Photographing fighting Starlings from a hide with the OM-1 for stills and the Lumix G9 ii for video. 

Goid video Mike and glad you had a good day.

Some unbelievable shots watching my two favourite RU-vidrs on a Saturday afternoon what more do you want. 👍

Some wonderful and delightful pics you caught there! I see many starlings in Central Park NY, descendants of Shakespeare birds imported from the UK in the 1800's by a zealous admirer of his. But I've never seen the fighting sequences like what you captured.

I love that shot that you liked best. Well done.

what an exciting time. great captures.

Morning. Roger had tipped me off about this one, so I really was looking forward to it. Excellent video, excellent stills. I actually liked the presentation with the two of you. Another great Saturday morning breakfast watch. Now it’s back to wallpapering!

great light!

Those are a lot of impressive shots, thanks for sharing. I will gladly leave a subscription 😉

I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who gets mixed up trying to run two different camera systems!

Around here starlings are not very highly regarded, Mike. They are mostly considered to be an undesirable invasive species, but I enjoy photographing them. They have beautiful iridescent feathers with a little white spot at the tip of each feather when the feathers are new. As the feathers age the white tips become worn and don't show up well until they molt again. The problems with starlings come as they begin to flock to cities and towns. They roost in large flocks and their droppings foul awnings and sidewalks and become an unsightly health problem. They are cavity nester and will fill every crack, hole and cranny in the buildings and the excrement makes a mess on building fronts. Bluebird nesting cavities in trees are quickly taken over by starlings. Then house sparrows take over the bluebird houses put up to attract the little bluebirds and they are again evicted by another invasive special. Bluebirds don't stand much of a chance.

Super shots Mike, very enjoyable video. I currently I have lots of Goldfinch so I can get them squabbling daily but starlings that's a different story. I have them in the surrounding fields but only two at a time visit the garden. Maybe some squashed fat balls in the open as opposed to in a feeder will do the trick

Great video and Roger is a lovely chap!!

Hi Mike. Very nice footage and awesome pictures of the starlings. Well done. Greets Stefan

Hi Mike. Super stills photos and excellent video footage 👌😊😏. I am going to adopt exactly the same system as yourself with my OM-1 for stills and going to check out and buy the G9 mark ii for video. May trade in my old G9. Like you I am particularly interested in doing Slow Motion video.

Inspiring video. I am sure that you will have seen the article regarding the theft of your equipment on Petapixel - 1st Feb

It was great to see You and Roger together. Great squabble shots of the Stirlings

Couple of my favorite camera guys at the same time. Very nice. Thanks for sharing. Great images and video.

Delightful. Sunshine really helps everything.

Rogers old Ipswich hide was fantastic for foxes 20+ years ago. I took my best ever fox photographs there 👍 I know what you mean about using two different camera makes. I struggle using two different models of the same make sometimes

Hi Mike, really enjoyed this, they really are a an interesting bird the Starling, such great colours on them 📷

Great video Mike. The footage of the woodpecker is amazing! Well done!

Great stuff Mike, I have learned a lot from your ( and Rogers) videos, thanks a lot!

Terrific!

Excellent video Mike. Roger presented to our camera club (Mid Sussex Camera Club) last week and gave a superb and highly entertaining presentation. I was interested in your comments regarding only getting Bluetits and Great Tits in your garden these days. I live just north of the South Downs around 10 miles north of Brighton and have also noticed that we get fewer bird species than we used to get - mainly Bluetits, Great Tits and Sparrows but we also get Starlings - especially if I put out mealworm. They almost seem to have a sixth sense. I might not see a starling for over a week but, if I put out mealworm I can almost guarantee starlings will be there within 30 minutes!! Unfortunately there is a large rookery not far from our house and we also get invaded by a number of rooks and jackdaws which tend to decimate the feeders quite rapidly. On the positive side we do get some Dunnock and occasional Greater Spotted Woodpeckers in our relatively small garden.

Lumix can record great birdsong video with the DMW-MS2 stereo-shotgun mic. Not cheap but controlled by the camera and zooms with the lens, which other shotguns don't do.

Great video. It is amazing how much effort Roger puts in at his hides.

Marvellous video and stills Mike, thank you for posting 👍

Stunning pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Just fantastic Mr Mike. Well done

Great video Mike sorry to say but I have Gold Finch and Starlings all the time in my garden. Thanks for sharing.

I'm from Colchester, Essex gets such a bad rap. It really is very special

Awesome video and stills Mike love the heavy squabbling music at the start 🤘📷

Stunning capture ! Mike

Great job👏👏👏

Excellent. (As usual).

Amazing pictures and video!!

