Fun with the Lumix/Leica 45 macro

[biglouis]

Apologies for the link but one of my pictures from London's famous 'Open House' weekend has featured on the Daily Telegraph website in the UK. Entries were invited for architectural detail and this picture was taken with the DG45/2.8 on a GH-2. It was taken at is3200, f5.6 at 1/30 and is a crop from the centre. A great lens and a great camera.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/galleries/8923454/Open-House-London-the-best-pictures.html?image=8

 

[bahamot]

Here are few shots, taken handheld.

 

[bahamot]

Few recent shots with the lense:

 

[henningw]

.... If only Leica were not such snobs....
LouisB

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Love your images, btw.

Henning

 

[Knorp]

A cloudy and windy spring day ...

 

[biglouis]

Bart

Beautiful work.

LouisB

 

[jonoslack]

A cloudy and windy spring day ...

Lovely Bart . . . do you mean I have to buy it all over again?


.......... tell you what, I'll do a deal . . . you buy an OMD, and I'll rebuy the 45 macro

 

[biglouis]

Jono

I'll tell you a story about the 45/2.8.

Recently I decided I had to divest myself of my Leica M8 and lenses - largely because as a Leica owner I have been priced out of the market by their ridiculous increases over the last few years. Anyhoo, I decided I would go the whole hog and sell all my m43rds kit and then only have one digital system (especially as most of my activity at present is MF film based) - I was leaning towards a Pentax system built around the K-5.

My resolve was pretty strong until I started to photograph the kit with my GH-2 and the 45/2.8. The colours, the sharpness, the size and weight, the bokeh and the convenience of composition and exposure using live view: well my resolve broke. I guess I am in the m43rds camp until my 45/2.8 dies on me!

(However, just waiting until after May 10th the confirm that Leica are once again going to introduce something with poor low light performance for the price of my left kidney before selling all my Leica DRF kit, though.)

LouisB

 

[Knorp]

Lovely Bart . . . do you mean I have to buy it all over again?

Thank you, but really it was too gloomy and too windy for good sharp shots. But these here were just fine.
:salute:

.......... tell you what, I'll do a deal . . . you buy an OMD, and I'll rebuy the 45 macro

You call this a deal ?! :shocked:
Nah - I'll wait for Leica's D-day May 10.
:lecture:

 

[Diane B]

I've read and seen so much good from the 45/1.8 but I really couldn't give up my 45/2.8. The images in this thread just show why so well.

 

[etermes]

I've read and seen so much good from the 45/1.8 but I really couldn't give up my 45/2.8. The images in this thread just show why so well.

i think both are superb lenses for the system,
having my lovely 45mm PL I will get the Oly 45mm shortly