Who needs those native system lenses anyways? :)

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mrmiguel
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Who needs those native system lenses anyways? :)
Jun 6, 2012

So all of these awesome photos from these incredible Oly/Panasonic primes made me lust for one as well, but I had already laid out a chunk of change for the 2 PowerZooms (for practicality reasons).

I then decided to adapt my Nifty 50 via a Fotodiox adapter, and when I got that on Amazon, I couldn't resist the CCTV lens.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WIMB9E/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

This brings me back to the days of developing B&W film in my basement darkroom. What a difference struggling with manual focus with a primitive lens. Shooting in RAW is like the darkroom all over again.

My 50mm Prime had been gathering dust in my Camera bag because I had a 2.8 constant 17-55 that was "good enough." This is now turning out to be a potentially excellent portrait lens.

The CCTV lens is another story. Pinhole coverage, strange bokeh. Who cares? The pics (not of the people) are from this lens. The human subjects from the el cheapo Canon 1.8.

Reading all these posts helped me tremendously in getting a head start on this system. Thanks!

I haven't had this much fun photographing in a while. I think I got the 4/3'ds bug!

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