As a former Nikon shooter, I know love the M43 system for all its advantages and have used it since 2015. My current body is the EM1 Mark III with a bunch of Pro lenes. I sell me work on line and through galleries. Not once has anyone said "oh, I'm not buying your work because it wasn't shot using a FF camera"!. Please people, its the shooter NOT the camera!!!
This will be my favorite telephoto review I ever seen. Because you tell people distance that you shot photo/video. I never seen this information in any review . Thanks.
Genuine is what what I get since the first time I saw a W.A vid 👍 no pretense that he knows the truth just his experience and use! If you’re able to decern there’s a lot of info to gleen aside from the wildlife aspect 😀
thanks. Distance to subject is VERY important for good images. DoF , filling the frame, not having to crop, etc. I should post the blur images when sandpipers get within min focus range lol.
Thanks for giving MFT a look. While I would never tell anyone MFT is as good as full-frame it is nice to have such sophisticated options as the OM1 Mk2, and Lumix G9 Mk2 when you need or want a lighter kit. The 150-400mm OM sent you is probably the best of the best when it comes to MFT wildlife photography (with the possible exception of their 300mm f4). I shot full-frame all my life professionally but, in retirement, enjoy the portability and reach of my G9 and 100-400mm zoom for bird photography as a hobby and an excuse to run that shutter and my legs at the same time. Given enough light MFT is a worthy option. By the way, great music pick for this video. I look forward to your review.
The image quality and sharpness are fantastic! I love the focal length and sharpness of the lens! in good light, this seems like a very compelling system for wildlife photography
Nice set up. 1000mm equivalent shouldn’t need to crop much so 20mp might not be an issue for wildlife photography. The build quality is great if that equipment. Video and stills look good with decent separation from foreground and background. Looking forward to your review. That kind of money can get you a pretty capable Nikon, Sony or Canon set up as well. If I’m starting from scratch today I’m putting money into the new Nikon glass. In my opinion Nikon has done a great job on developing a great lens lineup.
Awesome shots and video. Love getting your perspective on new gear and wildlife photography. How do you find the OM system compared to say the Canon R5? I have the R5 and 100-500, wondering how it compares as the added reach would be nice, but the added noise may not be ideal plus wondering how the image qualify would compare ☺️
Full frame and the 4/3 are very different beasts. Definitely rent and try it out personally. And the OM Systems menus and functionality is quite diffirent form canon also.
The OM-1 MK II has very impressive range. I like that TC on the lens. The image quality looks good, but somehow oversharpened compared to your FF images. I also noted that the AF wandered occasionally during video. How's the stabilization? And is 4K/60 the slowest it goes? How about HD/120? Thanks.
So the 120 option is in 1080p like the canon r6MKII, r8, and R7. I wanted to record in 4k to get the best quality, but I did miss the ability to really slow down the action. And yes the AF in video is challenging at times.
Both the Om-1 MK II and the user have produced very nice photo and video work. the Om-1 mk II with the 150-400 is a top combination for wildlife. I would also like to see some landscape photos taken with the Om-1 MK II. compliments for the beautiful images.👍👏
I’m wondering that as well. I appreciate seeing the distance listed and thought some of those birds are pretty tame. (No disrespect). I’ve used the Panasonic G9 M 4/3 but prefer full frame. I’ve always wondered about this rig.
I always try to get in as close as I can to get more pixels on subject and not have to crop, just recompose if needed. plus getting in closer helps that DoF. But looking at cropping for social media purposes mainly looked ok.
oh these birds are not tame here in Alaska. It just takes a lot of time and work to get in close. Lot of times you have to guess what way they are moving and set up there and hope you're right and they cross your line. LOT is stalking involved to get in tight. A lot of times if I see I can't get in tight, I don't even bother.
Looking forward to the rest of your review and your thoughts. My wife is retiring in the next. year and I want to get a new camera system for her. OM, Canon, Sony and Nikon are all in the running. I have shot with Sony, Nikon and currently shoot Canon. I have never shot OM and am interested to learn more about it.
