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Thank you for the good words! Every year as far as I can remember I loved to watch them gather together in the South of Quebec. Great spectacle year after year!

Thanks for the input, can't wait for part 2 🤣

Absolutely, the G9 II with the right lens is a beast!

Some budget filter on AliExpress: ZB2 BG3 Violet Blue optical glass. Not as good as real IR Chrome I suppose but I'm not full time shooting IR, so it did the job!

Merci mon chum! Je redoutais que la compression de youtube soit trop rough haha

Thanks! I'm looking to get the 100-400 II too ! And nop the G9 II in the dark is not the best but at least it performs well in the cold!

Thanks! Much appreciated

I think so, but I wonder if it is a Panasonic teleconverte or Olympus, and if there are any differences between the two in terms of image quality

@@irajart Actually, my point is that I don't know any 2x teleconverter in 4/3 (as far as I understood there is some optical issue): I only know of an Olympus one which was compatible with some few lenses only. And now, I am very curious, as the result here is very good.

Yes I used the Panasonic DMW-TC20 2.0x Tele-Converter, work like a charm with the 200mm 2.8, gives you a 800mm equivalent.

@@birdnerdqc4028 Oh great! I just thought that those ones were for the serie S lenses (full frame) and not for serie G (4/3). Thanks!

@@Ionoallen The Panasonic DMW-TC20 is for m43, the Panasonic DMW-STC20 is for L mount, got to make sur to buy the right one.

Thanks!

Sorry for the late reply: LUMIX 2X Lens Teleconverter - DMW-TC20

Lumix camera with the desqueeze are pretty cool, so easy to compose directly in the EVF with the final result, and Sirui lens are pretty cheap in m43!

Hi ! I can't speak for sports or human, I mainly shoots bird and wildlife. For these it work well, not perfect with bird in flight. For video except in 4k120 and HD 240p (Subject detection turn off in these video mode) there is no problem. But coming from and R10 and R8 before the G9 II, I would probably recommand a Canon mirrorless if you don't need 4k120 and raw video, the R7 is a well balance camera and your current lens would adapt perfectly. But other than that G9 II is my favorite camera since my D7100 and I tried Sony, Canon and Nikon mirrorless in the last 5 years.

Yes the G9 II rocks the micro four third world, I do appreciate his body size too coming from Nikon ( and briefly FF Canon) The PF 300mm is a great lens too, lighter than a 24-70, it give me great result on D7100 and Z50.

I switched from Canon FF to the G9 II to get the 4k120 in a budget friendly body. With the right lens the G9 II sensor is great. I just needed to do a showdown to convince myself I didn't need the GFX 😅

@@birdnerdqc4028 I agree with your comment about the importance of the lens. It is a key differentiator and can negate the potential benefits of FF / MF. I really like the images from the 200mm f2.8.

@@Democratiser This lens is so small and so good, and compete with some big FF fix lens, I had the EF 500mm f4 before switching to Lumix and have no regrets, so easy to carry and really sharp even wide open!

@@birdnerdqc4028 I have an EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS for my 5DIII but I haven’t tried on my G9. I should do that!

@@ahdnoh That is my conclusion too, there is so many good glass in mft mount that make Lumix and OM System look good!

@@Wildridefilms The few attempts I did with this lens were bad, I suppose this tech is more for wide lens than tele!

I got mixed results hand held even at 25mm. In tripod mode it works very well, and already did on the original G9, but I only played around with it. For the occasional landscape shot it might be an interesting feature.

@@birdnerdqc4028Difficult to get the bees to stay still too! 😂

@@birdnerdqc4028 Need 100MP comparison between Fuji GFX100 II /Lumix G9 II,too can dear birdnerdqc4028 work on it~~

Having the chance to try a GFX was a blast, I needed to convince myself that my Lumix was enough for my need 😅

No problem! This lens is more fun than good, for photo I would not really recommend it, but in a 4k video, she's doing just fine and I love the vibrant red touch it gives to the camera!

Yes it was handheld with the Leica 200mm 2.8, with 4k120 in G9 II, you loose bird detection but standard AFC still works!

You won't be disapointed, pretty good camera!

E-Stab was off with monopod.

Panasonic recommand SILKYPIX Developer Studio SE, which is free, I used it for a couple of month and Affinity photo 2 updated and supported the files. it goes on sale at around 50$ sometimes, one-payment. Both software has no issue with the raw file. Adobe DNG Converter could also be a solution.

@@birdnerdqc4028 thank you so much! Does affinity photo 2 has also a kind of camera raw?

