Olympus OM-D E-M5, E-M1, E-M10 - Mk1, Mk2 & Mk3 Owners Thread
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rather hoping for the low seas myself....
Brilliant shotsI was really pleased to stumble upon some hares last week. Two of them ran right up to me, so I had to zoom right out on the 150-400mm and I was squatting, so it was something of a fitness test
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I have been looking forward to Dragonfly season since getting my 150-400 in Nov last year. I was hoping it would at least match the 300mm on this front. So far so good 
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Great imagesI was really pleased to stumble upon some hares last week. Two of them ran right up to me, so I had to zoom right out on the 150-400mm and I was squatting, so it was something of a fitness test
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.... I have been using my 150-40mm on Dragonflies for 4 years now and its Minimum Focal Distance makes it very practical. It also supports onboard camera Focus Stacking ~ Best done on a monopod.I have been looking forward to Dragonfly season since getting my 150-400 in Nov last year. I was hoping it would at least match the 300mm on this front. So far so good
The 50-200mm performs the same but even when a MC-14 is mounted the 150-400 with built-in 1.25x has a valuable reach advantage. Horses-for-Courses, eh? Neither images are with a MC-14 nor are focus stacked and both are on the OM 50-200mm ....
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LARGE RED DAMSELFLY (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) by Robin Procter, on Flickr
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This lens in the photo, It doesn’t seem to be doing anything.
Is it an easy fix, or should it be used as a small paperweight.?
I have the same issue with a 14-42mm IIR kit lens. However, it will take photos up to 29mm, anything more than that and I get the error message and the camera needs to be restarted. Does that mean the ribbon cable likely has some damage at a point where it unfurls. I have looked at some videos of disassembly, it looks very intricate.
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Close up of a female Common Darter...
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I took the lens apart, to a certain point anyway. Looked at it and decided I would be best if I kept it as a prop. It’s well over my capabilities of fixing.
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.... VERY nice indeed!! A very newly emerged one judging by the pristine shiny wings. Also, body colour not fully pumped up yet.
150-400 / om1 mkii struggled to focus on these Emperor moths in flight but to be fair i think anything other than a 6 grand new A1 would focus on them. Got very lucky with this shot. Think this was at 1/4000th. Maybe i should have tried procapture to give me a better chance but getting them in the viewfinder was the hard part so not sure if procapture would have made the difference
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.... I have had lots of success focus stacking onboard camera on all E-M1X, OM-1, OM-1 mk2 bodies with the Big White 150-400mm and that also includes with either MC-14 or MC-20. The key to increasing the chances of success can be greatly helped by mounting on a monopod which I tend to mostly do with the Big White anyway because it's easier to maintain the same position. I haven't tried focus stacking with the Small White aka OM 50-200mm yet but the 40-150mm F/2.8 with MC's always was reliable.
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Mostly stacked in-camera (Olympus) but some bracketed and merged in post-processing
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Im happy with the 150-400 replacing my 300 for Dragonflies overall. I do feel like the 300 had the slight edge when it came to getting Dflies in flight but quality wise matching and the versatility of the zoom makes me pleased i took the risk.
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.... Superb photo!!Im happy with the 150-400 replacing my 300 for Dragonflies overall. I do feel like the 300 had the slight edge when it came to getting Dflies in flight but quality wise matching and the versatility of the zoom makes me pleased i took the risk.
Same as you, I prefer the 150-400mm zoom to the exceptionally sharp 300mm F/4 Pro (sold to help buy the Big White!) for dragonflies but have not managed good in-flight shots of them with it. I think I am going to be more successful with my white 50-200mm F/2.8 when the opportunities arise. However, I don't want to be carrying the weight etc of both white lenses in the field at the same time so I'll be deciding my mission before I go out on foot.
No regrets whatsoever about owning both OM's white lenses ~ As always with lenses, it's horse-for-courses! I shoot more frames with the 50-200mm, which replaced my excellent 40-150mm F/2.8 Pro, than any other lens due to shooting women's football nearly every Sunday.