My OM-1 with 300mm pro and 2X extender is sharp and fun to use. I don't use 2X extender all the time. The only con for me is I want 240fps video, so I use a different camera for that. The OMD camera system still does not have a way to save custom video settings to the PASM dial. OM-1 does sharp video with great IBIS, just does not have custom video save as other cameras do.
My 150-400TC is pretty much welded to my OM1 these days. I can’t claim that the sensor is the greatest in low light but DXO helps a lot. I wouldn’t enter one of my 51,200 ISO shots in a competition (but then I don’t ever enter competitions) but they were fine for dark forest bird IDs. I cannot imagine having managed to capture my recent shots of the critically entered Swift Parrots with any other system - 50fps, 1/8000 sec and perfect focus! I used to shoot Nikon D750 plus Sigma Sport 150-600 but originally changed because of my shakes and Olympus IBIS. I would still go to full frame for some purposes but for birds and macro OM suits me.
So the mirrorless Nikon cameras plus lenses to me has the best IS out there currently. But the OM system IS is very good. And yes you need to process with DXO with the OM-1 MKII for sure. The 4x loss of light is evident when you look at the raw unprocessed image.
The lens that you used in the video comes in around 7 thousand dollars, it is the most out expensive lens for the system and was not easy to come by when it was first released, to be able to shoot with it is a special thing.
Stills and video look v good. In the UK we have a wildlife photographer, Andy Rouse, (@Wildmanrouse) who has used OM for a few years, so have seen some of his output which is great. Look forward to the full review. May I ask why you shoot at 60fps and reduce to 30fps, I don't do a lot of video so am on a learning curve with it. Thanks.
Great video, and smart move by om systems to loan this to you. I have been thinking about moving from my r7 to the om1. I'm much more interested in hearing your views on the kit, than those of an om ambassador. Hope you are doing okay after your recent health blips, thanks for this video, I'm looking forward to your full review.
Somehow I missed this video. I've been torn between the a1 w/ 200-600 and the OM-1ii w/150-400. The OM gear is a pound lighter and better balanced, but the a1 files are so sweet to work with compared to the OM-1 files. Of course the new NR software really helps low light exposures, but the A1 files still come out ahead. Also miss the exposure zebras of the A1 when using the OM-1. These days there's really too much in the way of good gear from all of the photo manufacturer's.
Very nice camera this is the sort of spec I wished my R7 had with it's stacked sensor and superb features. At one point I was thinking of moving over to the OM-1. What killed it for me is the lens options. That is one expensive lens. The 300mm f4 is the next best. I'm not so keen on the new OM full frame sigma cloned 150-600mm zoom. The R7 has a bit more MP and same sort of pixel density so equivalent reach advantage to a M4/3. I have the benefit of my 300mmF2.8LIS with a 1.4xIII its 420mm F4 which is better for me than that expensive OM zoom. 300mm with a 2xIII I have 600mm F5.6. It's a sharp prime lens. I've had these lenses a while but you can pick them up at decent prices. Would be nice if I could adapt the OM1-II and get native focus speeds with my Canon lenses as I doubt Canon is ever going to treat apsc pro like it did in the 7DII days. I think my next camera move it the Nikon Z8 and just as you do adapt old Canon lenses with the fringer. Till I get me some nice Nikon pf lenses.
@@WILDALASKA T he weight may be the same but you want to compare a 150-400 f.4.5 7,400 dollars to a Canon 200-800 f6.3-f 9. no comparison the Olympus stay a constant F4.5 until the 1.25 TC is used making the Oly better in low light.
I use an OM-1 mk2 for macro photography. It is the KING of macro photography! It is so good at macro that I keep the camera / lens / teleconverter for that genre alone. But for birds? In forests or low light, it's not a great camera. The bird-detect AF does not work well in shade / dense forest. And the sensor produces a TON of color noise in lower light. So, for me, it's Canon for birds, OM System for macro. Each camera for its own purpose.
