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Versatility of Olympus 12-50mm f 3.5-6.3

Started Mar 11, 2016 | Discussions thread
Paulmorgan Veteran Member • Posts: 9,499
Re: Versatility of Olympus 12-50mm f 3.5-6.3

L0n3Gr3yW0lf wrote:

I know the feeling, for the image that I took of the eye I used a basic but big setup like a desk lamp (I don't own any flashes as I love natural light more), a towel to make the person's head rest more comfortably on my desk, a tripod and my phone as a remote control and live preview. The reason why I managed to keep ISO so low. I do plan to try to use as much natural light as possible, even with the risk of more reflections on the iris.

Robin Wong's review of Olympus 12-50mm is one of the reasons I was thinking of getting this lens, those, well not macro but, close up images of wildlife is so much better in terms of sharpness, and I expect ease of use, and contrast compared to what I usually get with M42 extension tubes and a nifty fifty with reasonable close focus capability. And lets not forget that it does 12mm too ^u^.

They might be better lenses out there than the 12-50mm, but not at its price and feature set.

All in I`ve found it not to be a bad performer, it might not be particularly fast at its long end (f6.3) but on balance f6.3 is only a tiny bit slower than f5.6, a difference of a tiny 1/3 of a stop and most people forget that this lens is a 4x zoom, most f5.6 kit lenses are only a 3x (excluding the new Panasonic 12-60mm)

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