OMD: Can I take the same pictures with the 12mm f2.0 and the 17mm f1.8 ?

dustpuppy wrote:

Hi Everyone,

thank you so much for your feedback. I'm new to photography on high-end cameras, but i've been taking digital pictures with point and shoot cameras since 1999. The last point and shoot camera i've owned is the Canon S100, and after that I decided I wanted a camera with a faster autofocus, less shutter lag and better night-time pictures.

Here are some examples of pictures I took with the OM-D (with the panasonic 20mm f1.7 lens)

The above two pictures are fine, they are taken with the OM-D and the 20mm/f1.7. The one below though, is blurry, I think because the panasonic 20mm took a while to focus.

Besides the focus speed, I like the quality of images with the panasonic 20mm. I'm trying to figure out whether the olympus 17mm f1.8 will give me the same quality of image, but with faster autofocus, especially in low-light conditions.

the first one in particular shows the problems of using a short focal length lens to take a head and shoulders portrait. The poor girl's face is clearly distorted (bowed out) especially her nose and teeth making her much less attractive than she really is. You need at least a 40mm-50mm lens (on a 4/3 sensor) to take a photo like that unless you are very careful about how you position the model's face.

The second shot has the same problem, but not to the same degree because you are not as close. You might have been able to get away using a 25mm lens on u 4/3 but a 30mm lens would be better. Also, you are shooting down on her which causes other problems.

The third shot probably has some subject motion blur due to your 1/60 shutter speed and how close the model is to the camera. It also looks like the camera chose something in the background (the three eye alien?) to focus on. You appearently have not fixed the focus box in the center of the screen so that you choose the point of focus for the camera.

These pictures are proof that you are way in over your head with $2000.00+ worth of photo equipment that you do not know how to operate, as well as some problems with composition for portrait work. You would be better off starting with a much simpler camera (Panny GF-3/5? ) and a kit lens, taking a photography course and reading a bacis photography book about interchangeable lens cameras. The "Kodak Guide to 35mm Photography" was previously suggested.

Please don't make any more pretty women look so bad-it is painful!

Tedolph