Olympus OM1: The Good & The BAD for Wildlife
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2022
- Testing out the Olympus OM1 for wildlife video. How's the 4k 60p with animal eye detect autofocus? HD 200fps in 10 bit, and HD 240 fps in 8 bit. Using the Olympus 75-300mm lens. Easily the lightest most budget wildlife photography gear in the mirrorless camera world. OM System by OMDS, good results?
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what you you think of the olympus 12-40 and 40-150 2.8 vs the panasonic 12-35 ii and 35-100 ii 2.8?
how does that 75-300 compare to the panny 100-300
I think you need to get a GH6 and work with that for a while.
I’m a viewer of this channel. Mostly watching during early morning hours. I’ve got a red 8k CC t shirt. I’m looking to upgrade. Do I go with the Fuji Assassin t shirt model or the Panasonic Pony of Hope model. I’ll use it primarily to watch UA-cam videos, morning walks with the dog and occasional trips to the doctor. Thank you.
I have an older toneh shirt, It served me well over the years, I have thought about upgrading a few times, but nothing really beats it overall. I know this sounds cliché, but use the shirt you have.
great comment! made my day!
why not go shirtless man? like the old days with film? be a man, THIS IS A MANS CHANNEL
I have a Tonéh shirt in purple. I haven’t found anything that would induce me to upgrade at this point.
I have an older Toneh shirt, as well, but after one wash it showed a .55 crop. I never aspired to look like a Valley Girl, so intend to sue Huxelberry Rutherford.
The sound design at frog fight is godlike.
I love starting my day with these videos. They’re so nice and fun and funny and beautiful and etc. Great energy. Love the nature shots and overall feel.
I think it's been mentioned a couple of times already, but see if you can get hold of the 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro and a 1.4 or 2.0 TC. That 70-300 is good for it's price, but the EM1 and OM1 need something more powerfull to unlock their potential. The Pro lenses do that.
The 100-400 sits below the Pro lenses, but still way better then the 70-300, even though it has no Sync-IS. The 40-150mm with TC has no IS either, so only IBIS, but it's so light and almost 1 stop more light (light, not toneh).
In a way I expected what you experienced. Olympus will never get alongside Panasonic when it comes to video, although the gap is smaller. But at the same time, Panasonic will not get alongside Olympus when it comes to photography. But the gap has gotten smaller with the GH6.
I shoot Photo's and the occasional video, that's why I'm on EM1-III and the OM1 is still on pre-order (delayed, new Covid lockdowns, shipping issues, chip shortage, other bullshit) since february.
As for the software issues, since that what they are, they can be fixed in firmware. You're now at V1.0. The XT4 was lacking also with firmware 1.0. It's definitely possible to fix a lot in later firmware. I hope Digital-Olympus-OMDS-System-Solutions is listening.
I mostly agree with you except for the 100-400; it's just not there for video, as Kasey has mentioned before; it just can't do decent stab and is very jerky handheld no matter what. A flaw I suspect in how the firmware interacts with the body, but even with lens IS off, it's just not as useful for video hand held as the other lenses including the 'lowly' 75-300. But he 40-150/2.8 (and I suspect the 40-150/4) does fine. The 12-100 and 300 with SyncIS is incredible. The problem with the 300 is it's a prime, so for select kinds of work where the subjects are not going to come at the camera or move away in such a way that a zoom would be more compelling.
I mostly agree with you except for the 100-400; it's just not there for video, as Kasey has mentioned before; it just can't do decent stab and is very jerky handheld no matter what. A flaw I suspect in how the firmware interacts with the body, but even with lens IS off, it's just not as useful for video hand held as the other lenses including the 'lowly' 75-300. But he 40-150/2.8 (and I suspect the 40-150/4) does fine. The 12-100 and 300 with SyncIS is incredible. The problem with the 300 is it's a prime, so for select kinds of work where the subjects are not going to come at the camera or move away in such a way that a zoom would be more compelling. Nice feature of the pro lenses is the Clutch and the LensFn button for stuff like Kasey does.
Yes, fool people to invest in even more lenses to just experiencing exactly the same thing😂
Incompetence heavily tinged with truth, what more do i want from a camera review. Bravo !!!
