Diego, are you the guy on the right side of the photo or are you the guy standing on the right side of the other guy? Just saying you are the right guy (we know you are the right guy for superb landscape shot btw) is cause for confusion since you are shooting in to a mirror, right?
Out and about for yesterday's walk, me with my beloved GX8 and the better half toting her OMDm5ii....then the ding ding ding announcement from the GX8 that the battery was exhausted.
I had the Oly 40-150/2.8 with 1.4tc on the GX8; happily the Mrs. gives up her camera to me for this grab. I own an OMDm10ii but really know little about it or the m5ii. I told the Mrs. I hoped it was in e-shutter and then asked
where the shutter speed dial was
Wilbus wrote:
Diego, are you the guy on the right side of the photo or are you the guy standing on the right side of the other guy? Just saying you are the right guy (we know you are the right guy for superb landscape shot btw) is cause for confusion since you are shooting in to a mirror, right?
savingspaces wrote:
Cool shot Diego - which one is you?
Wilbus wroteNice street shot! Perfectly focused on the girl and great lightning on her as well. Did you wait for it to happen or was a just a moment you saw?
Thanks! I waited a few seconds to have clean frame.
Not exactly the right thread but since we're all interested in Olympus cameras and lenses I thought I'd talk about it here.
I was just down at the local camera store which is situated about 50 meters from where I live. Olympus had a little mini event there where they presented the new Pen-F and, to my surprise, also had the 300mm F4
I have to say I am surprised in a good way about both those products.
The Pen-F truly is beautiful in real life as well. There is no question about it. It felt great in my hand and the "awkward" dial in the front didn't mess up my grip or my fingers. That's very individual though, what works for me might not work for everyone.
The dials feel superb, the exposure compensation dials has got a wonderful click sound to it and I could see my self using it even though the normal front dial would do the same thing just as good or better. The rest of the dials are up there with the E-M5 Mk II.
The entire camera really feels good in the hand, for some reason I like cameras without a grip, just like the old OM1 from the 70's and the Nikon FM2. They just feel really good in the hand even without a grip.
I tested it with the 75mm F1.8 and 17mm F1.8 and both felt great on the camera. I first tried the 75mm attached to it and the combo felt like a small tank in my hands. Very impressive.
The shutter sound is beautiful just like the E-M5 Mk II. I know it shouldn't be that important but those two cameras have the best shutter sound of any digital camera I have heard. It's just a smooth dampened sweet sound of love
If it would have had weather sealing I might very well have put it on my list for the future as I like to be out and about no matter what weather. As it is now though, well, I have the E-M1 and E-M5, both great cameras and I won't be changing this year I think.
The 300mm F4 was attached to a E-M1 with battery grip. The lens really isn't very big. It is longer then the 40-150mm F2.8 but for some reason it felt slimmer. It could just be a feeling though, I forgot to compare it to the 40-150 that was attached to the E-M5 Mk II next to it.
The lens in it self felt well balanced on the E-M1, I think it would feel good even without the grip.
Built quality is second to non, really, just as the other Pro lenses. I still compare them to the very well built Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 but I have to say the Olympus lenses feel even better built for some reason.
I only checked the photos on the camera screen and I only shot inside the camera store but everything I saw looked great. I also saw some large prints made by one of the staff at the camera store and they looked great. Great detail, sharp, no visible optical flaws at first sight at least.
Do I wish they could have made it the size of the new Nikon? Hell yeah. Do I think it is worth the high asking price of the lens? Hmmm, yes, at a first glance I think it might be. Specially if it is largely "hand built" as the Olympus spokesman said. Which is also a reason for the slow delivery if I understood it right. I guess the extra quality control may very well be a reason for the higher price as well. I might be a good thing though as I read the new Nikon 300mm F4 PF suffers a great deal from quality variations. Some are great, some are de-focused or miss aligned.
Overall, a good two hours in the store talking to the Olympus rep and some other photographers.