The crop factor being used to compare to 35mm focal distances makes sense. That said calling this a crop camera is not correct given that unlike Nikon and Canons APS-C formats this format was developed from scratch, with it's own native lenses. No one calls a 35mm camera a crop camera, yet isn't the sensor smaller than a medium format? the same can be said about film. no one referred to crops when talking about disc, 110, 126, half frame (because you got two images in the space of a 35mm frame) medium format or anything else. These are just different formats now as they were then. As back in the film days, they all had their pros and cons. Medium format had shallower DOF, were generally larger, the lenses were larger, etc. 35mm was more portable and had lenses that allowed photography are longer ranges, for example 400mm lenses, which were much larger and expensive if you can even get one in medium format. Also, 50mm on a medium format camera was a wide angle with a wider field of view than the more standard 50mm viewed on a 35mm camera. I know, it provides a simple point of comparison to call them cropped sensor. The issue I see is that crop has negative connotations such as you are getting less or a portion of something, so it's inferior. Yet, it's not, it's just different. I think the camera companies like OM systems need to do a better job educating customers that a different format doesn't mean a crop. Shooting APSC on a Full Frame camera is a crop, you are using part of the sensor. Using an entire m4/3 sensor with a native m4/3 lens is not cropping anything. Just some perspective from a guy that worked in photo labs and has been involved in photography since the mid 1970's.
我是之前使用OM-1+150-400 pro Tc.125的用戶，OM-1最大的問題是錄影，也就是視頻，只要你用長焦段錄影，無法對焦，抓不到標的，更不用說追焦了，已經與日本OM公司與總代理溝通過太多次了，最後只好跳家到NIKON Z8，我只有後悔太晚跳家，真心話，Z8真的是拍照與錄影完美組合，朋友們可以借來試用就知道。OM-1拍照還可以，但可以更進化，但錄影真的問題很大，我不知道OM-1二代改善了沒，但就我知道的OM-1二代的改善部分，真的沒有提到錄影，錄影對焦與追焦，真的是OM的弱項，尤其是長焦段錄影，只能深深祝福。
i look your video in 4k and while the stills are beautiful sharp i find the video which you described as 4k60 really soft. more like 1080p. 4k video on a 4k monitor should be super sharp as well. i know the camera can do this becuse i have the OM-1 mk1. dunno why it is so here.
Nice review :) Your photography always looks great :) I've been very interested in the OM system. I'm totally used to 1280mm equivalent reach, so this combo would feel short to me. Thinking more about the 150-600.... although everyone keeps saying it a glorified, over priced Sigma :) lol My mind will probably change as soon as I can get ahold of the 200-800. I've already rented it, and I believe it to be the Holy Grail of 'small' bird photography, which is mostly what I do. But between the 'unavailability' of that lens, and no word yet on an R7 Mk II, I'm getting kind of tired of waiting on Canon. Thinking about renting the OM system to give it a run. Even besides this video, I've seen a lot of really nice, sharp stuff from it.
Thanks. Almost every camera now does incredible stuff. It's becoming more of what feels good. And the next part is who's making the lenses that suit your needs more.
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As a former Nikon shooter, I know love the M43 system for all its advantages and have used it since 2015. My current body is the EM1 Mark III with a bunch of Pro lenes. I sell me work on line and through galleries. Not once has anyone said "oh, I'm not buying your work because it wasn't shot using a FF camera"!. Please people, its the shooter NOT the camera!!!
Thanks for watching
This will be my favorite telephoto review I ever seen. Because you tell people distance that you shot photo/video. I never seen this information in any review . Thanks.
Genuine is what what I get since the first time I saw a W.A vid 👍 no pretense that he knows the truth just his experience and use! If you’re able to decern there’s a lot of info to gleen aside from the wildlife aspect 😀
Thank you for the kind words
thanks. Distance to subject is VERY important for good images. DoF , filling the frame, not having to crop, etc. I should post the blur images when sandpipers get within min focus range lol.
Just bought mine and it’s an amazing camera. I was a canon shooter but I fell inlove with this MFT camera.
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The colors look so vibrant. Beautiful!
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Thanks for giving MFT a look. While I would never tell anyone MFT is as good as full-frame it is nice to have such sophisticated options as the OM1 Mk2, and Lumix G9 Mk2 when you need or want a lighter kit. The 150-400mm OM sent you is probably the best of the best when it comes to MFT wildlife photography (with the possible exception of their 300mm f4). I shot full-frame all my life professionally but, in retirement, enjoy the portability and reach of my G9 and 100-400mm zoom for bird photography as a hobby and an excuse to run that shutter and my legs at the same time. Given enough light MFT is a worthy option. By the way, great music pick for this video. I look forward to your review.
