I have made peace with the fact that I am not going to get the same resolution with the OM-1 that I got with my A1 but I enjoy using the OM-1/150-400 combination a lot more than the A1/200-600 combination. It is what it is. Great images none the less!
palmor wrote:
The first owl shot was almost directly into the sun so I lost some contrast. The 2nd set of owl shots was just after sunset, all handheld.
I took some of these same shots with my A1/600F4 if people are interested in a comparison.
I would be interested to hear your comparison, although I would be interested mostly in how you feel the OM1+150-400f4.5 compares to the A1+200-600G.
I have the A1+600/4 combo, and it is ideal for its reach, with and without the 1.4TC.
You can crop significantly, giving you zoom like versatility at a long focal length.
It's by far the best combo I have used for this.
But when hiking through forested areas, it is less ideal, and on the heavy side, but certainly too big.
I had the 200-600G, but for me it lacked a certain brilliance, or acuity in images, and somehow I did not really like the color rendition, lacking a certain crisp clarity in the color palette.
Anyhow, that's personal, but I do see the higher end rendering in the OM systems 150-400mm f4.5, so looking for a hiking combo that performs at the level of the 600GM, what are your impressions?
Absolutely stunning and works brilliantly with the black background. was the image cut out and pasted onto a black background or was this all in camera ?
ChrisMak wrote:
I would be interested to hear your comparison, although I would be interested mostly in how you feel the OM1+150-400f4.5 compares to the A1+200-600G.
I have the A1+600/4 combo, and it is ideal for its reach, with and without the 1.4TC.
You can crop significantly, giving you zoom like versatility at a long focal length.
It's by far the best combo I have used for this.
But when hiking through forested areas, it is less ideal, and on the heavy side, but certainly too big.
I had the 200-600G, but for me it lacked a certain brilliance, or acuity in images, and somehow I did not really like the color rendition, lacking a certain crisp clarity in the color palette.
Anyhow, that's personal, but I do see the higher end rendering in the OM systems 150-400mm f4.5, so looking for a hiking combo that performs at the level of the 600GM, what are your impressions? ...Show more →
I've never really done a comparison with the 200-600. I think mostly because since I've gotten the 600F4 I haven't even mounted the 200-600 to my camera and only keep it as backup. My gut feeling is that they are pretty equivalent in IQ but unless I shot them side-by-side it would be hard to say (I also believe I have a very good copy of the 200-600). For reference here is my 200-600 gallery on flickr
That being said if I want to go light I'd choose the OM-1 combo. The 150-400 has much better balance (further back) so it's easier to hold position on a bird waiting for action. The IS is much superior to.
vertigo1959 wrote:
The two sanderling pictures are beautiful and show what can a achieved with the MFT sensor and of course the lens..[ i own the 300mm f4]
Thanks! When people ask what my favorites birds are to photograph Sanderlings are at the top of the list. That surprises people but they just have such interesting personalities that make me smile every time I watch them
Sootchucker wrote:
Absolutely stunning and works brilliantly with the black background. was the image cut out and pasted onto a black background or was this all in camera ?
Thank you. Here's the RAW image. All I did was a quick auto develop in LR and cropped the heck out of it... it took me less than 30 seconds to edit.
OM-1OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 lens400mmf/4.51/1250s1000 ISO0.0 EV
