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bobbytan wrote:
You've answered your own question here. It doesn't make sense to expect a lens costing only $359 to perform as well as a lens costing say 10x more. Likewise, as superb as the $900 Zuiko 75/1.8 lens may be, it should not be compared to a Canon 200/2 costing $6,000.
Having said that, there are some really great MFT lenses, like the 7-14/4, 12/2, 25/1.4, 45/1.8, 45/2.8 macro, 60/2.8 macro, 75/1.8, 12-35/2.8 ... and some fast f0.95 prime lenses from Voigtlander. I am pretty sure the new Schneider lenses will be superb as well.
I prefer to compare equivalents, so the 75/1.8 should be compared with a 150/3.6 and the 20/1.7 should be compared with a 40/3.4. In that case, think you could expect them to be pretty good, and they are. I just don't see "it" with the 20, while the reasonably cheap Voigtländer 15/4.5 is awesome on the 5N; at least as good as my Zeiss glass. So it's not all about cost.
JeffG wrote:
what raw converter are you using? do you have camera profiles for the 5n and e-m5?
todays' raw converters are using predefined data stored in the raw file that is used to create jpegs as a starting point automatically. i find it annoying to say the least.
I use the latest ACR available for CS5 and the default settings give much, much better colors than the in-camera JPG:s. But I haven't downloaded any specific profiles yet, and that might be a good idea.
have you considered simply getting adapters for those lenses on your e-m5? because nothing but a leica or zeiss is going to duplicate leica or zeiss colors/contrast
Not yet but it's coming. A bit useless though, since I'm not very interested in tele photography.
something else to consider is that the e-m5 underexposes the raw file vs. the jpeg settings by up to 2.0 EV. if you are shooting straight raw you will want to dial in some exposure compensation. if you are shooting jpg+raw you have a choice to make - burn hightlights in the jpg or deal with extra noise in the raw.
I shoot RAW + JPG and I haven't seen any difference in exposure. Though, the camera often wants to underexpose when using matrix metering, but the compensation dial is very handy.
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