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Hi Lee, what make is the 150-400 lens cover. Thanks in advance

Looks great! can't wait to see the final photos!

I can feel your excitement sitting there. What lens were you shooting with ?

Thanks ! Would love to see one of those photos when the lion seems to look at you while getting a bite !

Great tip Lee. Headed to the Serengetti in rwo weeks, so verry good tip to keep in mind. Really enjoy your videos and always pick up good poiters. Thanks for your time to help us get better pictures.

Looks like an fabulous scene to take pictures of.

Hi Lee, very informative, greetings from North Yorkshire, UK. I’m a recent new subscriber to your channel having just upgraded from EM1-Mkiii to OM1-Mkii. I look forward to watching all your already posted videos on the OM1/2 and watching future videos to help me further improve my wildlife photography.

One VERY HOT , humid day. Working. On a break. A very big green dragon fly landed on my nose. Lol. I tried to get it to go away. It just sat. I was able to stroke it with my finger. I guess it was just too dang hot to fly. Very hot air is thin and, I guess thin air means some bugs can't fly. I got it to get on my finger. Walked to a shady spot and put it on a post.

I appreciate this video. It is extremely helpful. I'm curious about your aperture settings for landscape photos. Is lens diffraction really the issue that the UA-cam lens reviewers say it is?

We all have our own preferences, I do something similar. I use the fn lever to change focus methods, its either all auto with ai selection or manual focus with single point back button focus, I do use another button to control ai subject detection

Either single silent or regular SH2 or with pro capture at 25fps because i have the 100-400

What do you think will be best for capturing an aurora: 8mm FE or the 7-14mm f2.8? Considering which is the more versatile lens, aurora being the main use, secondary use which lens is more useful for landscape? The widest I have is 12-40mm f2.8 which is often not wide enough for aurora

Great series of photos! Your comments on each image really is really very educational.

Hello Lee, your gift arrived. Thank you. I have never been to Victoria Falls but I have been to Iguana Falls in Brazil. That is where I accidentally fell in love with long exposure of waterfalls. If you have never seen them and you get a chance to go, then visit them. They are very impressive. Enjoy your trip to Africa!

The Mrs got me a pair of the Baffin IMPACT boots for Christmas!!! Thank you for the recommendation!!! I field tested them for the first time this past Saturday and my tootsies stayed VERY warm!!!

Flying with camera gear I've been very limited by local airlines that have a 7kg total weight limit for carry-on. How much does your safari kit weigh, and did you hit any carry-on baggage limits?

What an astonishing video. Full of stunning images, every single one of them. And love the stories and technical explanations of them all. Thank you for sharing this. Hope you have a great 2025 and look forward to all your future videos

No 40-150 f2.8?

I’m heading to South Africa on safari in March. Timely video Lee, thanks.

Terrific photos and insight. Bird was a Red Legged Cormorant.

Genius! Your expertise shared with irreverence and humor is priceless! Thanks for helping us become better photographers.

Hi Lee, this is a question regarding a safari trip to South Africa in March 2025. I’ll be photographing from a vehicle in the mai. I have both the OM-1 and the Mkii. I’m thinking of taking my big white, 40-150 f2.8 Pro and the 12-40 f2.8 Pro. I also have both the 1.4 and 2x TCs.

Thank you so much for this, Lee. What beautiful photos and an incredible resource for thinking out how to capture good images. I truly hope that I'll get to join you on an OM System only workshop at some point. Until then, I will continue to look forward to your videos. Happy New Year to you. (Oh, and for the record - and I see why it was hard to choose your top 10 - I absolutely love the tropic bird photo, just magnificent!)

I recently tested the OM system and where it fails miserably is in the EVF> Sony is so much better

Happy new year! Thank you - I always love hearing about the thought process you use for each shot. It is extremely helpful. Enjoy your trip to Zimbabwe. I think my favourite shot was the one of Old Faithful - so unique and beautiful.

Lee, absolutely fantastic learning class! Great mix of field craft and equipment settings!! Why can’t OM Systems do more marketing to prove to the world the value our our system?

Hi, thanks. Your videos are very helpful. Am planning on moving to OM Systems and these videos only help in dismantling the same stuff I keep hearing about the short comings of M4/3

Enhorabuena por tu trabajo. desde España buena luz para el 2025!

love your videos Lee , looking forward to watching in 2025.. happy new year to you. from all your viewers in the U.K.

Beautiful images, thank you. Have a great New Year.

Really grappling with this decision lately. I’m a Nikon shooter and have been happy with the gear. I was looking to upgrade from a D500 into the mirrorless world of a Z8 or Z9 but then I learned more about OM System and as a wildlife and landscape shooter, I’m really besotted with the idea of making the switch… the features and benefits just seem to be tailor-made for how and what I shoot. Really considering moving to the OM-1 mk ii + 300mm f4 Pro lens. 🤩

Great photos and fantastic pointers. Thank you!

Lee, A wonderful array of images from the crazy multitude of images you have to choose from. I enjoyed the details you included of how you captured the shots. I hope to be able to put some of the knowledge you shared to use in my photography sooner rather than later. I will be checking you calendar for 2025 to see if I can plan on attending one of your workshops. The 'OM Only' interest me the most I will just have to see if I can work to get one scheduled for '25. I really enjoy you videos and your keen sense of humor, one of a kind. Have a great 2025 ! Hope to see you somewhere in a field next year. Good Light ! Prator 📷

Outstanding images Lee. I found the format extremely valuable. Sharing the setup, composition and "patience" aspect helps us all go beyond just snapping images and moving on. Loved the image of the two wolves resting, the bison walking across the scene that tells a story of the habitat and the one in Grand Teton that shoes the different layers. That last image of the backlit bird was stunning. Happy New year.

