"big 3" wildlife setups at differing budget levels

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nmerc_photos said:
What does everyone think? Is there any one setup at each bracket that is a clear winner? Is it a matter of choosing priorities? AF vs FPS vs glass?
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The OM-1 (Mk. 2) with the Olympus 300mm f4 and 1.4x TC is so far ahead for wildlife of anything in the sub 5k USD section that by buying anything else in this price range, the photographer is making a mistake.

It's AF is on par, the lens is much better not to mention that at f4 it mostly negates any light gathering abilities that the larger sensors might have except in the best of light/low ISO and it out-fpses, out-buffers and out-features all the competition.

And I think it can be had new in the budget.
 
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The perfect wildlife setup would be the canon R1 body and canon R1 ibis, with the Sony A1 sensor, AF from either Sony A9iii or canon R1, and prime lenses from Nikon (PF or TC primes have no match). Knowing that it doesn’t exist, pick what you are the most comfortable sacrificing and move on. Of course, that’s for an unlimited budget. If you constrain $ spent, then it gets more tricky, especially if you dial in used prices or system weight.
in the end, you need to know what the priorities are, what’s nice to have, and what isn’t a criteria. Otherwise you can’t pick. All brands have strengths and weaknesses, you need to know what’s non negotiable to rule some out.
 
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