Virtual Photon

But wait. There's more. What kind of birds? Big pelicans? Small perchers? Where are you going to shoot them? Forest? Mudflat? How good are your birding skills? Are you thinking of 'pure wild' or ...

A more explicit link: https://500px.com/sulasulacom/galleries/olympus

Depends on your level of frustration and your definition of 'successful'.  Really.

I'm with Joe789 on this one. All cameras and lenses have quirks and while the basics of photography don't change from DSLR to M43, becoming familiar with a camera means you are going to be able to ...

I have both the 12-100 and the 12-40.  They are both exceptional lenses and I doubt in practice I could tell the images apart.  I agree that it does seem 'big' but the range and clarity are hard ...

If it says "professional", I take that to mean a paid photographer - which I assume you are not - so there is your loophole.  This is all about $$ and the resort probably has either their own ...

Look for an MC-14 Teleconvertor which plays extremely well with the 40-150.  I never take mine off. Lots of folks don't care for bulk that the tripod support adds.  If you are just going hand-held ...

Several things: If you were happy with the focal length of your iPhone, then the PL15 gives you pretty much the same field of view.  It is a sharp lens and you'll be glad with the 1.8 for interior ...

First of all, besides a slight increase in detail and a slightly less noise in shadow area, there isn't a 'dramatic' difference in Hi-res and regular files. I certainly wouldn't expect to see any ...

My Pen-F locked up on 2.1 - others seem to be fine.  I flashed my Pen back to 1.1. I was in software engineering for over 20 years and all I have to say is that those guys should just be ...

Sort of depends upon where you are traveling . . . Having said that, many great photos have been taken with that focal length.

Thanks Marco.  Keep us posted.

And . . . Not to be a cynic or anything, but . . . How many of you good folks are going to install it or wait to see: a) if it actually fixes the issue and/or b) if it introduces a whole new set of ...

These are among the first images that make me want to think about the M1Vii.  Nice work.

I stand corrected then. I do understand that designers go to a lot of trouble to make parfocal lenses and I believe that many (most) of the legacy (and probably current) cine lenses are parfocal.   ...

You are saying that you can make a legacy lens into a parfocal lens by  making a mechanical adjustment?  Hmmm.

The question is how often do you need to shoot in the 40 - 100 range without changing lenses.?  No one can answer that for you. Although the 12-100 is an exceptional lens (and yes I have it and use ...

It's just never good to draw a conclusion before you have any data.  I'm not saying it isn't a real problem . . . I actually believe that it is and hope that Olympus addresses it quickly.

10 self-reports is not a statistically significant enough sample to say "many of us"

I agree with addlightness above. The two seem similar in sharpness but that smooth bokeh on the sigma is impressive.