Using Olympus 300mm F4 Pro with OM System Om-1 for Bird Photography. High ISO test and Great Result!
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- čas přidán 22. 11. 2023
- Weeks have gone by with only bad weather. I just wanted to go out for some photography and so i visited Burgers zoo. I spend a lot of time inside they're enormous rain forest searching for birds and other animals.
Because it is a dark place i use the 300MM f4 pro lens and i was blown away by the results. Even at ISO 1600 and 3200 the details are amazing.
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Beautiful images Guido!!
Thank you very much! 🙂
Very colorful birds. I was impressed with the 1/15 s shots
It was impressive right? I was so surprised that it came out this sharp... now hopefully I can do the same with wild birds 😅 grt guido
Fantastic colours! I might have said this before, but I bought this lens when I didn't really know what I was doing, but I've no regrets.
That rainforest is astounding. I'd love to see it in person. I also had a little game of 'name that bird', but I could only get the first four!
1 - nicobar pigeon. They have a few of these at Belfast zoo.
2 - bleeding heart dove. Easy to remember when you see it from the front.
3 - it looks like a species of curassow. Looked it up and yeah, curassow is the english name for the hocco.
4 - these are crowned pigeons in english. Belfast zoo has a handful of Sclater's crowned pigeons too. Lacy-headed pigeons the size of a small turkey - I really like them! Feels almost like the closest thing we have to a live dodo, at this time.
Thanks for watching and your comment 🙂
The first 4 are all correct i believe. I can help you out with the other birds.
- open beak picture is a screaming piha
- the blue eyed dove is actualy he rarest animal in the zoo. Its called a socorow pigeon. Its extinct in the wild and only a few examples left in zoo.
-the brown one on the green leaves is unknown to me also
- the last one is gambel quail
Grt guido
Have just spent three weeks in Australia. First four days were at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat with the 2Mad Photographers group. My choice was the 300F4 plus my 40-150 F 2.8, the later perfect for the dark forest areas, also took the 1.4 teleconverter. Both lens are fantastic and the weather over there was very dry and very bright when away from the forest. I set my OM-1 custom functions up as C1 static birds, C2 birds in flight, with shutter speeds of 1/400 for static birds, adjust down or up to suit conditions and 1/3200 birds in flight. So many opportunities' in Aus for fantastic birds images, the last two weeks were hiring a rental car and touring a 300ks radius of Brisbane. Have 8160 images to sort through. Great Video Guido and yes it looks very dark in there, the 40-150 F 2.8 would have been great those conditions ! Cheers from NZ
Wow that sounds like an awsome trip! Yeah the 40-150 would have worked great probably but I wanted to test the 300 🙂 I'm hoping to get the chance to take the 150-400 Pro there one day. There is one in the netherlands that I might be able to borrow. Can never afford one but it would be nic to give it a try 🙂 thanks for watching apreciate your comment! 😃 grt guidi
@@GuidoVanDeWater Yes the 150-400 would be my dream lens as you say just a
dream !
Thank you for the lovely video. The green pigeon with the dreadlocks is a Nicobar Pigeon. From SE Asia offshore islands.Great shot of him!
Thanks for watching the video and your comment. It is a brautifull bird. Hopefully, I can see one in the wilde someday 🙂 where are you from? grt guido
Cairns Australia. A Nicobar Pigeon showed up on Green Island recently, causing quite a stir. It isn't supposed to be here. These things happen though. @@GuidoVanDeWater
Guido, you a becoming a bird photog. Great shots, that is a beautiful lense. Keep up the good work and thanks for taking us along.
Thank you! These are not wild animals that is going to be a bit harder to find over here. But it is a great area to practice 🙂 thanks for watching and who knows every now and then some more birds or animals will pop up 😅 grt guido
Yes that 300/4 is an incredible lens in a relatively small package. I was recently able to pick up the 150-400/4.5 Pro and that is also another fantastic lens.
I currently have a 150-400 Pro on loan and I am impressed. Unbelievable how sharp these images are and the lens is very versatile. You will probably see more of it on the channel soon. I could never afford it myself but I would recommend it to everyone that does have the mo ey available. Thanks for watching the channel and your comment! Grt guido
Beautiful works. Lovely and beautiful shots. I also own OM-1 myself. I am totally happy with it.
It's a great camera isn't it. What's your favorite photography subject? Thanks for the compliments and watching the video I apreciate it 🙂 grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater I shot bird in action most of the time. Using pro capture 50 fps or 120 fps. Thank you.
