Testing Micro 4/3 Quality - Is It Good Enough? (Full Kingfisher Photography Session)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2022
- One of my favourite subjects to photograph in the Summer has to be the amazing Kingfisher. It is quite simply a stunning bird, many people have only ever seen that blue flash as they course up and down the river looking for their next meal. There are simple ways though to watch Kingfishers at close quarters. Join me as we head for a local river and deploy a few tactics to help us get some close up shots of these aquatic hunters.
I keep getting asked about my new kit namely the OM Systems OM-1 and Zuiko 150-400 f4.5 Pro Lens and whether the micro 4/3 system can hold its own against the likes of its full frame cousins. Check out some of the images at the end of the film and make up your own mind.
Anway grab a brew and a fig roll (other biscuits are available) and sit back and enjoy the film!! Thanks for watching.
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Great video! I am in the process to switch to a m4/3 kit and I am loving what I have seen so far.
Cracking images Simon. Most of those who question the IQ of Olympus/OMD - S cameras, especially the OM1, have never owned or used one. They rely on a certain couple of TH-camrs for their information. Prior to owning my EM1X , EM1.3 and now my OM1's, I owned a Sony A7R4. Marvellous though it was, I have not missed the 60MP.
What exactly is your point
Cheers Pete, certainly no complaints on the image quality and resolution from me 👍🏼
love filming kinngies , super action there top gun .
Thank you Simon this was really special to see these beautiful birds.
Truly uplifting. I see kingfishers on the canal i live near , really lovely to see.
Great video!!! Really enjoyed a lot watching it.
Great tips mate! You’re so right, I’ve had so many days with nothing and it’s so more satisfying when they do show up and you get a nice shot👍🏻👍🏻
Superb setup... It's awesome to see a few kingfishers on a perch like you did.. fantastic 👍😁
Great video, its given me some good information on approaching a Kingfisher I've just seen on a local river.
Simon walking along with log in hand, you know he's a happy bunny! You were meant to come back the next day, SUPERB mate!!
Haha, thanks Steve. Cheers for watching 👍🏼
fantastic vlog ! quality images again I love your honesty and perseverance it shows through in the end with that awesome footage and those still. Brilliant.
Thanks Pat, thats what its all about. Patience and perseverance!!👊🏼📷👌🏼
Fantastic content, it's great to see what's needed behind the scene to obtain it too. Thanks so much for this - very inspiring!
Cheers Ian, thats what its all about mate. Good that the films encourage folk to get out there into nature !!📷👀
Amazing shots, I've just started photographing them here in Australia, I wish I had more patience and time, but I'll get there. Your the first person I've seen shooting with OM gear and I'm really impressed
Absolutely amazing good on you who says patience doesn’t pay off. Brilliant 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers Gez👊🏼
What amazing footage - makes it all worth while when you get that sort of result. Keep up the great videos
Cheers Andrew, will do !!👍
Hey Simon! Great images !! Amazing! I really enjoy! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.
Fantastic Simon. Thank you. Love the kingfisher two step along the perch. Great footage. Thanks again. All the very best. 👍📷😎
Cheers Rob, the adult really didn't want to get involved with the kids!!😆📷
Excellent stuff Simon. Effort = reward, & you sure put in the effort. Some excellent images & video there in another great vlog.
Thanks for sharing.
All the best,
Nick
Thanks Nick and cheers for supporting the channel 👊🏼👍🏼
Great video Simon. very informative and well put together. You are certainly becoming the one to watch
Thanks very much Max, welcome to the channel and thanks for the support 👍
Thx, Simon !!!! Nice movie and wonderful birds !!! an enchantment for eyes and mind !
Many thanks, glad you liked it 👍🏼
Amazing video. Love the Kingfisher. Thanks for sharing Simon.
Youre welcome Richard. Thanks for the support 👊🏼
Thank you so much for this beautiful video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic Simon, thank you for all of your recommendations and tips. Great film and photos.
Cheers Gary, glad you found the film useful 👍
Beautiful footage of some youngsters, a delight to see. Lovely images too, well worth the effort.
Thanks Dale and thankyou for watching the film 🎥👍🏼
Incredible video Simon. Total gentleman. Inspirational
Thanks Richard and thanks for supporting the channel 👍🏼
Awesome video… Thank you! Didn’t see the lens cover in your list… I like it!!
Welcome to OM1 plus 150 400 country. I totally endorse your feelings about the equipment it is a game changer. Loved your video, but it would help us all if you would tell us the settings you were using at the time. Such a lot of the people I used to watch on TH-cam seem to have left the site why? There is a shortage of help out there, could you, should you step in? Give it a go. Great accent by the way, a fellow Northerner.
Well done. This make my day.
