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Welcome to my Malaysian Birding Blog. I migrated to blogspot.com as my blog at multiply.com closed shop in 2012. I wish to showcase all Malaysian birds that I have photographed whether here or overseas. My countdown of lifers started in 2005. Coming to March 2026 my countdown of lifers photograph has reached
589/688 species of birds of Malaysia in photos.

My shooting gear was a EF400mm f4 DO lens and Canon 7D body which to me is the ideal setup for mobility and bird chasing at that time. Eventhen the weight over my shoulder is more that 5.5 kg. As of June 2016 I have also acquired a Fuji XF 100-400mm OIS lens to complement my travelling cum birding trip overseas. My Fuji X-T2 went kaput recently and I upgraded to the X-T5 in 2023 ; the weight over my shoulder is much lighter now by 30%. In December 2018 I acquired the Nikon Coolpix P1000 as supplementary camera for distance shooting of 3000mm.
Fuji have finally made available their new XF 200-600mm lens which I yet to decide to spend another RM10,000. As for Fuji body I will stop with X-T5 36megapixel ..........

I am a weekend birder. Do feel free to drop me a line at mikebirding@gmail.com and I see whether you can tag along in my outings. My usual day trip is just an hour ride away to Hulu Langat, Lancang, Kemensah, Krau, Awana, Hulu Kali, Gombak Ole Road, Fraser's Hill , Bukit Tinggi and KSNP & Coastal Sg Janggut Jeram side of the coast . Overnite trip to Merapoh & Amp; Cameron, Air Hitam and further north to Kuala Sidim is a seldom affair but for lifer we travel. Panti in Johor is another good birding site that I yet to go. Then there are the Borneo birds of Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia which I seriously much go to chalk up more lifers. This I did in 2018 to Sepilok Sandakan and Kinabalu Park. Next Danum and LahatDatu . In 2024 I visited a new happening birding spot inTalang Seremban.......

WARNING Birding is an addiction once you started its hard to stop. The wifey and children are now birding widow and orphan.

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Monday, 16 March 2026

Avian Gear Review Oct 2021- Metabones T mount Adaptor EF- MFT for Olympus Camera

The Brown Shrike was shot at 70-80 ft away in overcast lighting

I acquired an used Metabones EF-MFT  Adaptor for my Olympus OM-D mark III after the mediocre  performance of the Viltrox  M2 put me off. Do refer https://mikebirder.blogspot.com/2021/06/avian-gear-review-april-2021-viltrox.html on my review.


If you buy new the Metabones cost  is  a bomb about RM1600 a piece  compared to the Viltrox booster 1/3 the price so it better work.........









Yes met Lucy there who 

Shooting against the bright overcast sky I have to pump up the EV +3 at a  height of 60-70 ft up I still manage some details of the Glossy Starling abet some sharpening and post-enhancing using Canon Ex

From a distance of 100-120ft  bird details as expected was soft but good enough for blog posting. Here shooting the Grey Heron in partial foreground foliage. The Olympus manage to stay in focus. The good thing is you can do some manual focusing of my EF400mm DO lens


In low light condition but at close range of 30 ft (without crop and post editing) the shots of the friendly Blue-eared Kingfisher was good enough with details)  I managed 1 out of 5 shots that is usable. AF focusing was quick enough 


Here with some dangling foreground I still manage to autofocus on the subject. 


 

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