Showcase Olympus 100-400 f/5.0-6.3

[John King]

Lovely shots @Mattliff, and to this friendly forum.

 

[RAH]

Yes, welcome to the forum, @Mattliff . Actually, looking at those pics, you're going to be showing me up, so you may not fit in...

 

[moonraker]

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[Mattliff]

Lovely shots @Mattliff, and to this friendly forum.

Yes, welcome to the forum, @Mattliff . Actually, looking at those pics, you're going to be showing me up, so you may not fit in...

Thank you! I've lurked for a while. It seems to be a great community!

 

[Mattliff]

1/250 sec. f/7.1 100mm ISO2500
Pileated Woodpecker.

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1/400 sec. f/7.1 236mm ISO5000
Blue Jay.

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[joerg218]

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the_beginning_of_a_rainbow by Jörg Esper, on Flickr

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the_end_of_a_rainbow by Jörg Esper, on Flickr

 

[RAH]

You need to check inside that shack on the right - look for a pot; it might have something good in it!

 

[StephenRH]

Hooray! Lens arrived. Found time for an hour or so getting to know it. Tried some ProCapture at a cricket match - worked well but I got the focus a bit wrong. Oh well!

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[RAH]

Hooray! Lens arrived. Found time for an hour or so getting to know it. Tried some ProCapture at a cricket match - worked well but I got the focus a bit wrong. Oh well!

Congrats on the new lens. As far as the ProCapture pics of the geese playing cricket, they look in good focus to me!

 

[PeeBee]

Congrats, and it's reassuring to hear there is some movement on these lenses. I'm patiently awaiting my shipping notification...........

 

[PeeBee]

It has arrived ?

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[RichardC]

It has arrived ?

Congratulations, you should name him Walter.

Any news on your lens?

 

[PeeBee]

Congratulations, you should name him Walter.

Any news on your lens?

Yes, I think we're going to be very happy together ?

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[RichardC]

Yes, I think we're going to be very happy together ?

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Still getting used to what I can and cannot do with it. So far, I'm very pleased with mine. Enjoy.

 

[PeeBee]

Still getting used to what I can and cannot do with it. So far, I'm very pleased with mine. Enjoy.

Thanks Richard, you too.

There will be a learning curve to get the best out of it, and I'm keen to see what I can get away with when using the TCs, but this thing has impressed me straight out of the box. The zoom ring is a little stiffer than I expected and there's a tiny bit of rotational play on the mount that I've seen others mention, but neither are big concerns to me.

 

[RichardC]

Thanks Richard, you too.

There will be a learning curve to get the best out of it, and I'm keen to see what I can get away with when using the TCs, but this thing has impressed me straight out of the box. The zoom ring is a little stiffer than I expected and there's a tiny bit of rotational play on the mount that I've seen others mention, but neither are big concerns to me.

There is play on the mount on mine too and has been since I got it. It's not been an issue and hasn't got any worse.

 

[StephenRH]

There is play on the mount on mine too and has been since I got it. It's not been an issue and hasn't got any worse.

Yep. Mine has some rotational play as well. I had a close look at the recess on the mount where the pin on the camera body goes and it looks a fraction larger than my other Olympus lenses.

 

[RichardC]

E-M1MarkII OLYMPUS M.100-400mm F5.0-6.3 400mm f/7.1 1/400s ISO 400

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[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

I am hoping this Sunday I can do an excursion up on Blackdown Hills and get some real testing for Big Oly and 100-400mm. I even got full camo gear now ... which I mean to talk about for weeks now but life always gets in the way. I'm getting excited.

PS. Need to get Big Oly from LCE, they called today to tell me the cleaning is done and they did find some big blobs on the sensor .... phew.

 

[StephenRH]

Out and about. All hand held with just body i.s.