EM1-1 or EM1-2? :-O
Niels
Think he meant the EM1-1 but these Panasonics are so good who knows :-O
EM1-1 or EM1-2? :-O
Niels
Hello all,
I am getting closer to pulling the trigger, and for cost reasons I think this is the camera I will go with. It looks like it fits battery with my old GH2, yes! So for my question: is this an appropriate class of memory card for this camera? https://smile.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ex...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FMG0QYHMPYFW032W8DRJ
Any place where this and the 100-400 can be had significantly cheaper than at amazon?
Niels
Niels
I eventually plunged for the G80 and the 100-400, and just back from the first holidays with it.
Really happy, great combo, very portable and a huge step up from my previous FZ200 (never used a DSLR for birds, so can't compare). The camera is real fast with autofocus, and I was also very happy with flying birds against the sky.
Continous AF also seem to work well, but I have to play more with it (in the last weeks, my focus was on birding and less on optimising camera settings). When I tried AF-C bursts of a fly past or approaching bird, usually some shots were blurry but most were good.
Where I struggeled was with focussing on flying birds against busy backgrounds, but then that's probably one of the most difficult situations and I'm not sure how much this tells about the camera's ability (sure a lot about mine).
Image quality is very good for my taste (again, I'm not used to modern APS-C or larger formats).
A few samples here (jpgs out of the camera, some cropping, compression by google photos).
Hi Mike,
thanks a lot for your comments and tips for BIF against busy backgrounds! Indeed, I think getting better at keeping the bird in the center and panning will be key for me.
You say you use no form of tracking, does that mean you use only AFS, or do you use AF-C?
Yes, I will start to look into raw, but for now there is still so much to find out about the camera, so I'll put that on for later...
Cheers, Florian
Any good advice on which settings to start with?
This item works only when the Focus Mode is set to [AFF] or [AFC]
One more things I'm unsure about is the different shutter options: mechanical, electronic, and electronic first curtain...
The mechanical shutter is very quiet and does not bother me at all. Shutter shock is reportedly not a real issue with the G80. Rolling shutter effects should only occasionally be an issue with bird photos. So it does not really matter which option is used. Or does it?
With most electronic shutters ( the new Sony A9 aside) you lose some dynamic range in your images and i think flash sync speeds are slower.
I use the e-shutter exclusively now on that model.
May I ask why?