Thankyou Zoran👍
FANTASTIC!!! Pal what a cracking video very enjoyable and inspiring Simon keep em coming. Thanks Karl
Many thanks Karl, will do
OH WOW an absolute belter of a vlog of an amazing bird,keep them coming mate.
Graham
Glad you enjoyed it Graham, all the best . Si 👍🏼
Another crackin vlog Simon and I absolutely love the image of the kingfisher on the stump sticking out of the water.
Glad you enjoyed it Lee, yeh it was nice when it landed on that one 👌🏼
Another fine day afield, Simon. Thanks for sharing.
Youre welcome Clifton, thanks for viewing 👍🏼👀
Awesome footage and stills Si,if that isn’t enough to want to get out with the camera I don’t know what is! Thanks for sharing these great vlogs. Hoping to get out when I get back home, I’m thinking Brockholes on Sunday 👍
Great video had to chuckle to myself when I saw you lugging about the perch, many thanks for all your hard work you put into these videos Simon
Haha, I had a bit of a sweat on Chris when i got to my spot!! Thanks for watching 😅👍
Brilliant pictures Simon,what a beautiful little River 👍👍
Thanks Alan, the river is so much cleaner than years ago and the wildlife has benefitted massively from the water quality. Great to see 👀👍🏼
Hi Simon,
Great Video and some really amazing footage of the kingfisher. Your images are lovely and sharp. It goes to show what can be achieved with some patience and you have definitely cracked this one...🙂👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Eddie, I cant fault the image quality to be honest. Thanks for watching 👀🎥👍🏼
What a treat this Vid is Simon I will watch it again and again. Great footage and tips as always. Will be having 'a do' on my local stream after seeing this.
Thanks for watching Marella, you know what I say. "Make it happen!!" Good luck, Si 👊🏼📷
Thanks Simon perseverance is the key I just started with birding and my OM1 MK3 with a classic 50-200 and 1.4 convertor love it so far!
Brilliant!!
Cheers Neil👍
Great video Simon AND GREAT SHOTS
Thankyou Adrian
Stunning footage! Amazing. 😃😃
Thank you so much 😀
Awesome Simon, top notch video. Perseverance paid off, wildlife is a waiting game. Glad your getting on with the OM1, there's always doubters that have never tried the OM1, their loss.
Cheers Ray, it certainly is a waiting game. Put the hours in and the rewards will come. The OM1 is a superb camera, well suited with it.
Magical!
Cheers Neil👍🏼
Blimey that kit is quality, stunning shots Simon. Thank you.🍺
Thanks Michael, youre welcome 👍
Beautiful footage Simon and those images are just Stellar!!! Much appreciated for the fieldcraft and yes the good memories and experiences are always as important as getting the shots!!! I thought you might go for some actions with ProCapture at 400mm F4.5. I know ISO would be quite high at 1/4000 SS or what not. However, I did try ISO12800 in rain forest for the Oriental Dwarf KF and the results aren't that bad and quite fulfilling to see. Look forward for your next footage soon. Cheers.
Hi Simon ! Great Video !!! Beautiful photos !!!
Glad you like them Evgeny 👍🏼
Lovely footage and great pictures of the kingfisher Simon.
Thanks Mark 👍🏼
Cracking footage mate, great interaction between the Kingfishers...👏👏👏
Cheers Keith 👊🏼📷👍🏼
Wow Simon what a talent and such a knowledgeable man . Grate film and you are a very informative man such an inspiration to a lot of people. And a very good photographer 👍
Thanks Neil, kind words mate and thanks for watching. Good luck on your new wildlife journey👊🏼
Absolutely superb videos of the kingfishers -- ya done good!!!! Hope you're enjoying the OM1 and the new lens, it does an excellent job for you.
Cheers Woody, yeh really enjoying the new system 👌
Nice clip..... always so interesting to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and compare it to my own experiences.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Massive FAN of your work Sir - Belting..!
Much appreciated Brent, thanks for supporting the channel 👍🏼
Wow! Awesome Images!
Thanks Duane 👍🏼
Nice work mate, just such addictive birds to photograph! Really liking the quality of the images and video the OM-1 is producing! Great work as always. Cheers R 👍
Thanks Richard, never get bored of photographing these little fellas. Thanks for watching mate 👊🏼👍🏼
Another beauty. You can't beat a good perch. The OM1 is looking solid in the video and stills too. Awesome 🔥
Cheers mate, yeh a sucker for a good perch!!😆 Still getting used to it but looking good so far 👌🏼
That footage is superb.
Many thanks!
Great work! Amazing !
