My EM1X has been an absolute workhorse for my wildlife photography since I bought it nearly 2 years ago. I still have my EM1 Mark II and I used most of these settings for that camera as well. In fact, most of these settings will work on most of the OM-D cameras from OM System Olympus.

I’ve selected a few of my favourite images from 2021, and here I’ll explain the story behind the image – a bit more about what went into the image, camera settings, why I took them, how I took them, and why I like them.

Manual focus on M.Zuiko 300mm f/4 lens using Olympus OM-D cameras I use the Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark II, but these tips and settings should be similar if not the same on the EM1 Mark III and EM1X as well. When to use Manual Focus as a Wildlife Photographer? As a…

In this post, we’ll dive into how to set up the Pro Capture High and Low and why you might want to change the settings depending on the situation. I’ll also show you the other settings I use for Pro Capture and how I save them all as a preset on my Olympus O-MD E-M1 ii so that I’m ready to use the feature with a quick turn of the Mode Dial in the field.