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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 RUclipsr 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.

That was very generous!! Happy Holidays!

Thanks for this very valuable tip, it's indeed a great help! Much appreciated!

Congratulations to @DuaneHJardine who is the winner of my E-M1x! Merry Christmas and thank you to all of you who submitted your request to be considered! I wish I had many more to give away! I hope you get as many great images out of it as I did!

Hi Lee. I love your videos. I find you to be very helpful b/c despite what ever equipment one may have…you promote the idea of actually practicing through trial and error and take responsibility for the quality of your work. I Rarely comment but wanted you to know I appreciate your knowledge, how you make it so accessible for people like me. I am in the Bahamas and have taken some of the best photos in my 18 months since I started this lifelong hobby. What I greatly appreciate about you is how you cut straight through the BS and get it the core of what’s important. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and continued guidance so people like me can continue on our collective journeys!

great video. I just looked on-line and it said it doesn't come with a case. I am curious where you bought yours. Thanks again

❤I love your videos merry Christmas

Hi Lee. That's a great gesture and your initials too as a reminder of who owned and loved this. I won't enter sir as there are far more deserving winners than myself. I think I'll get one or two em1x bodies in January as I can no longer carry my full frame gear, and I don't see the point in having an expensive paperweight. Best wishes to you and yours this Christmas and in 2025. Pat, Ireland

Lee, not entering, but what a wonderful and generous gift.

Have had mine for three years and love it!

Hi Lee. I would really like to be considered. I have been an Olympus/OM System user since 2016. Started off with an OM-D-EM-10 with kit lens. Eventually upgraded to a used EM1 mark2 that I still rock to this day. Lenses I own are Olympus 12-100mm f4, 25mm f1.8 and 300mm f4 - all purchased second hand. The EM-1x body would be a great upgrade for me since I can only dream of an OM1. I have been doing wildlife and bird photography for a couple of years now, and I am always out and about in nature as much as I can, no matter what the weather is like, because I need that connection with nature. Thank you for your generosity and for the opportunity. You are a great teacher, I learned so much from you. Wishing you a Merry Christmas Lee, and thank you so much for all the great work you do and all the great videos.

Hi Lee. Cleaning a sensor? Mate, you are braver than I. I tend to be very carefull to keep a lens or the body cap on at all times. I tend to be very carefull changing lenses and I prefer to jump into the car to change a lens where I can. Just a question, is it true that when you turn the camera on, the sensor vibrates some incredible amount of times to shake debris off the sensor?

Hey Lee, thanks for this very generous offer. I would like to be considered. I currently shoot an EM1 Mk2 which I enjoy. 
I have a young family (6 & 3 yrs of age) and am a sponsored volunteer worker making upgrading challenging. 
 I do have the following lenses. 17mm f1.8, 45mm f1.8, 7-14mm f2.8, 12-40m f2.8 Mk1, 40-150mm f2.8, 1.4x TC, & 100-400mm f5-6.3 which in my main surf photography lens.
 I do travel overseas a fair bit for short trips (due to young family) doing volunteer support and consultancy, surf clinics, community development, etc. 
 Can’t go into too much detail on it here but happy to elaborate more if needed.
 Besides surfing I shoot landscapes and the odd event. 
Much appreciated. Thanks Lee

Not entering Lee, but what a generous gift... You have a big heart❤

B&h has it on sale for $549.. great price!

Lots of good tips in this one about tripods. I followed your link to where you can buy it and was surprised it cost a lot less than I thought it would cost. My current tripod works well for me but I did modify it after I bought it to make it better. There is a question I have. I wonder if you would explain the pros and cons of a ball head vs a gimbal head? I have never heard anyone do that before.

Great tips on checking out my tripods. Thanks for your work on the videos. Very informative and gives me new perspective on equipment and techniques. Thanks Lee and have a great Christmas.

Greetings from Sweden Lee! Thank you for doing this generous giveaway that I want to participate in! I am a 20 year old university student who picked up a E-M10 MkII together with the 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Pancake and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 over a year ago to learn photography. It has been a fun journey so far shooting mainly landscapes, sports from time to time and wildlife if i'm lucky :) I have also experimented with LiveComp mode and been shooting some star trails which has been fun aswell. The E-M1X would be a fantastic upgrade in many ways and would pair well with the 12-40mm f/2.8 that i picked up recently. I am very intrigued by the LiveND and HighRes mode and would love to try them out for myself. Thank you yet again for doing this giveaway and Merry Christmas!

