Subject: Taking Pictures in the Rain with the Olympus E-500
Last Saturday afternoon I went to our local rose garden to take pictures with two Olympus E-500 cameras (and my Canon M-series cameras too). We had an unusual amount of rain for this time of year. But that's a perfect time to capture roses with raindrops.
Using the old 8 megapixel Olympus camera that was released nearly 20 years ago was challenging. It was something I started last week and wanted to continue with this. It reminded me the difficulty we had in those days of taking pictures with tough lighting conditions and at times rain. It also made me appreciate the advancements we have made over the years with digital camera technology.
At times the rain came down hard enough to interfere with the images a little. So take that into account for this old camera. Maybe I'll take some photos in better weather sometime later if you all are interested. I hope you all are taking some time to take photos also with an old camera. The shutter speeds were so low, that I really had to try harder to keep the camera steady. It's always important to do so, but with these darker conditions, it was especially important. Generally with the Olympus E-500, ISO500 is the highest I normally like to use. Higher than that, the photos can be quite grainy.
Photo No. 1 - This is a picture of the rose garden from the parking lot.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/20 seconds
FNumber - 9.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 27 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 14-42mm
Photo No. 2 - When I first descended the stairs I saw this people all huddled around this shelter. It was raining hard enough for people to want to protect themselves from it.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/25 seconds
FNumber - 9.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 22 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 14-42mm
Photo No. 3 - Again....
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/20 seconds
FNumber - 9.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 400
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 21 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 14-42mm
Photo No. 4 - The pink roses seen in the distance is one of the favorite spots to pose for photos.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/50 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 40 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 5 - In addition to seeing these beautiful flowers you can see the colorful umbrellas. Some people, although, did not mind getting a little wet.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/40 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 40 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 6 - These people protected themselves with yellow plastic sheets.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/40 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 70 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 7 - When the rain lightened up a little, we see these pretty young ladies near the same pink roses mentioned previously.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/40 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 90 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 8 - Again....
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/50 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 86 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 9 - Here's the same rose I showed last week, but this version was the one I did not crop for composition. I had second thoughts about this, and thought that maybe there was no need for cropping. What do you think?
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/50 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 128 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 10 - We see some more of these beautiful roses in the rain.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/60 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 94 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 11 - Again....
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/160 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 90 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 12 - Again....
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/160 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 320
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 150 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 13 - Again....
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/80 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
FocalLength - 150 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
Photo No. 14 - The rain cleared up the atmosphere enough to permit me to get a good picture of both Portland, Oregon and the mountains in the distance.
Make - OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model - E-500
ExposureTime - 1/200 seconds
FNumber - 8.00
ISOSpeedRatings - 250
ExposureBiasValue - -1.00
FocalLength - 119 mm
Lens Model - Zuiko 40-150mm
