Jane Doe | OM System OM-1 :• Canon 50mm F/.95 "Dream Lens" - Low Light Test from Andrew J. Etheridge on Vimeo.
A small excerpt of a long test session with the OM System OM-1 paired with the Canon 50mm F/.95 The test was a great opportunity to nail down the in-camera settings for the OM-Log, as I've been obsessed over the White Balance settings and the effect it has on the log footage for the past few months.
The good news is my neurotic obsession definitely paid off, and I think I figured out a good workflow to dial in the WB in log. The tragic news is, I've discovered this super weird Pulsating effect that appears in the image anytime anything gets remotely dark enough in the shadows, no matter if there's plenty of light present or not (if you can't see it, great. If you can see it, tell me how to fix it, baby!)
Ideally, this would've been a one-off situation as we were filming in the middle of the night with streetlamps, but going through previous footage from various controlled and uncontrolled lighting setups, this ▅▅ still shows up.
It has bummed the hell out of me.... like for real this ▅▅ sucks massive ▅▅.
I'm holding out hope that I'll get an answer from OM System or find a way to pray the sin away (whichever comes 1st), but for now, the OM-1 is probably not the right camera for the films I have in line to make. Anyway, hope y'all dig it!
-Andrew