I think this must be my favorite image of the outing. There's enough background separation to blur the background completely. The leaves are sharp where they are supposed to be sharp and the colours do pop. Keep your ISO as low as possible with this camera. I try never to go beyond ISO 800 and it's very rare that I go that high. It's a good weather camera so keep it safe.
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06/26/13  Olympus E-PL1 - Pentax SMC 135 f3.5908
E-PL1 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/1250 sec ISO: 400 06/25/13  Olympus E-PL1 - Pentax SMC 135 f3.5I've taken this bloom a number of times using different cameras and lenses. I believe I posted an image here of the very same flower taken with the Fujifilm X100S. The colours from this combination as well as contrast are stronger than from the X100S but if I don't prefer one or the other. I like both, the X100S colours being more pastel. I would say it depends on the function for the image, where I would use it and in what context.
However, I think the image above turned out quite ok; nice and sharp and the bokeh is also good. The Pentax 135 f3.5 is quite small and fits nicely on the E-PL1 but don't forget all these old long prime lenses are all metal so the combination is a little front heavy. 857
E-PL1 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 800 06/24/13  Olympus E-PL1 - Pentax SMC 135 f3.5I thought I'd take the Olympus E-PL1 out once again just to see if I could still manual focus and to keep practising of course.
I must say, I had a lot of missed focused shots on this outing; more than usual. The light wasn't very good and I really didn't want to up the ISO on the E-PL1 too much. As a matter of fact I was trying to keep it as low as possible because it's not the best camera for high ISO work. More than half of my shots were out of focus and using a tripod is not an option at this location. The paths are small and you would only get people upset if you set up a tripod. I try to be civilized about these things, not everyone likes to photograph in the way that we photographers do. On my travels that day I saw a lot of P&S cameras, a couple of DSLRs but not once did I see a m4/3 camera. I really thought the sales figures were better, or maybe people in other countries are buying them up. I see very little m4/3 cameras around whatever I'm doing or wherever I go. 863
E-PL1 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/125 sec ISO: 200 06/23/13  Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6I thought I'd post this image since it's going to be the last post about this combination for now. Taken at 150mm. There was haze to be seen and it really shows in the image too. It took some work to get it to look the was it does but if you look carefully at the church, it is quite sharp. I think I should have used a pol filter here, it would have helped a little with the haze. It would have reduced it a bit but not eliminate it altogether. 1133
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 150 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 160 • Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6
06/22/13  Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6I thought I would post all the various focal length images I took on this outing. This one is taken at 45mm and in 16:9 format. I like using this format for my wider images, it gives me more of the area that I want to document. Again, the image is sharp and I really can't complain about this lens. It's small and quite light but paired with the G5 you know you have a system in your hands, Some of the smaller cameras (notably the Nex-5N) is really small and I can understand it when people just can't use these system. Put a small Voigtländer prime on the Nex-5N and you won't even notice you're carrying it. The Nex-5N is also really light and I must admit that it is sometimes too light. I like some weight to my systems, I'm able to hold it steadier in my hands. 973
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 45 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/320 sec ISO: 160 • Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6
06/21/13  Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6Taken at a focal length of 70mm. We are slowly coming down to the wider end of the lens. As you can see it's still sharp at this focal length. Contrast is also good.
This image was however processed slightly in Nik Color Effex Pro 4 but you'll just have to take my word for it that the original image look good. 934
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 69 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/320 sec ISO: 160 • Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6
06/20/13  Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6The image was taken with the lens fully extended to 150mm. I find it to be acceptably sharp at this focal length. I'm really glad that most systems nowadays contain some sort of an image stabilisation system. I'm finding that I can't hold the camera steady at slower shutter speeds anymore. That's a sure sign of getting old (or older). Some people will argue that IBIS is better than ILIS, but personally I don't care which system is incorporated into my systems, the main thing is that it works.
Image again converted with Nik SFX2. 1078
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 150 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/200 sec ISO: 160 • Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6
06/19/13  Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6You may have noticed that I am partial to architectural of cityscape images. I believe this to be an important part to document the development of our cities. Nothing stands still and that applies especially to our modern cities. Buildings are being torn down at an alarming rate to make way for more modern office space (I don't know who is supposed to rent all this space now available though). It seems to me that they should build less office space and more appartments for people to live in. I can't speak for the rest of the world but here in Germany, living space in cities has become a very rare comodity, driving up the prices so that the normal person is unable to pay the rent.
This image was taken at around a 100mm focal length. I needed to test the lens throughout the entire focal range. Normally all lenses have a weak spot but I'm still trying to find it on the 45-150 f4-5.6 lens. What amazes me most is the price of this lens with online prices in Germany being around €220 at the time this post comes online. That really is astounding because the quality is really good. The lens also incorporated Panasonics OIS (Optical Image Stabalisation) system as the Panasonic cameras don't have in-body stabilisation which really does work.
Again the image was converted in Nik SFX2. 1071
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 103 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/250 sec ISO: 160 • Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6
06/18/13  Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6Although this post is about the Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6, it's also about the G5 which is used in combination with the lens. I haven't used this camera a lot I must admit. Reasons being many, especially the new Fujifilm X100S and the X-E1. Both of those cameras are very good indeed but are not speed demons like the latest micro fourth thirds cameras now on the market.
The focusing speed of these new cameras is really impressive, especially the Olympus OM-D. The G5 is not far behind although it's difficult to appraise this because there's only a fraction of a second between cameras in this regard. I just have the impression that the OM-D is faster than the G5. The reason I purchased the 45-150 lens is because I wanted to take a two camera system with me when going out. The other camera is the GF1 (the original Panasonic m4/3 camera) which still takes great images. On the GF1 I mount the Panasonic 14-45 kit lens which is superb in my opinion. Using these two cameras gives me a 14 to 150 focal range without compromising all that range into one lens. Although I do use the Olympus 14-150 lens quite a bit, I believe these two lenses will give me better image quality overall.
For those interested, this image was converted using Nik SFX2. I actually took this image with a monochrome conversion in mind. 889
DMC-G5 Focal Length: 109 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/125 sec ISO: 160 • Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6
06/17/13  Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 MacroThis is the last image from this combination for the present but I'm sure that the lens will be used quite a bit. It's sharp, quite small and thin, and doubles up a mid-telephoto lens (120mm equivalent). I like using that focal length anyway because one of my favourite Canon lenses is the 135 f2 which is a wonderful sharp lens. Gives me the perfect focal length for portrait shots (when I do those). 957
E-M5 Focal Length: 60 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/60 sec ISO: 640 | |