Great shots. I use the same equipment and am very satisfied with the results
Its an amazing setup for this kind of photography. Even with the teleconverters i was realy surprised. Thanks for the compliment and watching the video i apreciate it! Grt guido
Heck of a place to be able to go and shoot. Watch out once down the bird path can become an obsession.
Yes its such an amazing place. I didn't spend as much time there as I wanted to. There is also a large dome with a mangrove area full of birds, butterfly's and lizzards and that enourmous desert area but because thats more open its more difficult to photograph the birds there. But yeah I know how it feels i've been following birds all over the world for years. Its only since the last 5 years that my interest turned to landscapes and i love that but bird and wildlife will never get bored so if there is an oppertunitys i will definitely do it 🙂 thanks for watching apreciate your comment! Grt guido
Those are some beautiful images, Guido. I wish I had an arboretum like yours near me!
Yeah I'm quite lucky yo have a place like this on 20 minutes from my house. I always to there with the kids on rainy days when there is nothing else to do. And this was only the jungle area, they also have a desert, mangrove and ocean all covered. So you can easily spend 3 to 4 hours in there on a rainy day. Thanks for watching and you kind words. Grt guido
The zoo was a really good idea to test the equipment. The results are amazing. I have to go to the zoo in my neighborhood someday. It was good to watch. Regards 🤚😃
Thanks yes it's not real nature photography but with all this rain lately it's been very difficult to get a decent day of photography. And this rainforest is so big that its the closest that I could get to a natural feel 😅 thanks for watching grt guido
Great shots man. ISO 3200 looks great, I'd certainly have no issues shooting it. To my eye, it looks better than the slower shutter speeds at 1600 as there appears to be a touch of motion blur on them. They still look great though.
I think you're right. High iso doesn't always mean worse images. I would rather have a bit of noise than motion blur that I can't fix in oost processing. Recently, I did some shots at iso 10.000 but haven't processed them. Looked great on the camera but don't know on a large screen. Thanks for watching and your comment. I appreciate it 🙂 grt guido
Hello Guido
It´s amazing how it works hand held with such a low shutter speed. And by the way, nice bird images.
Grt Ernesto
Yeah I was realy impressed by the results. Someone commented that I could have raised the iso up to 12500 and still get great images. But haven't tried that. Guess I need to get back there again sometime 😅 but for now looking forward to going outside again 🙂 thanks for watching grt guido
The noise reduction in Lightroom will do wonders.
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Hi Guido. Lovely bird shots. That f4 300m looks really sharp. I see one of your shutter speeds was 1/13 and as you said that's pretty low for handheld. Is that because it's a prime or would it be the same with a zoom lens set to 300mm? Looking forward to seeing you back outside soon. Regards from Australia. Barry.
I think it is for all lenses. With the current stabilisation your even up to 1 second hand held but this is a moving bird so the timing was realy important to hope that it would sit still. For a landscape longer shutter speeds are possible but I tought it was amazing that it worked out with birds 🙂 in Sundays video I'm going back out and I had some amazing light (finally) ! The weather has been very bad for weeks so I'm happy with every time I can go out at this moment. But mostly cloudy days so difficult to find something interesting. Thanks for watchibg. Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater looking forward to next video
The shutter speed requirement for hand held shots is based on the effective focal length of the lens regardless of the type of lens. With the Olympus 300mm f/4 Pro you are using an effective focal length of 600mm (in 35mm format terms). Without image stabilization you would need a shutter speed of 1/600 Second to get sharp results, but due to the excellent Synch IS of the OM-1/300mm combo, you can easily get sharp results as slow as 1/4 Sec hand held -- but that is not accounting for subject movement, as Guido said.
Hoi Guido
Wat een bizar goede en mooie scherpe foto’s. Zelf het licht in de vogel ogen zie je perfect terug. Super mooi, en mijn complimenten 👍❤️😇. Waarom het met je landschaps foto’s minder is, is mij 1 groot raadsel , ik kan het niet duiden. Maar deze foto shoot is zeer geslaagd.❤
Dankjewel. Ik heb geen idee voor mijn gevoel doe ik niet veel anders. Ik was ook wel blij met de resultaten nou nog een keer in het wild doen haha. Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater prima idee, laat de foto’s maar komen. Er zou geen verschil tussen een vogelveer en het blad van een boom en grassen mogen zijn, en toch is dat er. Waar ligt dat aan?. Misschien dat ze daar bij Om-Systems je kunnen vertellen of verklaren. Het is een vraag aan ze waard lijkt mij.
