E-M1 goes birding

[David Morison]

As the weather was fine I thought I'd have a go down at the local reserve with the E-M1 and Canon 400mm f5.6L. Now this is an amazing lens, considering the design is 20 years old and with the ease of focus on the E-M1 and IQ/low noise it is a dream for wildlife photography. All these were manually focused (including flight shots) and most are taken using the x2 Digital Teleconverter. Magnification was used in some to assist focusing against a busy background but most were taken without. Focus peaking was of little use as it is cancelled when the IS is deployed (on non-native lenses) and IS1 was used for all shots. I am really thrilled that the E-M1's IS is good enough (despite the earlier teething problems I had) to enable handheld photography, including BIFs, using a 400mm lens, especially as MF had to be used (not easy when panning!). If only Olympus could produce a lens like this, f5.6 is bright enough for most wildlife photography - some of these shots were taken at near dusk.

Teal:



Cormorant:



Green Sandpiper:



Greylag and Greylag/Canada Hybrid:



Greylag (some of 700 seen on the trip):



Two Common Gull:



Curlew:



Shoveler:



Mallard:



David

[Pops]

Re: E-M1 goes birding

Fine weather eh, now that's something I haven't experienced in a while

Time well spent

[Weeman]

Re: E-M1 goes birding

Great shots.