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I’ve used both the EM1ii and other OMDs for years, but went with Panasonic when they issued the 200mm prime. With Sony, now Nikon, on the side. Things changed when Nikon’s PF lens promised and ...

Actually if I had been a beginner or newcomer to OMDs I would probably be really happy with AF-C performance. As it is, for my use, I'm finding the advances on the Mk II are more subtle than I had ...

Lonely yet surprisingly comfortable

Yellow wagtail, heavy crop. The camera was in AF-C, I believe 5x5 grid

Thanks - very helpful,

Thanks. Switching off the bias was a good idea, I did manage to capture a little wagtail when it landed and immediately lifted off from a wooden fence near a hide I was in this morning. It was ...

I'm not sure this would help except in really low light. What I'm suspecting is that the camera doesn't isolate small subjects when it focuses. It finds and locks on the area of most contrast under ...

I've tried shutter priority on and off, and played with AF sensitivity from -2 to +2. Mostly single shot drive mode.

After positive first impressions, I've been using the E-M1X to do more birding. On some trips I carried the Z7 with the 500mm PF as well. I'm much more familiar with the Z and alhtough it isn't ...

Took the Z7 with 500pf out for some serious birding this morning for the first time since downloading the firmware - shooting next to an Olympus with the 300mm mounted. Definitely seeing improved ...

Time to revisit an old thread. After seven-odd months, I've found that the Z7 + 500mm combination is in most respects more confident than the Panasonic G9 + 200 when shooting small birds in dense ...

Sometimes you just have to take the shot that's handed to you, but if you have time, that what I would try. For the duck shot I posted just now, I crouched just enough to let long grass add a bit ...

M1X/300 f/4.

Sedge Warbler - with a call like a cat on heat you'll know immediately that they are around. You see them a lot, too, darting through the air in and out of reeds, but they're reluctant photo ...

Light and luck are as important as technique, I’ve found. One of the reasons the first picture of the godwit doesn’t really work is because the background / grass is well lit while the bird is in ...

Quick comment on IS with the 300mm: with my current technique, lowest SS that gave me more or less consistently sharp handheld pictures is 1/10 sec, about six stops. By comparison, the Nikon 500 + ...

Another visit to the nature reserve with the 300 gave me many opportunities to try it out on birds. Very impressed with performance and image quality. Impressed of a different kind with the ...

So I managed to take one into the field today, with the 12-100. Not a real birding lens, but enough to sample the goods. Autofocus proved ridiculously fast and foolproof. At first I feared wide ...

Yeah, couldn't resist a second peek today. The increased ease of use is remarkable, for instance, love that 'hold-and-dial' now works with the buttons, in addition to the traditional press - ...

I don't think this camera will solve anything or make me a better photographer, I just expect it to be a highly enjoyable tool for travel, wildlife and birding, the stuff I presently use a D850 ...