Look what my tiny E-MP2 can do!

I'm a proud owner of a E-P5 now!

But before it arrived, snuck the E-PM2 with the 75/1.8 into a studio session this past Sunday!

Very happy with the results and I'm sure the E-P5 will be better thanks to the 5 axis stabilization!

C&C welcome.

It's not the size that counts, it's how you use it! Nice shot.

KTClown wrote:

It's not the size that counts, it's how you use it! Nice shot.

Totally agree! Thank you!

Very nice.

I like my PM2, but your camera was the least important element in that shot. Number 1 was the lighting and number 2 was the lens. The camera just sat there and recorded what the first two did.

Ulric wrote:

Very nice.

Thank you!

Very nice shot. I like the use of limited DOF with the soft knees.

I wonder how a poor man's 75/1.8 would do? (50/1.8 + speed booster)

Jim Salvas wrote:

I like my PM2, but your camera was the least important element in that shot. Number 1 was the lighting and number 2 was the lens. The camera just sat there and recorded what the first two did.

True, I do put a lot of emphasis on lighting. As for former 3D designer/animator, light set up was critical to produce realistic renderings.

But my E-PM2 is just as capable of capturing stunning images!

Jim Salvas wrote:

I like my PM2, but your camera was the least important element in that shot. Number 1 was the lighting and number 2 was the lens. The camera just sat there and recorded what the first two did.

Number 1 is always the skill and vision of the photographer. The light, lens, and camera only matter insofar as the photographer's ability to utilize them, and that's why all the obsession I see in this forum over which lens/camera is "the best" is a pointless waste of time and bandwidth. I've seen photos captured with a smartphone, or point-and-shoot camera, that match or exceed, aesthetically, any image you can show me that was photographed with a "professional" camera and lens.

~Ed

zuikowesty wrote:

Very nice shot. I like the use of limited DOF with the soft knees.

I wonder how a poor man's 75/1.8 would do? (50/1.8 + speed booster)

I can say from experience the Olympus 75/1.8 lens is a pleasure to use!

I have a Voigtlander 75/1.8 and the Olympus is way better!

Logan3-1639 wrote:

Jim Salvas wrote:

I like my PM2, but your camera was the least important element in that shot. Number 1 was the lighting and number 2 was the lens. The camera just sat there and recorded what the first two did.

Number 1 is always the skill and vision of the photographer. The light, lens, and camera only matter insofar as the photographer's ability to utilize them, and that's why all the obsession I see in this forum over which lens/camera is "the best" is a pointless waste of time and bandwidth. I've seen photos captured with a smartphone, or point-and-shoot camera, that match or exceed, aesthetically, any image you can show me that was photographed with a "professional" camera and lens.

~Ed

True. Thanks for the comment!

But having a stunning model helps a lot too

Logan3-1639 wrote:

Jim Salvas wrote:

I like my PM2, but your camera was the least important element in that shot. Number 1 was the lighting and number 2 was the lens. The camera just sat there and recorded what the first two did.

Number 1 is always the skill and vision of the photographer. The light, lens, and camera only matter insofar as the photographer's ability to utilize them, and that's why all the obsession I see in this forum over which lens/camera is "the best" is a pointless waste of time and bandwidth. I've seen photos captured with a smartphone, or point-and-shoot camera, that match or exceed, aesthetically, any image you can show me that was photographed with a "professional" camera and lens.

~Ed

Ed - I thought that pretty much went without saying. The most important element in any photo system is the human one.

That said, I rarely if ever see someone with a smartphone or point-and-shoot who knows how to use lighting or even cares to try.

zuikowesty wrote:

Very nice shot. I like the use of limited DOF with the soft knees.

I wonder how a poor man's 75/1.8 would do? (50/1.8 + speed booster)

Well, you would have to stand a lot closer to the model. The OP's picture was 150mm FOV with the Oly 75 while you have 70mm FOV with a nifty fifty and a 1/1.4X reducer.

Maybe a new Samyang 85mm f1.4 for half the price of the 75, or an old FD 85mm f1.8 for even less could be  the poor man's substitute.

Sergey_Green wrote:

I had similar frames somewhere from Sigma 150/2.8 (on larger formats), where sitting persons would have their legs extended forward - nothing ever came out more bizarre. The distance compression and flattening was simply way too much for such shots. It is fine when you photograph faces only, or standing people, but not with the legs or arms extended forward. For this frame, 50mm, or 25mm in your case, would have been ideal.

I agree the 75/1.8 might not be the best for full body shots. However, I think the photo came out pretty nice.

I shoot sessions with my Fuji system, and was shooting with the 35/1.4, but wanted to see how the 75/1.8 did.