Category Archives: Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko)

Cameras & Lenses, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko), New Zealand

New Zealand Travel Kit

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This article discusses the camera equipment that we included in our travel kit for our recent photography tour to New Zealand, as well as our decision rationale.

My wife and I ended up taking a total of five lenses, two camera bodies, six batteries, and two battery chargers. All of the gear had to fit in my Tenba laptop backpack. Along with a portable hard drive, a 13″ laptop with charger, and about a dozen 64 GB UHS-II SD memory cards. We were able to stay within a 7 Kg weight limit… but just barely.

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Bird Photography, Birds in Flight, Cameras & Lenses, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko)

Jigsaws or Drills

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Sometimes we get drawn into heated discussions, like deciding whether jigsaws or drills are the best woodworking tools. 🙂 I appreciate that some of you may be thinking that the comparison posed is ludicrous… perhaps even bordering on asinine. And yet as photographers… we sometimes get drawn into these types of pointless comparisons on a regular basis… especially in online chatrooms.

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Bird Photography, Birds in Flight, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko)

New Zealand Birds

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This article shares a selection of photographs of New Zealand birds captured handheld with M.Zuiko 75-300 mm f/4.8-6.7 II and M.Zuiko PRO 12-100 mm f/4 IS zoom lenses. As regular readers know, I spent some time deciding on which lenses to bring on our recent photography tour of New Zealand… especially when it came to a birding lens.

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Bird Photography, Birds in Flight, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko)

Dry Run

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Doing a dry run with the camera equipment planned to be used for an extended photography tour, is always a prudent thing to do. Our initial gear assessments can have us lean in a certain direction. It’s not until we get out in the field and spend some time doing a dry run, that we can put our thought process to the test.

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Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko), Zoo Photography

Fun at the Aquarium

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I had some fun at the aquarium a few months ago when my wife and I accompanied our daughter and our grandchildren to a local attraction. I haven’t had many opportunities to experiment with this type of photography in the past. Expecting a crowded environment, I borrowed my wife’s OM-D E-M1 Mark III and used it with my M.Zuiko PRO 12-40 mm f/2.8 zoom.

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Bird Photography, Cameras & Lenses, Gear Reviews, Micro 4/3 (OM-D/M.Zuiko)

Small Subject Test at 2400 efov

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Recently I decided to do a small subject test at 2400 mm efov with my M.Zuiko 150-600 super zoom and MC-20 teleconverter. In my experience the M.Zuiko 150-600 has proven to be a wonderful lens that provides a tremendous range of in-field capability.

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