Thankyou 👍🏼😃
Well done Simon - most enjoyable. Look forward to your hide review. Cheers
Cheers Tony, its a great little hide. The more I use it the more I like it👍🏼
Friday night 18:45. Nothing of interest on TV. BBC northwest news😕. Beeb2 European diving😕. Like the athletes but that's later. So what can I watch🤔. I know! Simon Eardley's got a new vlog out!😃, that's top TV, I'll watch that. So there you have it, Simon you've topped the TV listing, beaten all the terrestrial TV channels 😀. Another great vlog, top work 👍
Cheers Michael, that shows how bad the telly is mate🤣Thanks for the support, I appreciate it👍👌
very very enough.. and exelent..
Great video Simon. Well done
Thanks Richard👍
Beautiful photos!
Thankyou 👍
Beautiful Simon.
Many thanks Aynsley 👍🏼
Wow ! Indeed....stunning video taken showing interaction between adult and Juvenile Kingfisher.
Stills images are truly superb.
Nice one...thanks for sharing.
Thanks for supporting the channel 👍🏼
Great footage Simon. Way to put in the effort!
Glad you enjoyed it Mike, thanks for watching the channel 👍🙂
Those Kingfishers so at ease in their natural behaviour. Fantastic. And all that under the eyes of the King of Camouflage himself. Can imagine your excitement to see the result of your lovely expedition. You're really a great Bird and nature photographer so I only can give you a big Wow in return. Good bird photoraphy is far from easy but it becomes magic under the shutter button of experienced masters. Big wow for the King.
Kind words indeed. Gotta love a bit of camo!!😆Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 👊🏼📷
I watch Robert fuller’s TH-cam channel and I’d have to say your up there with the best of them pal , you say your not a professional wildlife photographer 😮 think you need to pack your day job in because I’d happily watch your videos all day , top work 👌
Awesome mate
Thanks Dean 👍
lovely footage Simon!
Cheers Pete 👊🏼
Brilliant as always Simon. Very lucky to get two kingfishers . Loving it . I'm still trying to get my first close up one .
Stick at it Mark and the rewards will come 👍🏼👊🏼
Fantastic Simon 👌brilliant footage such a joy to watch the 2 bird's together outstanding be proud of yourself 👏👏👏👏👏👍great Camouflage to👍keep asking for a mention in one of your blogs would be an honour never seem to get a reply 🤔
Brilliant!
Cheers Neil👍🏼📷
Thank you for sharing Simon this video has given some really great ideas to photograph the Kingfishers at my father in laws fishing lake.
Hope it works out for you Lee 📷🤞🏼
Fantastic! I love the kingfisher. Great video and pictures as well. Good job Simon!!
Glad you enjoyed it Giuseppe, thanks for following !!👊🏼👍🏼
@@simoneardley it's a pleasure
Superb Simon the interaction between the 2 birds was beautiful, I’ve witnessed this about a month ago and think it is a territorial as some of the young will have to find there own spots. I’ve been doing this all summer with natural perches and my own with mixed results. It amazes me how many times I’ve been setting up or packing away etc that a bird appears sometimes they come back within minutes sometimes I’m still there 6hrs later😂
Glad you enjoyed it Laurence, its great to watch the young birds exploring their new environment. Like you say they usually turn up just when youre not ready!!
Morning Simon mate hope all is well and okay brilliant video mate love watching kingfishers it took me weeks to get some photographs of them thanks mate
Cheers John, you stuck at it thats the main thing mate. Its all about tenacity and perseverance. Well done 📷👊🏼
Wowsers! That 2nd day was worth your weight in fig rolls! Amazing shots Simon, thank you for sharing. I've been a keen Angler for 40+ years and you've changed the way I see kingfisher pictures forever. I've had them opposite me on the bank but never on my rod, I'm always fidgeting or fiddling with gear. I hope to purposefuly set out to capture that shot one day of it perched on my rod. At least I've got some ideas now. It must be quite an expensive hobby but when I add up what I've spent on fishing crap it maybe a retirement plan. For now tho, I'll keep watching you. Not sure what the photography equivalent is but....tight lines!
Cheers Richard, we'll go with "Full memory card"!!😆 It is an expensive hobby but so rewarding. In one of my older films I did the fishing rod setup and got two on there at the same time. Stick at it mate and the rewards will come. Thanks for following the channel 👍🏼📷👊🏼
OMG Simon that footage was absolutely outstanding, the stills were even better in fact I would go as far as to say 100 times better than the Nikon set up you had that Olympus set up is outstanding.
Thanks Andy, like you said the results are pretty good. Heading in the right direction 👍🏼
Great footage. Really enjoyed the interaction and behaviour.
Glad you enjoyed it Mark 👍🏼📷
Awesome!
Thank you! Cheers James 👍🏼
Another great watch Simon! The Kingfisher is a subject that I really haven’t bothered with at all really but I keep thinking I should put some time in with them but when I do it will be exactly the same approach as yourself as in doing the legwork and finding my own birds and just simply doing my thing as I do with all my Wildlife photography. And like you say the images are the bonus and the reward for effort but let’s be honest for the likes of you and I it’s just about being out there with nature on they’re terms !!!
