Oly 45mm versus 60mm

I don't own the 60mm, only the 45mm. But going from your two pictures, here is what I vcan say :

From your two pictures, I do really prefer the 60mm one mainly because it has more local contrast. However you have to take in account the fact that the 45mm was shot at 1/1600 with an aperture of 1.8, while the 60mm was sht at the Sam speed plus same ISO, but at an aperture of 2.8; this means that the 45mm picture is slightly overexposed with respect to the 60mm. The 45mm has received 1.3 FStop more exposure, so to level the fied between the two pictures you should lower the exposure by that amount. The 45mm picture would then get some more punch too.

Also, the 45mm is at its widest aperture and may suffer from some loss of contrast there. You will only be able to tell if this is the case by giving the sensor the same exposure.

of course these remarks suppose that the EXIF data indicated in the DPreview gallery are correct.

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