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Olympus OMD 10 Mark 2 + Samyang 24mm f/1.4 lenses = Blurred photos? Settings?


5 years 4 months ago #620888 by Bolog-Paul
Hey guys!
I own an Olympus OMD 10 Mark 2 in combo with Samyang 24mm f/1.4 lenses.
80% of my pictures in my last photoshoot in a studio came out very blurred/with sides of the subjects moving (although it was static or
barely moving).
Note that I adjusted perfect clarity and lighting through the Samyang lenses. The picture is just perfect in the camera eyesight, but it
comes out blurred.
What settings should I adjust on the Olympus camera in order to fix this?
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5 years 4 months ago - 5 years 4 months ago #620904 by GaryA
Most likely your shutter speed was set too low.

What was your shutter speed? Were all the elements of the image blurred or just the moving elements?  Can you post examples of the blurred images?
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5 years 4 months ago - 5 years 4 months ago #620959 by Bolog-Paul
Here are examples: imgur.com/a/4CQpUKD

EXIF for second picture:
i.gyazo.com/e0557d363bf6ea85a555b623758280fb.png
i.gyazo.com/5ee2224b61358c306fef7d02cabccf90.png
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5 years 4 months ago #620962 by GaryA
Looks like a shutter speed issue.  Definitely motion blur by the subject and possibly camera motion blur by the operator.  There is a shutter speed 'Rule of Thumb' to minimize camera blur, which is not to shoot at a speed lower than the reciprocal of the focal length.  If you're shooting an 50mm lens then your minimum shutter speed should not be lower than 1/50th of a second (round up to 1/60th). If you're shooting a 28mm lens than the shutter shouldn't be less than 1/28th of a second (round up to 1/30), 250mm then 1/250th et cetera.

Subject motion blur is a variable, depending on subject speed and distance between the camera and the subject. Generally, 1/125th - 1/60th is a minimum to stop slow motion, 1/125 to 1/250 is the minimum for medium and 1/500th+ for faster stuff.

But these are general numbers.  If you not sure, always ... always chimp.
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5 years 4 months ago #620963 by GaryA
PS- Okay, just looked at the EXIF.  Your shutter speed was 1/2 of a second.  Way too low for stopping subject motion and way too low to stop camera shake.

Start with the basics speeds above ... chimp and adjust if needed.
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5 years 4 months ago #620995 by Shadowfixer1
As stated above, the shutter is way to slow for any motion. Being as it's a m43 lens, you need to double the shutter speed for static objects if you go by the old focal length/minimum shutter speed rule. I'm also curious if you actually obtained good focus since this is a manual focus lens. The main culprit though is shutter speed. Any motion at all and the shutter speed needs to be at least 1/125 second and that would be iffy at best. 1. Raise your shutter speed. 2. Verify you are actually achieving proper focus. 
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5 years 4 months ago #621001 by GaryA
Shadowfixer is correct.  MFT's sensor is 1/2 the size of a 35mm film frame for which the rule of thumb was designed.   My bad.
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5 years 4 months ago #621002 by GaryA
When handholding and for camera shake only:

Your camera has IBIS, you should be able to shoot a couple of stops under the rule-of-thumb when IBIS is engaged.

With IBIS Not Activated - Double the Rule of Thumb and double the reciprocal of the lens focal length.  If shooting with a 50mm use a shutter speed of 1/125th of a sec.

With IBIS Activated - Use the standard Rule of Thumb and use a shutter speed equal to the reciprocal of the lens focal length.  If shooting with a 50mm use a shutter speed of 1/60th of a sec.

The above is all about operator movement ... your movement.  IBIS will not stop subject movement.  When shooting moving subjects use the shutter speeds of my first post.    
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5 years 4 months ago #621003 by GaryA
I hope this doesn't confuse you.  If you're still not clear I'll try to simplify. 
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