Like I said great watch mate 👌👍
Yeh well said Paul. Love the sense of satisfaction from finding youre own subjects and getting your own unique shots. All the best, Si 👌🏼👊🏼
Good job man! Good job!
Cheers Vlade 👊🏼
Great informative video
Glad it was helpful!
hmmm......you hit the nail on the head when you said something like "its all about the field work and putting the hours in, and persistence" plus of course, the dedication, years of experience and knowledge makes a huge difference - all this was clearly evident in the video - the results were outstanding , you earned a packet of fig rolls :)
Cheers Cliff, figs ordered!!😆 Its all about making it happen !!👀👍🏼
@Simoneardley absolutely wonderful 👏 like you say just being out there...I walk my bit of river as often as I can and have had results...then one day I sat near a tree over the river and got a hunting shot 🎉 I'm definitely getting one of them ghillie blankets 😃
Nice one Solac, the ghillie blankets give some great concealment 👌🏼👀
Brilliant video of these two juveniles Simon. Kingfishers can take a lot of time and effort but do the ground work and it eventually pays off as your shots show.
Cheers James, youre right you dont get a lot of time with Kingfishers, they seem to cover such a big area especially on the rivers.
brillant just brillany great video and the pictures are fantastic
Thank you so much Chris, glad you enjoyed it 😀
A truly magnificent looking bird. A bird I hope find a common location to photograph and film myself one day. Thanks for hints and tips boss! 🤙😎👊
Cheers for watching Jonny👀👍🏼
Awesome😍
Cheers John👊🏼
Watching from South Africa, Thumb stick went down a treat … cheers Simon
Nice one Kev, glad they liked it 👊🏼
Amazing footage Simon! Glad to see your new rig is everything you wanted! I recently swapped my D500 and Sigma 600 for a Sony A9 with the 200 to 600 and it really is a game changer! Keep the great videos coming and we appreciate your hard work and dedication mate!
Thanks for the kind comments, loving the new setup. Great for a wildlife vlogger. Glad the Sony is working out for you, I nearly went down that route myself 👍🏼 You keep watching and I'll keep filming🎥👀😆
How are u finding it , I have recently done the exact same I got the Sony a9ii with the 200-600 just waiting on the lens to come I’m super exited!
@@weedavo04 Hey JD! Yeah it is a breath of fresh air and the lens is super too! took me a while to get sorted with the tracking and stuff but I am still getting used to it! the autofocus is really great! Hope you will be as happy as I am with your new rig!
Great content, you certainly showed your "Percheverance" on this one!
Cheers Andrew, i was thinking of 'branching' out to another genre but I'll 'stick' with wildlife!!😉
Fantastic stills and video footage,you'll be given simon king a run for his money 😉,no but in all seriousness very well done Simon,great job and thanks for sharing 👍,as we say in welsh bendigedig translates to wonderful.😊
Great video and images of kingfisher. I always enjoy your videos, but they have gone to a new level with the Olympus gear. Would love to get that 150-400mm lens.
Great vlog Simon, super vid and stills. Definitely a young bird - you can tell by the white tip on the beak, adults don’t have that. Keep up the good work, and if you ever want to venture up the Ribble valley then give me a shout.
Cheers David, might see you out there some time. Its been a good year for the Kingfishers near me, great to see them bombing up and down!!
Watched your awesome Kingfisher video a second time... love kingfishers and dragonflies and as a wildlife photographer myself, I'm preparing for the day I get lucky using my Canon R5 and Canon 100-500mmm telephoto lens... i'll take the tips and tricks I learnt from you in this video and on your channel to help me on my journey. Cheers Simon
Youre welcome Richard, simple stuff really. Stick with it and you'll get the shots youre after im sure 👊🏼📷👀
Some stunning image's Simon.
Thanks Dave
Your dedication to getting that special shot pays off Simon. Thanks for sharing mate. Top man 👍👍 I've just subscribed to your channel. I'm a keen photographer myself.
Brilliant video still awaiting OM1
Hang on in there, it'll be worth the wait!!
Stunning choreography and stills! So jealous. I'm looking for kingfishers whilst I'm fishing
Thanks very much 👍🏼
@@simoneardley how strange! I saw one tonight whilst fishing. I couldn't get close even with my sigma 150-600mm C but I loved the experience !!
Spot on again Simon..keep it up mate..hope to bump into you one day..
You never know Dennis, thanks for the continued support 👊🏼
Oh notice you have a microphone attached now, is that a new thing, I've been trying them out for a while, love you to review one or two of them, another great video