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Would you get the 500mm of 5.6 or the 180-600 as your first lens? Great video

I find your every video interesting. You show lots of different aspects of photography. I see where FF cameras have a significant advantage over MFT. Your images from Thailand are a good example. With an MFT camera, it would be very hard to have a decent amount of good images.

I love seeing photos from across the world!!

I, too, bought the Z8 instead of the Z9, also about 4 months ago. I came to Nikon from Sony, so I wanted a smaller camera to be a little closer in form to what I was used to. I briefly considered the Z9, primarily for battery life, secondarily for ergonomics, and thirdly, for built in GPS. Regarding the ergonomics, I realized that, while I had a battery grip attached to my Sony A9, I rarely used that camera in vertical orientation. GPS would have been nice, but I don't really need it as I don't do a lot of traveling. Regarding the first point, battery life, I find that a spare battery in my pocket is way cheaper than a battery grip, and preserves the smaller form factor I was after. I find the Z8's grip plenty large to be comfortable without a grip (not the case with my Sony A9). BTW, starlings have black beaks in winter. They turn yellow during breeding season due to carotenoid pigments, which they get from they diet (more insects in summer, which are richer in carotenoids from eating leaves). Lots of birds that are yellow, red, or orange get their brighter feather colors from the carotenoid pigments, which are the same pigments that give autumn its characteristic colors.

Interesting video, but not as entertaining as your last videos. Exuse me!

I'm glad you got to see those bird species in the jungle. I would like to use Flickr more myself to post photos when I figure it out.

Are you preferring z8 to om-1

Some stunning super sharp images Richard. Unfortunately, as I have mentioned to you before, your editing suite is way above my technical understanding. My editing is very basic and the thing I miss most is to improve the background as you have to give that extra contrast to the Bird. With the starling I loved the improved background but personally I think you missed the plumage on the Starling, perhaps a bit too light. Just my opinion, a very underrated and beautiful Bird.

Thanks so much for watching the video. I apologize about the text not fitting on the screen at the end of the video and also that the video might only be mono audio not stereo. No excuse…I’m just useless. Still hope you liked the photos though. Take care🙏

Awesome shots. I just got the same lens mkii for my G9 and getting better but not near the IQ your are getting. Any tips on settings for sharper focus? Do you adjust the in camera focus settings for "sharper"? thanks,

Hi Richard, love your video but maybe a stupid question....what TC did you used? MC-14 or MC-20? Greetz from The Netherlands😉

Congratulations, you got some great shots. 40. The 40 to 150 F2 .8 the 300 F4 two great lenses I’ve got them both outstanding lenses did purchase the 150 to 400 F .5. Very disappointed with this lens soft images if it’s wide open at 400 mm your wasting the image quality will be so so poor. I’m just warning think twice before you buy this lens, don’t listen to the hype listen to independent reviews.

Your photos are consistently some of the best I've seen on RUclips, always enjoy watching your videos and learning something new

I use OM1 mkll and Z8 :) Very good together.

Love the shots, l have the 100 400 but lm desperate to get the 300 f4.

Apart from Swallows, you also have the opportunity to see the Okinawa Rail. Birds with beautiful feather patterns. Great found. A big LIKE for your video. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Singapore. Happy birding!!!

Hi Richard. As a dedicated OM1 user I’m really pleased that you seem to have rediscovered your rig as I was a bit concerned that you had forsaken it for the Nikon. A very interesting video comparison and it has reinforced my opinion that the OM1 ticks all the boxes for me at least. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Richard! I think many of us have a story of a Bangkok cabbie! The high ISO look pretty good. Any denoising post?

I’m not sure there birds. They’re more like bullets.

Great stuff Richard! I was blown away when all of a sudden you had the video of the rail. You nailed him! It made the hunt feel like I was right there with you. I also enjoyed when you brought out the potential mosquito repellent. I spent my career working on mosquitoes and I have to admit I'm not sure if that was a proper mosquito repellent or a room deodorizer. Finally not to whinge because I think you do a great job. But I think you could push the shutter speed up, and the ISO up and use a Denoising software like DXO or Topaz and it might make your life and your photos better. Keep it going mate. Cheers, Scott.

Great video Richard and my favourite picture was definitely the Wasp although the Rail pictures were a bit special.

Thanks for sharing, like those shots for swallows, I got Z8+ 180~600 zoom, but couldn't take the picture for swallow in a good condition, I got your word, prefocus, will try it next time. Curious about the setting you made, did you set up the priority by S ? And let ISO go auto?

i can’t wait to visit yanbaru forest again

What lens did you use? Thanks

great video Richard as ever even in those conditions. I love your b roll of the various birds, well captured 😊Hopefully you can get a new vlog camera if you need one. Some great images and I really like the third of the Swallow images in the rain.

