Bubble--matter of opinion eh? I think the batter grip looks great. Love the flow in the front. The Sony (which I have) is way angular/sharp. So I for one thinks the Oly looks better and that is so important for image quality
Only one battery in the grip....hey at least there is a grip...me, I thanking Oly.
All attitude man.
MedicineMan404 wrote:
Bubble--matter of opinion eh? I think the batter grip looks great. Love the flow in the front. The Sony (which I have) is way angular/sharp. So I for one thinks the Oly looks better and that is so important for image quality
Only one battery in the grip....hey at least there is a grip...me, I thanking Oly.
All attitude man.
everything in photography is a matter of opinion. I guess my expectation is higher and i'm happy that you're easy to please. To me, a product is good when they both look good and function good.
You can't even hold it properly when shooting horizontal. The last 2 fingers twist/tuck upward because the stupid curve at the bottom. When was the last time you or anyone else shot wildlife in vertical mode majority of the time?
The purpose of having battery grip is to increase battery life right? The purpose of having battery grip so that it help you balance out when using with big lens right? None of it happen.
So if you're telling me you're happy and send a thank you note to Olympus for a half ass product base on the look or just because you're a fan of it, more power to you. Just in case you might go down the road saying that i'm bashing Olympus, I just happen to own every single canon/nikon/sony bodies so i'm not a fan of any brand.
Keep in mind, my so call "matter of opinion" as you mentioned is not from reading the review or picture online, I actually bought the product and try to use it.
I'm still trying to get my Birds in Flight settings nailed down. I've decided that I want to use shutter priority at 1/2500 sec as a baseline, PL100-400 wide open at whatever focal length (these are at 180mm, 100% crops), Auto ISO, C-AF + Tracking, Electronic shutter at 18fps.
These from a couple of days ago are the best from a 26 shot sequence.
Sharp sharp sharp. Love the 'golden' bokeh in the water.
Interesting star on his back.
I've only seen a Loon one time paddle camping for 5 days in Voyageur's National Park. I heard it before I saw it and the sound being quite foreign to me was frightening!
great images Gary, I've ended up using the same settings with one exception, no way do we have enough light in the UK to let me get 1/2500th and keep ISO below ISO4000, so I'm stuck between 1/1000th and 1/1600th on a good day
(By the way, what's all that blue stuff in the background )
Brian Wadie wrote:
great images Gary, I've ended up using the same settings with one exception, no way do we have enough light in the UK to let me get 1/2500th and keep ISO below ISO4000, so I'm stuck between 1/1000th and 1/16000th on a good day
(By the way, what's all that blue stuff in the background )
Thanks Brian,
I saw your similar post on DPR and was going to respond about the speed difference.
Yes, this was a nice sunny afternoon and my "floating" ISO settled in at 400. There were some clouds around, but this guy managed to arrive with a blue sky patch behind him.
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