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Great video! I love that you added the distance you were shooting
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Honestly, much better than I would've thought
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The image quality and sharpness are fantastic! I love the focal length and sharpness of the lens! in good light, this seems like a very compelling system for wildlife photography
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Been looking at this setup for a while now and looks like you did very well with it. Can't wait for your actual review.
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highly anticipated review from you!
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"Surprising Results" indeed...I've been looking at MFT for a while now and I may rent this combo to give it a go...TY
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I look forward to to an opinion from someone who shoots full frame & is unbiased & honest.
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Nice set up. 1000mm equivalent shouldn’t need to crop much so 20mp might not be an issue for wildlife photography. The build quality is great if that equipment. Video and stills look good with decent separation from foreground and background. Looking forward to your review. That kind of money can get you a pretty capable Nikon, Sony or Canon set up as well. If I’m starting from scratch today I’m putting money into the new Nikon glass. In my opinion Nikon has done a great job on developing a great lens lineup.
20mp 2x crop is like what, 80mp FF? Tonnes of resolution.
According to OM Systems Full Frame is roughly 25% bigger than m43 so it's 51MP
Yes the glass from Nikon for Wildlife photography is some of the best on the market
Awesome shots and video. Love getting your perspective on new gear and wildlife photography. How do you find the OM system compared to say the Canon R5? I have the R5 and 100-500, wondering how it compares as the added reach would be nice, but the added noise may not be ideal plus wondering how the image qualify would compare ☺️
Full frame and the 4/3 are very different beasts. Definitely rent and try it out personally. And the OM Systems menus and functionality is quite diffirent form canon also.
Wow how great are these Videos! Respect to you and your know how but also to this fantastic camera/lens combination👍
Thank you very much!
The OM-1 MK II has very impressive range. I like that TC on the lens. The image quality looks good, but somehow oversharpened compared to your FF images. I also noted that the AF wandered occasionally during video. How's the stabilization? And is 4K/60 the slowest it goes? How about HD/120? Thanks.
So the 120 option is in 1080p like the canon r6MKII, r8, and R7. I wanted to record in 4k to get the best quality, but I did miss the ability to really slow down the action. And yes the AF in video is challenging at times.
Great photos and video!!
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Both the Om-1 MK II and the user have produced very nice photo and video work. the Om-1 mk II with the 150-400 is a top combination for wildlife. I would also like to see some landscape photos taken with the Om-1 MK II. compliments for the beautiful images.👍👏
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Beautiful rich colours.
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Amazing video and photo footage. A big LIKE for the video.
Many thanks!
Nicely done, seems like you need to get pretty close to your subject. Curious how further away and cropping will work
I’m wondering that as well. I appreciate seeing the distance listed and thought some of those birds are pretty tame. (No disrespect). I’ve used the Panasonic G9 M 4/3 but prefer full frame. I’ve always wondered about this rig.
I always try to get in as close as I can to get more pixels on subject and not have to crop, just recompose if needed. plus getting in closer helps that DoF. But looking at cropping for social media purposes mainly looked ok.
oh these birds are not tame here in Alaska. It just takes a lot of time and work to get in close. Lot of times you have to guess what way they are moving and set up there and hope you're right and they cross your line. LOT is stalking involved to get in tight. A lot of times if I see I can't get in tight, I don't even bother.
Looking forward to the rest of your review and your thoughts. My wife is retiring in the next. year and I want to get a new camera system for her. OM, Canon, Sony and Nikon are all in the running. I have shot with Sony, Nikon and currently shoot Canon. I have never shot OM and am interested to learn more about it.
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My OM-1 with 300mm pro and 2X extender is sharp and fun to use. I don't use 2X extender all the time. The only con for me is I want 240fps video, so I use a different camera for that. The OMD camera system still does not have a way to save custom video settings to the PASM dial. OM-1 does sharp video with great IBIS, just does not have custom video save as other cameras do.
