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Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me

Started Aug 19, 2018 | Discussions
J Franklin Campbell
J Franklin Campbell Forum Member • Posts: 79
Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me
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I generally use my zooms with the Olympus E-M1 V.1. However, I wanted the 75/1.8 since reading all those great reviews when it came out. I got a referb from Olympus a while back and have been very satisfied.

I recently posted some photos I took last February along with a dozen full resolution images. This isn't a review but if you'd like to see some sample photos check out my web page:

http://jfcampbell.us/masonmi/2018/2018_02_18.htm

J. Franklin Campbell
Mason, Michigan (USA)
http://JFCampbell.US

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JaKing
JaKing Veteran Member • Posts: 6,300
Re: Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me

I like your photos, JF.

The yellow fire hydrant particularly caught my eye.

Glad you are enjoying your new lens.

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Skeeterbytes Forum Pro • Posts: 23,186
Re: Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me

It's a lovely lens, a pleasure to use and produces great images. Glad you're enjoying yours!

Cheers,

Rick

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Searching Veteran Member • Posts: 3,964
Re: Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me

While you can use your lens for whatever you like, the 75 1.8 is primarily a portrait lens and too bad you don't have some samples of portraits.

Here is one at F4 on the EM1.2.  Cheers.

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vee1rotate Junior Member • Posts: 26
Re: Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me

I like your images

The Olympus 75/1.8 is the next lense on my wishlist

Thanks for sharing

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J Franklin Campbell
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Re: Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me

Searching wrote:

While you can use your lens for whatever you like, the 75 1.8 is primarily a portrait lens and too bad you don't have some samples of portraits.

Here is one at F4 on the EM1.2. Cheers.

Nice portrait!  I'll answer your "challenge".

Here's a few photos I just took at my camera club.  I don't do a lot of portraits, but I still love this lens.  The following shots are all at F2.0, except the last one at F7.1.

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mg_k Veteran Member • Posts: 3,221
Re: Olympus 75/1.8 lens working well for me

I personally can't stand those ooc jpg artifacts.

Please shoot raw and process the photos properly to give this expensive lens its justice.

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