Tele Macro with the Versatile Olympus 100-400mm | Zeapon Micro 2 Slider

[@samsonbk4719]

The place is so beautiful I would just sit there and enjoy the nature and the sound of the birds and the winds

[@EspenHelland]

🙂👌

[@antonoat]

Such shallow depth of field is tricky to work with, focus stacking can work, just hope for zero wind! Stunning location. interesting film, thanks for sharing it.

[@Derbyshire_bird_tours]

Great video Espen & a useful tip with inverting the tripod centre support. I'll definitely nick that one.

[@EspenHelland]

Please do 🙂 thanks Stewart!

[@davidalanmedia]

Great video, loved the macro photos on the mushroom.

[@PMS1950]

You use your skill, imagination and sheer creativity to produce such outstanding images. Clearly you use the camera and lenses simply as tools and extension of your creative mind and not, like so many other gear obsessed and talentless yobs, as an extension of their egos. Excellent work.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you very much Westron 🙂

[@paulinefollett3099]

A wonderful video, full of great images. I particularly liked the first composition of the small mushroom.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you Pauline 🙂

[@johnhitchon8043]

Amazing mushroom photography, you have captured here Espen. Really like the lone mushroom on the mossy mound. Such a beautiful woodland you are in “ A Photographic Paradise

[@EspenHelland]

Absolutely was! Thanks John 🙂

[@wayneemery5709]

As usual some really nice shots👍

[@touchedbynature5445]

Another Brilliant Video, Very Inspiring And Helpful. Beautiful Photographs. Many Thanks For Sharing.

[@EspenHelland]

Glad you liked it 🙂

[@micro343]

first time viewer, such nice images nd a great use of the 100-400 very inspiring

[@EspenHelland]

Thanks David!

[@RYANPARKPHOTOGRAPHY]

such a nice macro shots.. i never done that much tele macro. I should try this weekend. You inspired me just now and I will make a contents for macro in the future. thanks for nice video!

[@w0lfyovi294]

Amazing and very helpful video. Really appreciate your hard work.

[@PancakeRaven1623]

Great Video and great Photos!

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you 🙂

[@garys639]

Walking around looking down...takes me back to my Hippie days looking for Gold Tops in cow paddocks...are the memories..lol

[@EspenHelland]

🤣🤣 good memories 👍

[@johnmunro5983]

Nice way to show off the close focus of this lens and also show off your versatility.( We all knew you were a fun-guy.🍄🍄) I look forward to your take on focus stacking as the pic of the single mushroom with 14 images stacked (? a sp of inkcap) looks really good . keep safe

[@EspenHelland]

😅 thanks John!

[@petedraper5185]

Good video Espen. I use my PL 200mm f2.8 +/- my Panasonic TC14 with a Meike 320P mini speedlite as a companion to my Oly 60mm macro + STF-8 for macro/close up shots. I also fit a set of Meike extension tubes when necessary. The longer focal length of the 200mm comes in handy, especially for insects which are too far away or skittish. It also saves trying to fight my was through bum piercing thistles, brambles and stingers. I look forward to your in camera stacking video: it's something I've never tried on either my EM1X or EM1 mark III, but really must at some point.

[@EspenHelland]

You sound like you’ve got a great setup for macro 👌

[@marklaurendet1861]

Looking forward to your focus stacking video

[@brianlaunchbury4491]

Superb video containing amazing images.

[@mazadan]

Lovely, your vlogs inspire and gets me out

[@Rudy60426]

great video and thanks for the tips

[@ubarhd1]

Fantastic thanks

[@CamillaI]

Just been testing the Sony 135mm f1.8 lens and ended the review with a macro capability demo (Able to focus on a subject at only 0.7 meters). Awesome fungi shoot great footage 👍😍

[@EspenHelland]

Nice! Thanks 🙂

[@RIDDX2010]

Great Vlog, so informative, What was the caterpillar on the mushroom?

[@EspenHelland]

Not sure, might have been a centipede 🙂

[@johnmunro5983]

@@EspenHelland Its been a while for me to watch UK bugs but how about a Sawfly larva ?

[@EspenHelland]

@@johnmunro5983 Could be, not sure what I was thinking when I said centipede - some sort of larvae definitely seems right 👍

[@ZEAPONTech]

Mushrooms!! 😍😍

[@marktaylor8855]

Love you video . Iam new to the channel and about to enter the m1-x world . Thank you Mark

[@ryanbiscobarnes]

So much warping in the corners with your vlogging camera when used handheld. Love your videos.

