Best Settings for Birds in Flight for the Olympus OM-1 & Video Montage at Conowingo Dam ep.440
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Thanks for sharing Rob. Nice work and your PP skills are just great!
Hi Rob, thanks for the excellent video and for all the others regarding the OM-1. That really helps to get going with this amazing camera.
Happy to help!
Well done presentation that made it easy to understand suggested settings to use and why. What impressed me most was the aggressive crop used on some
birds in flight photos and the end results you achieved.
Thanks. I try.
I ended up changing a few of my setting for birding. Thanks Rob for another great video.
Outstanding presentation, Rob!🎉❤ you explained your choices and options exceptionally well and anyone from beginner to expert should be able to follow your lead and make good settings decisions. Thanks for all the effort you put into these.
Glad it was helpful!
Nicely done Rob!
Thanks, Rob great video with practical examples. Learned quite a few things and interesting clips at the end! 😊
Thanks Rob for helping me learn my camera, I can't wait to get out this spring 🤠👍
Very impressive photos Rob. Well done!
Fantastic video Rob. That's really going to help me out. Thanks
Thank you Bob for sharing, I just used your recommendations to set my OM_1 for birding.
Glad to help.
Thanks for the assist. I've been shooting birds with my R5, but wanted a lighter kit. I'm thrilled with my OM1 and 300mm.
Happy to help.
Excellent so helpful, and obviously a lot of work. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for taking the time to go through this - I'll got them in my camera and will give them a try when next I'm out and about. I recently was out scouting landscape location and saw a wedge-tailed eagle (slightly larger than the bald eagle and native to Australia) or two just gliding on the air currents and I'd love to get some images of them. What marvelous images, too! And seeing snippets of how you post-process, was also quite informative. Just one thought: when I first got my OM-1 and I looked at the C-settings, I decided to assign them in alphabetic order: Birds, Family, Landscape, Macro. Because although camera manufacturers give us the ability to have programmable settings (Fuji go up to 7!) labels for them aren't quite so common.
Thanks and great tip! You can have unlimited custom modes saved and named if you venture to use the OI Share app on your phone. Works pretty well.
Very nice video Rob, thanks! I used to be a diehard fan of your videos when I shot with an em1 Mkii. Unfortunately I shoot the Canon R7 and R6 now. I live next to Conowingo so I am there a lot and I was there yesterday. It would have been great to meet you! I loved the format of the video and how you showed the editing and the montage. The Shad are just coming in so maybe two weeks and it will get VERY active at Conowingo! I always thought you were the hardest working man on TH-cam with how much time you took and the detail you provided. Thank you so much!
Hi, Rey. That's too bad we missed each other. Email me so I can contact you the next time I head out there. rob at robtrek dot com. I'm actually looking at the Canon R6ii and R7. Not that I plan on switching, but expanding my camera tutorials and such for my channel.
Danke!
Great tutorial for BIF and the OM-1. I'm currently using M1X and this is the first time I've seen the new menu layout and looks like OM did a good job on the restructure.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks
Thank you!
Wonderful images, Rob but the first one with the cormorant..is my favourite!!!
Great work, thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Great photos, Great video, Very instructive, will use setting on my next outing !
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks!
Thank you!
Lol.. seeing the before and after photos reminds me that it really doesn't matter WHAT the camera photo looks like... with today's software and a bit of tinkering, so long as the photo is SHARP, the end result will be just fine. Add in DXO's magical noise reduction - and shooing with 126000 ISO seems practical!
Software like DXO certainly has made a difference.
Fantastic video, so helpful! Thank You
Glad it was helpful!
Terrific video Rob I enjoyed each aspect of your vidio very much, the tutorial, the editing and Images all on the button for me. You can do no wrong.
I am to try my luck again at clean images of kite surfers soon, with the G9 and 200mm, your system guidance on exposure and metering will be very helpful along with everything else.
Thank you again Rob.
Happy to help, Michael.
Great montage!
Well done, I use similar settings, I have C1 for BIF and C2 for birds on a stick.
Thanks!
On shooting sequential at 20 FPS vs SH2 at 25 FPS. The big difference is that SH2 will let you see through the viewfinder without the flicker. Not having the flicker makes it much easier to keep on target with the bird. BTW, SH2 allows for C-AF while shooting, SH1 is focus for first frame.
Thank you!
❤love the show great ideas on settings
Thanks so much!
Many thanks for the interesting video . and you got some great shots.
Thank you too!
Excellent video. Great images.
Many thanks!
¡Gracias!
Thank you!
