Brian Wadie

Until recently I printed my images for sale using everything from the early canon 300D, through Canon FF and then to m4/3rds. Print sizes up to 24"x18" and panoramics to 6ft6" Two week exhibitions ...

Mine had to go to Portugal in the first couple of weeks as it was freezing up. Since I have had it back I still have lock-up problems every time I use mechanical shutter but as I shoot exclusively ...

the decision is yours and you define what you want or need, no one else can guide you (although many will offer opinions ;-) )

"Hope the op has granted some normality, and a broader menu choice" Thanks Ruairi, "normality" is not a common state for me, :-D but I'm recovering and hopefully that's the end of heart problems ...

I always have reflection problems if I try to shoot at an angle to double glazing so shoot with the lens perpendicular to and practically touching the glass, at which point there are no problems ...

nothing special, just a Dunnock at around 20ft through double glazing with foliage in front, side and behind. Until it raised its head so that the eye was visible it was out of focus. Smallest ...

I've been having a play with v1.3 shooting with the 300f4 through double glazing at birds between 20 and 40ft from the house, in poor light conditions. What I am finding is that in both CAF and SAF ...

We have a nice spot to sit in and photograph: ground level view though our dwarf Acers So much to learn, so little time left to do it! :D

being retired I was out 2 - 3 times a week but since ill-health struck, I spend the majority of my time shooting from the conservatory or, in better weather, in the garden. This is a daily event

this is the one I use; the power bank charges very fast, and it provides power to run the camera and battery charging when the camera is off. So far, it's totally bombproof (I've dropped it a fair ...

I should have added that in my experience it doesn't work unless the eye is visible, to the extent that in tests, I have shot a bluetit at around 40ft hiding in a Buddleia which when the eye was ...

My remaining "Bug" is that if I use mechanical shutter in invariably locks up at some point, more rapidly if I use sequential shooting. As I now exclusively use e-shutter I am not wasting time ...

subject recognition doesn't replace the skill of the photographer in spotting the subject, placing the focal point on it and making sure it's in focus before pressing the shutter button (but it ...

As the old saying goes, brown stuff happens, I try to grow roses when it does

in my experience post Brexit repairs were no problem so please don't bring that political chestnut into the equation, this was down to the OMDS repair centre cock-up

I sent my OM-1 back to Portugal for repair, the time to get there and repair was around 5 days, but it took several weeks to get back through Southampton customs because a paperwork error in ...

for the moment I'm sticking with my used copy of the EM-5mk3 as my back-up to my OM-1 but it will be interesting to see how you all get on with the OM-5 (may tempt me in the future ;-) )

I look forward to hearing your views

if it doesn't meet your needs, don't buy it

sorry, should have been clearer, as far as I know there should have been no taxes to pay but Portugal screwed up the return documentation clearance papers. Whatever the situation they told me not ...