david.elliott
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Been playing around with my new E-P2 lately. Thought I would share a few of the more recent photos with all of you. These are some flowers from my front garden.
Almost all of these photos were taken with a SMC macro takumar 50/4 (with an adapter of course). I used a tripod for all the macro tak shots. The orchid photo is the only photo taken with a different lens - super tak 50/1.4 handheld.
Not being too used to digital, I managed to not only accidentally leave auto ISO on with a max of 1600, but also IS on (big no no apparently when using a tripod). So, some of these photos are at ISO 1250 / 1600. A couple are at ISO 200 (changed the setting when I realized my error).
I dont find the noise objectionable at all, but your tastes may differ. I used minimal noise reduction in one or two photos, but none in the rest. In fact, in some photos I exaggerated the noise via post processing. I certainly dont hesitate using the camera at ISO 1600, but I havent tried it at any ISO settings higher than that. Further, I didnt seem to notice much, if any, difference between IS on and IS off with regard to tripod use.
I think the photos look somewhat better on my own flash gallery, which you may reach via this link
However, for your convenience here they are via flickr... Note that one photo from my gallery is not included below because it was just over 10mb, the upload limit for flickr.
Hope you enjoyed viewing the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!
-David
Almost all of these photos were taken with a SMC macro takumar 50/4 (with an adapter of course). I used a tripod for all the macro tak shots. The orchid photo is the only photo taken with a different lens - super tak 50/1.4 handheld.
Not being too used to digital, I managed to not only accidentally leave auto ISO on with a max of 1600, but also IS on (big no no apparently when using a tripod). So, some of these photos are at ISO 1250 / 1600. A couple are at ISO 200 (changed the setting when I realized my error).
I dont find the noise objectionable at all, but your tastes may differ. I used minimal noise reduction in one or two photos, but none in the rest. In fact, in some photos I exaggerated the noise via post processing. I certainly dont hesitate using the camera at ISO 1600, but I havent tried it at any ISO settings higher than that. Further, I didnt seem to notice much, if any, difference between IS on and IS off with regard to tripod use.
I think the photos look somewhat better on my own flash gallery, which you may reach via this link
However, for your convenience here they are via flickr... Note that one photo from my gallery is not included below because it was just over 10mb, the upload limit for flickr.
Hope you enjoyed viewing the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!
-David