Hey Rob. Thanks for a great video. I live within a half hour of the dam and go from time to time. I've been twice this year. First with the OMD EM-1 and 40-150 with an MC14 attached. Photos were fairly clear. The second time with the OM-1 and 300f4. Couple of comments. The photos didn't seem to be as clear and when I crop to the size you are cropping the pics are pixelated. I'm hoping your settings will help me take clearer shots. My settings were way off compared to yours. Thanks for including the post processing in your video. I'm a babe in the woods there. Time and patience - along with some creativity may get me there. Take care.
Glad I could help. It does take some practice, but the OM-1 makes it easier.
Thank you for the tips. One issue I have found is that the upper limit of ISO is capped at 12800 when using the SH2 drive mode and annoyingly when you switch your drive mode back to mechanical or EFCS the ISO upper limit remains at the 12800. So you have to manually go in adjust it
I totally forgot about the ISO cap in SH modes. Thanks for the reminder.
Hi Rob!
Hi, Cory!
Rob! Thanks for this video. I have been watching your excellent tutorials for years and learned a lot about Olympus cameras from you. I was at Conowingo Dam twice in November-December this year for 2 complete days and there were no eagles fishing. Your pictures are amazing. But I was even more impressed with your edits. It would be great if you could make a brief tutorial on how you edited some of your eagle pictures with DXO Photolab 6 Elite. I also use OM-1 with 300mm F4 and fall in love with this combination in about 2 years ago. I also leave in Maryland. Have you used any teleconverter with the lens? In my experience it works reasonable with the1.4x, but I do not like the results and focus speed with the 2x. Thanks for all your efforts!
Thanks. I tried the teleconverters last year. I didn't like them. Mainly for the higher aperture numbers, but they were a little softer too. I will do a video on editing bird pictures soon. Many have been asking.
Hey Rob, didn't know you were so close to my stomping grounds. I go to Conowingo a lot. Maybe I'll see you there sometime.
That's cool. Email me so I can contact you the next time I go out that way. rob at robtrek dot com.
Good video. I’m interested in why you have len is priority off though when you have pro lenses ? I was under the impression if having a pro lens that needs to be on
The lens IS priority is for Panasonic lenses with IS. When using Olympus Pro Lenses, that setting is ignored. I'm not sure exactly with the newer Oly 100-400, but I think the consensus is to turn Lens IS off for better results. I don't have that lens, so don't quote me on that!
Rob, May I suggest u do more shooting in your backyard, with an open outdoor background it's more pleasant to watch, and your backyard is beautiful. The lighting is better (sure it's more inconvenient for u)
Thanks. It's just very noisy in my backyard and lots of mosquitos!
Rob, I am hoping you can shed some light on the correct settings for image stabilization on the M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens with the OM1 camera. I have been given several conflicting versions from multiple sources - the first is that I should set the lens IS switch to "ON" and the internal menu setting Menu 1/8, "Lens IS Priority, to "ON". I have also been told the opposite - Turn off the lens IS switch, and set "Lens IS Priority" to "OFF". One source said it was distance dependent, and that for longer range shots at 400mm I should use the first setting option - lens IS switch "ON" and Lens IS Priority "ON" settings. Since I am hesitant to spend the $7500 to upgrade to the 15-400 lens, I need to wring the best results out of my existing lens:). BTW, I have taken numerous shots with these settings, and while I think I can see a preference for the second combination in close (10 Meter subject distance), I cannot see any consistent difference in field conditions, usually shooting birds at 10 - 60 Meters distance.
Thank you,
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Hi. I did my best to answer your question here: th-cam.com/video/KAt1r3-oo2E/w-d-xo.html Hope it helps. -Rob
Hi Rob, many thanks for the good video where you explain how to set up the OM1 for bird photography. You also show how to edit your bird photos, but it goes very quickly, is it possible for you to make a video where you show the editing more slowly.
Thanks, Tage. I'm working on it. A few have requested I edit their bird photos. You can send a couple to me for edit if you like and I'll include it in the video. Send raw images to rob at robtrek dot com.
@@RobTrek Hi Rob
Thank you very much for your answer. I agree with you that 50 frames per Sec. is too much, I tried 20 frames as you suggest, I still thought it was too many pictures to take home, so I will try 10 frames next time.
I will send you three raw files with WeTransfer.
Sincerely
Take Christiansen
Denmark
Wonderful Rob !!! Could you please upload editing videos ?
For birds or just in general?
First off, great video. I like both your and Mathieu Gasket's channel. Though his is more of a gear review channel. I have the 75-300 as well and love it when I go out on my bike and don't want to carry the 300 or even the PL 100-400mm.
