i am impressed

To go back to the start of my journey with mft...I was using Nikon APS and wanted a lens for my next 'safari' to the US national parks. In i strolled to the local camera shop to try out the Sigma 150-600mm. Like a Victorian novel once you've put it down you'll never pick it up again. I had seen folk wandering around with these and similar or larger lenses but I had no idea how unweildy they were. As I handed it back to the sales guty he pointed me to Oly and Pana cameras and the 75-300 & 100-300. I was blown away

Went away did my research and walked back in a week later to buy an Oly OMD EM 1 ii. I have been trotting around with this since

As I got more and more into photography I realised that the Pana 100-300 just wasn't long enough or quite good enough with AF. Fine but I wanted something more. I practiced fixing the zoom at 300 to see if I could cope with the new Oly 300mm. No, just not good enough...me not the focal length. Thought about the 150-400 but really, I am not a pro...

So the Olympus 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS M.Zuiko Digital ED arrived a couple of weeks ago but I am still waiting on the 1.4 TC

It's heavy for an mft but still fine for a walk around the local woodlands, with a wristrap and the hanging on to the tripod collar. Certainly portable

The zoom is very smooth and easy. As the lens is somewhat fatter than any other mft that takes a bit of getting used to. The balance seems absolutely spot on with the Oly body

Not sure I have masteerd getting the focussing right but when I do it produces lovely crisp images with a nice creamy background

I have been up to 1600 ISO to get enough SS and there seems to be more noise than other lenses at this range but Topaz seems to do a pretty good job

It's pretty unforgiving if the SS is not up and your at 400mm. Not surprising really. I have taken to finding leaning positions

More than happy with my purchase and would buy again in an instant

A few images

Even the one of the goose taken with the 14-150.

bluevellet wrote:

Even the one of the goose taken with the 14-150.

haha. clicked on the wrong image and then couldn't edit !!

Hopefully I will have some Oly 100-400 air show pictures to post next month.

Lensrentals is shipping the lens on the 21st - looks like I will need to find some flying targets to practice on before the show

Very nice photos! Don't lose the hood! 🤣

A lens can't create noise, your sensor does that.

Searching wrote:

A lens can't create noise, your sensor does that.

I didn't say the lens did create any noise and it's not accurate to say the sensor creates all the noise either...My comment was that noise is more visible using this lens imho