Never tried camera raw, but it let you open the raw, adjust evrything in a non destructive way , then Develop it to make some adjustement more in a photoshop way. Don't know if I'm clear, but it replaced Lightroom and Photoshop for me. Pretty sur they have a trial.

@@birdnerdqc4028 great! That helped me a lot

DxO Photolab 7 is currently the best application for processing G9 II RAW files. The Deep Prime noise reduction is amazing, too.

I would assume PDAF because there is no hunting back and forth, but the subject detection goes off, which in this case made it hard to get the bird in focus in full area, but when you go to 1-area-+ mode in does a good job. I must admit the it was a very busy area, and if you have already shot Golden-crowned Kinglet, you know they don't stay in place. In conclusion, can't complain about this "issue" since there is only the a6700 (in the sub 2000$) that can film 4k120 with subject tracking and I prefer the handling of the G9 II. I had an a6400 in the past and the EVF was bof and the camera was way too small.

Thank you! 🙏

I can say both are great, I switch from the R8 to the G9 II to access 4k120, R5 and C70 cost too much. Quality on the R8 is phenomenal for the price of the body, the downsampled 6k to 4k make a great job. Battery is a pain in the ... 😅you need USB-C PD battery if you want more than 30 min of 4k. AF is the best I've used for animal detect and tracking in general. G9 II considering your actual setup would make sens if you own m4/3 lens. Great video, AF tracking is maybe 70-80% of what canon do right now with the R8. Not perfect, but it does the job. If you own EF lenses and don't need the 4k120. R8 is the best for your bucks. G9 II is the more advance video camera for fun!

@@birdnerdqc4028 thanks a lot! 🙌 And what do you say about R8 Electronic Is, could it provide "work" handheld footage with manual lens like Samyang 85 1,4 , Helios 55 1,8, mir 1-v 35 2,8 ? For short run n gun shoot, or viideo esse or something like this because in my workflow i prefer to shoot commerce work full handheld with my g80, except long pan of cars and real estate))

​@@justdontstop I have a another video th-cam.com/video/dERbY98y9sk/w-d-xo.html in which I test the the Electronic IS with a 800mm f11 and the 70-200 f4 and it did improve the stabilisation a fair amount, so I suppose that it would be working well with 35 to 85mm, but I have not test it with an all manual lens. except with the 50mm 7artisans th-cam.com/video/2bNiwycfeMg/w-d-xo.html

@@birdnerdqc4028 thanks 🙏 i ll check it

Thanks!

No need for manual focus, 2 times it loose it because of the tree but got it back fast, I can post the full sequence in normal speed later.

@@birdnerdqc4028 great news. Impressive camera.

Anamorphic flares

@@birdnerdqc4028does it do that with any light?

Yes, when use properly (not directly in front of the highway 😅) the line are more subtle, I'm not able to use it yet in a subtle way, gonna need more practice!

You do loose the bird/animal AF, but you still have great autofocus. Coming from DSLR and having started bird photography with a Nikon D50, bird AF is a powerful tool that get you to work on composition without worrying about your focus but ain't a necessity.

Thank you so much for your answer! Struggeling to decide whether to buy an om1 or g9 ii at the moment. Main worry for me is the buffer from g9 ii. I heard that it needs a lot of time to clear up so you could potentially miss action

I did not fully tried the continuous shooting to tried every speed, right now I'm mainly using 14 shot/second and get about 100 shot before it slow down, I assume that if you shoot at 75fps it will overload fast indeed.

@@birdnerdqc4028 For me slowing down is not the problem, I saw in the review of duade paton that the camera needed like 1 minute to clear the buffer and during this time he couldn't take photos. Hopefully this will be fixed!

​@@chiara1086 I did some test with a Sony V90 Tough and unlike Duade Paton test I was able to shoot some quick burst, after buffer was filled, did not have to wait a whole minute, look like it's fixed!

yes, a very capable camera!

Sure, I was just in "aaw" with the snow swirling down the roof and wanted to capture it, Very please with the result. I will go and capture the city this weekend for sure!

Right now I shoot in normal recording mode and adjust speed in post, but next time I will try S&Q to get faster result!

Says what lens it is in thumbnail and beginning of video - Panasonic Leica 200 2.8

They where around 200, it was a great show! Panasonic Leica DG Elmarit 200mm f/2.8

Love these birds, I enjoy it while I filmed and really loved how they look a bit clumsy in slow motion with the fruits.

I will look for this, is it with SSD recording only ?

I think this camera only does 240fps? Not sure though, I don't have this camera.