LIVE COMPOSITE MODE

Don't spend time editing star trails – let your camera do it for you. Live Composite Mode lets you shoot a series of images using the same exposure time, with each shot only recording new sources of light – and then composites them all for you in-camera, providing you a finished RAW or JPG file. Find it on all current OM SYSTEM cameras!

Live Composite Mode

Olympus UK Ambassador Gavin Hoey shows you how to take breathtaking long exposure shots, using Live Composite Mode.

Olympus UK Ambassador Gavin Hoey
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7 Ways You Can Use Live Composite

Get tips for using Live Composite from Olympus Pros (you won't believe #7), and instructions on how to activate this feature.

Olympus Team
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Live Composite & Star Trails

"What the electric toaster did for breakfast, the Live Composite feature on recent Olympus cameras has done for capturing star trails and other long exposure photographs."

Peter Baumgarten
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Daytime Live Composite

Learn to use live composite to create new artistic dimensions in your landscape and architectural photography.

OM SYSTEM Ambassador Frank T. Smith
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Shooting Traffic Trails With Live Composite

Learn how to choose compositions and what makes an interesting image compared to a normal plain light streak image. 

Photographer Mike Boening
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DIY Portrait Backgrounds with Live Composite

Joe Edleman shows you how to create portrait backgrounds using light from a variety of sources.

Photographer Joe Edelman
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LIVE COMPOSITE FIELD GUIDES

View when planning a shoot – or download step-by-step instructional JPEGs to view on your phone to help out in the field.

Live Composite Field Guide: E-M1X

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Live Composite Field Guide: E-M1 Mark III

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Live Composite Field Guide: E-M1 Mark II

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Live Composite Field Guide: E-M5 Mark III

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LIVE COMPOSITE PLAYLIST

Want more Live Composite content? Watch videos covering Starry Sky AF, Live Composite tips, and more on our YouTube channel.

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SUPPORTED MODELS

You can find Live Composite Mode on all our current cameras, as well as on many older models not list below.

 

 

LIVE COMPOSITE USER GALLERY

View and submit photos taken with Live Composite mode.