bw79st Loc: New York City

Here's another EM1 page that I found helpful.

http://www.biofos.com/mft/omd_em1_settings.html

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Darryl Young and David Busch both write excellent guides. I generally like Young’s style better but that’s subjective and they’re both good.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Darryl Young and David Busch both write excellent guides. I generally like Young’s style better but that’s subjective and they’re both good.

alfaman

There is a book by Tony Phillips "The complete guide to the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II" that is also downloadable to your cell phone.

BebuLamar

Did the camera come with a book?

cochese

Second vote for Darrel Youngs book. Also he hosts a facebook page that allows you to connect with users all over the world. I switched from Canon to Olympus and the initial learning curve is steep. Stick with it. Get Darrel's book and read it with your camera in hand. Many of the settings and customizations only need to be done once.

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

I found "Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II" by Darrell Young to be extremely helpful. He gives an overview of the camera and the basic menus to get started. He then goes into detail on everything that can be done with the camera, step by step with photos of every menu page you will experience in doing it. The second step by step section is where you go to do a particular thing, so there is no need to read the whole book as the camera can do more than any one user will ever do. Book is available on-line. I recommend a hard copy and sit down with the book and camera. Have you loaded the free firmware update Version 3.0. I highly recommend it as it brings in many features of the flagship E-M1X to the E-M1. When you do this you will notice that there are a few of the camera menus that no longer look exactly like the book, however it won't cause a problem. The book is much better and more complete than the Olympus pdf. Some people claim they find the Olympus menu system intimidating, however just stick with it and pretty soon you'll see the pattern and it becomes second nature. People who do, absolutely love the camera. I'm assuming your talking about the Mark II, if you have the original E-M1 then I guess there should be a similar book for it.

crphoto8 Loc: Anaheim, California

I have John Greengo's Fast Start class for this camera. You can get it from Creative Live. Highly recommended.

NotAnselAdams Loc: Pueblo, CO

For me I found the way to reduce the intimidation/ hassle factor with the Olympus pdf is this. Split the screen on your computer. As you go through the instructions and are referred to a specific page just go to the split side for the detailed information.
Not Ansel

laf Loc: Nordland

On You Tube search for "ROBIN WONG MY SETTINGS FOR OMD EM1"

paulajean50 Loc: Green Brook, New Jersey

On Youtube, anything by Rob Trek. He is excellent. Also highly recommend Gary Friedmans manual.

Foto Fun

In addition to Darrell Young's large book and John Greengo's videos, I found David Thorpe's "The Olympus E-M1 MkII Menu System Simplified" helpful. It has less explanation (although good), but a good place to start before diving into the other resources. I found a similar menu e-book for my E-M10, MkI when I first decided to go into Micro 4/3's. I've been very happy with Olympus and M 4/3.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Good that you want to learn more about your camera. Reading is good.

But for god sakes, go out and shoot with it.

You will learn much by doing that. Then when you read the books you will have a foundation to build on.

laf Loc: Nordland

D Young's book is totally necessary for using EM1-11. Refer to it weekly.
The only problem is that the book weighs alot more the the camera and is a pain to pack.

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

For my EM1-iii I have ordered Tony Phillips' book. It should be released on November 15 and comes as three downloadable files: A .pdf file (readable anywhere), and an .azw3 and .epub format for Kindle and other e-readers.
I believe I can read the .epub format on my cell-phone, have to double check on that.
I will be printing out the .pdf file, and before putting the coil into the pages to make it a book, I will be adding a number of blank pages, at least at the end of each chapter, and likely a few within each chapter as well. This will be the easiest way for me to keep my notes together.

(I am fortunate, I have a hole-puncher for the plastic coils, and if I should need more extra pages, it will be an easy matter to remove the coil, add more pages and put the coil back in).