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If you shoot people, pair it with the 45

Started Feb 15, 2014 | User reviews
photohounds
photohounds Senior Member • Posts: 1,156
If you shoot people, pair it with the 45
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As one reviewer said just buy it.

Another said "if you have a use for it".
If you shoot people, landscapes night street scenes, indoor sports, theater and other performance art, you HAVE a use for this lens.

To let some pictures do the talking first ...

Some people samples ..
Kids
Littlies ..

Some Low (sometimes extremely low) light samples

Music - I couldn't even SEE some of these musicians esp the camera tech lady, I saw only a silhouette.  THe OMF VF to the rescue.
Footloose
The 75 (and 45) make THIS easier

DON'T listen to non-oly-user trolls who want to:
. make pseudo-relevant mathematical "arguments' about photons instead talking about of pictures
. tell you that it is not a useful "people" focal length (it is superb)
. that you cannot get shallow enough depth of field (you can, AND sell your pictures as well, if you have worked hard enough).
. that 85 is the "ideal" focal length for portraits of people - rubbish, I know pros who use 8 degree AOV lenses for fashion shots. That's 300mm in FMF (Full Marketing Frame.

If you need wider or don't have room, also consider the diminutive 45/f1.8, which is close to the "correct" 85mm in FMF.

DO:
. Have a look at the results others obtain.
. Borrow one if you're still unsure.
. Realise that results this good are not found in the bargain basement
. check out people like this who logically debunk the "need" for larger sensors for most work

. Facing the fear generated by good marketing
. More samples

The detail available with this lens and the new Micro four thirds sensors is incredible.
The handling in real-world situations excels.
The 75 gives a flattering perspective for people.

The 75/f1.8 is excellent for timid subjects and helps you get the BEST out of first time models.
Why? Just a little more distance puts the subject at ease.
If someone contracted me to do a billboard that actually needed MORE resolution and had to be shot in on frame, I MAY ask for a large advance and MIGHT get a FMF camera and 2 fast primes.  Very few photographers need to make that huge weight/size concession to do good, saleable work.
A bazooka/brick combination left at home shoots NO pictures at all.

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 photohounds's gear list:photohounds's gear list
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8 Olympus OM-D E-M5 Olympus E-M1 Olympus E-M1 II Olympus OM-D E-M1X +7 more
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8
Telephoto prime lens • Micro Four Thirds • V311040BU000
Announced: Feb 8, 2012
photohounds's score
5.0
Average community score
4.9
photohounds
OP photohounds Senior Member • Posts: 1,156
More pictures .. WITH accompanying 100% crops

I have posted a selection of test pics including 1:1 crops (amazing what this lens can 'see', with an OMD, that goes double in very dim light.
Interested buyers can satisfy themselves more easily that it is a great people/landscape pet-sized animals and larger birds (among other uses).  Rabid critics are welcome too ..

The lad was shot on a dismal "almost no contrast day" it rained (a flooding event, actually) just 5 minutes after they were shot.  
The images COULD be processed  but I decided to leave them substantially as is, so you can see the lens capability in poor light, not my box of tricks.
Anyway ... you can see EM-1/Zuiko 75mm/f1.8 simple, unprocessed test shots (shrinking, colour and density only)   WITH crops - here...
http://photohounds.smugmug.com/Gear-tests/Zuiko-75mm-f18/
Oh yes, as in most of my galleries .. If you press the "i" (as in info) circular button, mid-bottom right, most of my pics have exif data.
Comments can be left on individual images.

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 photohounds's gear list:photohounds's gear list
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm F1.8 Olympus OM-D E-M5 Olympus E-M1 Olympus E-M1 II Olympus OM-D E-M1X +7 more
justafan Forum Member • Posts: 77
If you shoot people, you better have the license to kill
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Well written review, though! Very helpful info.

Bluephotons Veteran Member • Posts: 6,903
Nothing beats this combo: R-15 and Florida's NRA endorsed SYG (law)
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YMMV according with your "pigmentation". (I might get banned for this one) May the spirit of Lenny Bruce help me!

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Bluephotons
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Bob Dylan

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Olympus E-M1 II OM-1 DJI Pocket 2 Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm 1:2.8-3.5 SWD Olympus Zuiko Digital 1.4x Teleconverter EC-14 +12 more
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