Another good one. Brr it is cold here in upstate New York. About 2. That’s Fahrenheit.

A really interesting review of these cameras. Thank you! Especially interesting hearing about the in built ND filters. I love landscape photography and reducing the number of bits and carrying around these bits and pieces is irritating.

Lee, upgrading to the OM system this Christmas. One question regarding lens. What would u recommend for pics and video in a duck blind? Enjoy your videos, thanks

Has there bin a software update, after this video, that fixed the AF?

I don't understand why you use an atoll d camera rotator, when you can turn the camera to vertical without an attachment? Is this for tripods, manly?

That's a wonderful idea. I don't need this camera, but my local community center would cherish it. They teach wildlife photography to kids in summer camps. If they are lucky enough to win this, I would add the lenses that they need. Happy Christmas.

Congratulations to whoever is the beneficiary of Lee's awesome generosity. I don't qualify, but am excited for whoever wins!

Hi Lee, recently retired, and I have been looking at an EM1 mkIII. Don’t have it yet, but I am looking at a Yongnuo 17mm lens. I currently own a Fuji XT-3, and was going to trade it on the EM1. Due to arthritis in my wrists, I need something lighter to hand hold, so I have been looking at m43 systems. If selected, I would be willing to pass the Fuji onto someone else. I understand the blessing of doing this, as I have already given a Fuji X Pro1, and a Nikon D7000 system away. I would be able to keep paying it forward this way, and by saving on the body, I can use that money to buy some more lenses. Either way, Merry Christmas sir!

One minor nit. Around 8:30 into the video, you mention shooting the 40-150mm f/2.8 with the MC-20 and that you would be shooting at f/4 at 300mm (full frame equivalent 600mm). With the MC-20, since you lose 2 stops of light, you would be shooting 300mm at f/5.6, not f/4. If you had the MC-14 where you would be 210mm (full frame equivalent 420mm) at f/4.

I've been preferring a frame rate of 25fps for SH2. Why? It makes me wade through only half the number of nearly identical crappy photos of stationary, inactive birds that 50fps gave me. Lee, your explanation and beautiful photos made me realize that I need to be much pickier about when to press the shutter button before I give 50fps a try again. I'll get there (I hope). Thank you for creating such helpful videos!

Hello Lee. Thank you for your extreme generosity! Please enter me in your giveaway. I own the OMD E M1 Mk3 with the 17mm 1.8, the 25mm 1.2, the 75-300mm f4.8-6.7, the 35-100 f2.8 Lumix, the 12-45 f4, and the 45mm f1.8. The weather sealing in the EM1X (like my EM1 Mk3) would be extremely useful in my hot, dusty Phoenix, AZ climate (no rain for over 110 days and counting). The weather sealing would be nice in the snowy Flagstaff, AZ area in the wintertime as well! Love my Olympus gear!

You are very generous 🎉. Looking forward to seeing who it goes to.

1st time watching. Wild Alaska on YT described the exact same problem you do regarding AF on OM-1 Mark II. Great information, now subscribed. Own a OM-D E-M1X for a year and debating about getting the OM-1 Mark II. Not a professional but like pushing the limits on equipment. What do you think? Thank you

Hey Lee, You’ve captured some amazing images! I truly appreciate your no BS videos. I would like to be considered in your extremely generous giveaway. I’ve been using an EM5 mkii with my 8-25 and 12-40. Thanks for providing an opportunity for someone to upgrade.

I qualify. I have the Pen-f with 12-100 F4 PRO & 17mm F1.8.

Hi Lee, This is a generous offer and I would like to apply. I am retired and live in Brisbane, Australia. I have an EM1 Mkii camera with a 12 - 40 f2.8 pro, and a 40-150 f2.8 lens. I have taken up photography since retiring about 8 years ago and photograph mainly seascapes seeing that I live on the east coast. I started with an Olympus camera as it was affordable and while I have over the years invested in good glass I am really interested in stepping up to the EM System cameras and would love to have a chance to participate in your very generous offer. I recently had accepted a photograph of a large mangrove tree done in a Warhol style for our local Meals on Wheels recipients as a Christmas card. Would love to continue.

