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E-PM2 + 14mm f2.5

Started Jun 11, 2014 | Photos
Paulmorgan Veteran Member • Posts: 9,499
Re: E-PM2 + 14mm f2.5

Jere Landis wrote:

Mt question is, if you put these up for inspection and critique, why in the world would you shoot one handed?

Are you being serious

Hen3ry
Hen3ry Forum Pro • Posts: 18,218
Sylon, if you want to go a little wider, inexpensively…

…consider the Panny w/a attachment made specifically for the 14mm and the current Panny 14-42. A pro user was talking about the high quality in another thread just a couple of days ago.

It will give you a f2.5 11mm lens! And cost you about $130 on eBay at present! (I'm just looking at one myself.) Say what? And all those people pay hundreds and hundreds for the Oly f2 12???

I haven't used this but I did use the Oly equivalent on the Oly 14-42 II R for a time. This picture gives you an idea of the angle of view you get with the black rectangle the 14mm angle of view:

You might well get a bit of barrel distortion but it will enhance pix like this (taken with the Oly equivalent -- the fence really was leaning and bending), it won’t matter most of the time, and when needed, you will be able to correct it quickly and easily in any competent image processor -- I use the $100 Photoline for all my work.

Cheers, geoff

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Geoffrey Heard
Down and out in Rabaul in the South Pacific
http://pngtimetraveller.blogspot.com/2011/10/return-to-karai-komana_31.html

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Panasonic G85 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm F4.0-5.6 ASPH OIS +7 more
Hen3ry
Hen3ry Forum Pro • Posts: 18,218
Jere - u are putting the cart before the horse

sigala1 wrote:

Jere Landis wrote:

Mt question is, if you put these up for inspection and critique, why in the world would you shoot one handed?

There isn't anything wrong with using a 10-ounce camera one-handed.

He did not put them up for C&C, then shoot one handed. He went out and shot his pix, often one handed, then thought: "Hey, why not post them?" And fair enough. I shoot a lot one-handed. Started with the G1, continued through the E-PM1 and E-PL3, and continues today with the G6.

It just happens naturally with a little, light camera, I find.

Cheers, geoff

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Geoffrey Heard
Down and out in Rabaul in the South Pacific
http://pngtimetraveller.blogspot.com/2011/10/return-to-karai-komana_31.html

 Hen3ry's gear list:Hen3ry's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Panasonic G85 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 45mm F1.8 Panasonic Lumix G X Vario PZ 45-175mm F4.0-5.6 ASPH OIS +7 more
Paulmorgan Veteran Member • Posts: 9,499
Re: Sylon, if you want to go a little wider, inexpensively…

Hen3ry wrote:

…consider the Panny w/a attachment made specifically for the 14mm and the current Panny 14-42. A pro user was talking about the high quality in another thread just a couple of days ago.

It will give you a f2.5 11mm lens! And cost you about $130 on eBay at present! (I'm just looking at one myself.) Say what? And all those people pay hundreds and hundreds for the Oly f2 12???

I haven't used this but I did use the Oly equivalent on the Oly 14-42 II R for a time. This picture gives you an idea of the angle of view you get with the black rectangle the 14mm angle of view:

You might well get a bit of barrel distortion but it will enhance pix like this (taken with the Oly equivalent -- the fence really was leaning and bending), it won’t matter most of the time, and when needed, you will be able to correct it quickly and easily in any competent image processor -- I use the $100 Photoline for all my work.

Cheers, geoff

I`ve never considered making my little 14mm any wider but what I do swear by are the little thumbs up grips that transform the handling of these little camera`s.

I don`t use the EPM2 but a friend tried my thumbs up on his EPM2 and loved it, he immediately placed an order.

I shoot festivals and I can drink beer with one hand while shooting with the other

Thumbs up on GF2

Jere Landis Senior Member • Posts: 1,933
Re: E-PM2 + 14mm f2.5

Yes I'm serious, if I had shot one handed, I would not post them. People buy all this equipment and lenses to get sharp photos and that's not the way you do it, ( one handed ).

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