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 My Sony a1 arrived first. Should I Keep the Olympus 150-400 ? | |
Both systems can produce excellent images, as we know.
Here are three quick examples ... a hawk lifting with prey, shot with the Sony a1 well after sunset. Most people would say it was dark outside. I had been watching it when light was better and was about to leave when a blur entered my peripheral vision. I instinctively whipped around the a1 (with a 100-400 lens and 1.4 TC) and shot a burst literally from the hip. 1/640, F/8, ISO 12,800. Most all the sequential images were in sharp focus on the eye. I can confidently say that none of my former rigs, which include the very best from Canon, Nikon and Olympus, would have reliably captured those images. The a1's AF power and high ISO chops are unmatched, at least in my experience. I was shooting a loaner a1 on a magazine project, and decided that evening when I saw on the computer what it captured, to buy my own. FYI, I sold my D500 and 500PF to help fund it. And that's saying something !
And a hawk with the a1 hand held with the 100-400 and 1.4 TC. Dynamic range was impressive.
Also here is an American Goldfinch shot yesterday with the Olympus EM-1 III -- including the 150-400. A brightly lit bird in a dark setting was its own challenge, though nothing like a hawk in the dark, so to speak.
Both cropped and processed in Lightroom and Photoshop, with noise reduction applied as needed. I'm not saying the images are 'perfect,' but they're what I got in typical use of both systems.
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