Hello Mike. I lot of useful tips with the camera. I struggle with shakiness too. The tripod usually doesn't help when zooming in. The tip with the bungee cord is brilliant! Greetings from Poland 🤝🤝
I was shooting the Northern Diver the other day at Longham Lakes Dorset UK at 1200mm f8 (600mm f4 with 2 x TC) a similar situation. One tip I would add is try using a remote control to operate the camera it saves the initial camera shake pressing the video button ! Normally I get caught out on a wing flap and end up jabbing at the video button ! But hey every little counts in wildlife photography ! Best wishes Mike and happy New Year 👍
I have never done much video despite having the facility to do so for many years now but I am picking up a lot of tips from you Mike - every week is a learning week so thank you again for posting your videos.
Hi Mike been watching your vids for a while now and subbed. Mainly watching for your OM-1 vids since I got mine last September. Little tip I could give you in focusing long lenses is one I bring from shooting is to keep both eyes open. Right eye in the viewfinder and left eye looking past the camera watching the bird. I find if I see the bird with my left eye the bird is in the viewfinder in the camera. Looking forward to more videos. Many thanks Mal
Although I have a tripod I rarely use it because it is heavy. But luckily I used a camera with IBIS (OMD EM5), so the video capture was quite stable even without using a tripod. By the way, I enjoy watching the bird video. Big LIKE. Greeting from Singapore.
Hello Mike,there are always pros and cons.The equipment you are using is very good and the photos are good given the weather conditions ( Light ) and the video images are pretty good too!! I think that 2000mm is the max for good quality images and handling the camera.Thanks for showing this camera set up and it helps me making choices in the future.Greetings Gijs
Thanks. Never heard of the red-throated diver before. If I'd casually glanced at it while out, would have likely mistaken it for a great crested grebe.
Nice video Mike. I was fortunate to see a Red Throated Diver in full breeding plumage one September. It was resident in Penzance Harbour for several days a few years ago. It was very confiding and came so close at times I had to move back to frame it with my 600mm f4. A stunning bird even in its winter colours.
Brilliant video Mike! I so appreciated your reluctance to capture the diver from an elevated vantage point. Getting down low makes a massive difference in composition. I also enjoyed all the equipment tips, so much to learn from. Have you got any equipment setup tips on getting those eye level shots. I’m looking at a variety of tripods and want the ability to set up inches from the ground to shoot video.
Just needs a tripod where the centre column can be shortened. Best if it can be shortened rather than replaced with a short version. I lose the short one.
hi Mike, in your experience with olympus 150-400 is the quality better with only the mc-20 multiplier without using teleconverter at 1.25x or with mc-14 + 1.25x??
Hi! I regularly watch and enjoy your videos. I have recently shot stills and video using OM-1, 300/F4 Pro, MC20, 2X digital, handheld. for equivalent 2400mm. Success was better than expected, shooting polar bears standing on rumbling deck of small ship around Svalbard. I have posted my travel log on RU-vid (of course also using other bodies and lenses as well). Have a happy New Year, keep up your nice videos! Thanks
Hello Mike, thank you for sharing this. Very much appreciated. I am somewhat surprised to see you using the GH6 more often than your OM1. Is it som much better in Videos ?
I am told it is much better quality wise, but that I struggle to see. What it does have is 120fps 4k video with AF. The om1 does not have this and I use slow motion a lot.
Another great video. Surprised you haven't conned some young relative or friend to carry your tripod for you, you are good at outsmarting birds so apply that to people, or maybe you appreciate the solitude. Divers remind me of loons, cool birds.
I very much enjoyed your video, I did notice you have a cove over your lens , I have a 300 f4 can you tell me where you get the covers from or where you would recommend? thanks'
Google "neoprene lens covers" and use the Shopping tab. There are lost of companies making them today, which has driven the price down. Mine came from www.outdoorphotographygear.co.uk
What's the difference between the Arctic (black-throated), Red-throated and the Common loons winter plumage? I've seen some in Hungary (they are quite rare there). I found a picture with 4 different loon's winter plumages, but in the reality it's not so simple to figure out what I'm seeing.
I would struggle to tell them apart. Bill size and shape is more important than the plumage in winter. Common loon large and chunky, red throated slanted upwards, black throated level bill
Red throated - 'stary night' black with white dots on back and wings (hence stellata) with a very upwards pointing beak, Arctic - straight, dagger shaped beak with a slick monochrome look and a very noticable white spot around the leg region, kinda similar to the white patch great cormorants get in breeding plumage, Common - very rare in continental Europe with a large, angular beak and somewhat more grey-ish all around compared to the other two, you'll know one when you see one by the very powerful looking head and neck. As Mike said, the silhouette and beak shape are a lot easier to figure out in the field, especially over long distances.
@@MikeLaneFRPS I was thinking, but need to try it, using a bean bag on the top rail of a fence as most of the areas around here have fairly tall fences for horses and thought the dot sight might help some for locating wildlife at 1000mm+. Thanks for commenting.
@@MikeLaneFRPS actually SOME of our hawks are your buzzards - the buteos. And specifically the ultra-common Red-tailed Hawk [Buteo jamaicensis]. It is so close in appearance to your Buteo buteo, the "Common Buzzard". Whereas I doubt that you would think "buzzard" if you saw our Ferruginous Hawk [Buteo regalis]. And of course there is then the matter of the accipiters. In any event, common names! a two-edged sword!
I have a YT video on it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gx8pqDDTjJc.html In the description of that video there is a link to the website
I had already seen the test at 2000mm which didn't lead to having a great quality. I leave the link below. Instead I would like to know if using the x2 multiplier without using the integrated x1.25 multiplier, we have a good 1600 mm. I would like to understand if 1600mm is on par with x1.4 + x1.25 (1400mm). In my opinion the loss of quality is mainly due to the fact that at 2000 mm an aperture of f11 is added which introduces refraction. Instead, only with the x2 would it reach f9 that the micro 4/3 sensor can still hold up well. In my micro 4/3 experience all optics collapse above f8. Often there starts to be a loss of quality beyond f5.6, especially with lenses starting from very fast apertures. I always follow her and I congratulate her. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X6Eyl2MNxGc.html
Keep pretending that you are younger, you do it quite well. Couldnt you bribe the fisherman with the boat... no I know, it wouldnt be good at leat not for video.
