Return to Olympus/OM System

[johnCam]

My new OM System OM-1 mark ii with 12-40 lens, just came today. She’s tiny she is.

I have been thinking of possibly switching from my current Fujifilm x-h2s to the OM-1 for a few weeks now. Finally I determined that I would not be able to make a decision without ordering an OM-1 and trying it out. I ordered it from a place with a good return policy just in case I discovered I really like my x-h2s better.

I am looking for a birding setup that is lighter. The OM-1 + 100-400mm lens, would cut 600+ grams from my current x-h2s + 150-500mm lens setup.

Another reason is my history with digital Olympus cameras, the original OMD EM5 and the OMD EM10 mark ii. I missed the way these cameras operated.

I would like to order the new 100-400mm lens with the IS Sync. Unfortunately, does not come out until late March.

I am really enjoying this new OM-1 so I am definitely leaning towards keeping it. I like grip and ergonomics. I want to test for a couple more days. I think I will just need to trust that the bird autofocus is as good as I have heard it is. I will need to decide before I can get my hands of the 100-400mm lens.

 

[Woody Meristem]

My Olympus 100-400mm (the original version, not the newer version with synced OIS) is just fine with my OM-1and I've never missed synced OIS, even in lower light situations. I use Auto IS in the camera with the lens' stabilization on. Others do the same and report similar results. If budget is an issue, you should seriously consider the first version which is significantly less expensive the version ii.

 

[sherman_levine]

You might find the push-pull zoom Zuiko 150-600 to be a good choice.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/68159534

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Sherm

Sherms flickr page

P950 album

P900 album RX10iv album
OM1.2 150-600 album

 

[Emerald Slick]

I have the 100-400 Version-1 using with the OM-1 Mark-I. I think shooting non-synch IS, or combined IS is very adequate with stationary birds. I rarely go above ISO-3200, even under shades. For moving birds, not flying, I don't think synch-IS would be that effective, I have to raise shutter speed by bump up the ISO anyway. For flying birds, I probably have to bump up shutter speed to at least 1/1000s. At this speed, I think synch-IS would a moot effort.

I will have a chance to go bird shooting in a few months. I might end up eating my words, and buy the Version-2. I shall see.

 

[Bast Hotep]

I made the same switch and have rarely regretted it. Much lighter system, autofocus you can count on for birds, and cheaper to boot!

 

[SeeingSomeThingsMissingMany]

I am looking for a birding setup that is lighter. The OM-1 + 100-400mm lens, would cut 600+ grams from my current x-h2s + 150-500mm lens setup.

Cutting 600g+ is a fair amount, adds up when carrying hours.

OM-1 user review.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4719842

Bees in Flight Oly 100-400 on E-m1mk3.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4649987

Oly 100-400 user review on E-m1mk3.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4509528

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Photography after all is interplay of light alongside perspective.

 

[gary0319]

• I have the Panasonic 100-400 (first version) and have used it on the OM-1 and now the OM-1 II for birds in flight. I shoot at 1/3200 sec, SH1 at 25fps, with Auto ISO and find the bird detect to be so good that the thought of an out of focus images never even enters my mind anymore. The PL100-400 is a bit lighter than the OM100-400 if that matters.

 

[Bobapingu]

Just a bit of fun pedantry.
You can't return to Olympus. Olympus will have been out of the camera business for 5-years come next June.
You can't return to OM System because you were never there.
However, you can say you are returning to the micro four thirds system (m4/3 or whatever your favoured abbreviation is)

 

[daddyo]

Consider ordering a clean, used Olympus 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 to fill in the gap, while you wait for the 100-400mm Mkll to be available. MPB has good used ones for about $300, and the 75-300mm works amazingly well on the OM-1 Mkll, because the IBIS is so good.

I own the 100-400mm Mkl as my main birding lens, but I use my 75-300mm for those times when I want to keep my weight total really low for hiking/travel.

Is it a sharp lens? Well, here's just one sample:



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Blessings,
Greg
http://www.pbase.com/daddyo

 

[mmartel]

Just a bit of fun pedantry.
You can't return to Olympus. Olympus will have been out of the camera business for 5-years come next June.
You can't return to OM System because you were never there.
However, you can say you are returning to the micro four thirds system (m4/3 or whatever your favoured abbreviation is)

How do you know he's not a time traveler coming from the future when he already used OMDS ... before ever using it?