Hy Lee, i just buyed om1 mkii and 150-600. I'm very sad. All my photo shot of birds with autofocus was very unsharp at 100% on my monitor screen. Only when i shot with manual focus the picture is ok. But use manual focus with birds in movement its impossible for me. Can you give me an advice? I have a fault lens or its something else? Thanks on advance and grretins from italy

Happy New Year !

just amazing images Lee, I particularly love all those bonus images, the green and black poison dart frog, the orchid bee is just stunning and that backlit tropic bird is one that everyone should want to have taken. Thank you very much for spending the time to explain the background to each image. Sounds like you are going to be extremely busy in 2025, have a blast and here's wishing you a fantastic trip to Zimbabwe/Zambia. They are great countries with such lovely people and great wildlife/birds and scenery/landscape. Happy New Year to you!

Lee: A superb instructional video. We Olympus/OM System photographers are fortunate to have such a valuable resource. Have a very happy and healthy New Year. PJI

i never used m4/3 cameras but i do think there is a market for it Having said that i also feel very strong about them being over priced and that it is the biggest issue of m4/3 cameras. I think if the price would drop to what is more realistic these cameras would sell much better. for example this OM 1 Mark II for the same price one can buy a full frame camera (mind you i say full frame not even mention APSC) m4//3 sensors are way smaller than APSC and full frame and a fact is that the smaller the sensor the cheaper to produce with the smaller sensors and less pixels you need less internal memory which again would make the camera cheaper with less pixels comes less data to move internally which than needs slower internals (CPU etc.) which again would make the camera cheaper But like i already mention for the price of an OM 1 Mark II one can buy a full frame camera. An other thing is from the camera body weight difference is not really less than a APSC or even some full frame cameras For example from would i found the OM 1 Mark II weighs 599 gram the Fuji XH2 weighs 660 gram and when we look at full frame the Sony A7C II weighs only 514 gram I feel most for most people who chose m4/3 the weight and size factor is a major reason to buy But these days when price is the same and weight is the same what would be a reason to still go for M4/3 ? As mentioned before if the price would be more realistic and maybe just below the price of a Sony A6700 or Fuji XS20 probably they would sell much better. I dont know about prices in other countries but where i live the OM1 Mark II is roughly double the price of a Sony A6700 or Fuji XS20 and even the full frame Sony A7C II is only 2/3 of the price of the OM 1 Mark II

Lee, Thank you for another inspirational video; you have inspired me to develop my skills and particularly field craft this year, and when I head out with the OM1 ii and 150-400 I always have the "visually compelling immage" mantra in mind. I am in the UK and going on your workshops is unlikely to happen, but I gain so much from your videos, so thank you.

Thanks for a masterclass. These photos are so beautiful and inspiring. I started 2024 with an OM 1 ii. I allowed myself to become distracted by “better image quality” out of a different camera system (Jennifer Leigh Warner’s Z9). My switching was a poor decision. I didn’t shoot nearly as much because the 35mm gear was just a hassle. Failure is nothing more than the opportunity to start over with a better education. I’m in the process of switching back to the OM 1 ii. I’m also deleting a bunch of YT channels and other negative influences in my life that insist MFT is less capable than other choices. With this video, you have clearly demonstrated that isn’t the case. I’m determined to master this gear this time around. Happy New Year.

I think my favorite of the pictures was the one in Grand Teton. The other picture I really liked was the back lit bird from Panama. Happy New Year!

Happy new year, Lee. I picked up a couple of nuggets in this video, thanks for posting. Beautiful images for sure; I’m sorry I couldn’t hustle down thru those willows to get that brief shot that you captured. Next trip!

Happy new year

hi lee a man once said. The amateur is concerned about his equipment. The professional photographer is concerned about the money. The master is concerned about the light. your photos are masterful. We wish you a good 2025 in advance.

Lee Great video. Loved your pictures. Put this presentation in my favorites. Will probably watch it again before leaving for Tanzania next month. Your explanation on how you got the photos was very beneficial. Have a great New Year. Geouge

Oh wow 😲 i think i am a few days too late 😢but i been shooting on a EM1 😂 but i love it !!! And i have two Olympus lenses 12-50mm and the 40-150mm, oh well ❤ God bless you Lee and i hope someone wins your giveaway!!! Happy Holidays!!!😊

I spent many years on the road both expediting, doing service work all over the USA, and singing semi-professionally. I was either in a motel room, or the back of a Silver Eagle most of my life. I can't remember how much stuff I have had to replace from leaving it in a motel room, or losing it out on the road. These tips are what I came up with too. Great advice Lee.

Congratulations to Duane, and to Lee, you're the kind of UA-camr that deserves huge respect!! Merry Christmas to all, and a very healthy, happy, and productive New Year!

I know you recommend total manual for birds in flight. I have always used Auto-ISO. I'm curious how you deal with lighting changes as a bird is in flight and the light changes constantly. As the bird moves in front of trees, buildings or land which typically makes for a better shot then a plain blue sky, the action is too fast and variable to be changing ISO on the fly for the light changes that happen. P.S. I wish OM Systems would provide an option to expose for the subject detected rather than the scene.