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JOB SATISFACTION

The reality of professional photography today is that you have to be able to turn your hand to a lot of things.

Very often on assignment, you’re a one-man or one-woman band, working to a tight budget and a tight schedule. Throw shooting video into the mix and you’re really being stretched, which is why you need your camera gear to perform as well.

Melbourne-based photographer and film-maker Michael Hurren – who runs Filmic Productions – relies a lot on his Olympus OM-D system, especially the E-M1X flagship camera body.

“The E-M1X is really the perfect ‘run and gun’ video camera so I can get great looking footage hand-held and, consequently, often shots that wouldn’t be possible with a bigger rig.”

“The biggest challenge working in the film industry nowadays is learning

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