06/19/13

Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6

You 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.

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DMC-G5
Focal Length: 103 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO: 160

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• Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6

06/18/13

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Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6

Although 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.

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DMC-G5
Focal Length: 109 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
ISO: 160

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• Panasonic • G5 • 45-150 f4-5.6

06/17/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 Macro

This 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).

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec
ISO: 640

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• Olympus • OM-D • 60 f2.8 • macro

06/16/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 Macro

This isn't a masterpiece I know, I just liked how the red flowers contrasted with the brown soil they use (or whatever it is they use these days).

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec
ISO: 640

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• Olympus • OM-D • 60 f2.8 • macro

06/15/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 Macro

This is another one of these images where you would have to conclude that the saturation slier has been increased to the max. It wasn't touched at all. This is the colour of this orchid as I saw it and how it was processed in LR 4.4.

It actually makes a difference if I look at this image on my calibrated monitor or on my notebook. On the calibrated monitor the orange is looks saturated but the channels have not blown. On my notebook however, the orange looks really saturated and I would have to conclude that the person processing this should back the saturation slider down somewhat.

So my recommendation to all out there, calibrate your monitor. Only then will you see the difference.

I wish I had an Apple iMac to compare the colours. Maybe that will be something for future thought.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO: 640

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• Olympus • OM-D • 60 f2.8 • macro

06/14/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 Macro

Some of the colours I get from this combination (OM-D + 60 f2.8 macro) seem rather blown but in fact they are not. Saturation seems to have been pushed to the limit, but again the saturation slider wasn't implemented. These have just been put through LR 4.4 without much being done to them at all. As some of you may now know I'm a raw only shooter so the jpg engine in the camera didn't come into play with any of these images.

It is rare that I increase saturation in LR, it really does increase what I don't want saturated. I'll use clarity and the vibrance sliders. Vibrance increases the subtle tones and colours and that is the look that I go for in my images, or try to anyway.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/40 sec
ISO: 640

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• Olympus • OM-D • 60 f2.8 • macro

06/13/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f/2.8 Macro

The colours are simply superb. It's a very sharp lens and I'm glad I got this over the Panasonic 45 f2.8 macro lens. This focal length suits me better than the shorter 45mm. It is of course the equivelent of a 120mm macro on full frame cameras.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
ISO: 640

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• Olympus • OM-D • 60 f2.8 • macro

06/12/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f/2.8 Macro

The above image is just a standard orchid shot but it was taken hand held at 1/25th of a second at f8. That to me is pretty good because I really don't have these super steady hands that can hand hold at ridicilously low shutter speeds (envy creaping in here). Also notice the bokeh, even at f8 it's pretty good I think.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/25 sec
ISO: 640

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• Olympus • OM-D • 60 f2.8 • macro

06/11/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f/2.8 Macro

As you can see the lens is sharp and the Olympus colours are there too. I'm glad I took the OM-D because the light levels weren't all that great in the hall and IBIS was a great help. With a lot of shoving and pushing I got close to some of these orchids but had to struggle to get some shots. I nearly always took four of five shots of each orchid so that I could be pretty certain one would be sharp. In many instances only one image turned out sharp and a couple I didn't manage one sharp image. Shame but that's how it goes.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec
ISO: 200

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• Olympus • 60 f2.8 • macro • OM-D

06/10/13

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Olympus mZD 60 f/2.8 Macro

I don't know about you, but when I get a new lens, it's like Christmas all over again. The first thing I want to do is just go out and test it. When the weather is bad then I'll do something indoors, try and be a little creative but invariably fail.

Well, I received the Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 Macro teh other week and I've just managed to get out and test it. Luckily at the local part there was an orchid fair so off I went. Knowing that these things are crowd pullers I decided the OM-D was the camera for this job. The IBIS is amazing and a tripod or een a monopod would be of no use.

I was right, I think the whole of Frankfurt was in attendance and getting near to the orchids was a battle in itself. I managed to get a few but not nearly what I was hoping for. The following are a a few I though made the grade on this outing.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec
ISO: 200

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Panasonic G5 - Panasonic 45-150 f4-5.6

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Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 Macro

Olympus mZD 60 f2.8 Macro

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Olympus mZD 60 f/2.8 Macro

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Olympus mZD 60 f/2.8 Macro

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