WOW - your footage goes to prove it does not matter too much which camera you choose - it is knowing the camera and then catching the moment. Learn your camera and lenses. That frog footage was mind blowing - thank you :)
Just a reminder -- on all digital cameras "detect" is a different process from "autofocus" -- just because a camera can detect an animal, an eye, a rhino with a skin rash -- does not mean that the AF is going to work flawlessly with whatever is detected. Some cameras have the two processes linked extremely well -- and some definitely do not. My trusty old G85 actually does decent face and even eye detect (cross-hairs inside the face-detect box) -- but I think that the "detect" info is sent via telegram through Saskatchewan and New Mexico before it ever reaches the AF algorithms!!!!
LoL
Good point and also you have the extra step that the lens needs to receive the message and start moving parts as well to achieve focus....
Yeah, that's What people judging af on thé liste of What the camera cn detect are wrong, personnaly I prefer a camera that have not the best detection but very good af!
yep, i have seen it as i tested some cameras and watched reviews.
Autofocus and this "AI" following stuff doesnt always work well together.
Canon and Sony is doing really great in this discipline!
@Shariq Ahmed🌎💙 Sure! Nobody is perfect, same goes for cameras
But i found out especially modern mirrorless Sonys and Canons combine both practices very well together.
And if the focus is on face or eyes is in my opinion mainly a problem for animals and even then.. its mostly just fine.
More problematic... again only with animals... sometimes the camera doesnt really understand where to focus on and its focussing the cats tail for example instead of the face or at least body (despite havin the face/body anywhere in/around the center and tail in the corner!)
Also, its very hard to make the AI understand the SIZE of the AF-area in this AI/detection modes in certain circumstances.
I mainly talk about the Canons system, im only using a EOS RP. A EOS R i tested has already far better animal detection for example than my RP.
Just awesome! I love the way you turn video into a fun and enjoyable experience. The frogs were epic! Where you come up with your ideas is beyond me. I think you may be an alien. Just my guess. I'm probably wrong. Anyway, as a long time Oly shooter I may have some thoughts that will help. Let's see...
1. check the gear/cog menu, page three, to see if refresh is on high. It's a known bug that will cause the camera to freeze up. I played with it some more after the recent 1.1 fw update and it still happens, but maybe a little less, not sure.
2. in the Movie menu, I think the second page? turn Noise reduction down low. I think it's defaulted to high. Weird. But that is possible a solution to the over sharpening artifacts if my guess is right. I don't see it but 1) my setting is on low or off and 2) I'm really not anywhere in your league with video experience.... but I'm getting there. (sure... like the guy in Holy Grail..."I'm gettin' better!... no you're not! you'll be stone dead...)
Working around the stupidity the engineers do with video settings and custom settings... no I have no idea why they do what they do... you're right, they don't care about video; at least in the way you do. They likely think you're an alien, too. But anyway, you CAN store different configs to each Custom Set and 1) you can program a button to jump in and out of a different custom set, enabling you to, for example, be shooting C4K/60P with CAF in H265 assigned to C1, then press a function button the jumps you into C2 where the video is completely different, say 240fps/60P, which changes to SAF or SAF+M if you enabled that)...
In addition to that ability, you can decide if you wish the Custom Set to always revert to what you initially saved it to be, or to hold new settings. So, for example, I might have C1 primary for action work, birds in flight, dog running, whatever, and when I hit record, it's C4K/60 with sound as I want, etc., H265 if I prefer to color grade, etc.,. I might have C2 primarily for stationary, walking animals, and use CAF as it's default whereas in C1 I have CAF+Tr for the Ai stuff... can work once you figure out the focus modes but it IS tricky. And you aren't crazy about the AF being...well... hmmm.. sometimes it's amazing and sometimes it's a butt scratcher. So; you set the camera to M or whatever mode you want, and you go to Camera 1 menu, first page, first item, to custom sets, and you 'recall' C1 to the PASM modes. Let's assume when you saved C1, you also assigned one of the buttons to recall C2. Now that button doesn't do anything in C1. You MUST be in PASM, recall C1 as your settings there, and THEN and only THEN, that button will act to jump you into C2 with a press and then when you press it again, it brings you right back where you were in C1.
Aaaaand.. if you set the custom settings's Save method to 'Hold' for C2, then when you've pressed the button and jumped into C2, you can make some change if you want, maybe switch to 120fps 24p or whatever, and it will stick, so when you jump back into C1 and then later come back to C2 you have the settings you wanted to use still active.
