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Re: [OM] [IMGs] M.Zuiko 12-50 Macro

Subject: Re: [OM] [IMGs] M.Zuiko 12-50 Macro
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:50:48 -0400
Very nice.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/3/2012 7:25 PM, Moose wrote:
> [Goodness, I do go on. If you just want some images to look at, perhaps 
> enjoy, even comment on, the little gallery is
> here. 
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50>
>  All but
> the second are simply downsized JPEGS, no processing at all.]
>
> So who knew? Oh well, probably someone(s) here.
>
> As I looked deeply into the OM-D, I didn't really look very carefully into 
> the 12-50 lens. I fit into my kit plan is
> water/dust sealed, above usual kit lens standards, decent price in the kit.
>
> My initial shooting is mostly with the 14-150. At least one of my first few 
> shots with the 12-50, of a very familiar
> subject is just, well, different looking. I wonder what that's about, but put 
> it off to look into later.
>
> Night before last, after extensive use of the 14-150, I've put the 12-50 on 
> and have camera at hand. No new dark of
> night subjects suggest themselves, so I idly check out the lens. I know there 
> are a couple of buttons on it, although
> I'd have probably failed a test on their labels.
>
> I recall reading about the L-Fn button in the manual, mostly for video, as I 
> also know about Power Zoom for video. But
> what's this Macro button actually do. I push it, expecting some action or 
> internal noise, as it changes mode. Nada, that
> button seems to do nothing at all.
>
> I look closely at the lens. In the little window that shows manual vs. power 
> zoom setting, I see at an angle another
> label, "Macro" I try pushing the button and pushing the zoom ring forward 
> beyond Power - et voilà!
>
> The only light is where I'm sitting, and I have a notebook at hand ...
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020212.jpg>
>
> Well, I didn't change the EV comp., so it's underexposed and the notebook is 
> sort of standing on end, to get the light,
> so I can't differentiate edge sharpness from lens sharpness vs. field 
> curvature, vs. DOF on curved paper, but it's
> pretty impressive. Fix the exposure, resharpen for downsizing, side lighting 
> has, as planned, really shown up the
> texture of the paper, and it's darn good.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020212oofm.jpg>
>
> So yesterday, I wandered out into the yard. The first shot is not really in 
> focus. I suppose I probably moved a bit
> between focus and shot. Whatever it is, I like the soft focus effect, and 
> wish I knew how to reliably reproduce it.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020213.jpg>
>
> Then I find a more interesting bud, with entwining sepals, and get the focus 
> right. Hey, that's pretty darn good!
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020214.jpg>
>
> So I made a few more. The garden whimsey is first shot normally, then macro. 
> The hibiscus stamen is shot at two
> apertures. 
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50>
>
> Close Up Moose
>
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