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👍 was really looking hard at OM a few years back nice to see the vid
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That lens is a dream for me. I would love to put that thing on my Lumix G9ii
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My 150-400TC is pretty much welded to my OM1 these days. I can’t claim that the sensor is the greatest in low light but DXO helps a lot. I wouldn’t enter one of my 51,200 ISO shots in a competition (but then I don’t ever enter competitions) but they were fine for dark forest bird IDs. I cannot imagine having managed to capture my recent shots of the critically entered Swift Parrots with any other system - 50fps, 1/8000 sec and perfect focus! I used to shoot Nikon D750 plus Sigma Sport 150-600 but originally changed because of my shakes and Olympus IBIS. I would still go to full frame for some purposes but for birds and macro OM suits me.
So the mirrorless Nikon cameras plus lenses to me has the best IS out there currently. But the OM system IS is very good. And yes you need to process with DXO with the OM-1 MKII for sure. The 4x loss of light is evident when you look at the raw unprocessed image.
The lens that you used in the video comes in around 7 thousand dollars, it is the most out expensive lens for the system and was not easy to come by when it was first released, to be able to shoot with it is a special thing.
Yes this lens comes in at 7.5K USD. Wanted to test the OM System camera with the best lens they were willing to offer.
Stills and video look v good. In the UK we have a wildlife photographer, Andy Rouse, (@Wildmanrouse) who has used OM for a few years, so have seen some of his output which is great. Look forward to the full review. May I ask why you shoot at 60fps and reduce to 30fps, I don't do a lot of video so am on a learning curve with it. Thanks.
To slow the footage down (slo-mo) you shoot faster speed and slow down to your timeline. for me that's 24fps, so 50% on 60 and 75% on 120fps.
I thought the image quality was great. Very interested in your upcoming review video.
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great vid sir! I wonder how good a MFT body would be with adapted EF lenses?
Haven't looked into it
Can hardly wait a week for your feedback clever idea to split the vlogs.
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Great video, and smart move by om systems to loan this to you. I have been thinking about moving from my r7 to the om1. I'm much more interested in hearing your views on the kit, than those of an om ambassador. Hope you are doing okay after your recent health blips, thanks for this video, I'm looking forward to your full review.
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I have heavily considered this setup, so very interested in what you have to say in the review!
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Somehow I missed this video. I've been torn between the a1 w/ 200-600 and the OM-1ii w/150-400. The OM gear is a pound lighter and better balanced, but the a1 files are so sweet to work with compared to the OM-1 files. Of course the new NR software really helps low light exposures, but the A1 files still come out ahead. Also miss the exposure zebras of the A1 when using the OM-1. These days there's really too much in the way of good gear from all of the photo manufacturer's.
Totally agree
Nice clip, man ! Thx!
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Very nice camera this is the sort of spec I wished my R7 had with it's stacked sensor and superb features. At one point I was thinking of moving over to the OM-1. What killed it for me is the lens options. That is one expensive lens. The 300mm f4 is the next best. I'm not so keen on the new OM full frame sigma cloned 150-600mm zoom. The R7 has a bit more MP and same sort of pixel density so equivalent reach advantage to a M4/3. I have the benefit of my 300mmF2.8LIS with a 1.4xIII its 420mm F4 which is better for me than that expensive OM zoom. 300mm with a 2xIII I have 600mm F5.6. It's a sharp prime lens. I've had these lenses a while but you can pick them up at decent prices. Would be nice if I could adapt the OM1-II and get native focus speeds with my Canon lenses as I doubt Canon is ever going to treat apsc pro like it did in the 7DII days. I think my next camera move it the Nikon Z8 and just as you do adapt old Canon lenses with the fringer. Till I get me some nice Nikon pf lenses.
thank you that is a very honest review
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We are very lucky in this age to have so many good options to choose from, but it does make us a bit mad in the head at times
One other thing to get a full frame lens with this reach you might need to sell a body part and would be impossible to hand hold.
Not really. Canon 200-800 is same weight as this lens.
