I was a little hesitant to take only the OM-1 on my most recent trip to California. I decided to go lighter and leave the Z9 at home. This shot would be relatively easy if you could track the bird from a distance and then just grab it while landing. But the reality is you see the bird streaking in from your left, you lose sight of him as he dives below the cliff face, and then he pops up and is on that branch in an instant. Or maybe he just keeps going, you never know. In this case when I saw him speeding in, I quickly swung around, had to immediately grab focus on the branch, and fire. The first frame shows he was already there when I fired my first shot. The second is one that just got accepted into a juried art show as an 18x24 print that looks beautiful. It was the third shot in the series.
I say all this because the OM-1 nailed these shots where even my Z9 could very easily have struggled to lock onto that branch that quickly. Others have said it and I agree, the Z9 sometimes refuses to grab an oof subject (branch in this case), even when the background is not busy. In this instance, the OM-1 did not disappoint
OM-1OLYMPUS M.100-400mm F5.0-6.3 lens261mmf/6.11/2500s1250 ISO0.0 EV
OM-1OLYMPUS M.100-400mm F5.0-6.3 lens261mmf/6.11/2500s1250 ISO0.0 EV
