I took myself for a walk this morning, something I have been meaning to do for a while.
The kit taken was simple and (sort of) effective;
G9
12-40 Oly
75-300 Oly
The G9’s bird AF seemed to work when I set the camera to decent settings. The rippling, which was really obvious with the 75-300, still allowed for a decent hit rate. Very decent actually.
No problem finding a bird in the branches. keep in mind that this is probably my weakest combination, mixing the Panasonic DFD focussing with my oldest, near kit level Olympus lens.
Absolutely no issue with static subjects though. He’s lookin’ at me, lookin’ at him.
The box formed around the foreward subject, ignoring the slightly bird like shape behind.
No quality issues even cropped in close and off centre.
This lens suffers from some predictable veiling flare, but dehaze in C1 takes it right out.
There was more than just birds.
There is something exciting about exploring with a genuinely long lens.
Every shot but the last one was taken on the long zoom.