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Fist 60minutes with Oly 300 f4 on Em-1

Started Jul 23, 2016 | Discussions thread
Phocal
Phocal Veteran Member • Posts: 3,528
Re: Fist 60minutes with Oly 300 f4 on Em-1
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CelticOdyssey wrote:

Phocal wrote:

If you had stopped down you could have lowered the ISO significantly. Why are all the shots at ƒ8.0+ when the lens is perfectly sharp at ƒ4.0?

If he had opened up. And f/4 has too shallow a depth of field for closeups of small birds if you want to get them entirely in focus. I've learned this with my own experience on the 300 after just a few images.

That's what I meant. Personally I prefer less in focus if stopping down is going to take my ISO beyond 800.  Once past 800 you really start losing detail in the feathers/fur of animals, once past 1600 and I don't even bother anymore.

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Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 150mm 1:2.0 Olympus M.Zuiko 300mm F4 IS Pro Olympus OM-D E-M5 Olympus E-M1 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm 1:2.8 Pancake +6 more
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