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villages, work with anti-poaching units and
see projects tasked with invigorating one
of Africa’s most challenged regions.
One of Wilderness’ latest initiatives is a
partnership with Olympus. Each camp offers
loan kit to visitors, and the guides are skilled at
advising on the best shooting opportunities.
As we were travelling to the camp by light
aircraft, I had to pack very selectively.
I knew that Olympus’ professional camera
duo, the OM-D E-M1X and E-M1 Mark II, would
be light enough to travel yet powerful enough
to the job – particularly with their weathersealing, as dust would be a big issue. The
slightness of Micro Four Thirds lenses
meant I could take the M.Zuiko 12-40mm
f/2.8 Pro (a 24-80mm full-frame
equivalent), 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro
(80-300mm), 300mm f/4 Pro (600mm),
along with the 9mm f/8 body cap lens
(18mm) on my E-M5 Mark II as a vlogging
camera. Plus, I had both the MC-14 1.4x
teleconverter and the new MC-20 2x
teleconverter at my disposal, giving a total
of three bodies and a focal range of 18mm
to 1200mm – all in a 10kg bag.THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
Each morning at Davison’s Camp we heard
a 5am “Wakey wakey!” call from a guide, after
which we set off for an early game drive. We
struck gold on day one, as a pride of lions was
casually feasting on an elephant carcass at
a nearby watering hole. I took the opportunity
to shoot some footage for my vlog.
Pairing the 300mm lens and MC-20
teleconverter, exploiting the 5-stop Sync-IS of
the E-M1 bodies, it was possible to shoot 4K
video at an equivalent 1200mm focal length
handheld. I knew that Olympus’ stabilization