jonoslack
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Hi There
We had some sunshine yesterday, and I had a chance to really put the Pen through it's paces (I'm tired of typing E-P1, it doesn't trip off the fingers exactly, so I shall copy Tim and call it the Pen.
I went for a walk with the dog through the fen in the morning, and a ride with Emma in the afternoon - In the morning I used the 12-60 SWD, which looks odd on the pen, but focuses reasonably quickly and accurately. It's always been one of my very favorite zoom lenses, and I haven't changed my opinion.
Link to Saturday with an Olympus Pen
Trying to shoot bugs and butterflies amongst the thistles and reeds the camera is an absolute joy - whatever the pros and cons of the low res LCD, the viewing angle is great, and most of these were shot in direct sunlight (no problems). I have the camera set on AF with MF assist, and single spot focus - letting the autofocus get there and then doing a touch with the MF works really well. It's much easier to handle than an articulating LCD, you can poke the camera between leaves or hold it up in the air or sideways to get a better angle. All these were hand held, the keeper rate was a little down because of the wind, but still pretty acceptable.
All of the pictures were handheld - for me getting the angle to get the shot is more important than the technical gain to be had using a tripod, besides which most of these would simply have been impossible (in the middle of a bush with the camera held over my head or near the ground).
Here are a couple that I liked (both taken with the Zuiko 12-60):
After many years, Emma has finally got me on a horse - we've been riding the lanes and bridleways for a few months now, and I'm just about getting confident enough to start taking some pictures. I've got a small bag which clips to the saddle - it fits an M8, or the pen with the 14-42 zoom extended; this works really well, it's easy to get at and the LCD is better than sticking the camera up to my eye. Here is a typical high summer scene in East Anglia:
The pictures were all processed from RAW using Capture One.
There are more on the yellow link above if you're interested.
We had some sunshine yesterday, and I had a chance to really put the Pen through it's paces (I'm tired of typing E-P1, it doesn't trip off the fingers exactly, so I shall copy Tim and call it the Pen.
I went for a walk with the dog through the fen in the morning, and a ride with Emma in the afternoon - In the morning I used the 12-60 SWD, which looks odd on the pen, but focuses reasonably quickly and accurately. It's always been one of my very favorite zoom lenses, and I haven't changed my opinion.
Link to Saturday with an Olympus Pen
Trying to shoot bugs and butterflies amongst the thistles and reeds the camera is an absolute joy - whatever the pros and cons of the low res LCD, the viewing angle is great, and most of these were shot in direct sunlight (no problems). I have the camera set on AF with MF assist, and single spot focus - letting the autofocus get there and then doing a touch with the MF works really well. It's much easier to handle than an articulating LCD, you can poke the camera between leaves or hold it up in the air or sideways to get a better angle. All these were hand held, the keeper rate was a little down because of the wind, but still pretty acceptable.
All of the pictures were handheld - for me getting the angle to get the shot is more important than the technical gain to be had using a tripod, besides which most of these would simply have been impossible (in the middle of a bush with the camera held over my head or near the ground).
Here are a couple that I liked (both taken with the Zuiko 12-60):
After many years, Emma has finally got me on a horse - we've been riding the lanes and bridleways for a few months now, and I'm just about getting confident enough to start taking some pictures. I've got a small bag which clips to the saddle - it fits an M8, or the pen with the 14-42 zoom extended; this works really well, it's easy to get at and the LCD is better than sticking the camera up to my eye. Here is a typical high summer scene in East Anglia:
The pictures were all processed from RAW using Capture One.
There are more on the yellow link above if you're interested.