As an Olympus newbie I think this photo is proving to me that my Olympus small m4/3 sensor can deliver results up to the standard of my Canon full-frame sensor camera. There is no such thing as the perfect camera but just Horses-for-Courses. Olympus handheld telephoto power plus very serious weatherproofing is utterly liberating.
THE AWESOME PLUMAGE OF A STARLING by Robin Procter, on Flickr
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Who said a starling was black!
Nice Iain have you got the mki or mkii
So I managed to get my hands on a used Oly 300 f/4.0 prime and took it to the ESAA Cross Country Cup Regional Final in St Albans today. IQ is very good but I've got more shots with missed focus and blur as compared to the 40-150 f/2.8 - any suggestions on minimum shutter speed to use when handholding this lens?
E-M1II + Oly 300 f/4.0 using CAF:
20191109_112221_013 by Maarten D'Haese, on Flickr
I’d assume you’d be shooting at 1/1000 for runners anyway which is more than enough for a 600mm eq lens, even without IBISSo I managed to get my hands on a used Oly 300 f/4.0 prime and took it to the ESAA Cross Country Cup Regional Final in St Albans today. IQ is very good but I've got more shots with missed focus and blur as compared to the 40-150 f/2.8 - any suggestions on minimum shutter speed to use when handholding this lens?
E-M1II + Oly 300 f/4.0 using CAF:
20191109_112221_013 by Maarten D'Haese, on Flickr
I would suggest a minimum of 1/1000th of a sec if hand held .even more if the light is poor . Also ensure that your stabiliser is set up correctly ,I have mine set as lens priority .. and it also depends on the amount of active focus points for birding I tend to use the pinpoint a/f for birds that fly straight ,and switch to 25 for fast moving subjects.. I also have the EVF set to be on all the time to help with tracking and just use CAF onlySo I managed to get my hands on a used Oly 300 f/4.0 prime and took it to the ESAA Cross Country Cup Regional Final in St Albans today. IQ is very good but I've got more shots with missed focus and blur as compared to the 40-150 f/2.8 - any suggestions on minimum shutter speed to use when handholding this lens?
E-M1II + Oly 300 f/4.0 using CAF:
20191109_112221_013 by Maarten D'Haese, on Flickr
As an Olympus newbie I think this photo is proving to me that my Olympus small m4/3 sensor can deliver results up to the standard of my Canon full-frame sensor camera. There is no such thing as the perfect camera but just Horses-for-Courses. Olympus handheld telephoto power plus very serious weatherproofing is utterly liberating.
THE AWESOME PLUMAGE OF A STARLING by Robin Procter, on Flickr
[THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO LIKES AND/OR COMMENTS ON MY PICTURES - IT IS ALWAYS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED]
Rumor, Olympus to shut down camera division in less than 8 months.
https://photorumors.com/2019/11/09/...a-division-in-less-than-8-months/#more-116019
4/3 RUMOR SITE SAYS ITS CRAP AND NOT TRUE, YES IME SHOUTING
a sparrow hawk from yesterday , this should have been easy shot,, but it didn't come together right ,perhaps the elements of the surrounding area or the intense light .. one of my mates who shots Sony mirrorless also commented on the light causing problems yesterday
fencelife by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
Dang! I was hoping that Handheld High Res would eventually come to other cameras as a firmware upgrade. Such as to the new EM5 mk3. But it seems this feature is only possible if you have dual TruePic VIII image processing engines. Such as in the E-M1X
see interview here: https://www.43rumors.com/olympus-interview-with-masaomi-tomizawa/
Handheld High Res as useful as Tripod High Res is, when I don't have my tripod with me. I think I read they have improved the artefact handling too..... That's a good interview which gives an insight into the Olympus ethos.
Rich and sophisticated features are indeed only possible with the extra processing power which cameras with dual linked processors are able to offer. Digital cameras are like mini computers. With dual processors comes more heat and larger bodies, hence the M1X - I'm not complaining.
But Ian, if the camera you already have has Tripod High Res, then doesn't that still enable you to capture high res files on static subjects anyway? Out of curiosity and ignorance, why is the handheld version valuable to you?
I want to try out the Pro Capture feature.
Ok here is a question for you Olympus users I’m currently using 2x em 1 bodies and a 5MKll I’m looking to upgrade to either a omd em 1 mkll or the em1x I prefer the fact that the MKll has the option of a removable grip/battery pack.
So is there a big difference in between the the 2 cameras performance as I prefer the small body of mkll which I believe has had a big firmware upgrade recently?
I would really appreciate your input.
Or should I just stick with what I have it’s more the continuous focus tracking I’m looking to improve on,
Cheers