wstam wrote:
I am using Lightroom. I am surprise that I don't see Olympus brand under the Len Profile Correction. I can see almost all other major and small lens makers. Is there any reason for this?
Unless other people have made them, there simply aren't any OM profiles simply because of age/discontinued status. For Olympus digital (Zuiko and m.Zuiko digital lenses), corrections have always been provided in the metadata of the RAW file and automatically applied.
padrelar wrote:
Had my 85mm been as sharp as the one Listera has, I would have kept it. Maybe I need to hunt down an MC model.
The single coated 85/2 is sharp wide open,but perceptible sharpness is hidden behind veiling.The newer MC version has only some of it and the latest "Japan" emulation has almost none.
To me,the earliest single coated 85/2 is best for portraits wide open.Stopped down it is sharp/very sharp.I saw no major differences between all three,save better flare resistance in case of both multicoated 85s.
MAubrey wrote:
Unless other people have made them, there simply aren't any OM profiles simply because of age/discontinued status. For Olympus digital (Zuiko and m.Zuiko digital lenses), corrections have always been provided in the metadata of the RAW file and automatically applied.
Also: great shots!
Thanks.
I am not expecting to see the profile for the vintage OM lenses. Just wonder why Olympus name is not on the maker list at all. What you said explains it. Curious, only Olympus does it this way?
A7RII, OM 50/2 on TechArt Pro adapter. Just got the OM-LM adapter today, tried a couple dozen shots with my daughter to test out. Works well, especially wide open. Pre focusing helped/required for better AF. Also worked better at wider apertures, some hunting stopped down, even during daylight hours. Will require more testing, but definitely will lead to more use of the lens.
found some old photos of mine shot with 55mm f1.2 and 5D2. this lens glows, flares, and has the trade mark fish scale bokeh. i haven't been using it but it's got a tons of character
Taken Saturday night in Seagrove, Florida using my Sony A7II, OM 50/1.4 and Techart Pro. I didn't have a tripod plate that fit with the TAP, so I braced the camera against the condo's balcony railing. It was a 10 second exposure.
banpreso wrote:
found some old photos of mine shot with 55mm f1.2 and 5D2. this lens glows, flares, and has the trade mark fish scale bokeh. i haven't been using it but it's got a tons of character
Just finished my Olympus OM 2/100 Review which is one of my all time favorite lenses. Great bokeh, sharp across the frame from wide open, focuses down to 0.7m, great ergonomics. It does about anything right.
I'm using Olympus lenses a lot these days, mostly the Macro 90 f2 and the 50 1.4. For a while though I had the 85/2. I had a mixed relationship with that lens, and then I lost it. But here, wide open, it had a just-right effect that no other lens I owned could deliver:
Here is the OM 50 1.4 at f8. I went through all the stops, and f8 gave just the detail in the background that I liked. Other 50s I own have more aggressive bokeh, in general, and they didn't always work here.