Ik denk eerlijk gezegd dat het puur in de compressie van de youtube videos zit. Als ik de grote files bekijk op de computer kijk dan zijn de grassprieten ook scherp. Alleen zo'n vogel is natuurlijk beeld vullend en daardoor zie je die compressie minder. Stond vorige week nog op een enorm 8k scherm bij cameranu een presentatie te geven en heb niemand gehoor ddat er iets neit scherp is. Maar nogmaals ik ben er tevreden mee 🙂
@@GuidoVanDeWater Hoi Guido ik heb met mijn fotozaak gesproken( toevallig ook Cameranu op Urk 😂). En je foto’s bekeken op je eigen site. Mooie foto’s, met mooie kleuren en heel aardig van scherpte. Die zien er beter uit, dan op You tube. Dat is een wereld van verschil, al zijn altijd wel wat puntjes waarvan je denkt, dat kan beter, maar dat hou je altijd wel. Misschien is het een tip, om onder je filmpjes een waarschuwing te zetten, dat door compressie de beelden in kwaliteit minder kunnen over komen. Met een link naar je site. Ik blijf je volgen. En zal je niet meer lastigvallen met opmerkingen over het gebrek aan scherpte, want dat komt dus door de compressie. Met vriendelijke groet.
Ik ben blij dat het dus aan die compressie van CZcams ligt. Vanaf 10.000 subscribers schijn je betere compressie en kwaliteit te krijgen dus dat duurd helaas nog even maar het gaat steeds sneller de laatste tijd dus die weet 🤞 mag ik vragen op wat voor scherm jij de videos kijkt en hoe groot het is? Ik heb verder niemand die er iets over zegt dus het zou ook kunnen dat jij bijvoorbeeld een veel groter scherm gebruikt dan de gemiddelde kijker. Ik heb de video van komende zondag overigens voor het eerst geupload in 4k ben benieuwd of je daar verschil in ziet. Kleine dingen hou je inderdaad altijd. Ik zeg iok echt niet dat ik alleen perfecte foto's maak hoor zeker niet. Ik wil juist ook de fotos laten zien die minder geslaagd zijn. Ik stoor me altijd aan die grote kanalen waar het net lijkt alsof ze alleen maar portfolio waardige foto's maken. Vandaar dat ik altijd voor kies om de goede en mindere te laten zien. En ook voor mij is het nog altijd een leer proces. En dat zal waarachijnlijk altijd zo blijven voor iedereen. Bedankt voor je eerlijke feedback trouwens ben blij dat we een mogelijke oorzaak hebben. Grt guido
Hi, sorry for my bad english (I'm french). What do you think about the 300mm f4 vs the 150-400mm. I mean, about sharpness and global quality ? Thanks for this video 😊
Hello, I have to be honest that i never used the 150-400 pro enough to make a good comparison myself. I am getting one on loan in January so hopefully I can tell you different in the beginning of February when I've tested it. What I've heard is that the 150-400 is an amazing peace of equipment and has great quality glass in it. It is the same with the 300 F4 but that isn't a zoom that is definitely something you have to get used to. I can't wait to try the 150-400 although I probably can never afford to buy one myself haha. Thanks for watching the video and your comment. If you subscribe you will see the 150-400 video cumming by eventually :-) Grt Guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater Thanks for answer ! I can't wait to see this futur test. Hope that it will show the price difference is worth the cost 😊
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What is the shortes time you use on the 300mm (with the dual stabilizer) ?
Handheld I always try to match the focal length. So in this case 1/300s. But on a tripod it doesn't realy matter how low you go as long as the exposure is right. Grt guido
@@GuidoVanDeWater I will try to go under 1/300 !!! because oof the dual synch
Hello, why don`t you use a faster shutter speed? I also shoot with the OM1 and with DXO 12800iso is no problem.....for me.
I guess because I didn't need it. I wanted to see the results like this. Maybe I will go back and try again how far I can go with these higher iso numbers. Thanks for watching grt guido
Do you know Espen Helland, he photographed squirrels with iso 25600.... the photos are amazing. Do you know Espen Helland? He photographed squirrels with iso 25600....the photos are amazing. I photograph birds in flight in our crappy weather with a panasonic 2.8/200mm. Even then I have very high iso values....it works.@@GuidoVanDeWater
6:32 Is je fototas wel waterdicht?
Haha deze niet maar ik heb dat pad al zovaak gelopen... het water is trouwens heel ondiep heb er weleens iemand in zien vallen haha 😅