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Insects with Olympus 100-400

Started Jun 6, 2021 | Photos
Astrotripper Veteran Member • Posts: 8,676
Insects with Olympus 100-400
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Solid close focusing capability is one of my favorite features of Olympus 100-400.

All photos are 100% crops.

I really love the fact that I can keep my distance when shooting with the 100-400

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joeletx Veteran Member • Posts: 4,125
Re: Insects with Olympus 100-400

Nice shots! How on earth could you frame an insect at 400 mm? I could not even frame a dragonfly at 200 mmm.

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janeenadamsmartin
janeenadamsmartin Senior Member • Posts: 1,119
Re: Insects with Olympus 100-400

Nice!  Much steadier hands than I have.  I would think at 400mm you would have needed more SS.  I know I would!

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OP Astrotripper Veteran Member • Posts: 8,676
Re: Insects with Olympus 100-400

joeletx wrote:

Nice shots! How on earth could you frame an insect at 400 mm? I could not even frame a dragonfly at 200 mm.

Usually, I start at 100 mm, locate the subject and zoom in. I tried a few times to just do it at 400 mm, but it's a lot harder that way (especially at 560 mm when using a teleconverter).

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Sigma DP2 Merrill Olympus PEN E-PL1 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 Olympus E-M1 II OM-1 +15 more
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