Edit 2 - screw it! Those m43 guys apparently had their arms get too tired to keep up the posts (from carrying those HEAVY cameras!), so I'm reviving this one!
Edit - Pointless having a micro 4/3 and Olympus 4/3 thread. Yeah, I'll take the credit for this brain fart. They're basically cousins so why not post over in the thread?
So here we go, regular 4/3 images from real lenses, not those girly-man m43 peabodys! Let's see them!
So far I'm on day 2 and still feeling my way around the system.. So far, I've discovered Olympus Master software is incredibly crappy except the sharpening routine, which for some reason seems to kick LR 3.2's butt. I cannot duplicate it. Maybe I can pull it off in NX2 or Photoshop.
i got a e520 a couple of years ago for birding. i've mostly used manual focus glass on it, but the consumer grade lenses are surprisingly good and wonderfully compact for travel. here's a few from them:
I can't believe those are 70-300 shots, either. I've seen decent shots from that lens from other people, but frankly those you're showing are outstanding. Are these typical or "magic moment" shots? I've been debating getting it, just for cheap super-tele work, but had written it off due to the so-so samples I've seen.
Yours have definitely made me reconsider, thanks so much for sharing.
In other news - I was using old software!. A nice person at Dpreview informed me "Olympus Master" is the old stuff and was replaced with "Olympus Viewer". Oops
Of course, Olympus View makes NX2 look like an Indy Car. wow
I can't believe those are 70-300 shots, either. I've seen decent shots from that lens from other people, but frankly those you're showing are outstanding. Are these typical or "magic moment" shots? I've been debating getting it, just for cheap super-tele work, but had written it off due to the so-so samples I've seen.
Yours have definitely made me reconsider, thanks so much for sharing.
thanks, sharpness wise those shots are typical of the 70-300 at those distances, subject wise they are lucky finds - there are not a lot of opportunities to see parrots eating bright red berries in the snow. i have a love hate relationship with that lens. it is extremely compact and actually quite sharp at close distances, but the focus is extremely slow and not particularly accurate (in can go 1:2 for macro and takes forever to rack through that). at long distances i think it is probably not near as sharp but it may just be a focus issue - it seems like the focus motor steps are too big at the long end meaning the subject can be at an unreachable focus position where one step will be too close and the other too far. this can be extremely annoying - the following shot is miss-focused because of this (i auto focused a couple times and tried to manual focus a few times but just couldn't get it to land on the coyote (this more obvious at larger sizes): http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4419362223_108f87c064_b.jpg
sebboh wrote:
i got a e520 a couple of years ago for birding. i've mostly used manual focus glass on it, but the consumer grade lenses are surprisingly good and wonderfully compact for travel. here's a few from them:
There are certainly some gripes with the system (no AF-tracking like Nikon, wow do I miss that) but I *love* the colors coming from the camera. Untouched in both examples (RAW converted to JPEG in LR3 or to TIFF from Olympus then minor touchup in LR3).
As a future micro 4/3 owner, I must say these photos are wonderful. Are these heavily post processed? The micro contrast is remarkable.
If you're asking me...
My latest ones of the zoo are pretty typical in processing for me : I'll make minor adjustments in LR3 then run them through Topaz Denoise (amazing program) to both denoise and sharpen at the same time. Then I output to JPEG.
The pink bird was given some tonal contrast in NX2 using Color Efex filters, and the stream/golden photo was heavily processed (obviously) in NX2 using Color Efex.
Keep this thread going. All excellent pics. I received my E-5 earlier this week but the weather and work has kept it sitting on my desk begging for me to put on some of my SHG lenses. I hope to get some pics this weekend (if the weather co-operates) and post them here. We need more 4/3 users on this site demonstrating the incredible capabilities of Olympus 4/3 bodies and their fantastic lenses.
Of course
Enjoy the E-5, it's a nice camera, but frankly I like the lenses a hell of a lot more than the camera One day I'll own a SHG lens, not sure which one (probably the 90-250 though)
1280pix versions at the links
E-5 with 50-200 and 1.4xTC
I freaking love Oly colors / profiles - I dunno why, but I don't have to screw around with them nearly as much as I did with Nikon (D90, D300 or D700) when using profiles. I guess an Xrite could have helped me but no need.
Let's see them!
One day I'll own a SHG lens, not sure which one (probably the 90-250 though)