Here's a quick and dirty handheld 5 shot pano with the Oly 45/1.8 quickly stiched in photoshop. It's not perfect but not bad considering I shot this in 'P' mode.
bubarker wrote:
Actually, To me your link looks over sharpened, but I'm old school, I turned off in-camera sharpening. The Oly 75 to 150 is a sharp lens.
Bubarker I shoot raw in natural with warm colours off no sharpening or noise reduction. I like a flat file and to put my own interpretation on it. Seems a good idea and more enjoyable. I di find the 45 for me is plenty sharp enough. I will sometimes add some smart sharpen or local sharpen depending on the subject. Often it can enhance highlights on certain subjects like wet sand. It is though for my own liking better to be more conservative than over do it.
Bob more tasty work with your 25mm. Love the bridge ones with the smoke.
Bubarker I shoot raw in natural with warm colours off no sharpening or noise reduction. I like a flat file and to put my own interpretation on it. Seems a good idea and more enjoyable. I di find the 45 for me is plenty sharp enough. I will sometimes add some smart sharpen or local sharpen depending on the subject. Often it can enhance highlights on certain subjects like wet sand. It is though for my own liking better to be more conservative than over do it.
Thanks, I agree with you. I also have the 45 prime but it was not long enough this day.
Maybe it is a little over-sharpened but the point I am making is that prime lenses like the 75/1.8 is significantly sharper than a zoom lens like the 75-300 or 100-300. I own the later and I can say that it's quite sharp between 100-200 but less so at the longer end.
bubarker wrote:
Actually, To me your link looks over sharpened, but I'm old school, I turned off in-camera sharpening. The Oly 75 to 150 is a sharp lens.
I agree with you on that Bobby, but I still think the photos are sharp enough, I could not have made these shots with the 45 that I own or the 75 if I owned it.
Here are two from today with the Oly 60/2.8 Macro. I noted little grains of, well, something, on the edges of the petals, and focused there. My daughter later came out to take some pics with her iPhone (don't worry, we didn't buy an iPhone for our 4 year old...it's our friend's old 3G that they were going to throw away, and they gave it to us...no SIM.)
So my OM-D finally arrived on Friday, got it with the 14-42 kit (I've used this lens before on an EPL2 and I liked it, plus its much smaller and lighter than the 12-50). So I took it out this weekend with the Pany 20 1.7 and the Oly 45 1.8. Amazing how light and small this whole kit is.
Likes:
- IBIS: really wish the NEX had this - it makes a world of difference for much of what I shoot.
- sharp/fast/tiny native primes: the 20 1.7 and 45 1.8 are simply fantastic. I can't believe how small and light the 45 1.8 is especially. When you combine these lenses with IBIS they make a killer combo.
- customization: every button and dial can be changed to suit your every whim - really nice.
- Oly colors - I'm sorry to say, but the Oly colors make my NEX colors seem quite drab in comparison. I shot RAW + jpeg, but ended up deleting most of the RAW images in favor of the jpegs (with some tweaking in LR) - the only time I preferred the RAW files was at higher ISO where the Oly NR made things a bit too smooth for my liking.
- AF is crazy good (I'm talking stationary and slow moving subjects). Fast and accurate. Love how easy it is the change the AF point and how you can even focus at the edge of the frame - accurately!
Dislikes:
- what was Oly thinking with the strap eyelet placement? That think is driving me crazy already. Has anyone here removed their's?
- I miss the focus peaking of the NEX, but with how good these m4/3 primes are and how fast and accurate the OM-D's AF is I wonder how many MF legacy primes I'll still be using.
- battery seems to drain quickly (I suspect this is due to the IBIS).
- overall, I think I prefer the EVF of the NEX over the Oly.