Tough condition (considering the exposure) for Swallow shots but all look great mate! I like the Moth and the KF images the best. I think Z8 performs better with Swallow this time before of the clear background. Cheers...

Did the Z8 work better now than last time? P.S.: Parking in the middle of the street to take photos!? P.P.: to be honest these aren`t your best photos. Sorry

every photo looks nice, can't pick one of them to be nr 1, well done mate👍📸 have a nice day

So heartily agree… getting out in it is great medicine… I got to your RUclips site from your Flickr site where I subscribe… beautiful photography!

Richard what you recon to the 400f4.5 mate ? On a Z9 ?

Are these all edited or SooC? I want to make photos to be away from the computer.

Great video as ever Richard. What a perfect place beer and photography in one place (but a pity about the taxi driver) 😊I've just returned from South Africa and have so many images including some high ISO images of birds and Birds in Flight - I feel a lot of sorting to be done for my next video. Did you use any denoise on the images?

Always preplan your transport don't just reach and take those at airport the driver must be able to speak English to avoid issues

Looks like an amazing place to visit Richard. Very enjoyable to watch!

I think that the Om-1 mark II with the 150-400 would deliver better results than this Nikon Full frame😂

You clearly need the Z 400/2.8!🤣

It is natural to ask you if you used denoising software for those fantastic images you took. This is a good example where FF camera has an advantage over other formats. Would you consider your 0M-1 for this trip?

What a whinger. If the conditions are bad make a video another day

Nice video Richard. What a fantastic range of birds in front of the hide.

Absolutely enjoy using both or any systems you wish. It’s your hobby and how you go about pursuing it is your affair. This said, if you have not tried asking OM Systems for a loan of the Olympus 150-400 F4.5 and the Mk 2 OM-1? I only mention this because if you are using a dedicated de-noise program it might be the case that you could use the OM System for your wildlife photography and use the Nikon for other aspects of photography where weight, portability, speed to acquire focus across all settings is not the primary consideration?

That taxi ride sounded quite scary Richard, glad it turned out okay in the end. Thanks for sharing with us, so glad you saw so many amazing birds...ps loved the cute little mango eating thingy as well haha

Baan Maka is great! Well worth the trip for anyone who likes nature and is in Thailand. I was fortunate enough to spend 3 days there in Feburary this year. I only had the RF100-500 lens with me so F7.1! Low light shooting was hard as you said. Your PF500 F5.6 did very well.

ISO over 20,000? Amazing! Those look great! I can hardly believe my eyes! Great work!

Nice job Richard! I would recommend trying the v.1.7 firmware for the OM-1. I feel like it noticeably helped the AF when used with “All Targets” mode. For Hummingbirds I use to have to use something like the “Large” AF area to prevent it from locking on plants in the foreground and sides of the image. I am using it for most of my images now. I tend to look at gear a lot but really I am very happy with the OM-1 and the 300mm F4 with both TCs. To get significantly better images would cost quite a bit and I don’t know that I’d be any happier.

Have you tried setting the Oly focus sensitivity to -2 to make it more “sticky” and AF speed to +1 or 2, it may not drop AF so much for BIF

I watched the first five minutes and got tired of the whining - but the thought that kept crossing my mind was -- why doesn't he just walk to the other end of the field?

The Sony A9iii pre capture is amazing, I say this having also used the Nikon Z8 & Z9 as well as the OM-1 similar feature. Sony gives you up to 120 fps in RAW with full auto-focus retained.

Lucky enough to get swallow and martins nesting on our house in Scotland. The swifts seem to prefer the neighbours house over the road

Ein Faktor, den man nicht hoch genug einschätzen kann, ist Übung. Immer wieder üben, üben, üben. Oft führt das Ausschalten der Stabilisierung zu besseren Ergebnissen, da der Stabi den Bildausschnitt oft zu sehr hin und her springen lässt und der AF - Messpunkt nicht auf dem Motiv bleibt, obwohl man ruhig und gleichmäßig mitzieht. Das wird oft schlicht vergessen, wenn man Flugaufnahmen mehr als Beifang aufnimmt. Ich habe da selbst mit der D500 erstaunliche Ergebnisse erzielt. Natürlich sind die modernen Kameras da noch besser aufgestellt. Höhere Lichtstärke, kürzeste Belichtungszeiten, kein Rolling Shutter usw.