Hi everyone. Hope you are all well. This is my latest video where I am doing a bit of bird photography in and around some farmland. There is a 5 second loss of audio at some point for which I apologise. I also uploaded a couple of low res shots at the end by mistake, however I really hope you enjoy the video and thanks so much for spending time watching! See you on the next one!😀

The female Rock Thrush has beautiful marking even thought she doesn’t have the colour of the male. A great set of portraits.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Eljay. Yes absolutely, the female is still a beautiful bird. Have a great day😀🙏

Tremendous photography and video. I love the comedy you bring to the insects. Many thx

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Catherine. Really happy you liked the video. Have a great day😀

Sensational images Richard , especially the Black winged Stilts👍👍

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

thanks so much Laurence. Glad you liked them .😀🙏

I love the blue rock thrush they are so friendly and characteristics. Thank you for the technique for bird photo. I will try the eye-level.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks MG. Glad you liked the video. Good luck and have a great weekend😀

thanks so the lovely video.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching🙏

Amazing, thanks for video

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gustavo😀

Nice job and a great representation of what can be accomplished with the MFT format.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Bruce🙏

Hi Richard, love your video and photos, stunning as always. I laughed when you started talking to the birds, I do that too but they fly away 😂

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Susie. Most birds do fly off when I say hello, it's just these guys that stick around. The blue rock thrush whisperer doesn't sound great though does it?😀

@susieboard3230

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardCookphotography the BRT Whisperer sounds good..... 😁 I do have skills, I've been known to entice more than one male peacock into flicking his tail up and showing his prowess 😉😁

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

@@susieboard3230 I'm not surprised..your name is so close to being an anagram of Aussie bird😀

@susieboard3230

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardCookphotography I get called Susie Broad a lot....🤔🥴

Hi Richard, I've just found your channel! Absolutely stunning shots and footage, and nice to find a fellow OM-1 user. Looking forward to more videos

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Marc. Really appreciate it. Have just popped over to your channel and have realised I had watched a video of yours before which was very impressive, not sure why I didn't subscribe..my bad.. anyway have rectified that now and when I get home tonight will give your channel a more detailed watch. Thanks again😀

@marchumphreyphotography

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardCookphotography top man haha, well thank you for subscribing 😃

Pleasure to watch your video and the shots, you took. I wonder, whether you could provide exif info for shots taken in the future videos.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Hi Les. I did try doing that when I started making videos but they kept going missing I will try again. Thanks again for watching. Appreciate it🙏😀

Photos are all in the second half of the video🙏😜😀

I have that lens with a Panasonic G9 (now 5 years old). Can you convince me that the Olympus System OM-1 body will give me better bird photographs here in Perth? Expensive though at AU$2,634. Great shots by the way Richard and all that way away in Okinawa, Japan! I was looking at the Canon R7 with bird eye focus and only $1500AU but would need to buy all new lenses too and sell all the Panasonic lenses. Subscribed.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

The OM1 is a great camera. However I haven't used the G9 so cant really compare the 2. I do think the increased speed plus the bird AI detection are huge improvements over older models like my old EM1mk11. If you can rent, borrow or steal one for a day that might be the way to go. Good luck🙏🤔👍🇦🇺

Estimado Richard:En primer lugar te felicito por tu galeria de aves , de lo mejor que he encontrado con Olympus, soy usuario de la OM1 con 300mmF4.Tambien tengo una Nikon Z9 pero por peso y volumen ,llevo la OM1.No se si tu me darias (previo pago)una clase que seria escrita de todos los parametros que usas en tus disparos.Saludos y muchas gracias.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Hola. No estoy seguro de entender. Hablas inglés? Por cierto. Hablas inglés. Estoy usando la traducción de Google, así que no estoy seguro de si funciona bien.

Hello Richard. I just got the PL 100-400 for my OM-1 and I am inquiring on what your set up is for the IBIS/IS. There seems to be some disagreement in what works best - lens IS or IBIS in the OM-1. Both "on" don't talk to one another but I have found that leaving both on seems to steady the shot better than say turning off the lens IS and relying on just the in body IBIS. Need to test further but curious on what you have found works the best. Thank you.

@RichardCookphotography

9 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks for watching the video. Yes I just left both of them on when I used that lens and found that worked great. Take care 🙏👍😀

Did this Panasonic lens leave any metal shavings on your OM-1? I tried several copies for my EM1.2 but eventually gave up and got the Olympus version, which is great. No stiff zoom there, either!

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

I tried one at the shop and it did, so I asked for another one and they one didn't and so kept it.😊

Great video. I was wondering why you chose the PL 100-400 over the Olympus 100-400 or did you have the PL lens before you purchased the OM-1? Your photos look spot on with this combination so I am assuming you would not gain a significant amount of additional stabilization with the Olympus model. I am a G9 shooter so I am familiar with PL lenses but not the 100-400. I am looking at the OM-1 for bird photography and either of these lenses for a zoom kit as I also have a D500 & 500 PF for a prime kit. (Waiting for the Z8 ? or Z500? for an update with good eye focus. Have you found any issues with your combination? Thanks again for your videos.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gary. The OM1 works really well with the PL100400. Have had no problems. I also have the D500 and 500mm ( I have done a video on that lens) which is a great combination but I love the small size and weight of the M43 set up. I imagine the OM1 AF would be quite a step up from the G9. Thanks for watching😀🙏

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

And sorry I forgot I had the lens before I got the OM1

@garydubberly6608

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardCookphotography Thanks for the reply Richard. Do you find the zoom difficult to turn as this has been a complaint on some of these 100-400? My 50-200 is smooth as butter. Thanks again.

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

@@garydubberly6608 Hi Gary my zoom ring isn't too bad. Certainly not really stiff but certainly not smooth as butter. I talk about it and the general build of the lens in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZlks9tteabMlMY.html

@formermpc10

Жыл бұрын

@@garydubberly6608 There were a lot of problems with this lens, both the zoom issue and not fitting well (leaving metal shavings in the body). It would be interesting to see how many PLs hit the used market when the Olympus 100-400 came out.

I wonder, which lens is sharper; the Oly 100/400 or the Leica?

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rinze. I have never tried the Oly 100/400 but wouldn't be surprised if it was slightly sharper being that it is the same brand as the camera. Both are good though I think👍

Why not oly 100-400mm lens? 😊

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

Because I already had the PL 100-400 lens when I got my OM1 and didn't see the need to switch it. 👍😀🙏

@bamsemh1

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardCookphotography but you get the amazing dual IS sync, that gives only 3 stop IS and remove the 6 stop IBIS 😉

@RichardCookphotography

Жыл бұрын

@@bamsemh1 Thanks. It doesn't matter now anyway because I have the Olympus 300mm. If you watch my recent videos you will see. Take care 👍😀🙏

@bamsemh1

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardCookphotography one I wish I bought from a friend here, instead of the 100-400mm 😅 he offered it for the same price as a brand new 100-400mm. I hope Oms will give us a monster prime tele in the future 🤞 600mm f4 IS or something