This was the 40-150 f/2.8 PRO with 1.4x teleconverter. I mostly used it at its full length, 210 mm, which because of the small sensor size, has a field of view equivalent to 420 mm on a full-frame camera.

I have and use an E-M5 mark II, nice compact camera, and compact is what Olympus is all about. But I mostly use an E-M1 mark II camera. I got my first one because it promised to focus well with an old Olympus 50-200 lens, the one that I used for my last batch of photos from Sebastian. This shoot was my first all-day use of an E-M1X. It's a beast.

There's good reasons to shoot Sony (Salty surf housings is a specialist in expensive housings for inexpensive, excellent Sony cameras. Check their website blog). A pro photographer friend who I've gotten to follow around is Nikon, and likes to point out that today's cameras are fabulous bargains in terms of the technology they offer. I'm bought into Olympus and anyway, their equipment is built to be portable, handheld, and used outdoors.

I'm amazed at what the old guys did with film and manual cameras.

Editing is Lightroom. Other editing programs seem better, but Lightroom's cataloging is impressive when it works. It got off to a bad start for 2020 and I had do dump the whole pile and reload. I finally discovered cutting and pasting settings in Develop. A big time saver. Got 11 similar photos? Edit the first, copy settings, then paste for the rest.

Edited: 01/16/2020 at 12:15 PM by ww

Finally did the last edits. First photo is best of three at Flickr.

This one's from the same wave as one above, but I like this photo better.

Edited: 01/17/2020 at 12:45 AM by ww

Sync does the same thing with one or two steps less than copy settings.

Nice photos. Thanks for sharing. You have a few of me in there. I posted a couple on Instagram and credited you but I couldn't find you on Instagram to link to you. Are you on Insta?

Edited: 01/17/2020 at 11:39 AM by satbch

Hey ww I am curious how you feel the 50-200 SWD performs on that em-1 ii. I am in the same 'invested' boat with legacy Oly glass. Now I do have the micro Leica 100-400mm from Panasonic but that 50-200 is so great for the shore pound and mid breaks... I'm going hunting for your last thread to see if you gave any lens performance feedback ok! -thanks

I think the 50-200 SWD four-thirds lens is almost as good as the 40-150 PRO. I bought my first E-M1 because it promised good performance with this lens, which I already owned. It had been cheap because the first OM-D camera had an autofocus system incomppatible with it. My first day at the beach with the new camera, a skimboarder provided spectacular results. The main PRO with teleconverter is lighter, more compact, and a bit sharper. Here's the Flickr album using the 50-200.

I have a crazy 35-100 mm f/2 four-thirds lens that weighs four pounds. Its optical performance is spectacular. No need for prime (fixed focal length) lenses.

Instagram, I'm cymopterus, desert parsley plants from the Rockies. I'm surprised there's at least a couple of others shooting surfers with Olympus equipment.

Edited: 01/17/2020 at 08:52 PM by ww