@@WILDALASKA T he weight may be the same but you want to compare a 150-400 f.4.5 7,400 dollars to a Canon 200-800 f6.3-f 9. no comparison the Olympus stay a constant F4.5 until the 1.25 TC is used making the Oly better in low light.
@@jamesmlodynia8757 its a flush due to crop factor
I use an OM-1 mk2 for macro photography. It is the KING of macro photography! It is so good at macro that I keep the camera / lens / teleconverter for that genre alone. But for birds? In forests or low light, it's not a great camera. The bird-detect AF does not work well in shade / dense forest. And the sensor produces a TON of color noise in lower light. So, for me, it's Canon for birds, OM System for macro. Each camera for its own purpose.
Very good info
how does it do with birds in flight?
Pretty good. Well cover in the next video
The crop factor being used to compare to 35mm focal distances makes sense. That said calling this a crop camera is not correct given that unlike Nikon and Canons APS-C formats this format was developed from scratch, with it's own native lenses. No one calls a 35mm camera a crop camera, yet isn't the sensor smaller than a medium format? the same can be said about film. no one referred to crops when talking about disc, 110, 126, half frame (because you got two images in the space of a 35mm frame) medium format or anything else. These are just different formats now as they were then. As back in the film days, they all had their pros and cons. Medium format had shallower DOF, were generally larger, the lenses were larger, etc. 35mm was more portable and had lenses that allowed photography are longer ranges, for example 400mm lenses, which were much larger and expensive if you can even get one in medium format. Also, 50mm on a medium format camera was a wide angle with a wider field of view than the more standard 50mm viewed on a 35mm camera.
I know, it provides a simple point of comparison to call them cropped sensor. The issue I see is that crop has negative connotations such as you are getting less or a portion of something, so it's inferior. Yet, it's not, it's just different. I think the camera companies like OM systems need to do a better job educating customers that a different format doesn't mean a crop. Shooting APSC on a Full Frame camera is a crop, you are using part of the sensor. Using an entire m4/3 sensor with a native m4/3 lens is not cropping anything. Just some perspective from a guy that worked in photo labs and has been involved in photography since the mid 1970's.
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我是之前使用OM-1+150-400 pro Tc.125的用戶，OM-1最大的問題是錄影，也就是視頻，只要你用長焦段錄影，無法對焦，抓不到標的，更不用說追焦了，已經與日本OM公司與總代理溝通過太多次了，最後只好跳家到NIKON Z8，我只有後悔太晚跳家，真心話，Z8真的是拍照與錄影完美組合，朋友們可以借來試用就知道。OM-1拍照還可以，但可以更進化，但錄影真的問題很大，我不知道OM-1二代改善了沒，但就我知道的OM-1二代的改善部分，真的沒有提到錄影，錄影對焦與追焦，真的是OM的弱項，尤其是長焦段錄影，只能深深祝福。
thank you that is a very honest review
Yes the AF in video is a bit of a challenge.
i look your video in 4k and while the stills are beautiful sharp i find the video which you described as 4k60 really soft. more like 1080p. 4k video on a 4k monitor should be super sharp as well. i know the camera can do this becuse i have the OM-1 mk1. dunno why it is so here.
TH-cam compression
@@WILDALASKA maybe, but you can see beautiful 4k video here on TH-cam as well.
Nice review :) Your photography always looks great :) I've been very interested in the OM system. I'm totally used to 1280mm equivalent reach, so this combo would feel short to me. Thinking more about the 150-600.... although everyone keeps saying it a glorified, over priced Sigma :) lol My mind will probably change as soon as I can get ahold of the 200-800. I've already rented it, and I believe it to be the Holy Grail of 'small' bird photography, which is mostly what I do. But between the 'unavailability' of that lens, and no word yet on an R7 Mk II, I'm getting kind of tired of waiting on Canon. Thinking about renting the OM system to give it a run. Even besides this video, I've seen a lot of really nice, sharp stuff from it.
Thanks. Almost every camera now does incredible stuff. It's becoming more of what feels good. And the next part is who's making the lenses that suit your needs more.
@@WILDALASKA Agreed. And btw, I posted this yesterday, and today, I got word my 200-800 was in 🙂 Will be here in less than a week 👍
@@Chris_Wolfgram grats