Maybe this helps. Not sure. I'm going to go and try and get some frogs jumping in slowomo now just because I thought your example was so funny. I can see that I'm going to have to really work at the audio track selection business however to ever come close to your level. lol.
Love the frogs, fun music too
I hope OM listen to your kind advice. My OM-1 had to go in for repairs with AF and freezing issues - there's a firmware flaw in some of them, a few threads on DPR forum on those. They did pick the camera up from my house though which was nice. Came back all fixed. Also though, never use C-AF+Tr for anything, regular C-AF works better even with subject detect. Finally, I think you can reduce the sharpening for more natural looking video though your footage looked good on my laptop screen. I noticed the 8 bit video looked much better with sharpening reduced on my good monitor so uploaded a sample.
You guys have some jet black squirrels up there in Canada. Here in Philadelphia, PA our squirrels are primarily grey lol. Keep up the vids bud, love them. I recently bought a 5 year old hobo Sony RX10 Mark IV and been playing around with shooting wildlife. Wanted an "all in one" as opposed to getting into the lens game. The range is good and quality is good enough for my use. Of course there are rumored of the V possibly coming at the end of this year (but I think that's been rumored every year lol). Hope to see more videos of you getting out more, been watching for years. Later bud
1:25 look at that sparrow rear jet :D good capture huh, very detailed toilet moment.
Hi Kasey,
Try using all the focus point instead of only the center one(s), in C-AF+TR with animal AF on. If I'm not mistaken, in order for animal eye tracking to work, you must have full AF points enabled.
None of the ambassadors tell us these things if I'm keeping it a stack
Just received my OM-1 which has improved significantly for my wildlife photography. Leaving photos aside the C4K is somewhat better with the 60 fps allowing for an “optimum” faster shutter speed of 1/120 (125) which helps with the exposure in daylight. However, the C-AF does not seem any faster or improved than on my EM1 m3 cameras. Still a long way for OM Systems to go with the video to compete with other companies. And the ultimate video lens for me shooting wildlife would be a 25 - 250mm internal zoom f5.6. Interestingly one of the best lenses I have used for wildlife video is the 12 - 200mm hence my above recommendation for development of the above lens.
Cool music on the frog fight.
Man, switching to wildlife ... aces! Frogs, my favorite this episode! 👌
Its a damn shame the eye detect performed so poorly. I thought the overall image quality was very good. I was shocked how clean the slow motion looked, even compared to the fuji. I could hardly notice any aliasing. Looking forward to the head to head battle with the Fuji.
Eye detect with any lens that's not a ridiculous f/6.7 like this one will be much better. This test is stupid.
When OM brings up the OM-1 AF to higher levels you should borrow the magic Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO Lens.
Hey, I'd go to Camera Canada tonight, but they don't have a store in Ottawa.
Come on Camera Canada! It's the capital!
I have Been photographing birds with om-1 with 300mm f4 lens with and without teleconverters, subject detection and autofocus works the same in photography as you mentioned. Camera detects subject, draws a rectangle around it, but if there is a single branch or grass or leaf inside that rectangle there is high risk that om-1 will focus on that instead of the bird. Autofocus works almost perfectly if there is no tree branches or grass around the subject. I was slightly disappointed on om-1 autofocus, although it’s much better than on my previous em-1 mk II.
Turn the sensitive down and the speed up
loving the crazy hair
You make some good points. I’d like to see some direct rebuttal from the 4:3 advocates.
Well, I don't have OM-1 yet but I will say that while the budget Olympus lenses are great bang for the buck the PRO versions are clearly better when it comes to letting in enough light, autofocus and sharpness.. he says he knows it's not a fair comparison but then goes on like it is. I wish he'd done these with 40-150 f/2.8 or something..
Photographers take shots we are cool. You took clips bro 🐿 💗
Hey man. LOVE these videos! But remember the number 1 rule of comedy. Never punch down. Never punch down.
One other thing you camera maybe freezing because you didn’t update the lens firmware to work with the OM-1. The focus system is different. I have to update most of my lenses to work with it.
🙋🏻♂️ question: would you consider making a video on the Canon Camcoders: G60, XA50? They now have CLog 3 and for what my gigs requirements, TONEH is not a priority. Focus is the priority and a beautiful sharp image. I also need to trust the focus and that’s why I am thinking on Canon.
