Gary’s new longexposure process

Live Time on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III offers a new way to monitor long exposures as you shoot. In the past, you might have to wait two minutes looking at a blank screen with your fingers crossed – but, as Gary explains, not any more. “When you use Live Time, the rear screen or viewfinder will refresh the display in intervals that you set. It also shows a live histogram to monitor the exposure. The system can display a total of 24 times for a single exposure as it builds up the image on the screen.

“As an example, the daytime shots on this shoot were all around 120-180 seconds, so I set the frequency to eight seconds. This would cover the range of shots (8 x 24 = 192 sec) for the exposure time. It can sound a bit confusing to start with, but I have found it a great option to see the long-exposure image appearing on the screen with the histogram to ensure the exposure is correct.”