I am using an OM D E-M1 MKII camera, 12-40 mm F2.8 Pro lens. This is a new camera and lens for me.
I am a bit confused about what to expect when viewing a scene through the EVF and even the live view screen. When I experiment...and I deliberately and severely set A, S and ISO so that the image will be markedly underexposed, and then I view the composition through the EVF or the LV, I see a very well lit/nicely exposed view of my composition. Of course, if I capture that image with those settings, the image is black (as I said, markedly under exposed). I would really like the EVF and LV to better reflect the effects of the current exposure settings. I want to see in the EVF or LV screen what the image is going to look like when captured. If it's underexposed, then I should see an underexposed composition in the EVF, But I don't. Why is that and can I fix it?
I have set the EVF menu item I EVF Style to style 3 (no different if I choose style 1 or style 2). I have tried setting I EVF Adjust to auto or even to "manual" and chosen the lowest EVF luminance value available. However the problem persists. What I see in the EVF is not what I will see in the captured image.
Changing to OVF setting doesn't really change anything. Shouldn't the OVF view appear different from the EVF view?
Hi Chick,
You should normally be seeing exactly what the camera records, unless there was a setting change. You may want to do a reset to factory defaults if you don’t see any difference when turning off “live view boost”. All three of my E-M1 MkII’s work exactly as they should, so I’m not sure what else on yours has changed. Let me know if that works!
Hi, Chick. I have the same setup.
Are you a Facebook member? If so, you may find helpful the the Olympus OM-D Education Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/OMD.education/?ref=nf_target&fref=nf).
Other helpful groups:
Olympus OM-D E0M1 Mark II Enthusiast
Olympus E-M1II
There are loads of others.
As to your question, this from Kim Holst, a moderator of the Olympus OM-D Education Group:
"Kim Holst
to Olympus OM-D Education Group
December 3 at 3:35 AM ·
We have seen a number of questions about what the EVF/LCD show lately, regarding under/over-exposure.
I have made this explanation of the P/A/S-Modes to maybe help out. Included is also a version of P-Mode that maybe is a new line of thinking to others than myself. (Text as plain text in comments)
(Kim Holst then had an info sheet graphic - it's attached. Here is a direct Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156934785988872&set=gm.2366060...)
Hope this is helpful.
Gerald.