I currently have a A7C Sony, with a 24-70mm 2.8. With that money I could afford two G60. I’ll appreciate your input! XD
I have both the 75-300 and the 300 f/4. The 75-300 has been a sock drawer queen since I got the 300 f/4 and the OM-1. I have never been able to get birds in flight until I started using this combination. As far as video goes, I haven’t actually tried it yet. Probably won’t.
Good plan video is for losers
I guess omds is still more focus on being photocentric. Hope they'll take your insights seriously and fix the issues.
There's no insight to be had here when testing autofocus performance with an f/6.7 lens.
I understand the Canon R7 just started shipping. See if Camera Camera can loan you one with an RF 100-500. I already have the lens and I'm waiting on the pre-ordered body. I look forward to your review.
With the disappointment of the XH2s and OM1, that might not be a bad combo. 160-800mm and 1448mm in 4k 60p if you choose that crop mode lol.
@@cameraconspiracies I likely wouldn't use crop mode, but the resulting 12.5MP is better than an R6 in crop mode.
Did you use the OM-LOG400 LUT for getting the log colors right or did you do it manually? (By the way I’m in the “I want a good camera for photos, but wouldn’t mind taking some videos” camp 😊)
I used the new OMSystem lut for log.
I’ll take a glance at the OM1 in 2023. Hopefully some of the issues will be sorted by then. Very useful video again … thanks.
The "issue" here is testing a camera with an f/6.7 lens and blaming the poor AF performance on the camera. The AF system needs more light.
@@michaelatlas8072 Don't think f-stop should matter if the exposure is half decent.
I know I am getting boring but I suggest you to try GH6 with 100-300 II. If you have a chance.
Having to choose different subjects in a menu (Human? Animal? Car? Motorcycle? Unicycle? Unicorn? Small Human Child?) is the worst thing that’s ever happened to cameras.
Usually, you know what you want to shoot before. It's too complicated\slow to differ subjects at this point in technology.
But I agree with you that it's awkward. I believe at some point subject detection won't slow AF.
My bird eye focus on A1 only works some of the time, it works good at about 50-70 feet it can also get fooled. Most bird photogs I know just use tracking mode and turn off eye when shooting BIF
small and fast birds might be a bit of an ask, but for animals.. cmon the A1 needs just a little bit of code written to be able to do it.. the human eye focus works in video.. the animal and bird work in photo.... now just allow them into video.. cmon.
and cmon!
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No, not the case
seriously, get the 50-200, which goes to F4 at the far end. You will have fun and it has a great look to it
I sold the Sony GM 100-400mm because it wasn't enough reach.
How I understand it: The animal detect lays the box around the animal, but focuses on the nearest thing in the box, what most of the time is leaf or gras. This is only not the case when the AI detects an eye. In bushes it doesn't work for me. Maybe they should add an option where the camera focuses to the center of the box.
Meanwhile im using a very old APS-C DSLR with a even older 75-300mm Telezoom lens in manual focus with focus peaking (thank you, magiclantern!)
I cant even use autofocus, my EOS 550D isnt capable of proper autofocus anymore. At least not hitting the focus as intended (always slightly before the object it focussed on!)
Having owned the 75-300mm f4.8-6.7 II in the past, I can tell you it's a surprisingly good lens considering the price.
However, it's no match for even my 40-150mm f2.8 PRO with the MC-20 teleconverter...let alone the 300mm f4 PRO.
So, animal eye detect does work but you just have to set the auto focus (hit back button AF) before you hit record? Remarkable footage like always! 🙏🏻
The back button helps when it's not doing it on its own.
@@cameraconspiracies I find myself doing that at times with my XT-4 as well. Still, OM marketed this thing as some sort of "smart" animal focusing system. So I totally get the frustration.
remarkable footage? are you blind?
@@princeragu1857 talking about the Fuji footage for most part but the OM image quality was decent too. No need to wake up extra mad today it's Friday
unrelated question: some cameras have digital zoom that's actually worth using as it's better quality than simply cropping after (some wizardry i don't know, but it's better). when i "zoom" in on my little 20mm equiv t/8 equiv lens to 40mm, does the toneh still count as t/8?
Digital zoom simply enlarges and crops the image. That means bigger, more visible pixels and loss of detail.
not true@@JohnDrummondPhoto and not an answer to my question
The Toneh will look identical because it's just cropping the image. But if you want to back up and replicate the framing, then it will change.
