The µ43 thread - welcome to the really dark side

Smeghead said:
Depends on what photos you plan on taking/your style of photography. On all my recent holidays, while I very occasionally wanted something with more reach, I used something on the wider end about 70-80% of the time. When I went to New York, I took a 28mm and a 50mm lens (with a film camera mind), and when I went to China and Hong Kong, I took my E-P5 with 17mm and 25mm lenses (35mm and 50mm equivalents respectively). Personally I found them enough, but YMMV.

Also about depth of field, don't forget that Micro Four Thirds are considered smaller sensors. That alone means you have a deeper depth of field (i.e. it is harder to get shallow DoF). But if you have a fast wide angle lens (like the 12mm f/2 or 17mm f/1.8 which is borderline wide angle, but still on the wider end), even if you shoot wide open, if you're shooting a typical landscape shot (with everything all pretty in the far distance), just about everything is going to be in focus. It's hard to get shallow DoF with a wide angle lens. The only way you're going to get it is if you shoot a subject which is really close to you. Also having a fast wide angle lens means you can shoot at night wide open, which lets you keep the ISO down (thus better image quality).

I hope I'm not boring you (or anyone else) with all this.
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Thanks!

Now I'm just struggling to decide whether I should get a 17mm or 25mm lens, I was sceptical of prime lenses at first but now with some researching I want one...
 
The pl 15mm f1.7 is well worth a look at also sharp w/o extremely sharp at f4 -5.6 think f4 is good dof for m43 oh and the pl 15mm focuses very close if you to make the shallow dof images with oof areas .
 
Hello folks, spring is here!

I've been reading over the last few pages of posts, lots of useful info and I want an E-M5 MarkII now. :D
What lenses are people using at the moment?
I've got another trip coming up at the end of April and wondering if I could do with any additional investment. Although my primes will probably be OK for street and portraits I just find they get slow in low-light so I'd also like to get a proper flash if anyone has a recommendation.

Current gear:
E-PL5
Olympus 45 f1.8
Panasonic 20 f1.7
Olympus 9-18
Olympus 14-42
Olympus 40-150
 
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whats the m5 like (mark 1)?? got a possible good deal (second hand mint condition with battery grip and 14-42mm lens).. still worth playing around with?
 
Thaifood said:
whats the m5 like (mark 1)?? got a possible good deal (second hand mint condition with battery grip and 14-42mm lens).. still worth playing around with?
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I still really like mine. There are a few ergonomic 'quirks' and it's missing some of the newer intervalometer/image composite features but the IS, image quality and build quality are all very close to the newer offerings.
 
Received an em5 today.
Late to the party but a bargain for this. Also got a battery grip with it. Right now to find some Lenses
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I love my 20mm, it's a slightly odd focal length but it's really nice. And it's tiny.

In other news, I just pre-ordered a GX80 to replace my G6, because 4k video (I do mostly video) and the size (when I do take pictures it's nearly always when I'm away).
 
Loved my 20mm but sold it because of an issue with banding on the em5 at high isos. I'll definitely buy another when I eventually replace the body. The 45 is an outrageously nice lens for the money as well.
 
Hey. So I'm thinking of playing about with a YouTube channel with my yoga teacher friend. I do quite a lot of filming/editing etc on my iPhone but I'd like something higher quality for this, plus I wouldn't mind filming some stuff of my own. I know the phone isn't going to cut it and the new Panny GX80/85 looks pretty tempting, is fairly compact, obviously targets the video-crowd etc. It's a Micro Four Thirds camera, this is the thread for that... I know nothing about lens and proper photography so have a couple of questions...

We'd be mostly filming in her spare bedroom which she's turned into a studio for her private classes. It's not a huge room though - maybe a 10ft square? Looks like this:

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The thing I'm clueless about is if the kit lens the camera comes with (12-32mm f3.5-5.6) - if you don't just buy the body on it's own - is going to be wide enough to capture everything properly as it's a bit of pokey space? I'd be aiming for these sort of shots:


Bit of an odd request but hey ho. Cheers.
 
I'm getting horny for a prime and the Oly 17mm f/1.8 is getting my attention.

Oh, and I'm in Japan.

God dammit this isn't good for my wallet! :p
 
Just picked up an Olympus 17mm f/1.8 :cool:

Good to scratch the prime itch again!

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