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Re: [OM] Portrait shot - need lens opinion

Subject: Re: [OM] Portrait shot - need lens opinion
From: Frank <wijsmuller@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:58:17 +0200
If you shoot with an E-M5 and use high ISO (800 and higher), then remember
the 20mm - E-M5 combo suffers from quite severe banding! Please test first
for yourself...

Good luck, Frank.

2015-10-21 7:03 GMT+02:00 Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>:

> This weekend I'm going to try and get a photo of a well-known someone at
> an event, but I have a specific shot in mind.
>
> The person wears a very special ring, and I want the portrait to make the
> ring the main subject. I'm thinking of having him seated, elbows on a
> table, forearms up and hands crossed over each other, with the ring finger
> on top. However, I still want his face in the photo, but the point of focus
> is the hands/ring, with the face somewhat out of focus, just enough to tell
> who he is and to add some context to the ring.
>
> I'm thinking I need a wide aperture to get the necessary DoF control,
> which leaves me with the Panny 20/1.7 or toughing it out old-school with
> the OM 50/1.2 on the adapter.
>
> I am going to try and experiment tomorrow if I have time, but meanwhile I
> look towards the collective wisdom.
>
> Oh - this shot may or may not be with flash - depending on what room I get
> to use. If flash, will probably be the FL-600r with the Fong salad bowl on
> a bracket, set for fill.
>
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>
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