and further updated on sat . morning .. it arrived fri afternoon at Leipzig and departed fri evening to East Midlands airport , customs clearance done while in flight landed sat morning and then sent to DHL Liverpool , its scheduled for delivery on Monday .. so far the tracking and information has been outstanding , o.k its not like next day delivery from wex but for a £400 + saving who cares .
Hi BebopI’m in Extremadura with my new OM1 mark ii that arrived the day before I left. I also have my OM1 mark i which until now has hosted my 150-400mm. I think I’ve set it up the same now, but I wondered if anyone can point me to a video to help with some of the new settings, or else advise. I’ve looked on YouTube and can’t seem to find what I want without having to watch many hours of videos…. And some people do a lot of chit chatting
I’d like to be able to switch easily between the subject detection through most (or all) of frame and using a smaller chosen focus point and not subject detect. I was hoping to use the priority settings in the AF menu 2 but it doesn’t seem to be working as I expected. Please share your own set up or ideas if you do something similar.
I currently use back button AF, and have the two front custom buttons set to switch to C1 (birds in flight settings) and to turn the subject detection on and off. Perhaps these priorities don’t work with BBF?
I haven’t read the manual yet actually, so I will have to dig into that, but a good video would be helpful.
. I did read the manual last night but didn’t learn anything more than the info button tells you.Thanks so much! I’ll have a watch of this later.
Hooded Crow, Isle of Man by Pete, on Flickr
Chough, Isle of Man by Pete, on Flickr
Forest Fungi by Terence Rees, on Flickr[/URL]Wow that is completely different to what happened with my lens. Interesting.
Just out of interest how did you get to extremadura?I’m in Extremadura with my new OM1 mark ii that arrived the day before I left. I also have my OM1 mark i which until now has hosted my 150-400mm. I think I’ve set it up the same now, but I wondered if anyone can point me to a video to help with some of the new settings, or else advise. I’ve looked on YouTube and can’t seem to find what I want without having to watch many hours of videos…. And some people do a lot of chit chatting
I’d like to be able to switch easily between the subject detection through most (or all) of frame and using a smaller chosen focus point and not subject detect. I was hoping to use the priority settings in the AF menu 2 but it doesn’t seem to be working as I expected. Please share your own set up or ideas if you do something similar.
I currently use back button AF, and have the two front custom buttons set to switch to C1 (birds in flight settings) and to turn the subject detection on and off. Perhaps these priorities don’t work with BBF?
I haven’t read the manual yet actually, so I will have to dig into that, but a good video would be helpful.
Fly to Madrid, train to Cáceres is probably the easiest. Can also rent a car (or bus) from Seville or Lisbon. Lived there for a year but spent more time drinking than taking photos…
airbrakes by jeff cohen, on Flickr
test6 by jeff cohen, on Flickr
hands up by jeff cohen, on Flickr
looking by jeff cohen, on Flickr
Looking good Jeff! Reckon it's a step up from the Mk1 ?pleasant hour today testing out my new OMS 100-400mkii lens ,pleased with the results am I
Early days Mike but looking that way
Yeah i looked at madrid and since never driving on the wrong side i think madrid roads for a first experience is too much for me
Mine is on day 7 from order. At Stanstead now, due to be delivered
What lens ?
Om1 mk2 with 12-40 mk2 lens
I have used Auto ISO for ages and with EC as needed re: birds against the sky or white birds against dark background.
IIRC I have my upper limit set at 10000 or 12800 ISO as I don't fear the noise what with the likes of modern noise reduction (in my case DxO PhotoLab) is capable of. FWIW and IMO the sensor on the OM1 is, in noise terms, superior to the older Olympus E-M1 series.
This is the main reason I want to upgrade to the OM1 MK2.
Just picked it up. Box is correct items, will get it out when I get a chance over the next couple of days.
Yep me too. Soon as Auto iso came in I switched to it and carried on using it when i got my om1 mki and then mkii. Set the lowest shutter speed you will allow and let it do its thing with EC if needed. The Chough in flight i put up here at the weekend was iso12800 then cleaned up with dxo pure raw 5. That software is black magic. Its ridiculous.
Wasp Plumehorn, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr
I have no idea how you get so close, are you in a hide or invisible?
Even more impressive is that Goldcrest's are a) extremely elusive, and b) never stay still for longer than a second at a time, so cracking shot Geoff.
Nope just standing there quietly next to the bush watching . I do have a nice smile when required though. I’m also totally tone deaf so I can’t hear thirds I just work on a visual sighting of any birds . The only birds that are in my hearing range are blackbirds and pigeons
That is a cracker, one of your best imho. Tfs
I found the dual stabilisation is pretty decent with the mk2 Jeff, what do you reckon?
