Currenty in Florida. Several reasons to be here. Number one, we've had 12 of the last 15 days rain/gloom/sleet/cloud and/or totally overcast. Two, we come to Florida every year for Christmas. Three, I have several new cameras I wanted to play with.
I probably get 3 or 4 opportunities a year to shoot BIF. Conowingo, Reelfoot, and our trip to Florida. BIF is something I find challenging but in my day to day it's not that important. But I was curious about the new Oly M1ii, is it capable?
Many mirrorless have gotten close. The a6300 is capable as is the A7R. Each has limitations. The a6500 (the one of those two I don't have) supposedly has corrected the flaws of the a6300 and a7Rii. I gave up on Sony for BIF when they never gave up 400mm-that was my reason for reaching into the mFT world several years ago.
So for BBIF, I've found the M1ii more than capable. It still has the limitations of the mFT sensor but a smart photographer can work around that I believe.
So for two days I've been going back and forth, shooting the a99ii for several hours, then several hours with the M1ii.
I'm mentally comparing the M1ii and my GX8. The M1ii is superior in many any ways (no need to bring thoughts of the a99ii into this thread, it is to be compared to my 1DXii).
I think this newest Oly is amazing...so much power and in suck a delightful package.
This trip to Florida is the lightest trip I've done in years. Just 3 months ago I was in Panama toting a 1DXii, a 7Dii, and a 5Dsr with glass to suit. I'm always in pain these days, and two weeks of carrying that load laid a hurting on me....how amazing to carry just the Sony and a 70-400Gii, the M1ii with the PL100-400, and a few smaller lenses for each=all in one small backpack.
Growing old can have good consequences and Olympus has really put a smile on my face.
Over the last two days I've shot many sequences of birds in flight. Here is one of them, all with the PL100-400mm-
Yes I've done better with the 1DXii and 500ISii or the 5Dsr with the 400DOii, but right now I'm in a hotel room sipping a vodka and my back and arms don't hurt
Currenty in Florida. Several reasons to be here. Number one, we've had 12 of the last 15 days rain/gloom/sleet/cloud and/or totally overcast. Two, we come to Florida every year for Christmas. Three, I have several new cameras I wanted to play with.
I probably get 3 or 4 opportunities a year to shoot BIF. Conowingo, Reelfoot, and our trip to Florida. BIF is something I find challenging but in my day to day it's not that important. But I was curious about the new Oly M1ii, is it capable?
Many mirrorless have gotten close. The a6300 is capable as is the A7R. Each has limitations. The a6500 (the one of those two I don't have) supposedly has corrected the flaws of the a6300 and a7Rii. I gave up on Sony for BIF when they never gave up 400mm-that was my reason for reaching into the mFT world several years ago.
So for BBIF, I've found the M1ii more than capable. It still has the limitations of the mFT sensor but a smart photographer can work around that I believe.
So for two days I've been going back and forth, shooting the a99ii for several hours, then several hours with the M1ii.
I'm mentally comparing the M1ii and my GX8. The M1ii is superior in many any ways (no need to bring thoughts of the a99ii into this thread, it is to be compared to my 1DXii).
I think this newest Oly is amazing...so much power and in suck a delightful package.
This trip to Florida is the lightest trip I've done in years. Just 3 months ago I was in Panama toting a 1DXii, a 7Dii, and a 5Dsr with glass to suit. I'm always in pain these days, and two weeks of carrying that load laid a hurting on me....how amazing to carry just the Sony and a 70-400Gii, the M1ii with the PL100-400, and a few smaller lenses for each=all in one small backpack.
Growing old can have good consequences and Olympus has really put a smile on my face.
Over the last two days I've shot many sequences of birds in flight. Here is one of them, all with the PL100-400mm-
Yes I've done better with the 1DXii and 500ISii or the 5Dsr with the 400DOii, but right now I'm in a hotel room sipping a vodka and my back and arms don't hurt
Dec 24, 2016 at 11:26 PM
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