The last day of the Tekka festival was especially fun, even after 2 full days of shooting, I was surprisingly not too exhausted and was still running around at good energy levels. I guess I have slipped into shooting routine and can pace myself, prepare myself mentally for the shoot, compared the days prior. I particularly appreciate the powerful 5-Axis Image Stabilization built into the Olympus E-M1 Mark II's camera body. For shots that I do not need to freeze movement, I can intentionally slow down the shutter speeds to dangerously slow numbers, like half a second, or longer to gather more light, consequently getting clean images with lower ISO numbers used. This also applied to use of longer lenses, though I need to be more conservative, for example, the 75mm F1.8 lens, I went down to 1/15-1/25 second shutter speed, all done hand-held. Instead of using impossible numbers like ISO12800, I can get away with ISO1600 or lower, and to me, that is a lifesaver! I just cannot shoot with another camera for a job without similar or better image stabilization, it just makes things so much better.
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