As Frank has already noted he was shooting at f/2.8 and the dancers were
too close to be in good focus. I should have thought of that but didn't.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/28/2012 8:22 AM, Walters, Martin wrote:
> Chuck:
> Is it movement blur or are the dancers out of the plane of focus - or both?
>
> Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>>
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>>>
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