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Only just received the Visa card from last bird deal yesterday.
Monies for more bird deals
@qzcbmo did they provide you an email of when it was sent out? I keep getting the same response, "we'll send it out in next batch". That was two weeks ago. I'm hoping no one flogged it from my letter box!!
I got them last week, no email
Thanks @wangsk was it a "signature required" delivery?
@CunningRunt: No signature, they are just sitting in the mailbox. I have two applications (14/12 and 22/12), and they arrived at the same time.
lol
@qzcbmo
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/746119
you posted in the December deal "only available to member is not a bargain here" and you actually bought it, so it is a bargain, isn't it?
Am I missing something? This is an amazing deal according to my many googles on both camera and lens.
Thanks OP. Might raid the piggy bank.
The best solution for shooting birds and the moon at this price range, but pity the m43 sensor…
The sensor? Please tell.
without M43 sensor, the lens will be much longer and heavier
Well…it doesn't have to be that way, but nobody much makes 200-800mm f10-f13 lenses for full frame. If they did, we'd probably see similar sizing.
Canon now makes their 800mm f11, which in specs is gathering slightly more light than the Olympus is at 400mm, but is still just a little bigger and heavier. That lens, and the 600mm f11 are compelling options for somebody after a smaller, lighter bird photography rig. You won't see Canon advertising these covered in water drops though.
For sure, if you want a (relatively) small and light long telephoto, this Olympus is a terrific option - you'd have to say maybe best in class. You can certainly get very high quality captures out of it. Wait for your subjects to be in the sunlight, and you'll get some fantastic images.
The E-M1X is a very rugged and capable camera for doing it with.
f-stop is the ratio of lens focal length to opening diameter, nothing to do with sensor size. So a 2X crop factor doesn't make a f5 to f10.
However, sensor size does affect DoF. For example, a M43 25mm f1.2 is less bokehlicious than a FF 50mm f1.2, because the photographer has to stand further back to get the same FoV, therefore the subject is less isolated.
@browser: You misunderstand me. Aperture, focal length, and imaging surface tells you something about the amount of light gathered.
If you put exactly the same lens in front of a M43 sensor vs a full frame sensor, you are gathering a quarter of the light (since you are only seeing a quarter of the image). Of course, the light intensity is exactly the same - hence we talk about the same f-stop - but information is lost in those parts of the image circle that are thrown away.
Now, we have a 400mm on M43 to reproduce the same apparent FOV as 800mm on the full frame. Our maximum aperture in this case leaves us with a ~63.5mm aperture (31.75^2xpi for area that light can move through). The Canon 800mm at f11 has an aperture of ~72.5mm. The light intensity thrown by the Canon is less than that of the Olympus at f6.3, but it is covering four times the area. We'll suppose that these apertures are actually the same, in which case the same amount of light is being gathered (considering also the FOV). Indeed, if you put a hypothetically lossless speed booster behind the Canon to bring it to 400mm, it will become f5.5 - the image circle will be smaller, and the lens is effectively very close to the Olympus 100-400 at the longest (but still a little faster in reality).
I know what you mean, but sensor size does not really affect DOF (not directly). If I put my old SLR 50mm 1.4 on my Olympus, the depth of field at a given focal length and aperture remains exactly as it is on my full frame camera. However, I only see a much smaller part of the image circle with that lens on my Olympus - it's behaving as a 100mm lens would, so my loose portrait suddenly becomes a head and shoulders shot. Out of focus specular highlights will actually appear a little bigger, but only because everything has been enlarged relative to the sensor size. If I truly want to reproduce the 50mm 1.4 type DOF on my M43 camera, I will need a 25mm f0.7. The aperture size, and focus distance is what affects DOF - not the sensor. The sensor size merely prompts us to use a different focal length for a particular need - because shorter focal lengths we use on M43 have smaller apertures at a given f ratio, we will experience deeper depth of fields.
This is a rabbit hole.
its too big for travel. wish they can bring back the december deal.
A little birdy told me to look into this deal
December deal seems significantly better with the $500 gift card. Damn, didn't even notice it then!
lesser camera though with that one
newer but the EM1X is better i thought
@NotJustChickenDinner: EM1X is a great camera, with specific focus on sport and birding. Hence the built in grip.
It did introduce some great technology, such as the handheld ND feature. Wish I had that in my EM1 MK2.
The EM1 MK3 takes that great technology from the EM1X, and builds on it too. It doesn't come witht he built in grip, but of course you can purchase one along with a second battery.
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working now
2.1kg is a hefty combination for wildlife. At this weight, I'd prefer to shoot with a Sony APS-C or FF camera. Maybe more expensive, but probably better subject isolation, AF, and IQ.
FF lenses are heavier.
I moved away from M43 due to small sensor, but can understand the appeal for wild life photography.
Olympus. Yuck
how on earth do they give away a $2k lens?
Probably unpopular / over stocked. It's pitched at a very small group of photographers in a niche market.
While the form factor / portability is attractive, I have yet to meet any sports or birdie photographers use M43 as their primary tool of trade.
Most people talking about it are either ambassadors or reviewers who don't actually own the lens.
on no not again ..
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/746119
must resist