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EM5 Mark II + 40-150 Pro handled - Dragonfly closeup!

Started Nov 3, 2015 | Discussions
Pedagydusz Veteran Member • Posts: 6,027
Re: EM5 Mark II + 40-150 Pro handled - Dragonfly closeup!

Beautiful, as usual!  

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Antonio De Santis
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Excellent detail Antonio, one to be well chuffed with

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is outstanding! indisputably great!

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Re: EM5 Mark II + 40-150 Pro handled - Dragonfly closeup!

Beautiful, as usual!  

Thanks Antonio
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Re: EM5 Mark II + 40-150 Pro handled - Dragonfly closeup!

the 14 150 aint to bad as well. love oly lens they are some of the best ive used ( besides my sigma art 60/30 lol)

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gary0319
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Re: EM5 Mark II + 40-150 Pro handled - Dragonfly closeup!

cainn24 wrote:

gary0319 wrote:

Wonderful, just stunning!

I've been using my Panasonic 100-300 with my E-M5 II for dragonflies, but this puts my efforts to shame. Could you give some details on whether this was raw or jpg, and how much you had to crop, etc?

This may just make my dragonfly shooting more expensive.

Shoot your 100-300 at 150mm or thereabouts, or maybe even a little shorter if you can. Specifically, f/5.6 for maximum center sharpness or f/8 for maximum overall edge-to-edge sharpness (whatever you deem to be most important). It's a whole lot sharper in that range than it is at the long end. In fact the sweet spot of most "consumer-grade" (for lack of a better term) zoom lenses, which you'd be close to in the above scenario, is going to hang pretty well with all the "pro" zooms.

Thanks for the tip. I went today and tried the 100-300 with bees and dragonflies at various focal lengths and apertures.

Best for me was FL between 170 and 205. At 150 the lens had trouble locking onto the subject when there was any distracting branches or weeds. Keeping the speed above 1/500 was best.

More tests in the coming days.

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Hen3ry
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Thank you, Antonio, I hadnt realized it would focus this close

Antonio De Santis wrote:

Did you take it at the close focusing distance of the lens or did you use extension tubes to get closer?

Thanks i shot always at close focus distance with thiw lens
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A very interesting lens and you have made great use of it.

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Re: Thank you, Antonio, I hadnt realized it would focus this close

Antonio De Santis wrote:

Did you take it at the close focusing distance of the lens or did you use extension tubes to get closer?

Thanks i shot always at close focus distance with thiw lens
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A very interesting lens and you have made great use of it.

Thanks Yes, it's great lens, for close up is fantastic
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Re: EM5 Mark II + 40-150 Pro handled - Dragonfly closeup!

Great shot! I too find the closeup capability of this lens to be quite amazing. It's also brutally sharp.

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Great shot! I too find the closeup capability of this lens to be quite amazing. It's also brutally sharp.

Yes, very sharp Thanks
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Re: EM5 Mark II + 40-150 Pro handled - Dragonfly closeup!

Great capture!

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DavidH202 Senior Member • Posts: 1,607
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I must add my compliments Antonio...very good capture!

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Joe Lynch Veteran Member • Posts: 3,186
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Well, that does it.  I have been using a 50-200 SWD and 1.4 and I just ordered the 40-150 Pro and 1.4.  I have an E-M1 and an E-M5ii and I really like the E-M5ii except for using the 4/3 lenses.  Result is I take both bodies with me.  I shoot some video so the E-M5ii is with me with the 12-40.  With the 40-150, I should be able to always take it and the E-M5ii and leave the E-M1 at home occasionally.

Antonio, great shots!  You sold me on a lens/camera combo.

Joe

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Antonio De Santis
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Thanks to all!

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berni29 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,119
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Hi

That is amazing. I see what you mean about looking at it full size to fully appreciate it.

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berni29 wrote:

Hi

That is amazing. I see what you mean about looking at it full size to fully appreciate it.

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shinndigg Veteran Member • Posts: 4,689
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I had the same response after i viewed it at 100%. Absolutely amazing,  the detail.

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Lawrence W Contributing Member • Posts: 834
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I have never seen a dragonfly that's so nicely photographed!

Thank you for sharing.

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Lawrence W wrote:

I have never seen a dragonfly that's so nicely photographed!

Thank you for sharing.

Wow, thanks!

Antonio

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