@@markifi And to qualify my agreement with you Mark ifi i zoom is better than digital zoom at least on the pannys especially in good light and a very sharp lens i find with the 42.5 1.2 nocti very apparent check some of the punch ins on this clip ua-cam.com/video/u1aSiv5OkP0/v-deo.html, i cannot speak for the Oly cameras digital zoom , but Toneh does remain the same , just closer .
Wasn't it Gordon Laing or someone else that said you have to use animal detect in conjunction with tracking?
And I was.
how are you converting the log footage. Are you using the supplied LUT from OMDS?
Yes.
Is Lumix G9 is better in AF than OM-1?
this is okay but as long as you're in manual focus anyway, i still think a chronos high speed camera with a large external viewfinder would be better and you have a buffer, you throw away what you don't need in camera and only keep the best stuff on the ssd. it's a better workflow. i'm not sending it to you
Have you doen the update
Make a comparisson with amazing OM1 vs GH6 cameras )
… roll out the red carpet for the GH6 😀
The frogs😍
I know Kas does these stress tests to review the hardware well but it scares me there's people out there who claim to be pros and do not have or use the single-point AF or manual abilities
We can only hope the OM-3 Ti will be better.
HAH! I already got mine :)
@@ridealongwithrandy What?! And I'm over here still slumming around with an OM-2n?? Seriously, Olympus should sue itself for plagiarism of their own nomenclature.
OMDS Guys, please watch this Video!!!!
Tell Camera Canada to send you a GH6 to review.
I have seen your video but I'm m43 photographer looser with an om-1
That lens always hunts on me with my OM-1. I think too many Toneys blocking the PDAF. 40-150 with 2x tele focuses better and in my tests was equal sharpness. Seems like PDAF only works to Toney 5.6 or so. OM USA wasn't able to confirm because they don't have that spec from Japan yet. Also, I turned off eye detect. For most stuff micro looser doesn't have shallow enough dof to matter then it can use more pixels, or PDAF sensors. On the animal. Did you try the different video stab modes? For slow mo I like -1.
The problem is that it needs animal ass detect too for some of those shots.
Canon Eos r5/R6 have it
The big problem is that the lens you are using is actually pretty crap.. i had one and when i upgraded to 100-400 i sold the 75-300 next day. The 75-300 tends to misfocus a lot.
I can't wait until they release the small OM-5 piece of sh*t. That's one I'd love to have.
Can you please do a video about the Nikon Z5 in 1080p? People really liked the video from the D750 when it came out, so maybe pretend you're in 2014?
I'm genuinely considering this camera because it might be "good enough."
Is this as unreliable as a GoPro 9?
Not that bad lol.
Nice haircut
The Frog 🐸 fight was better than top gun.
It’s a great camera , I love mine…read the instructions, you’ll be fine…🤣😂😘📸
Is it just me or does anyone else find that UA-cam makes everything in this video look horribly underexposed??
🐸
If you have circular leef in front of an eye every camera is Gonny mis
Any one will tell you the tracking is for photography. You need to always back button focus. Actually the only way to focus in back button. No one uses tracking for video. Most real videographers manual focus
I can see why lol.
What the hell kinda bird is that?
Hehe
I think the "frog fight" is a female saying "Nope!" while Pepe Le Pew chases her.
OMG what happened to your hair?
The image is good,but it's like Olympus got the Panny af disease .
More like it got the "trying to autofocus at f/6.7" disease.
Damn amateur! First set focus distance limits!
Who would ever do that in unpredictable wildlife scenarios?
@@cameraconspiracies An Olympus fan boy would do it, he would be able to take a picture of the moon with the lens cap on. The lens cap has to be an Olympus original, if it's from another brand it's impossible...
@@cameraconspiracies I don’t think you can come to close to wildlife anyway so set a limit like 5 to 200 meters or something.
@@lukather39 I can take a photo even if my Olymp is at home!
I'll never understand why you continue to test Olympus camera's for video. They have NEVER been that good and sticking that crap lens on it does not help. Using Olympus for video is like using a Panny for photo's. lol
Bro, you're getting increasingly frustrating. Autofocus performance depends on how much light the sensor sees. You're short-changing every m43 camera you test with this 75-300 because it's a ridiculously slow f/6.7 on the long end. With that little light, AF is going to struggle. It's simple physics. This is the slowest aperture lens in the entire m43 system. Anything else will see significantly better AF performance. Ditch the 75-300 already. 🙄🙄🙄🖕🖕🖕
I don't have another lens, their next step up is the 300mm f4 prime which is like $3600 CAD. I'm not pouring that kind of money into Olympus when they don't have a camera that is worthwhile.
