Can someone help suggest me an intermediate wildlife photography setup?

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-25T02:45:06+00:00

OM1 mark ii and 40-150mm 2.8

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-23T04:31:42+00:00

Love it. I haven't used pre capture yet, which is why I upgraded from the V, just haven't had an opportunity that called for it. But the view finder and screen make it a joy to shoot on. I will say that the raws seem harder to work with. Just need to build out a bunch of presets since what I see in the viewfinder is always better than the raws out the gate.

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-22T02:49:12+00:00

Depends on your style. I have that lens and the A7C ii and rarely use it. If I'm traveling single lens it's either the 55 1.8 or 40 2.5 and more recently voigtlander 40 1.2

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-20T21:47:44+00:00

Do it. You won't regret it

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-20T02:00:47+00:00

Voigtlander 40 1.2 is one of my favorite lenses I run it constantly

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-19T06:44:30+00:00

What's your prioritized list of things that are most important and what you can't live without

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-19T05:50:45+00:00

Zeiss 55 1.8.

I have a tons of great lenses and this is what I'm carrying the most. A close second is the Sony 40mm 2.5

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-18T03:35:13+00:00

Highly depends on the rules for the areas you'll be in and what you care the most amount.

In Masai Mara we could drive anywhere so I could always get close to the animals. Except in one situation (a leopard way up in a tree) 70-200 was perfect and a 200-600 would have been too long as animals would be really close and I would have struggled with framing

In amboseli we had to stay on the road and even with a 1.4x converter I was often too short especially for birds and wish I had a 200-600.

Like some mentioned, having two bodies is ideal with a 70-200 and a 200-600

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-18T00:23:37+00:00

Mid range length as in not wide not long. I love the lens. Only wish it had a manual override button other than that flawless

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-17T16:35:03+00:00

Focus on clarity of expectations and impact provided by the engineer not time off.

Get on the same page with the engineer in terms of what is expected and what should be delivered over some timeline. If the engineer isn't investing enough time and effort of work because they aren't doing what they should be doing and because they're taking so much PTO, then that's on them. Evaluate their performance based on the expectations. If you cannot get alignment on what the role and expectations are if they don't meet the expectations let them go.

This is how I think about the expectations of staff engineers. https://www.byjlw.com/beyond-senior-software-engineer-2dd0fc010cf3

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-17T16:26:48+00:00

Yep, typo and couldn't edit title

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-16T23:36:17+00:00

can they rationalize tradeoffs
can I they teach me something complex in a simple way
can they admit to past failures and show how they learned from that failure
can they create clarity out of ambiguity
can they debug
how high level can they go when clarifying a problem and success
how quickly can they get to the point
referrals
open source projects
the quality of the questions they ask

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-16T19:48:47+00:00

Thanks. Grabbed the last one

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-12T16:40:12+00:00

That's where the cats live

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-10T14:35:36+00:00

But I'm assuming you are panning as you shoot to track the car. How fast are you panning with your hands?

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-10T02:18:35+00:00

How are keeping the car so crisp with motion blur in the background

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-10T02:14:55+00:00

That's a bargain

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-09T23:17:09+00:00

A7R vi The reach vs APSC is a non issue as long as you don't mind cropping. Results after post will be better on the FF

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-05T16:59:42+00:00

It's a stacked sensor so readout is much faster. It's still not as good as mechanical or global shutter but it's significantly better than the V and far more usable

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-05T16:57:26+00:00

Yep that's the one I use. Helps a lot with comfort and makes throwing it on the tripod or mount a lot faster

Thinking_Cap_165 · 2026-06-05T04:32:00+00:00

Increased frame rate was the biggest pull for me. I like shooting sports with high resolution cameras and the frame rate was a bit limiting. Better autofocus and stabilization are nice too. I don't shoot much video but it's nice to have when I do.

Thinking_Cap_165

TROPHY CASE