Compact Wildlife Photography Kit | Nikon Z7 + 500mm PF vs. Olympus E-M1x + 300mm f/4

I compared my compact Nikon wildlife photography setup with the flagship Olympus m4/3 kit... Will I be switching system?

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This is a long video, so here are some links to help you navigate to the relevant parts! I also recommend you pause the video during the image noise comparisons to have a better look.

00:00 Introduction
01:19 Background
04:00 First Impressions
Out and About
09:17 In the Field 1
10:09 Sample Images 1
11:14 In the Field 2
11:53 Sample Images 2
12:59 Image Quality Test Setup
Back to the Desk
15:03 Results Discussion
17:04 Sample Video
Good Points
17:44 Build Quality & Sealing
18:25 Battery Life
18:41 Image Stabilisation
19:17 Lens Size / Sharpness
19:47 Autofocus & Tracking
22:02 Frame Rate & ProCapture
24:20 The Super Menu
Bad Points
25:20 Menu System
25:48 Lower Resolution
26:43 Manual Focus Override Problem
28:28 Balance and Feel
29:15 ISO Range and Noise
Image Quality
31:11 Test Setup
32:09 ISO64
32:53 ISO200
33:13 ISO1000
33:35 ISO4000
33:53 ISO6400
34:13 ISO12800
34:31 Depth of Field
35:50 Noise Reduction
36:33 NR ISO1000
36:49 NR ISO4000
37:08 NR ISO6400
37:54 NR ISO12800
Conclusions
38:44 Conclusions & Roundup
41:59 Extra Sample Images


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Equipment I used in this video (full list available here: http://www.tapiopix.com/Equipment.html)

Olympus OM-D E-M1x Camera Body: https://omsystem.com/en/
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 PRO IS Lens: https://omsystem.com/en/

Nikon Z7 FX Mirrorless Camera: https://www.nikon.co.uk
Nikon FTZ Adapter: https://www.nikon.co.uk
Nikon AF-S 500mm f/5.6E PF ED VR Lens: https://www.nikon.co.uk

Nikon Z6 FX Mirrorless Camera: http://tinyurl.com/4t495d33
Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S Lens: http://tinyurl.com/bdzkk4fb
Nikon Z 20mm f/1.8 S Lens: http://tinyurl.com/yckzsr4v
Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8 S Lens: https://www.nikon.co.uk
Nikon AF-S 300mm f/2.8G VR II Lens: https://www.nikon.co.uk
Gitzo GT3543LS Systematic Carbon Tripod: http://tinyurl.com/25zewb9t
Really Right Stuff BH-55 Head: https://reallyrightstuff.com/
Ulanzi LED Video Light: http://tinyurl.com/297e9yjk
Røde VideoMicro Mic: http://tinyurl.com/yzbsat7c
Røde Lavalier GO Mic: http://tinyurl.com/yc3ay63y

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Description: I've watched several videos of wildlife photographers trying out Olympus m4/3 kit and comparing it to their full size DSLRs and long lenses. I realised my compact setup of Nikon Z7, 500mm f/5.6E PF VR lens, and FTZ adapter, might be really interesting to compare against the Olympus kit. It turned out that Olympus UK thought so too, and they so sent me their flagship OM-D E-M1x body and M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4 IS PRO lens for a couple of weeks to play with!

Notes: I realised while editing this that I really should have been testing my Nikon kit against the smaller, but still very capable, Olympus OM-D EM1 mkII! I simply didn't know my way around the Olympus ecosystem when I wrote to them, and just suggested they could send me the same setup as Simon Wantling had been testing in his video... I also should have re-set the to defaults, as that would have fixed the incorrect max ISO. Anyway, I suspect the overall conclusions would have been pretty similar, but I would have found the camera more comfortable to use, and of course the Olympus kit would then have been lighter than my Nikon.

Disclaimer: There will be things I missed or did strangely due to being unfamiliar with the Olympus kit. You might watch this and completely disagree (please comment and discuss), but, as always, your mileage may vary! These are simply my own opinions and findings, based on the tests that I carried out over a couple of weeks while I had a loan of the kit. Also, I am not currently affiliated with Nikon, Olympus or Topaz Labs in any way.

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