@@cameraconspiracies but you can borrow one. if I was in Canada I would lend you mine immediately.
Even the consumer grade Lumix 100-300 is f/5.6 on the long end. That's not great but it's an improvement, sheesh 😅 You can grab a used one for a few hundred bucks.
The 75-300 is simply not meant as a wildlife videography lens. It's from the very early days of m43 and gives a lot of reach for cheap. The tradeoff is the slow f/6.7 aperture which causes AF in general and especially video C-AF to struggle.
Wow camera eh? I'm calling baloney. Not even keeping up with the competition.
Just awesome! I love the way you turn video into a fun and enjoyable experience. The frogs were epic! Where you come up with your ideas is beyond me. I think you may be an alien. Just my guess. I'm probably wrong. Anyway, as a long time Oly shooter I may have some thoughts that will help. Let's see...
1. check the gear/cog menu, page three, to see if refresh is on high. It's a known bug that will cause the camera to freeze up. I played with it some more after the recent 1.1 fw update and it still happens, but maybe a little less, not sure.
2. in the Movie menu, I think the second page? turn Noise reduction down low. I think it's defaulted to high. Weird. But that is possible a solution to the over sharpening artifacts if my guess is right. I don't see it but 1) my setting is on low or off and 2) I'm really not anywhere in your league with video experience.... but I'm getting there. (sure... like the guy in Holy Grail..."I'm gettin' better!... no you're not! you'll be stone dead...)
Working around the stupidity the engineers do with video settings and custom settings... no I have no idea why they do what they do... you're right, they don't care about video; at least in the way you do. They likely think you're an alien, too. But anyway, you CAN store different configs to each Custom Set and 1) you can program a button to jump in and out of a different custom set, enabling you to, for example, be shooting C4K/60P with CAF in H265 assigned to C1, then press a function button the jumps you into C2 where the video is completely different, say 240fps/60P, which changes to SAF or SAF+M if you enabled that)...
In addition to that ability, you can decide if you wish the Custom Set to always revert to what you initially saved it to be, or to hold new settings. So, for example, I might have C1 primary for action work, birds in flight, dog running, whatever, and when I hit record, it's C4K/60 with sound as I want, etc., H265 if I prefer to color grade, etc.,. I might have C2 primarily for playing in place, walking/running animals, and use CAF as it's default whereas in C1 I have CAF+Tr for the Ai stuff... Maybe store a 120fps or 240fps mode here for when you want it. For this we assign in the C1 custom set a button that will jump the camera into C2 setting. And when we press it again, it jumps right back to C1. The trick to this is as follows:
So; you set the camera to M or whatever mode you want, and you go to Camera 1 menu, first page, first item, to custom sets, and you 'recall' C1 to the PASM modes. Let's assume when you saved C1, you also assigned one of the buttons to recall C2. Now that button doesn't do anything in C1. You MUST be in PASM, recall C1 as your settings there, and THEN and only THEN, that button will act to jump you into C2 with a press and then when you press it again, it brings you right back where you were in C1. Savvy? You could have another button set to jump into C3 or C4. Imagine.
Aaaaand.. if you set the custom settings's Save method to 'Hold' for C2, then when you've pressed the button and jumped into C2, you can make some change if you want, maybe switch to 120fps 24p or whatever, and it will stick, so when you jump back into C1 and then later come back to C2 you have the settings you wanted to use still active. Technically, you can have each of the four custom sets store a complete different set of movie recording settings. The real tragedy is we can't really easily change AF methods on the fly with movies. And of course we're stuck with SAF for the really good slowmotion. Like you said, if you think of it as 2012, it's really pretty darn good!
I didn't really explain setting the AF modes, but that's all in the AF menu; a page dedicated to movie AF. Just make the setting you want there to be stored in a particular C custom set. Each set can have something different so that when you press the record button with that C set active, it just goes into that settings. So the way to jump quickly to different settings is to have a way to quickly switch Custom sets. Far from perfect but, it's a beginning.
Maybe this helps. Not sure. I'm going to go and try and get some frogs jumping in slowomo now just because I thought your example was so funny. I can see that I'm going to have to really work at the audio track selection business however to ever come close to your level. lol.