Fun with the Olympus OMD

[jonoslack]

Last night, I came home, looked at some personal emails, read a book for an hour, had supper and then played Go with my son . . . . and realised that it was the first evening at home I hadn't worked for the whole year.

So, to celebrate, here are a couple of pictures of the go board (at 5000 ISO - exif should be intact)

26mm 5000 ISO 1/13th second f6.3

13mm 5000 ISO 1/8th second f6.3

12mm 5000 ISO 1/15th f6.3
(Oh Dear, Sim - you blew it!)

 

[jonoslack]

When I got home from work today it was horse duty to start with . . . in the drizzle (brrr), when we got back there was a glimpse of light just before sunset, which gave me a chance to play with the 45 f1.8 which arrived in the post today.
What a nice little lens it is - cheap as chips it may be, but it feels good, handles well, and takes nice pictures (with decent bokeh) hooray! - here are a couple:

Jupiter apple blossom f2.2 ISO 200

an old bench f1.8 ISO 200

I can't wait for that 75 f1.8 . . . but I bet that won't be £225!

all the best

 

[nostatic]

The 45/1.8 reminds me of the Pentax 77/1.8. Not quite the jaw dropper (that is probably my favorite lens I've ever shot) but in the ballpark.

 

[Jonas]

I think the Zuiko 45/1.8 has less LoCa than the FA77/1.8. The qualities of the FA77/1.8 probably has a lot to do with the longer focal length, especially as perceived when used with a Pentax 1.5 crop camera.
For anyone wanting a classic portrait tele lens, or a short tele in general the 45/1.8 is amazing. It will be very interesting to see what kind of a lens the Zuiko 75/1.8 will be. (I don't use that a long lens very often so I'll probably stick to my Navitar 75/1.3.)

 

[jonoslack]

For the price I was expecting the 45 f1.8 to be rather tacky and plastic . . . but it isn't at all - it feels really tight and nicely made.
Amazing to get such a lens at such a price.

 

[Diane B]

Jono, knowing you liked the Panny 45/2.8, how do you feel about the two 45s??

 

[jonoslack]

Jono, knowing you liked the Panny 45/2.8, how do you feel about the two 45s??

HI Diane
Too early to tell yet - of course, it's really 3 45s, as the kit lens has a macro feature at 43mm (which seems to work really well). I'm trying to keep lens buying to a minimum until I've decided between NEX and the OMD

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

HI Diane
Too early to tell yet - of course, it's really 3 45s, as the kit lens has a macro feature at 43mm (which seems to work really well). I'm trying to keep lens buying to a minimum until I've decided between NEX and the OMD

The minimum 3 x 45mm? Yep, I forgot to take my medicine too :ROTFL:

 

[gilpen123]

Some samples of 45 1.8 and OMD at ISO 3200

 

[etrigan63]

The 45mm f/1.8 looks great, i just wish it came in black...

 

[gilpen123]

Yes I also want a black copy as my OMD is black. The 45 1.8 is real IMO an outstanding M43 lens.

 

[gilpen123]

20 1.7

 

[raist3d]

Nah, he's right...

We All Are Doomed! GAS == WAAD

Speak for yourself

- Raist

 

[raist3d]

:ROTFL: How about "I...personally" :salute:

- Raist

 

[jonoslack]

Hi There
just a little window of decent weather today - unfortunately the garden came first (had to do something before it took over completely!

I did manage to get out with the dog first thing - there might be some more snaps later, but here are a couple of sky shots, converted to black and white using Silver efex pro.

all the best

 

[ptomsu]

Some of the last few days, all with the 12-50

 

[raist3d]

@gilpen

Gilpen- those shots are more in the light conditions I am interested in. If you don't mind, do you think you could post 100% crops from faces and from darker areas (converted from raw). I realize this request is a lot of work so do not feel in any shape or form like you should do it. I appreciate it either way. Thanks for sharing those shots.

- Ricardo

 

[Amin]

HI Paul
The image stabilisation is, of course, not magic.

This, for instance, was taken at 1/15th sec - it's not bad, but as you can see, it's not perfect

by the way, it was taken with the panasonic 100-300 (IS turned off on lens) at 300mm (i.e. 600mm equivalent) :ROTFL:

The IS is pretty remarkable, isn't it? No way I could hold that lens at 300mm for 1/15s using the lens' OIS. In fact, I generally found that I needed 1/500s. The ability to shoot it at 1/125s would have made a huge difference, let alone 1/15s.

 

[gilpen123]

Ricardo, I shot this in Jpeg. I'll se if I can work on it and post later.

@gilpen

Gilpen- those shots are more in the light conditions I am interested in. If you don't mind, do you think you could post 100% crops from faces and from darker areas (converted from raw). I realize this request is a lot of work so do not feel in any shape or form like you should do it. I appreciate it either way. Thanks for sharing those shots.

- Ricardo

 

[gilpen123]

Here it is 100% crop of the face and dark background.