Philippe, thank you for the compliments :-)
The staircase shot was totally produced with that amazing lens you sold
me. My friend was not in need of a 7-14 (he found one himself) which
encouraged me to try it for myself, and pick up some (bargain price,
as-new condition) second-hand four thirds gear.
The E-5 is a large, ugly "appliance" compared to the design perfection
of the OM-3/4Ti (and I try not to think about it too much) and the
focusing screen is utterly useless for manual focusing, but if one does
not fight it, and rather adapt to the usage patterns it was intended
for, it's a very high performance tool. "Poor sensor" be damned, the
image quality is fantastic, and the sharpest I have *ever* seen from a
digital camera, without the amount of false detail and colour produced
by the Leica M8/M9 cameras.
While the theoretical resolution of 6c7cm film is much greater, as a
almost-daily practitioner of this format I can assert that the E-5
images exhibit greater detail for most shots, due to more accurate
focusing, extraordinary lens resolution, and (when you want it) deeper
DOF.
Can't wait to see what Olympus has in store for a long-term solution to
keep this lens system alive, the Micro lenses that require software
correction can't quite cut it yet.
keep well,
Dawid
On Wed, 2012-07-11 at 11:11 +0200, philippe.amard@xxxxxx wrote:
> All aesthetically VERY good, and technically perfect Dawid.
>
>
> I like the bokeh on the Audi take, the muted pastel colours of the Citröen,
> the sharpness and rich palette of the hand, and the Eicher style of the
> staircase. BTW, was it shot using this lens I had fears about?
>
>
> In any case, I love what you porduced there.
> Keep them coming.
>
>
> Amitiés
> Philippe
>
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> Message du : 11/07/2012 10:52
> De : "Dawid Loubser " <dawid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sujet : [OM] I'm back (in digital, kinda...)
>
>
> After a short hiatus, during which I changed computer AND camera system
> (and temporarily unsubscribed from this list) I'm back :-) First of all,
> I am running on a decked-out Dell Precision M6600 mobile workstation,
> operated by Arch Linux (GNOME 3 desktop), and it's the most satisfying
> machine I have ever used, from a performance, quality, and usability
> perspective. My Apple days are, for the time being, well and truly
> behind me.
>
> So, as you know, I sold my OM gear. Broke my heart, but 35mm film mostly
> just does not do it for me anymore, so I am having fun concentrating on
> larger film formats. Just to "try it out" (and satisfy the inner
> zuikoholic in me) I used part of the proceeds of my OM sale to fund some
> Olympus Four Thirds gear, figuring there is no harm in trying to see
> what digital currently has to offer. Oh man, the Olympus SHG lenses are
> quite something. Here are some of my first images:
>
> http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/179/c/7/stairway_of_anemia_by_philosomatographer-d556puj.jpg
> http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/191/1/a/hand_at_the_nelengu_by_philosomatographer-d56pmcl.jpg
> http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/180/3/3/audi_on_the_prowl_by_philosomatographer-d55chw1.jpg
> http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/190/3/c/snowbells__redux__by_philosomatographer-d56jrfq.jpg
> http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/181/f/d/citroen_panorama_by_philosomatographer-d55fyuw.jpg
>
> I'm just messing around still. I love having a machine powerful enough
> to process these in RawTherapee as 96-bit, floating point (CIE LAB)
> images - it's extraordinary at extracting detail and manipulating
> colour. These lenses, plain and simple, beat pretty much anything out
> there. Even legendary ones. For example, on paper at least, the
> 14-35/2.0 handily beats even a Lecia M Summicron 28/2.0 ASPH at any
> aperture (comparable, equivalent, or not). Olympus have performed magic
> with these optics.
>
> They are big though!
>
> anyway, just wanted to share the Zuikoholism -
> Dawid
>
>
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