The image above was done from a long distance with an Olympus 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 zoom lens, mounted on a nice tripod. I shot it with a polarizing filter on the front to do fun stuff to the body of water on the right, lower corner of the frame. I shot at f8.
When I enlarge the frame it is delightful. And I must say that everything I had with me in my backpack weighed less than the 80-200mm f2.8 lens I would have used had I been dragging a Nikon all over the place. By a long shot.
Click on the photo and it will enlarge....
Forget the new lens. Read the novel...
4 comments:
My wife and me both have the Four Thirds version of it. Awesome performers indeed.
Got the m43 version to replace the 43 one, which I passed on to my dad. Lovely lenses and a total bargain.
Mark
I just picked up another for £40 secondhand. It's in pretty good nick too. A sleeper hit. Yes you'll get better low light results with the pro lenses but in daylight for most uses picture quality is very similar.
It is amazing what these kit grade lenses can do. I have the Panasonic 45-150, and while it may not be quite as amazing as the Olympus it is a pretty darn good lens - especially if you consider size, weight and price. As is the latest version of the Panasonic 14-42, which I got with a used body and almost didn't even try - boy would I have missed out. Tiny, weighs almost nothing, and makes great photos. Sure, f5.6 at the long end seems a little slow but with today's high-ISO cameras it is not the kind of problem it was a few years ago.
Some older lenses, like the Tamron and others you have been writing about, are also finding new life for me. I have been putting together a set of bargain lenses for my D800, nothing much over $125, and have been seriously impressed with what they can do on a modern digital body. Some of these are lenses I used back in the film days, but I don't remember ever seeing them look this good before.
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