Great video!

Excellent images Mike.

Roger Hance, well-known photographer… and OM-1 mk II tester. What a coincidence. Good timing here Mr. Lane 🤔

From the video the males seem more dominant and aggressive than the females. Great shots,

Over a hundred years of experience between you :-) , Nice work.

Great video Mike, love your best shots of the day, well worth travelling down to Roger’s hide. I wish I had pro capture on my Canon R5, my wife has it on her Canon R62 but needs it for her family photography so out of bounds lol. All the best Doug

Nice capture friend

Can this done better? No! I love these photos.

Some really nice images in video and stills but I don't envy you the editing work. Back when I shot film I would bulk-load 30-frame rolls of color film and four rolls of film would have been a "big" shoot for me for an outing. Hard to believe the volume we shoot in these digital days.

As usual very instructional and enjoyable video. Did you use procap or pro cap SH2. Thank you.

Excellent video! Makes me want to grab my camera and go for a walk somewhere. We have the odd Starling in Queensland but not a common bird although they are common in the southern states. Is Rogers Hide available to rent for a day or half-day? Edit...I've just noticed in your notes that Roger does not rent it out. 🤬

Great work Mike and Roger great to see the whole process start to finish still waiting for pro capture on the Sony A 1😢

Great images as usual. How many battery changes?

Another brilliant video Mike, cracking. Pro Capture is real bonus helper, and I don't have anything like that on my Nikon D850, so this sort of work is a lot harder. If I was to upgrade to a Z8 or Z9, then I'd have access to Nikon Pre Capture which does the same thing, but only in JPEG. Am I correct in thinking you are shooting raw with the OM?

Excellent video👏🏻👏🏻. May I know what food was used?

I also love bird photography and watch both of your awesome channels, found you looking for reviews on the OM1 that I was interested in when it first came out. Both of you get amazing shots that pro-capture is excellent I love how Olympus implemented it along with useful other computational features. I've mostly been a Canon shooter (and Nikon on a Sigma300-800mmF5.6). I would have loved an OM1. It's just that the lens I would have wanted was too expensive it's going for £6700 these days. Lenses are the more important consideration in a system for me. If only OM1 had a Canon or Nikon mount. Not long ago I got the Canon R7 it's not a stacked sensor ( so has rolling shutter 😞) but I'm pleased with the AF and does do Pro-Capture but not as well implemented. It's similar pixel density slightly better but on an apsc size so you get a similar advantage for reach but at 33MP so extra cropping space compared to M43 20MP of OM1. I have it on a Canon 300mmF2.8LIS. Got both the converters 1.4xIII and 2xII both very sharp and great AF at 420mm@F4 , 600mm@F5.6. Might go for a Nikon Z8/9 later this year (was waiting for a pro Nikon APSC). The Z8/9 both have pro-capture equivalents and something new AutoCapture. So you can set it up towards a baited perch and let the Camera detect movement and take the shots automatically remotely. Set it up and live view it remotely with a faster wider F2.8 or F1.8 macro lens while you browse the AutoCapture pics you get. They also do 4K120 even 8K!. I would love a hide like Rogers wow instant birds! I do get a good variety in my garden though.

Pardon me Mike it's not the most elegant way of talking to an elegant older gentleman but: FREAKING AWESOME FOOTOAGE & FOTOS Mike👌👌👌 The confusion in muscle memory is that I'll opt for the G9ii as soon as the price drops... Love that om 1mk but the mk2 I find way 2 expensive Of course there are some differences in handling between G9mk1 and G9mk2 but basics are the same. Your work reassures me that M43 has still has a lot going for it. Even incheaper FF Times Or what's your Opinion on that Mike? Silly question maybe... Is it possible to destill a Good Photo 📸 out of Filmfootage?

That was like a 2 for 1 with Roger in your clip I also like Roger's chanel. I am thinking of selling my G92 and OM1 to get the new OM1MK2, what do you recon?

awesome video Mike, can you share the ingredients of Roger's starling feed?

Did Roger bring the OM 150-600mm zoom he had/has on loan from OM?

Great pictures! Especially those high up. I've got few questions: Do you consider replacing your OM-1 with OM-1 II? What shutter speed do you usually use for video? Do you consider/have you tried using two bodies with two lenses one for video from a tripod one for stills handheld so that you don't have to switch bodies? Provided that you have a space for that.

What software do you use for culling images Mike👍👍

Great setup Roger has ! Interesting you use 128GB cards and edit in Breezebrowser as I do. Do you find that you have any problems getting the RAW files to open when you have a full card ? I get some odd messages that I have to ignore and it takes a long time, albeit they do come up eventually.