Godfrey
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I've returned to working on the photos I made in heavy fog on the morning of New Years Eve with the Olympus E-M1 and ZD 11-22.
Olympus E-M1 + ZD 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5
ISO 1600 @ f/3 @ 1/4000 @ 14mm fl
Enjoy, and thanks for looking!
G
Olympus E-M1 + ZD 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5
ISO 1600 @ f/3 @ 1/4000 @ 14mm fl
Enjoy, and thanks for looking!
G
Range-rover
Veteran
Nice shot, your really digging that camera there's something about the Olympus.
I have a E-P3 and I take it around with me all the time.
Range
I have a E-P3 and I take it around with me all the time.
Range
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Thanks!
Yes indeed. The E-M1 is the camera I've been waiting for since I first started working seriously with digital capture in 2002. It achieves the balance of size, shape, controls, ergonomics, image quality, responsiveness, and feel that renders it almost literally transparent in my hands.
Perfect? No, no camera is perfect. But this is close enough for me. I just love making photographs with it, and it's an effort to think about pulling anything else out now. Time for a rather large sell-off of no-longer-used gear...
G
daveleo
what?
it always comes down to the hardware that "works best for you". there really is no argument about it.
I also like your impressions of the scenes you're shooting.
I also like your impressions of the scenes you're shooting.
mh2000
Well-known
Nice photo!
rbelyell
Well-known
very interesting photo that shows off the sensor and lens. may i ask a couple of questions: what about the em1 vaults it so far ahead of the em5 for you? also, what went into your choice of the 4/3 11-22lens as opposed to the native m4/3 9-18 or the ED 12-60?
thanks
tony
thanks
tony
Godfrey
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- When I tried an E-M5, I found its layout of buttons and dials a poor fit to my hands. The built-in grip felt too shallow, the whole camera just came off feeling cramped and difficult. Also, it's auto-focusing performance with my existing FT lenses was poor. The E-M1 viewfinder is significantly improved over even the good one in the E-M5, the body's grip and redesigned buttons and dials are immediately comfortable and fall to the right places. The on-sensor PDAF drives my FT lenses' focusing very nicely. I can use it with or without the battery grip comfortably.
- I've owned the ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5 since 2007. It's one of my favorite lenses. Very sharp right to the corners, even wide open, from 11-22mm. Virtually no rectilinear distortion at all in the 15mm and up range, very little (and easily correctable simple spherical distortion) below that. Weather-sealed and nicely balanced ... this is a great lens, like having four excellent primes in one.
The ZD 12-60/2.8-4 always feels front heavy, and just plain heavy, to me. It has mustache-shaped rectilinear distortion in the 12-20 range which is hard to correct. When I was shooting with the SLRs, I much preferred to have the trio of Summilux-D 25mm f/1.4 ASPH, 35mm Macro, and 50mm Macro along with the 11-22 for wide work rather than the 12-60.
I have no experience with the M.Zuiko 9-18mm. Since I have the 11-22 already, I'm more inclined to complement the 11-22 with a prime lens than to replace it with a 9-18mm.
Godfrey
