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Re: [OM] OM-D kit lens question

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D kit lens question
From: "Walters, Martin" <Martin.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:22:57 +0000
Chuck:
Is it movement blur or are the dancers out of the plane of focus - or both? 

Martin 

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From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 7:22 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D kit lens question

Nice photos.  I liked this shot
<http://wijsmuller.eu/picture.php?/39/category/4> but was surprised by the 
motion blur of the dancers.  They much have been moving pretty fast to get blur 
at 1/60th second at 20mm.

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/27/2012 3:32 PM, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
> Do you refer to the old 4/3 14-45mm or the Panasonic m43 14-45mm?
>
> Neither have the weather resistant capability of the 12-50mm. I've 
> used the 12-50mm a lot on my holiday in Italy (mostly Venice), and it 
> performed very well. I'd say you can't go wrong ordering it as part of 
> a kit. If you're not satisfied, you can sell it without loosing to much (but 
> you won't).
>
> The 14-54mm would be nice (especially the mk 2, which will focus 
> slightly faster), but it's AF is slow, and needs an additional mmf3 
> adapter to keep the combination weather resistant.
>
> Many pictures of Italy with the e-m5 can be found here: < 
> http://wijsmuller.eu/index.php?/category/1>. Other lenses used were 
> the 9-18mm, the 20mm and the 40-150mm (least). There is 'shooting information'
> at the bottom.
>
> Is that fotodiox adapter without contacs? Now why would you want to 
> use that? 43 lenses with a mmf adapter at least give you the benefit 
> of an enlarged view when turning the focus dial... And setting the 
> correct focal length for the ibis... And...?
>
> Best, Frank.
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> 2012/11/27 Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Just getting ready to pull the trigger - is the 12-50 a better lens 
>> than the 14-45?  I remember when I ordered my E-1 that the 14-54mm 
>> lens I got was the preferred kit lens.
>>
>> Also, just want to make sure I understand correctly that the Fotodiox 
>> 4/3 - to - MFT adapter will work, but I may possibly need to tweak a pin.
>>
>> Sound about right?  If so, I'm ordering this afternoon.
>>
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>>
>> Paul Braun
>> Music Junkie
>>
>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan 
>> Howard
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