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Subject: [OM] Re: Lenses required
From: "Phil" <pcks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:36:17 -0000


Thanks for all the info AG

I am still getting to grips with the learning curve.

May I ask, When viewing images for clarity etc, on the PC, what is a good
size to view them at
to give an indication of the final image, the reason I ask is that my more
distant portraits (full lenght)
do not look that sharp.

Thanks

Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 3:05 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Lenses required


> Phil wrote:
> > Thanks for the advice, for starters I am looking for a 28/2.8
> > and or a 100/85/2.8 geeze the learning curve I am going
> > through at present is doing my head in
>
> On my website, I've written various articles on different
> aspects of photography and Olympusisms. :)  One particular
> article has several photographs that illustrate the bokeh
> characteristics very nicely.
>
> www.image66media.com
>
> Select the "Articles" link on the left, scroll down and click on
> "Coyping Others and Breaking Free".
>
> The photograph of the old Ford Comet was taken with the 35/2.8.
> Even in the horrendous resize/JPEG compressed image you can see
> how the bokeh (blur) has a very smooth gradient and OOF
> highlights are "ring free".  Subjects in focus with this lens
> tend to pop out from the background.
>
> The next picture, of a red trillium, was taken with the 100/2.8.
>  Again, note the smooth transition in the bokeh.  Both of these
> pictures were taken on 35mm film, but you can see how the optics
> of the lenses are a bit different than modern day glass.
>
> Another article "A Camera Worthy, The Olympus E-1 Digital
> Camera" is a good introduction to the E-1 from an user's point
> of view.  The first photograph in the article was taken with the
> 100/2.8 and the baseball player photograph was taken with the
> 200/4.
>
> Another article has images supplied by Bill Barber (NSURIT).
> "Olympus E-1 with Zuiko Lenses - Sample Images".  These images
> were what convinced me to buy an E-1 in the first place.
>
> I did discover that my links in my older articles are kinda
> wonky, so be sure to hit the "BACK" button on your brouser to
> return to the Articles Menu.
>
> As to portraiture, I've settled into two main lenses:  14-54
> zoom for standard full-length shots, and the 100/2.8 for all
> head or upper-body shots.  I target the eyes for my focus point
> and give myself just enough DoF to get the nose and ears in
> focus.
>
> I did discover that Bokeh characteristics can be trashed by
> using USM sharpening.  Smooth transitions will turn into
> stair-step transitions.  When I apply sharpening to portraits, I
> use a very tight USM setting that counteracts the AA filter and
> that's it.  Anything more and the image starts to get odd
> transitions in the "glow".  This doesn't happens so much with
> modern lenses and the bokeh is already "bubble-like" with no
> gentle fades to get artifacts in.  In otherwords, the aspherical
> elements of today's lenses with a slightly deeper "zone of
> in-focus" is more digital friendly.  In essence, it's more
> digital friendly through the loss of the "organic look".
>
> Last night I participated in a "lighted Christmas parade" in our
> town.  I brought the E-1 with the 24/2.8 mounted. By cranking
> the ISO up to 1600 (no gripes here), I was able to shoot
> everything handheld.  The images turned out extremely well and
> are perfect for the application (1/4 page newsletter).
>
> The best part of these older lenses on the E-1 is the almost
> total lack of barrel or pin-cushion distortion.  Horizontal and
> Vertical lines stay perfectly straight throughout the entire
> image.  Can't get that with zooms except at two or three key
> focal lengths.
>
> AG
>
>
>
>
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