Color Efex 4 crashes my Mac quite consistently so I am using V3. Many long e-mails back and forth with their tech support to no avail. Hopefully it will work better with Apple's OS upgrade but I'm not counting on it.
Booby, no need to spend much time with the tutorials. Its pretty straight forward and from the quality of your images I'm sure you already possess the knowledge and skills to make it sing.
Its not HDR. It is a single file processed with pretty standard tools in an attempt to see how much room a dull file had to increase contrast before it went to crap. What's interesting to me is that as the DR of cameras increases there is a tendency to hit the point at which a file looks manipulated. In this case, it goes from dull to looking HDR with no useful intermediate point.
Noticed the same thing with a D800 file from the same trip. Shoot in RAW at ISO 100, the file looks like it has recorded the full range of DR (14 stops) and the simple act of applying minimal sharpening makes it look HDR. Interesting conundrum to ponder.
What (if anything) are you guys using for a fast 35mm equiv? I'm strongly (as in, almost a done deal) considering the move to an OM-D from my DSLRs, but the lack of a fast 35mm I find frankly amazing.
I know Voigtlander has one, but it looks pretty darn large. Does the Panny 20mm almost suffice?
Obviously the Panny 20 is a little narrower than 35mm, but it's a very good lens. Your only option for a fast 35mm equivalent right now is the Voigtlander 17.5 f/0.95. As you said, it's a rather large lens (though still smaller than something like the Canon 35L...it's 1/4" shorter and 0.6" narrower, while weighing 40g less than the 35L), but it's what we've got right now. You should be able to get good subject separation, and it's got a nice look, though it's got a fair amount of CA and fringing wide open...but heck, it's f/0.95!
Well olympus returned the camera; so repair was pretty fast. There was not much of an explanation with the camera but by phone they said they replaced the shutter. I took 4 sample pictures; exposure is better; rawtherapee suggest maybe 0.5 to 1.5 ev under exposed but on dpreview forums some else noticed similar behavior (apparently adobe lr and olympus software consider that normal; I really didn't understand the explanation).
So if nothing else kudos for olympus for the fast turn around. Though I do find it amusing that they have spare shutters but no cameras
You2 - Yes congrats on the fast turn around. I still have camera with the problem - the local store has ordered me another one and just going to swap it out - but you have sent your camera in and got it fixed and returned to you before my store got any OMD's in - black or silver - way to go!! Anxious to see some fast shutter speed (2000+) pictures with it now!!!
Well, bit the bullet - just snagged a black (I know, wanted silver, but hard to find) OMD, 25mm Panny and 45mm Oly from the board here. Can't wait! (and now I gotta sell my barely-used Canon stuff!)
I'm really debating on the 12/2. No doubt an outstanding lens, but I'm really more of a 35mm FOV guy. I have my brother-in-law's wedding to shoot in Sept (I know, I'm going to do it using m43 - scary but whatever, I told them i'm not a pro) and I guess I'll break down and get the 12/2 and just crop to 35mm FOV (won't be buying a slower lens than f2).
I'm not really much of a 50mm FOV guy, but the Pan-Leica 25mm just renders beautifully, so I HAD to get it
carstenw wrote:
cpu, get the 12/2, but maybe also get the Oly 17mm...
I thought about it, but I'd be worried I'll just get disappointed with the 17mm (and it's only 2.8 - I know m43 isn't known for bokeh / DOF separation, but if I can have a faster aperture I'll take it).
After using the (from what I read) superb 25mm and 45mm (and possibly 12mm), I think I'd just end up never using the 17mm because it would be outclassed by the other lenses.
Here's hoping the rumors I've read are true and sometime this sept Oly or Pany announces a fast 17mm. Too late to shoot my wedding (unless it's magically instantly available) but still good for me, as I love 35mm fov.
If push comes to shove, I'll just pick up a Panny 20 1.7 - shorter than 50, fast, small, and I'll slap it on a PEN or something I pick up for a 2nd body.
Is this thread already dead? I'm in the countryside with only the OM-D and 20/1.7, and while getting the hang of the camera and starting to like it really much, I'm not impressed with the lens. It requires A LOT of PP to get close to what I want.
