G6 cuts through the crap

Miki Nemeth wrote:

hindesite wrote:

One of the issues I run into with bird photography is branches - branches in front of the subject tend to throw off AF, particularly a problem with my old E-P1.

Using the G6 and Pinpoint AF gets surprisingly good results where normally I would have to MF. Focus doesn't seem as fast as when using a normal AF frame, but is still quite quick - just a little hesitant perhaps. Easy and quick to confirm with focus peaking, too.

Sometimes it is worthwhile to concentrate on the things that a camera is good at, rather than waste time considering the things that it isn't; this is one of the things the G6 is good at.

Robin, These photos are awesome and eye-popping even when viewed at 1:1! Thank You for sharing. I started photography only a month ago and I have a Nikon 1 V1, how many months do I need to take such great photos with my camera? I have the "1 Nikkor 10-100mm", but I guess I should buy a bigger Nikkor FX lens with the FT-1 adapter. Or, I should buy a Panasonic G6 either with micro 4/3 lenses?

Thank You,

Miki

Thanks, what jimoyer said x2

It would be easy for me to say I predicted that m4/3 was going to be a successful system when I bought my first m4/3 camera (and I was right) but in reality, there was no choice when I jumped in to this system. Now there are several other mirrorless system alternatives, all with different attributes.

I think you just use what you've got, and learn while you are doing it - every system has its own advantages. You are less likely to invest in lenses if you have doubts about the system you are using - in my case I initially invested in legacy lenses, because they were cheap and could be used with anything (and there were very few m4/3 native lenses anyway).

I'd always enjoyed photography with P&S cameras, and got pretty good results, so I agree that the camera isn't really important generally. But there are times when the extra quality and capabilities allow you to do new things, as here. Even a few weeks ago I had very low success rate with this type of photo due to focus issues (and speed, too). The G6 gives me a far, far higher success rate.