strong star in a darker area! I sometimes focus on a star behind me, off to the side, etc!

@NatPhoto56 4 ай бұрын

At 18:00 you said that is your Image stabilizer information. That is the Handheld Assist indicator. Why in the world would you have handheld assist turned on for a night, tripod based shot? You also mentioned more than once to look for the green dot in the lower left. If Starry Night AF is successful, yes, the green dot blinks once, but the green focusing square also blinks. You can see it in your video (twice). If Starry Night AF fails, the green dot in the lower left blinks a couple of times. Having the audible confirmation is good, but the green square is far easier to see than worrying about the small green dot in the lower left of the screen.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Yes, the Handheld assist is showing you how much you are moving and how much IS is having to work. I have it turned on because when you shoot in the American southwest the summer is monsoon season, we have very strong winds. Even with very sturdy tripods, I like seeing if the wind is causing any movement to my camera and/or tripod setup. I have pushed it with some storms to try and capture lightning and night sky (like the image above except that lightnign was a long ways off and not an issue) at the same time and the wind can be brutal. It is a great visual indicator as to how much impact the wind may or may not have. Yes, the green focus square blinks and both of those are easy to see if you are standing directly behind the camera. Again, for many of my shots in the Big Bend region, you can't lay down or be directly behind your camera to even see the screen hardly because of cactus, etc. So many photographers are use to shooting in "soft" land and not thinking about a very rough, jagged rocky landscape filled with cactus and cliff edges. It is much easier to hear the beep than continuously stare at a screen (which also causes you to lose your night vision) watching for a green dot and/or square that you don't know when it will acquire focus. I do not use my headlamp at night unless hiking out or in, I prefer having much better peripheral vision than a bright, but small area near where I am working. Again, yuoca, lechuguilla, cactus, and most every brush has thorns. Even if I can stand behind my camera, I am usually not during AF, I am standing to the side so as to make sure I don't bump a tripod. I do have to lay down some to get composition, etc, but I try to avoid it as much as possible at night in the area.

@berniestang2616 Ай бұрын

CURIOUS ON THAT LENS COLLAR !!!!!!

@leehoyphotography Ай бұрын

It is the Atoll-D (with the extender plate). The affiliate link is in the video description!

@berniestang2616 Ай бұрын

@@leehoyphotography Thank u

@MDMiller60 Ай бұрын

learned a couple of things.

@leehoyphotography Ай бұрын

Glad to hear it sir! Thanks for watching and commenting!

@ImageMaven 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Lee! Curious why you’re concerned with C-AF settings? Wouldn’t S-AF be better? Also do all Olympus lenses work with Starry Sky on the OM-1?

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

Because I had a brain fart and shouldn't have been concerned with it at all! I was doing too much in too little time! Good catch! I should have said I put it in as a test and you passed! Hahaha!

@RogerCPhoto1 2 ай бұрын

Lee, early morning June 4th, six planets are lined up, and are able to be viewed before sunrise. Maybe you will see this before morning. Might still be the case for a few mornings.

@leehoyphotography 2 ай бұрын

Yep, and I was arriving late from the El Paso airport home and then had to drive to Austin this morning! No luck this time! Thanks for thinking of me though!

@RichardBO9 4 ай бұрын

Wow! This is of great help. The landscape in your area looks a lot like where I live in New Mexico. One question, which Live View mode are you using, Standard or S-OVF.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

On the OM-1 and OM-1 Mark II I use night vision mode. On E-M1x and OM-D EM-1 Mark III, I use Live View Boost 2. I avoid S-OVF. That is for night sky and macro with a flash!

@RichardBO9 4 ай бұрын

@@leehoyphotography Thank you, Lee.

@Andi-do8jq 4 ай бұрын

Great Video! Thanks a lot! What do you think about switching on the high res mode for less noise and more color deepness?

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

You certainly can, it just depends upon how long your shot is or your stars will be blurry. I personally prefer stacking images in StarrySkyStacker adn then blending with foreground image (but blending is a real PIA too). What I am very curious about is how good DxO PureRaw 4 with night sky images versus image stacking. I will be testing that this summer! Too busy until then!

@RyCha99 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Lee, this video made me an instant subscriber. I really want to buy the 7-14 f/2.8 and I was wondering if the ND feature on the OM-1 Mark II can replace the need for physical ND filters, or is it not quite the same? Thanks!!

@leehoyphotography 3 ай бұрын

The 7-14mm F2.8 has been my go to night sky lens and some landscape. The new Live GND in the OM-1 Mark II has let me use it again even more! The live ND truly does replace physical filters, unless you are also using another computational feature that doesn't overlap!

@guykerr8111 4 ай бұрын

This will help, thanks. My understanding problem revolves around the 3rd focus option under AF Operation. It says "AF On Start/Stop" - do I have to push AF to stop when focus is acquired or does it stop automatically. OM-1. Thanks.

@leehoyphotography 4 ай бұрын

No, you press once and let it acquire focus and then you are ready to shoot. You would only press the AF-On button if, for some reason, you wanted to stop Starry Sky AF. Like say you decided to zoom in or out, change position, etc. Thanks for watching!

@guykerr8111 4 ай бұрын

@@leehoyphotography Once again.....thank you!

@ArtieTurner 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video Lee. I just wanted to see if you'd changed your mind on Panasonic lenses with OM system starry sky AF. Multiple sources on various media are claiming that the Panasonic Leica 9mm f1.7 works great with OM bodies with starry sky AF.

@shaunjackson2233 3 ай бұрын

The starry sky AF does work with my Panasonic 9mm f1.7

@ArtieTurner 3 ай бұрын

Do raw files shot on Om 1x have distortion corrected in camera or do you correct with lens profile in post?

@leehoyphotography 3 ай бұрын

@@shaunjackson2233 That is great info to know! Glad to hear it and if people ask I will now be able to let them know it does!

@leehoyphotography 3 ай бұрын

@@ArtieTurner I correct in post!

@guykerr8111 2 ай бұрын

@@shaunjackson2233 any thoughts on why mine doesn't?

@jeffreyferguson9174 4 ай бұрын

What ISO should we be using? And how to determine length of time shutter is open?

@michaelhall2709 4 ай бұрын

Those are going to depend on your aperture and other factors, so the best thing to do is experiment. Generally, you can start with an ISO of 1600 or 3200 and work up from there if necessary. As to your length of exposure, if you leave your shutter open too long the stars will start to streak due to the earth’s rotation, so that will be a limiting factor as well. You can use Live Time to watch your image build up on your LCD screen in real time, and use Live Composite if the streaks are what you’re going for. There are many videos on KZfaq demonstrating how to do night sky photography with Olympus and non-Olympus cameras, so good luck.