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  1. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Here a recent post by Daniel Cox, comparing IS of the EM1ii and G80, and also some words on AF... http://naturalexposures.com/leica-100-400mm-comparison-lumix-olympus/
  2. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Thanks a lot for posting your experience. Looking forwards to hearing more as you grow used to the camera...
  3. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Well, you never know of course, but for now I certainly want to stay a birder foremost, and want just to be able to take better pictures of more birds. I certainly don't see myself sitting half a day in a camouflage tent with camara on tripod, I want to keep my walking around habits and be able...
  4. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Indeed fortunate, especially that she is joining you when going birding :t: For me personally, the Pana 100-400 is about the maxium of camera gear I can see myself lugging around.
  5. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    True. There a more arguments, but the main one to me is currently the AF capability. However, the extra money is 1000 bucks and I have a hard time to justify the investment for the G80+100-400 aready... :-C
  6. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    I watched/read few more interesting reviews: G80/81/85 by David Thorpe: https://youtu.be/jr0uPSOF0jE EM1ii by David Thorpe: https://youtu.be/eWsSSFQCP4o Long review on G80 by cameralabs (which frequently makes reference to the EM1ii too)...
  7. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    I read the review on dpr of the Olympus EM-1 ii, also discussed here: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=3487555#post3487555 Sounds good to me, a step close to DSLR AF performance, although not yet there... What's to expect of the Panasonic GH5? I read mostly about announced improvements...
  8. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    When reading about different camara's AF performance, I read things like "49 focus points" or similar. I assume that in the above described situation, when choosing the smallest possible focus area, then only a few of these many focus points would be used. This could possibly change the...
  9. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    To throw an additonal autofocus question in: one common tricky situation for getting focus is a bird in scrub or dense foliage, where you see only bits of the bird and have to get that bit in focus, but not the twigs or leaves before and behind the bird. On my bridge, I usually set the focus...
  10. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Interesting Video. You get the impression that all are very good in fast autofocus, very close to DSLR, and differences between cameras are minute. In this discussion here it sounded that difference between cameras and between mirrorless and dslr are much bigger. But perhaps birds in flight are...
  11. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    I would probably be rather close to your type of use of cameras rather than to those who spend a day to get the perfect shot of a common bird. However, I'm probably much less demanding, as I'm coming from the other end, using currently a bridge and just wanting to get better photos of more...
  12. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Ok, thanks a lot for clearing that up as well. I'm learning a lot here...
  13. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Hi All, thanks for throwing DSLR in the mix and discussing it, great comments! I thought about DSLR at first (my wife has a Canon 60D), but discarded this mainly because I believe that portability is one of my strongest priorities. But one more question on APS-C versus m4/3: I think I...
  14. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Good advice, thanks a lot!
  15. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Indeed I wanted to know what actually is shutter shock, so thanks all for the explainations! I had previously looked up the rolling shuter effect, but could not find anyhing clear on shutter shock...
  16. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    What's that?
  17. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Thanks a lot for throwing in this option, hadn't considered this at all. I also wonder how the new 1'' sensor bridge cams (RX10iii or FZ2000) would compare. However, I feel rather like just going for the best kit at once, shell out the money and then not worry any more for quite a while (the...
  18. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    Thanks Jim, Niels and Mike, that helps a lot! As I'm coming from a cheap bridge camera and am not yet used to the hefty prices of better photo gear, of course budget is an issue and therefore makes me look at the panasonic kit first. However, if I'd then feel soon the need to further upgrade to...
  19. dalat

    Advice on best camera/lens combo

    I hope it's ok to jump in with a question... Not many people out there who own both, so it would be nice to get some impressions from you using these for bird photography? E.g. How does the autofocus performance compare for birds in flight or fast moving warblers? Does the Panasonic have...
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