Or maybe OM System will always be Olympus in the hearts of Olympus gearheads even if OM System lawyers and marketers choke on their miso soup every time they have to read it here on these forums...

A rose by any other name is still a rose, is it not?

 

[ahaslett]

Just a bit of fun pedantry.
You can't return to Olympus. Olympus will have been out of the camera business for 5-years come next June.
You can't return to OM System because you were never there.
However, you can say you are returning to the micro four thirds system (m4/3 or whatever your favoured abbreviation is)

How do you know he's not a time traveler coming from the future when he already used OMDS ... before ever using it?

Or maybe OM System will always be Olympus in the hearts of Olympus gearheads even if OM System lawyers and marketers choke on their miso soup every time they have to read it here on these forums...

A rose by any other name is still a rose, is it not?

So Olympus would, were it not Olympus call’d, retain that dear perfection which it owes without that title?

In context, must be spoken by a Panasonic lens.



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Infinite are the arguments of mages. Truth is a jewel with many facets. Ursula K LeGuin
Please feel free to edit any images that I post

 

[mmartel]

Just a bit of fun pedantry.
You can't return to Olympus. Olympus will have been out of the camera business for 5-years come next June.
You can't return to OM System because you were never there.
However, you can say you are returning to the micro four thirds system (m4/3 or whatever your favoured abbreviation is)

How do you know he's not a time traveler coming from the future when he already used OMDS ... before ever using it?

Or maybe OM System will always be Olympus in the hearts of Olympus gearheads even if OM System lawyers and marketers choke on their miso soup every time they have to read it here on these forums...

A rose by any other name is still a rose, is it not?

So Olympus would, were it not Olympus call’d, retain that dear perfection which it owes without that title?

In context, must be spoken by a Panasonic lens.

When Haslett speaks, only a fool fails to pay close heed.

When he is responding to my comments, which are mere jabbering told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, most of sound mind give wide berth as they pass, as giving a fool attention only encourages more foolery.

What, then, to make of wise Mr. Haslett?

Perhaps I am Pinocchio...

 

[MNE]

You might find the push-pull zoom Zuiko 150-600 to be a good choice.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/68159534

Push-Pull?

I had a horrible flashback when I read that. Nikon 100-300 f5.6 push-pull from the 80s

I assume you mean something else by that.

 

[daddyo]

Though OM's name cannot be lost, yet is shall be tempest-tost!

 

[sherman_levine]

You might find the push-pull zoom Zuiko 150-600 to be a good choice.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/68159534

Push-Pull?

I had a horrible flashback when I read that. Nikon 100-300 f5.6 push-pull from the 80s

I assume you mean something else by that.

I don't know anything about the Nikon, but the Zuiko lets you change the zoom by sliding the front of the lens (like the Sigma 150-600 Sports lens). One can also rotate a ring as with most other cameras. The push-pull feature is in the Zuiko user instructions, so I'm using the lens as intended.

It's very convenient for me to handhold and change zoom with my left hand on the end of the lens,

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Sherm

Sherms flickr page

P950 album

P900 album RX10iv album
OM1.2 150-600 album

 

[MNE]

Wow ... I never knew that about a m.zuiko lens having a push-pull function. I assume creeping is not an issue.

 

[gary0319]

Wow ... I never knew that about a m.zuiko lens having a push-pull function. I assume creeping is not an issue.

My Panasonic PL 100-400 also works via push pull or twist. No sag either.

 

[sherman_levine]

Wow ... I never knew that about a m.zuiko lens having a push-pull function. I assume creeping is not an issue.

I carry the lens horizontally so creeping's not an issue for me, but it has a 3-position switch:

L=Locked (shortest focal length only)

T= (tight?) lens won't creep. Turning ring's a bit stiff

S=(standard?) Pretty easy to turn the ring. Lens slides easily and will creep if vertical







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Sherm

Sherms flickr page

P950 album

P900 album RX10iv album
OM1.2 150-600 album

 

[Bast Hotep]

The name OM will never be lost, since it is invoked daily by meditators everywhere.

 

[Bobapingu]

The name OM will never be lost, since it is invoked daily by meditators everywhere.

True! We know the literal meaning of the O and the M but together it's something else entirely. It's not surprising really since whoever came up with it could well have been a Buddhist and the Japanese would have been well aware of its symbolic significance all along.