[@EspenHelland]

Tacos! I noticed that after, will try to get to the bottom of it, shouldn’t be that bad.

[@EspenHelland]

🤣🤣 stupid auto correct! *Thanks

[@berntlie6799]

Nice to see that it was not raining :-o

[@chrismartin7594]

Stunning shots. I have DXO so I don't think I can photo sack.

[@EspenHelland]

Do you shoot with Olympus? Some models give you the option to focus stack on camera

[@chrismartin7594]

@@EspenHelland no. I have a canon 7D mark 2.

[@hauke3644]

Affinity Photo can do it and it is pretty affordable. I recommend to convert the raw files to16 bit tiff using PhotoLab and stack these in Affinity Photo. Helicon is another option I have heard of.

[@MyVault]

Beautiful 😍😍. It's so soothing to watch your video 😇👍.♥️ from Kerala.

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you so much 😀

[@hauke3644]

Is there any advantage using such a long focal length for mushrooms? These usually don’t fly high.

[@EspenHelland]

😅 not really, just that I don’t have a macro

[@hauke3644]

@@EspenHelland Well, the M.Zuiko 60mm is highly recommended, it is pretty good, versatile, fits in any bag's corner and is really a bargain.

[@dannydanquah3681]

Beautiful photos Espen. If you don't mind me asking, did you put on the 1.4 to increase the distance from the subject to improve the background blur? Thank you very much in advance.

[@EspenHelland]

More to just show the magnification difference between with and without, but it can definitely help a bit for background blur 👍

[@keithjames9423]

Great video Espen. I use my 300mm f4 and 1.4x on my Mark 2 for orchids. Some great tips in your video. I never knew my Sarui tripod had a removable column.

[@KarenVaisman1]

Have you ever tried this technique with 70-200? Lovely images!

[@EspenHelland]

Thank you 🙂 No I haven’t

[@bamsemh1]

Why not focus stack in camera? Instead of in photoshop? Btw, I can recommend the wandrd camera strap. Great for both neck or shoulder carry 😊 I use it on my om-1 and 100-400mm 😊 their wrist strap for om-1 25 or 60mm 😊💪

[@EspenHelland]

I do that too, but it only does this as a jpg so if I really like the image I stack it again in post. Thanks for the tip 👍

[@jackleggo9159]

Aspen I just got the 100-400 can you tell me do you turn off the IBS in the camera and the lens when using it on a tripod or just leave it on???

[@EspenHelland]

I tend to always leave it on

[@jackleggo9159]

thank you

[@ridealongwithrandy]

Due to the 150-400 being soooo expensive, I am now looking at the 100-400. the 300 is awesome, but sometimes hard to zoom with my feet :) BTW, I like your term "35mm equivalent"

[@konstantinaksenov4850]

100-400 good lens, but 300/4 pro + mc14 and mc20 gives image quality and stabilization much more. 150-400 I tried before the official announcement once and it is amazing.

[@ridealongwithrandy]

@@konstantinaksenov4850 I have the 300 pro, and the 100-400 is just ok, will sell it and put the money to the 150-400 :)

[@az09az0909az]

se non hai il supporto sul tele come si attacca alla slitta flash

[@NailKaraaslan]

güzel video

[@stehlealexander]

Why with tripod.

[@TheBadvmc]

Love your videos but the wobble on your vlogging camera is insane.

[@EspenHelland]

Yeah I noticed that after I recorded, might be digital IS I had on. Will try to find out

[@T2uyu]

not as macro as I expect from a 400mm lens but I guess that's why they make specially designed lens for macro photography

[@EspenHelland]

Yeah it’s not 1:1, might get a macro lens one day

[@catrionathomson8981]

Yes you can do macro with a lens of this weight, size and prohibitive cf distance but why would you want to? With pockets deep enough to purchase this a person would sure be able to shell out £200 (amazon uk) for the 128g m.zuiko 30mm f3.5 offering 2.5:1 (35mm equivalent) that will permit focus stacking in-camera and would sit nicely on a tabletop tripod and in an inimitably more portable set up. Olympus lost the plot.

[@EspenHelland]

Yeah, I don’t think they meant for this lens to strictly be used for macro. I just like to use what I have 🙂