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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JGobeil" data-source="post: 2701707" data-attributes="member: 24649">Hi Dan and Tord,Thanks for your answers and comments.  I am much interested by this IS/tripod question.Dan, what do you mean by "head free" ?  The E-30 is a 5 years old camera so I expect the IS to be much better on the OM-D.  I suspect that the results may be quite different.Tord, I always set IS to engage only when pressing the shutter button; I see no reason to waste precious battery energy.  I love the LCD touch shutter and I use it a lot for family photos - combined with Face Detect, it does a great job - touch a face and you're done - the photos are always perfect - one of my preferred features on the OM-D.  I have tried it also for birding and it does ok as long as the bird is in the clear.  For birds in branches, I always use the Magnify / Zoom Frame AF function with the smallest rectangle - this way, I can get spot focus like on my Canon.  I haven't tried it yet, but I suspect it would work great for BIF - however, following the bird on the LCD may be a problem.  The weakness of this mode is that it uses the LCD and strong light is often a problem.I haven't had a chance to do much serious birding with the OM-D yet and Spring seems to be back-ordered here.  The snow is almost all gone but it is still cold.  We had snow this morning and the weatherman predicts 15-20cm for Friday...  I'm eager to get going and seriously test the OM-D with the 100-300mm and the scope.RegardsJules</blockquote>

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