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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Daniel Ho" data-source="post: 1740264" data-attributes="member: 70212"><p>I am back from Central America. Traveled very light (by design) to photograph their wildlife and test the MK4 out in the field, with no help from tripods or flashes. The weather ranged from mild, sunny (rare) to wet, humid and very hot days. Settings are the high seas, mangroves and lagoons, rain forest with heavily forested trees and landscapes.  Although the bird sightings were disappointing, the whales encounter made up for my disappointment. I experienced a few problems with the AF first time in the day when I mounted the extender with the lens but was quickly corrected once I shut the camera off and reattach the equipment. Same thing happend on the MK3 as well when I used it for field work.  Apart from that, the MK4 worked like a charm, it was drenched by sea water, humidity and my sweat. The 45 point active AF and high ISO was put to the work out by birds hiding in thick forest cover and rocking around in a zodiac at sea. Mother nature usually wins in the the battle of wits between myself and wildlife because I was alone and my time was limited. More discussion in future posts on the versatility of the MK4 as a travel camera as well.  Because of the limit, I will post a sample of 5 photos every few days. I am interested in hearing from others with similar field expeience.  Visit my website to see more images.</p></blockquote><p></p>