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Image A storyteller at heart, Jimmy Cheng uses his Olympus O-MD E-M1 Mark II to document not only his couples’ wedding days, but also the important places andmoments that led to the big day.
when it was launched in 2012 and never looked back.”
adjust my response time. Being a mirrorless system means AF accuracy is guaranteed all the time at the point of focus too. I am no machine-shooter but I use the new Pro-Capture mode more than I would have imagined for all those important moments, whether it’s street or weddings.” Jimmy’s also shooting videowith the Mark II for a new YouTube channel, Red35 Photography, of which he is a co-founder. He’s making good use of the Mark II’s features for his street photography
too. “I love to develop my images so I shoot Raw on the Mark II, but since I have the option to shoot both Raw and JPEG at the same time, I will select the black & white filter so I have the option to see the black & white version on screen before processing the images.” Continuing his success story with his Olympus kit, Jimmy has added maternity shoots to his business. Looks like a match made in heaven to us.
in the OM-D he feels he has the best of what Canon and Leica used to offer him: features, performance and size. “For most of my shoots, I like to shoot wide open,” he tells us, “and beforeOlympus, I needed to useND filters to reduce the light coming into the camera since the maximum mechanical shutter speed wasn’t fast enough. "The large coverage of the all cross-type AF system is also superior in many ways and perfect for my type of work too. I also find that even with the mechanical shutter on the EM-1 Mark II, it’s very quiet compared to other systems I’ve used before. “AF performance on the Mark II definitely surprised me. It was so fast that I needed some time to
BEST OF BOTH That first E-M5 Jimmy used for his travel photography and on occasional family trips, not his wedding work. Although he was convinced that one day an OM-D camera would be his main camera, he was waiting for its performance to catch up with the demands of professional shooting. That happened with the E-M1 Mark II. “I was totally blown away by its performance and finally thought that it’s the right time to try the system in a pro environment and this year, I switched to Olympus entirely.” As well as his Canons, Jimmy also previously used a Leica, and
AF performance definitely surprised me. It was so fast that I needed to adjust my response time
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