The bird images are impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Martin Walters" <mwalters@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 7:45 PM
Subject: [OM] Hiding from winter in Florida
> My wife, who's retired, decided to escape the Great White North and
> spend a couple of months in Naples, Florida. I spent a couple of weeks
> there, in late March, once work pressures subsided. The second week was
> cooler (quite cold actually), with strong north winds. The beach wasn't
> fun. Everything is relative however; the rest of North America had
> miserable weather.
>
> The OM-D got a bit of a workout. Most photos were taken with the 45/1.8
> and the newly acquired 17/1.8, which makes a very light kit. While the
> 12-50 went along, it stayed in the closet. The 17mm focusses well,
> except in one instance where there was nothing substantial in the
> foreground (e.g., some people on a beach). In this case, the lens seemed
> to focus on the foreground (say about 10 feet), with everything behind
> slightly out of focus. This only happened with three shots in the same
> location. I'd read about this in a couple of reviews/blogs.
>
> Most of the bird shots were taken with the Pen 150/4 (recently serviced
> by John H), some with the Pen 70/2 and two with the OM 100/2. I was
> quite impressed with the 150 (occasional CA and lower contrast), though
> not heavy or large it can be difficult to hand hold in a stiff breeze.
> Focussing legacy lenses on birds in flight was not very successful (at
> best, close but no cigar).
>
> Aside from the bird shots, which were processed with ACR, all the others
> are OOC jpegs.
>
> The camera seemed to work fine, though the screen can be difficult to
> see in bright light. I had one day when the battery got drained, even
> though I didn't take a huge number of photos.
>
> I've uploaded some photos at:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14675507@N08/collections/72157633191066162/
>
> Oh yes, I didn't see any other m4/3 cameras and relatively few DSLRs.
>
> Martin
>
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