Great review! I have both lenses and love them both.

Hello Stephen Did you use the focus limiter switch during your lense tests? Thanks

Great video Stephen! Thanks for writing the eBook, I have already downloaded it. I have the A6700 and have been using it with the Sony 70-350 lens which is the lightest of the supertelephoto zooms available for the A6700. I have been using some of the settings you recommend: I use it in P-mode based on your recommendation for Point and Shoot Nature Photography (for bridge cameras, I used those recommendations with a Sony HX$00V) and when i got the A6700 I tried the P-mode. I got the focus setting recommendations from a tutorial found in Sony's website. It worked well. Will refine it with your recommendations. Thanks again.

Thank you very much for your detailed explanation of your settings for bird, wildlife and nature photography. This video certainly is a great companion to your PDF. I plan to make a separate CAMSET for my A6700 that I can load whenever I need it. I have developed a series of separate CAMSET files for different activities and needs such as Dance, Landscapes, Travel, and Birds. These have different sets of custom memories and buttons preprogrammed depending upon the situation. Most are based on Mark Galer’s excellent recommended PAL CAMSET for Sony A6700.

Could you answer a question please? I hear people being very enthusiastic about the "bright monitoring" pption on the RX10-IV. What is the difference with the night options under SCENE and why does the camera zoom in so much whilst trying to manual focus?

Thats great😊

Are these settings using auto focus as tried it and doesn't seem to. How do you add auto focus to it?

I did everything you've suggested.. hope to make beautifull picture of birds in Malaysia!

Thanks so much for all your hints and tips….I have used them to progress from the RX10 V4 to the OM-1 Mk11 and have similarly set up my custom options.. have you produced a list of the custom settings that you’d advise for Landscapes?

Two points I would make are: 1. Even though the OM 150-600mm is a heavy lens by m4/3's standards, it is still 'small and light' compared to any FF lens that gives you a 1200mm field of view. The Canon 1200mm f/8 prime weighs 3 lbs more and costs $20,000 -- no hand holding that puppy! 2. While the Synch-IS of the 150-600mm is not doubt an advantage over the 100-400mm, it is a mistake in my opinion to use the Lens IS on the 100-400mm. I have mine turned off, and use only the IBIS in my OM-1 for bird shooting because the Lens IS takes a second to stabilize, whereas the IBIS is instant upon half shutter press.

Thank you for these instructional videos! I bought the Sony RX 10 vi about 6 months ago for my travels. Heading to Tanzania in 2 months so trying to get comfortable with it. This helps.

I appreciate this very insightful and well reasoned review. Having owned and used the 100-400 for a few years with the 1.4x tc, primarily for motorsport and wildlife, I was very curious about this new lens. The single greatest advantage is that 1200mm effective reach. To offset the inherent IQ and noise disadvantage that the m43 sensor has against FF cameras, I try to achieve perfect composition in-camera every time. Even when shooting fast subjects, the relatively long reach of m43 lenses enables me to keep cropping to a minimum in post-processing. So this new lens is right in line with that thinking. However, as you correctly noted, the size and weight of the 150-600 goes against the whole point of using a smaller size sensor camera in the first place. It is simply too great for all day carry and international travel, and that 150mm on the short end is too limiting. In fact, my favorite telephoto zoom is the diminutive 40-150 f/4, which pairs up nicely with the 8-25 f/4 for when I'm not using the 12-100 f/4. I will continue saving up for that 150-400 f/4.5, as I prefer to have a faster lens over greater reach for my nature and wildlife photography.

Beautiful pictures . Thank you so much. ^^*

I'll stick with my more moderately priced 150-400mm F/4.5

U can skip the first 27min. Nobody buys a $5000 setup without knowing how to get to the menu. Subject detection, back button focus, saf caf, that's all u need to know.

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Very detailed comparison. Thanks for sharing. A big LIKE from me.

The 950 does not appear to have an ISO setting of AUTO.

❤ great video

Hummingbirds built a nest on my front porch several months ago. I was able to snap some pictures of the chicks with my OM-1. They’re long gone now, though the nest remains.

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Great comparison. Thanks!

Than you very much for your insights… Just a question: Which kind of “camuflage” cover are your using with your 100-400?

Thanks for the interesting comparison, I have the 100-400. I hope they one day make a 100-400 MkII with sync IS as the 150-600 is too big and heavy for me. Even more expensive in Australia.

Thanks for creating this video. Just a few minor comments. The lenses are F5-6.3, (not f4.5). I only shoot in RAW to get the best processing power for my images. Using the focus limiter helps a lot to snap onto your subject. The 150-600 is coming on safari with me later in the year. I will also bring 300mm pro, 40-150 pro, and teleconverters. Hubby will likely have one of our 100-400mm as back up. (Other one will be for sale). Suggest that you hold the 150-600 further out and push/pull the lens in and out on the smoothest setting. I had no problem with camera movement when using this technique.