Help me understand why you shoot in Shutter Speed priority mode as to posed to M. With the 2 dials you can control both S and A and you can change the exposure compensation with a button. Perhaps you want faster control of your +/-? But how do you control your aperture? I just bought the OM-1, but I have been shooting for years with a couple of EM-1s. With those I found that using the AF limiter control say 20-30 meters (for puffins in flight) improved my keeper rate tremendously. I hope that the OM-1 improves my keeper rate. My wife shoots with the Canon R5 and her keeper rate and ability to crop is in another league. I am too heavily invested in the m4/3 system to make the switch.
Hi Martin, I answered your question here: th-cam.com/video/nnglWB_oluI/w-d-xo.html
I read one comment and I would like to ask how to set different settings for half press and AF-ON and prioritize face detection or birds in half press and prioritize target AF when using AF-ON button. Thank you
I made a video for you. Looks like you've already seen it. Hope it helps. -Rob
I see below there is a comment that addresses my question I think.
Hi, I replied with a little different answer for you.
Great tips Rob and great images, DxO photolab 6 is the best there is but in SH2 can't you set that to 25fps instead of 50fps?
Yes, 25fps or 50fps in SH2.
I wonder how much a print of that last picture would cost? The eagle stare.
Hi Rob, thanks for all the great information. Is the 75-300mm any good for birds in flight with the OM-1
It's excellent on the OM-1. I'll take it out next time and do video like this one. For now, you can watch the long version here th-cam.com/users/liveAZ-3dvjbBco
Thanks Rob.
Very informative although I have an OMD M1 Mkiii and an Olympus 75-300 lens. I think that you may have made a video about BIF with the OM-D in the past. I have been trying to get good BIF photos of Brahminy kites near my home on the Gold Coast, Australia but without great success. I have taken hundreds of shots but none that I could describe as crisp. Am I flogging a dead horse in this effort and need to go to a 150-400 or 300 f4? It would be a big step up in my budget to do so, or trust that the bird God's eventually puts a kite in the perfect position in the future.
You should be fine with the 75-300mm. The key is shutter speed. You might get slightly sharper images at f/8, but you need to be in really good light. Also, make sure you're close enough so that the bird fills the frame about 1/3 or more. If you are cropping in to just 10% of the frame, then even my 300mm f/4 pro looks soft! Really, the only reason to get the 300mm f/4 pro is for the faster aperture. It certainly is sharper, but great images can be had with the 75-300mm. Watch this video I did last year using the E-M5.3 and 75-300mm for birding. th-cam.com/video/Eq7dPlSVeL0/w-d-xo.html
How did you like the 300mm? I have one also and love it.
Absolutely the best money I ever spent. It's so sharp and fast. I use it for birding and astro. Amazing results.
Great vid Rob :). I was trying to follow your work flow but went too fast then I realised you use another process. Do you have a video on the similar process but in Lightroom :
Subbed :)
many thanks
Mal - UK
I have lightroom. I should be able to do the same thing. Any particular shot from this video you want me to edit? If you email me a couple of raw images, I can make a video and show you how I edit them. rob at robtrek dot com.
@@RobTrek thanks Rob email sent Mal
Hi. I edit your photos today in a new video here: th-cam.com/video/3Rb1ffvUUI0/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for your educational videos! I am retired, in Sweden, with limited finances. For shooting larger birds with my Olympus E M1 markII I can get good pictures. But less fast-flying birds it becomes difficult. One can have acid strategy to compensate it, with today's requirements, right slow continuous and the following focus. The question is, is it worth upgrading to OM 1? For all other photography, my Olympus is more than enough. /Bosse
The OM-1 is excellent for flying birds. If that is important, then it is definitely worth the upgrade. However, I recommend getting the best lenses you can before getting a camera body. I love my 300mm f4 Pro lens. I would buy that before buying the OM-1.
@@RobTrek thank you very much for your reply. I already have the 300 lens, so then only the second option remains. Rob my neighbor 🤠... and buy OM 1. Then I can send some pictures of flying house swallows..
@@bosamuelsson5814 Those swallows are FAST!
What editing system are u using Rob.?
I use DxO Photolab 6 Elite. robtrek.com/dxo
hi i have the Olympus OM-D M 1 MarkIII is this a different menu because mine is very different from this, great instructions but I'm finding it hard to follow
Thanks. Mirrorless Lessons did an excellent video & article on settings for the EM1.3. th-cam.com/video/LG0qExLTHP4/w-d-xo.html
mirrorlesscomparison.com/stories/olympus-omd-em1-ii-firmware-3-0-birds-in-flight/
May I ask what editing software your using.Thanks Hoping to see in Conowingo one of this Day.
Photolab 6. I probably won't be back up there until fall. Are there any eagles there now?
@@RobTrek can I get your email address I don’t know if you got my reply
@@claritovirata3504 rob at robtrek dot com
On the OM1, in silent sequential shooting mode, no shot confirmation sound is heard.
