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Some shots with E-M1+40-150 & D810+70-200

Started Jan 17, 2015 | Discussions thread
Alan GR
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Re: Some shots with E-M1+40-150 & D810+70-200

My shots here may not do the D810 justice Tony as it was getting dark quickly and the sun had dropped down to almost behind the leaves making the D810 shots look a bit washed out. My experience using both, and often shooting the same scenes with both, is that the resolution of the D800/810 is absolutely astounding and it holds an amazing amount of detail so, with a crop, one has more to play with. Its low-light and low-noise performance is also phenomenal and pips my E-M1 there, as does its focusing ability in locking onto fast moving subjects like bikers on a motocross track. I have had tremendous difficulty using my E-M1 with such fast action with a high percentage of throw-aways and low percentage of keepers whereas, at the same event on the same day, a very high percent of keepers with my D800 and few throw-aways. (I haven't tried my 810 at fast action yet but it is apparently better than the 800). I've tried various settings for focusing and have not been able to get fast action right with my E-M1 so far.

Again, I'm not a pro and these weren't taken in identical conditions as they were a few minutes apart - just interesting I thought. I am very impressed with my E-M1 and extremely happy with both systems.

Here's a link to an album of mine from a recent trip with shots using both systems: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.476418549165165.1073741846.181715518635471&type=3

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