Boost the ISO. The ISO performance of the GM1 is fine. Look at raw files in a package that has a proper profile for the camera (the software that comes with it, for example) and there's not a great deal of difference between ISO 200 and ISO 800 in good light.

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Here's a couple of ISO 800 shots from me, processed in SilkyPix.

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P1000744 by Jason Hindle, on Flickr

When shooting long, be conservative. With good stabilisation, I find I can get crazy low shutter speeds. When shooting long, I go for the fastest shutter I can get.

Thank you FT'ers.

Used the Olympus 40-150 for my recent trip. Worked really well and ticked all the boxes for me. It was light and had the perfect zoom.

But it broke after only 9 days of use. The part which clips onto the camera body broke off from the lens side. Is this something Olympus might fix?

Ok forget about if Olympus will fix it. I am sold on this type of lens. I want better. Budget is around £200-300.

Can you good people please suggest some? Only thing I didn't like about this lens was the close up zoom was sometimes a little too close for group photos.

I'll recommend the same lens I recommended the last time. The Panasonic 45-175mm f4~5.6

This one? I feel the zoom maybe too much on this which will spoil basic landscape photos? Ideally now I need my lens for portraits.

This is one that I took with the Olympus. Really impressive for a £100 lens.

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A long zoom lens is not for landscape photos. It's for shooting distant objects and wildlife. It can also be used for portraits, but it is not ideal for that. An ideal portrait lens is a short telephoto with a fast aperture that can be used to blur the background while keeping the subject in sharp focus.

The Panasonic lens I recommended is similar to the Olympus lens you bought and shot the Rhinos with, but the Panasonic is better constructed so it won't break easily, and it has internal image stabilization that the Olympus lens lacks.

Firstly thank you for your suggestions. I appreciate them. ^

I don't have a need for shooting distant objects as of now and would prefer a portrait lens. Could you suggest one of them keeping in mind that I don't want to break the bank as I am just starting out in this hobby.

"Portrait"? Buy the Olympus 45mm f1.8. Get it used. There are tons of them out there on the used market, as they have been sold sometimes with kits. This is the best bang-for-the buck prime lens in Micro Four Thirds. Have a look at David Thorpe's review of it:
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If you are out and about, this lens also doubles nicely as a short telephoto. I have this lens and from f2.0 and up it's incredible sharpness. For the little money I paid for it used, was a no-brainer.

If you want a wider prime, look for the Panasonic 20mm used as well.

For anyone with a limited budget, Micro four thirds is really ideal because there are tons of used lenses out there for very good prices. There is no need to buy any of this brand new.

This doesn't have any zoom at all on it though right? Looks very nice though. How do you use yours in situations where you might want the object closer? Walk in ?

If you want multiple field of view you can get a zoom instead e.g. the Panasonic 14-140 II. What you won't get from a zoom is a lot of depth of field or enough light gathering to take great photos inside without flash.

A fixed focal length prime lens like this, you zoom with your feet or you compose with what you've got. This lens is good indoors in a large room or assembly, gym etc. Not across the table. For that, I say get the 20mm Panasonic.

It's a matter of choices.

Whatever's the case don't be intimidated by brand new prices. Buying very affordable used lenses is one of the great benefits of going with micro four thirds.

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