Pleased to have you on board, Michael ... and some very beautiful Fall color here! Hoping you will be a regular contributor to this forum.
michael49 wrote:
So my OM-D finally arrived on Friday, got it with the 14-42 kit (I've used this lens before on an EPL2 and I liked it, plus its much smaller and lighter than the 12-50). So I took it out this weekend with the Pany 20 1.7 and the Oly 45 1.8. Amazing how light and small this whole kit is.
michael49 wrote:
So my OM-D finally arrived on Friday, got it with the 14-42 kit (I've used this lens before on an EPL2 and I liked it, plus its much smaller and lighter than the 12-50). So I took it out this weekend with the Pany 20 1.7 and the Oly 45 1.8. Amazing how light and small this whole kit is.
Dislikes:
- what was Oly thinking with the strap eyelet placement? That think is driving me crazy already. Has anyone here removed their's?
- I miss the focus peaking of the NEX, but with how good these m4/3 primes are and how fast and accurate the OM-D's AF is I wonder how many MF legacy primes I'll still be using.
- battery seems to drain quickly (I suspect this is due to the IBIS).
- overall, I think I prefer the EVF of the NEX over the Oly.
- Yes the eyelet drove me crazy also at first, but I learned to modify my hand hold slightly and now I basically ignore it - I just let the eyelet fall below the meaty part of my index finger (I don't use a camera strap). With a strap, I think I let it fall between my first and second fingers.
- Focus peaking - yeah it would be nice (for video IMO) but for still subjects, I never really used it that much - it was consistently off enough that it really rarely helped me.
- Battery drain - make sure you enable the shortest timeouts you can stand. Also, disable the auto EVF/LCD switch mode, especially if you carry the camera on a strap around your neck and walk around with it, as the EVF sensor can pick up your chest/stomach and constant activate itself.
But yeah, the battery can go quickly. I nabbed a couple of Wasabi clone batteries and so far they've performed just fine.
I personally love the Auto EVF/LCD feature. But I did disable the auto review/playback feature, so I can shoot more rapidly.
Batteries are so cheap ... if you go generic. You can get 2 batteries + charger for $24. I have 6 generic batteries + 2 chargers. I have not even once used the Olympus battery and charger.
cputeq wrote:
- Battery drain - make sure you enable the shortest timeouts you can stand. Also, disable the auto EVF/LCD switch mode, especially if you carry the camera on a strap around your neck and walk around with it, as the EVF sensor can pick up your chest/stomach and constant activate itself.
But yeah, the battery can go quickly. I nabbed a couple of Wasabi clone batteries and so far they've performed just fine.
bobbytan wrote:
....Batteries are so cheap ... if you go generic. You can get 2 batteries + charger for $24. I have 6 generic batteries + 2 chargers. I have not even once used the Olympus battery and charger.
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I'll have to pick some of these up. Any recommended sellers?
Michael - fantastic fall shots! The pano with the 20 1.7 is excellent!
Bob - great shots with the 45, really like the first bridge shot. I just now see the Miss River shots on prior page, excellent job with a fantastic sunrise
cputeq wrote:
- Battery drain - make sure you enable the shortest timeouts you can stand. Also, disable the auto EVF/LCD switch mode, especially if you carry the camera on a strap around your neck and walk around with it, as the EVF sensor can pick up your chest/stomach and constant activate itself.
But yeah, the battery can go quickly. I nabbed a couple of Wasabi clone batteries and so far they've performed just fine.
bobbytan wrote:
I personally love the Auto EVF/LCD feature. But I did disable the auto review/playback feature, so I can shoot more rapidly.
Batteries are so cheap ... if you go generic. You can get 2 batteries + charger for $24. I have 6 generic batteries + 2 chargers. I have not even once used the Olympus battery and charger.
That is my main gripe in regards to my new OM-D.
I just got back from a trip to Chicago and when I did go out for a day of shooting, my 3 batteries went very fast. On previous travels with a Canon 5D2 I could shoot all day long with one battery. The big hassle is charging the batteries at night. I took only one charger, so I had to wake up every couple hours to change the battery.
Otherwise the OM-D was a revelation for making my kit light and compact. Such a joy on trips where I don't want the hassles of a full-size DSLR kit.