Would it be possible to set a sound to confirm that a photo has been taken?
Not that I know of. I don't see any shutter sound settings, only AF.
Great Job Rob! What a difference post makes though. (I hate you! 😇).
Thanks!
Why lens IS priority off?
If you're using an Olympus Pro Lens with IS, then the camera will figure it out. It won't matter if you have Lens IS on or off. For non pro telephoto lenses (ie 100-400mm) and Panasonic Lenses that have IS, then you will want to turn lens IS on. Generally, at telephoto focal lengths, using lens IS is better than camera IBIS.
@@RobTrek I have the Leica DG 100-400mm. But I still don't understand why lens IS priority should be off in camera - lens IS should be more effective and therefore have priority?
@@henrikw377 Yes, with the Panasonic 100-400, Lens IS should be turned on in-camera.
@@RobTrek Thanks, and sorry for the late reply. Seems like I misread or misunderstood your second comment - which is totally clear. Thanks!
Can I join your Conowingo Club? I am new OM-1 user coming from Nikon z system. I am not professional who needs help in learning.
Not sure when I'll be going back to Conowingo. Usually in the spring. If you're in the DC area, feel free to join my photoclub www.meetup.com/virginia-beltway-photography-meetup/events/
Great video Rob. I do alot of videos about bird photography with the OM1 on my channel, if you are interested👍😀
Thanks! I'll check it out.
Good evening, Rob. Yet another of your highly informative 'how to' videos.
Yes, I'd agree with most of your settings, but I'd always caution people to set objectives for each photo shoot - beautiful wildlife pictures of resting birds or birds-in-flight - NEVER both on the same shoot. You're being greedy, which separates the amateur from the professional. Your day's objective should be one or the other. There will always be another day. That's how to raise your image captures from good to superb.
My own speciality is aircraft-in-flight. On that basis I'd challenge a few of your recommendations.
1. Image Stabilisation should be OFF. (We've had this conversation before, and you really do need to get your head around why IS is a very bad idea for anything-in-flight!)
2. Setting Auto-Focus on birds-in-flight. Why would you need Auto-Focus? The object is approaching infinity, so all you're doing is slowing the camera processor with unnecessary calculations. Turn AF to MF.
3. Even worse (for birds-in-flight) is setting eye recognition focusing. It'll really slow your camera down in B-in-F shooting. I repeat "Setting too many objectives for a single shoot". Decide whether you want beautiful wildlife Stills or Birds-in-Flight, NOT both.
Your images of birds in trees are impressive. I salute you, Rob. But you'll be far more successful in your Birds-in-Flight photography if you learn why Auto-Focus must be OFF, as the human body provides its own stability if you're following a moving object. Also, switch off ALL of your camera's clever gimmicks unless they're absolutely necessary.
Tip: this is why I use a much simpler OM camera body (which has very few gizmos) and invest my money in the best possible lenses*.
Rick
*one exception being when I need "small and lightweight" for extreme expedition photography.
As always, I appreciate your feedback. It is best practice to turn off image stabilization at shutter speeds 1/2000th or faster. But when panning or doing bird on a stick shots, you can easily drop your shutter speeds to 1/500th. As for AF, the eye detect for bird subject detect is always active, whether you turn on the eye detect box or not. Also, most of my shots were between 100 and 300 meters. Beyond 200 meters, there was not much detail left as the subject size approaches just 10% of the frame. The DoF is also too shallow at these distances. You can clearly see this in my tree images at 100 meters where the Eagle is in focus and the branch right behind it is not. Eagles casually fly around 12m/s and burst to 75m/s. Depending on the vector of the bird, using the AF bird subject detect is the only way to keep up. It certainly makes sense to pick a subject, birds in flight or birds on a stick. I'll have to go out and practice some more. Still a lot to learn! I also reviewed my aircraft in flight shots, only a few came closer that 300 meters, but most were well beyond that, so I can see where not using AF could be an option. That said, I think you might be underestimating the speed of the OM-1 processing. The AF can handle up to 50fps and I tend to shoot at 20fps with pro lenses and 10fps when using my non-pro lenses. I used the EXIF data from my images to work out some of this. Distance, number of steps the focusing motor used, etc... is all recorded up to 327 meters. So without the benefit of talking to a lens engineer or long term experience in the field, these are the settings I came up with for the video.
@Rob Trek absolutely agreed. Most of your shots were of birds-in-trees, while my comments were specifically for birds-in-flight. Nice results anyway 👌.
Keep these 'how to' videos coming. They're so valuable. And, don't forget, you still need to produce a specific video about Image Stabilisation (IS). Suggest you contact OM SYSTEMS and request their assistance.
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