Brian Wadie

"--When on a tripod OIS is off (but also tested on), cable shutter release, sturdy tripod (no centre post) So much to learn, so little time left to do it! :D "

smile and keep on shooting :D

I will continue to buy Olympus products that suit my needs, I'm more than happy to acquire kit I need whilst awaiting some hard information on how the situation will develop (I continue to be ...

yes, in my view he is a good, straightforward bloke (poor taste in football club and music) he tells it as he sees it with no BS and has a robust sense of humour. A great photographer who is happy ...

"Will Mr Wong still be an Olympus visionary or is he getting "laid off" at some point?" in his video he tells us that his contract runs until Dec 2020. In the meantime he is happy to carry on ...

so many predictions on so little information. I'm just going to continue enjoying using my kit and wait to see what happens ;)

superb macro work, beautifully lit too

to put it another way Trevor, choose to tool for the job for you and don't waste time explaining here why you have made that choice, it will always be "wrong" to some people  and who cares anyway :D

I use the pad of my right thumb to press down and slide it open, seems to work better then using my left had that usually ends up straining thumb / finger nails (when I think about it first that ...

me too, although as "Doxa" said below there does appear to be a knack as sometimes I have no problem. I'm guessing it may be a result of the improved weather sealing?

thanks, I use a lot of similar phrases I fear, comes from being a nature geek with favourite spiders, bees, flies, you name it I have a favourite. Some of my camera buddies reckon I train them to ...

One of my favourite beetles, the False Oil Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) has been active in the garden again this year so I have been trying to record some more behavioural shots, including this brief ...

Interesting to see your comment Isabel, I have more or less arrived at the same conclusion, much to my surprise as with the mk2 I always shot Av with set ISO to get the best results with these ...

Live view artificially brightens the view finder for shooting in poorly lit conditions and also turns of the response to changing light so its constantly over-bright in normal shooting and is best ...

agree, I spent the last 10 years of my career as training manager for 1400+ research and support staff, you soon learn how to maintain interest, particularly when its a week long residential course ;)

have you seen his airshow work, even more stunning image making using the same kit. I've great admiration for Andy (apart from his choice of music and football team :D ) having been on a workshop ...

a classic Andy Rouse review, great to read and informative as well but none of this "look at that spec" nonsense :) thanks for the link, I enjoyed it

This arrived a few days back so I have been playing with it to see how it differs from my mk2 (replaces my back up body) First a moon shot using Starry Skies AF (don't know why, it seemed a good ...

I've been known to come back with over 6k shots from a 3 hour session, sounds a lot until you realise there may be 60+ riders out, each sequence is typically 6 - 10 shots and I try to get a least ...

Thanks Andrew, lazy man shooting with this subject, CAF + tracking and 18fps sequential shooting makes it easy (I shoot sequences so that the riders can use my pics for checking technique / ...