Having a hard time imagining what they would fill it with. 150-300 F5.6? Maybe a continuation of the 12-100 so as it would be a 100-200F4? That would actually make a "two lens" kit pretty freaking strong.
I passed on the E-M1.2 last year when it was announced. Instead, I bought the D500. I never bought the Olympus 300mm f/4 because I thought it was too expensive. And once I saw the reviews of the E-M1.2 and its issues with tracking, I finally decided to go with the D500. For most of this year, I was only using a Tamron 70-200mm on the D500 but I finally bought the 200-500mm and have been using it for the last 3 weeks.
I still own my E-M1 along with the 7-14mm, 12-40mm, 40-150mm, 45mm, and 75mm. In fact, I just did a portrait shoot last week using mostly the 75mm. Its such an amazing lens. But my wildlife and sports shooting is now done by my D500.
Thanks for the input Jeff, as I have said before, always nice hear opinions from those who use more then one system. I suspect there is a good use of two different systems now a days. With sensor size differences amongst other things.
I've almost bought the 75mm Oly like 10 times now but always held off for some reason, probably thinking I will wait and get the PL 42,5 or the new Oly 45 F1.2 instead. Too many good choices
The 42.5 or 45 is a better FL for portrait work. The 75 works too but you have to be further away from your subject, unless you taking a tight head shot. I absolutely love my Nocticron but I am very curious as to how the Olympus 45 will stack up against the Nocticron.
Wilbus wrote:
Thanks for the input Jeff, as I have said before, always nice hear opinions from those who use more then one system. I suspect there is a good use of two different systems now a days. With sensor size differences amongst other things.
I've almost bought the 75mm Oly like 10 times now but always held off for some reason, probably thinking I will wait and get the PL 42,5 or the new Oly 45 F1.2 instead. Too many good choices
It's one of the reasons I am waiting to see how that turns out as well. If I can get Nocticron performance with weather sealing I would be very happy
I mostly use my 40-150 for portraits and often end up a further FL then 40-50mm, not sure why but it has worked out really nice with that lens. Using the Oly 45mm F1.8 is nice as well but I think I had just forgotten about it until I used it again this summer. Small, light and great so will be very nice to see the upcoming 45!
A portrait lens requires great OOF/background rendering and I believe the 45/1.2 will deliver in spades. Should be out real soon.
Wilbus wrote:
It's one of the reasons I am waiting to see how that turns out as well. If I can get Nocticron performance with weather sealing I would be very happy
I mostly use my 40-150 for portraits and often end up a further FL then 40-50mm, not sure why but it has worked out really nice with that lens. Using the Oly 45mm F1.8 is nice as well but I think I had just forgotten about it until I used it again this summer. Small, light and great so will be very nice to see the upcoming 45!
bobbytan wrote:
A portrait lens requires great OOF/background rendering and I believe the 45/1.2 will deliver in spades. Should be out real soon.
Yes indeed that's what it's for! I don't know how the 25 F1.2 renders compared to the Noct but I find it hard to beat the good PL lenses such as the 25mm F1.4 (I haven't used the Noct much, only tested). The PL lenses just have a more organic rendering compared to Olympus more clean and surgical. How's the 25mm F1.2 compared to PL 42,5 as far as rendering goes?
Wilbus wrote:
Yes indeed that's what it's for! I don't know how the 25 F1.2 renders compared to the Noct but I find it hard to beat the good PL lenses such as the 25mm F1.4 (I haven't used the Noct much, only tested). The PL lenses just have a more organic rendering compared to Olympus more clean and surgical. How's the 25mm F1.2 compared to PL 42,5 as far as rendering goes?
Would be amazing if Olympus can apply this sensor to their cameras, as it will mean significantly lower noise and cleaner files. The technology is there.
bobbytan wrote:
Would be amazing if Olympus can apply this sensor to their cameras, as it will mean significantly lower noise and cleaner files. The technology is there.
Looks pretty cool. It would be nice to see how the quality is. Somehow I doubt they are THAT far ahead of Olympus and Panasonic when it comes to sensors?
As far as I understand from our conversation he uses different gear depending on what he does but Olympus is a big part of his photography.
Ps. I've also given more thought to speculation as to Olympus' new Pro zoom. I believe it will be an F4 constant aperture zoom as I believe Olympus will continue the 12-100mm series. Most likely a constant F4 aperture wide angle or possibly a 100-200 F4.
An F4 series of Pro Zooms would make sense as other companies has that too and they can make them smaller then the F2.8's given the same focal length.
As far as I understand from our conversation he uses different gear depending on what he does but Olympus is a big part of his photography.
Ps. I've also given more thought to speculation as to Olympus' new Pro zoom. I believe it will be an F4 constant aperture zoom as I believe Olympus will continue the 12-100mm series. Most likely a constant F4 aperture wide angle or possibly a 100-200 F4.
An F4 series of Pro Zooms would make sense as other companies has that too and they can make them smaller then the F2.8's given the same focal length. ...Show more →
Bobg657 wrote:
Glad to help, keep us informed with your discoveries, your hummers are always great!
I have been testing for several days with both the 300mm f/4 and the 40-150.
I used Auto ISO , Single Point AF-C for all.
I set the in camera focus limiter to 1.4 meters to 9 meters . Those hummers are quick and can change distance rather quickly.
I tried IS off , IS Auto , IS 1 and IS2. I found IS Auto and IS2 to work the best. Would give IS2 a slight edge.
I tried the C-AF Lock to -1 , +1 and could not find any appreciable difference.
The focus limiter definitely helped with acquiring focus, no question. However, I did find I still had shots that were not in critical focus or were totally out of focus.
One other thing I really noticed is a full battery really seemed to help .
I am going to keep experimenting . If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
Surprising - in some of those, it looks like the flash is way off axis; especially the shadow of the claw on the petal in the next-to-last one. It's hard for me to imagine how that shadow could have been cast by an on-camera flash!