Nice and kind thing to do. I have an OM-1 mk 1. I hope you can pick someone who is really deserving and appreciates your generosity. The world needs more acts of kindness like what you are doing. Merry Christmas and hope you are blessed for this. 🙏🏻♥️☺️

That is very nice of you. I have the 1x and OM-1 and both are great bodies.

Saw this this morning and it made me smile. You know I don't qualify (my new lenses arrived today) but I wanted to throw some love your way. This is a wonderful gesture, Lee. You are like fresh made rustic Italian bread. A little hard, rough and crusty on the outside but warm and soft on the inside. Merry Christmas, friend. Can't wait to meet up and shoot together.

I’m not entering this contest but that is a nice gesture. I’m sure it will go to a deserving person who will enjoy it. Merry Christmas to you from Canada and wishing you all the best for 2025. Thank you for the content that you create and upload.

Gracias

Lee your honesty and love for photography is evident. Thanks for giving back to the community and for staying in touch with those who need real world info like myself. I have been working on trying to get back into photography since I turned 50 ten years ago. Now that I’m 60 I am doing everything possible to fund this purchase while things are on sale in spite of my limited funds. You are such a great person for doing this and giving back to the community. I truly hope you find the right person for the camera. Thank you for doing that. I have watched so many of your videos and until I stumbled on yours I never considered micro four thirds. OM gear is all over my wish list (thanks to you) in spite of all the videos I watched praising full frame cropabilty printing huge and the death of M43. Huh? Anyway you Emilie Rob Trek and Guido Van De Water are my go to videos I watch over and over and plenty of others as well. Looking forward to the next video. Good luck finding someone who deserves your gift. 😊😊😊

Hi Lee, I'm not sure if I do qualify for this but here goes - I currently own OMD-EM1 Mk II with 12 - 40 f2.8 pro, 60mm macro F2.8 and 45 - 200 mm f4-5.6 lumix. I'm currently learning and making a lot of mistakes shooting dragonfly in flight and this EM1x will definitely help with intelligent subject detection. Your RUclips videos are one of my conversation starter when we have photographers meet ups and my fav topic is "Visually Compelling Portraits". I also like to wish you a Blessed Christmas and may you have a blast in 2025.

I did own the E-M1X and it is a great camera at the time it was released. I currently in the OM-1 MkII so I am no entering the drawing. Just wanted to thank you for doing this. Merry Christmas

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I'm all set with OM gear -- just really nice of you to do this. Merry Christmas!

Hey Lee! I’m a happy owner about two weeks w of an OM-D M-10mkIV and the 12-40 f2.8 lens. I’m switched from Lumix. I’m thinking on the M5 body too, but that configuration is out of my budget. I’m really happy to see your giveaway and if not me will the winner, who cares? I’ll congratulate anyone who wins this amazing body! Wishing a Merry Christmas to you and your family! Keep on shooting!

Wishing you a Merry Christmas Lee, and thank you so much for all your wonderful videos - I’ve learned so much from watching, and am always eager to go shooting and try to put into practice what I’ve learned! The offer once again just demonstrates what a kind and generous soul you are, bless you!

Generous loverly thing to to do. merry Christmas mate

Very generous, Lee! I'm an Olympus OM-D E-M10 II user, 60+ years old. I principally shoot intimate landscapes (with a smattering of street and wildlife). The lenses I use are the plastic fantastic Olympus 40-150mm f/4-5.6 R, Olympus 45mm f/1.8, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R, Lumix G 20 f/1.7 II, and Lumix G Vario 100-300 f/4.0-5.6. Shooting landscapes with the E-M1x would be a tremendous (and unexpected) upgrade...and might even encourage me to lay-away for an Olympus 100-400...used! Be that as it may, please continue your excellent tutorials and field videos. I've been a follower since before RUclips on Instagram at BigBendBirdingPhotoTours (even though my fieldcraft still needs to improve). Cool Yule and happy new year to you and yours!