That was one exhaustive breakdown and comparison, thanks.

Thanks for the comparison Stephen - very helpful as I have neither lens at the moment but do use the 300mm F4. Towards the end of your review you mention that if you want the reach, the "150 - 600 is the only game in town" I wonder how the 300mm F4 would compare with the 2x converter, from an image quality standpoint. Appreciating of course there is no option to zoom out with that setup?

Most useful comparison I've seen. Thanks so much!

I really enjoyed this review and have wondered about the real differences between the three lenses you mentioned. I own a Lumix G9 and the Lumix 100-400mm lens. Recently I had the opportunity to photograph nesting eagles and their chicks. Keeping a very respectful distance with other photographers I found my 800mm = reach and 20-meg sensor not really up to getting closeup shots of the chicks and decided to employ the 2x converter in the menu of the G9. To my surprise, given good light and low ISO use, the 1,600mm = closeups of the eaglets came out far better than expected, much better than enlarging into my 800mm images. Like you, I shoot JPEGS and, perhaps the 800mm reach, would have given me more cropable images had I been shooting RAW. However, I do value the light weight of my MFT gear and wonder if you've ever tried the 2x digital converter in the menu of your OM-1? I came to Lumix through the Leica V-Lux 114 (based on the Lumix FZ1000) and found its I-Zoom feature very usable, doubling the 400mm reach of that 25-400mm equivalent lens with processor enhanced images. I think this would be a big selling feature for both Lumix and Olympus if they could enhance the performance of this feature in their menus.

Do you mean Om-System 150-600mm?

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Thank goodness I found this video! I was deep in the throes of buyers remorse until I found this tutorial. I think you just saved my African safari vacation from becoming a major let down. With your help, I was able to set it up quickly and correctly. The 300 page manual from Nikon's website is overwhelming for someone like me with limited photography knowledge. Many thanks for being generous with your time and knowledge.

I forgot to ask you, you put the ISO to fast without saying, what that means! The rest of the ISOs I understand, but, I do not understand what FAST, SLOW or MEDIUM means, please, can you comments on this? Greetings from Germany! Alfredo

Thanks a lot for sharing your setting, exactly what I have been looking for a long while!

Nicely done, Stephen. 😊 @1:10!

Thanks for this but what about birds in flight where higher speeds required for smaller birds.

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Thank you for the best video ever made that really explains what to do. I have a P950 but use my P1000 most of the time. With the settings above and my bird is a Raptor (I specifically take photos of my Raptors/Hawks, etc in flight) will the shutter speed be fast enough to get the perfect 'frozen' shot of a Hawk in Flight? I've read that the shutter speed should be near 1/1000 but more often than not, it is 1/2000. So, do I need to change something else so that I get that super fast shutter speed or will those settings you used automatically detect what the shutter speed should be? I hope my question makes sense.

How would the OM1 II with the 100-400 cope with aviation photography. With airliners on an easily predictable approach I think it would be no problem, but not sure about an airshow scenario where the jets perform aerobatics and can you need to be quick to get the shot. I ask you because you used the setup for bird photography which is not exactly the same but somewhat similar. Both require good autofocus and tracking to track both birds and jets.

Tried your suggested settings and its producing some very nice jpegs from my OM-1 with the f2.8 40-150

Hello Sir, thank you very much for your review. I am currently evaluating several options, including the Kiwi Ears Quintet, LETSHUOER x GIZAUDIO GALILEO, ThieAudio Legacy 4, and Sennheiser IE 200. My primary interest lies in the clarity and detail of the music and instruments. Could you please provide your recommendation? Thank you in advance!

My question: if I use regular headphones 3.5mm jack via connector 4.4 mm connected to original balance cable add on. Will I get higher output power?

You said it has Bluetooth. Or did I mis hear you. It doesn't.. I use this, with the alternate firmware installed, it's very nice. Good note weight, rich mids..I don't like the Ess stuff I have, I only use this now..

How the hell do you get these shots.. i can hardley keep my camera still

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Beautiful tern in-flight footage. That is big like me. I'm a new friend here. A birder from Singapore. 👍🔔

Hi i have the P950 and dont have auto auto option on iso settings any ideas please what i would leave it on

Thank you so much for this video! I'm going to Africa and bought this camera but was so overwhelmed until I watched this. Many thanks!

Excellent bird photography footage. Thanks for sharing the video. 1 LIKE from me. Greetings from Singapore.

nice video mate👍, atb Hans Petter