I never thought I'd be one of "those guys". You know, the ones who, $ be damned, just order whatever they think they
will like using, and either send it back or sell it off if it doesn't please.
I might admit to some past negative feelings about those guys. And now I appear to have become one - oh my! Oh well,
I've heard it takes all kinds . . .
The Big Brown Truck delivered a package late yesterday afternoon. As I took the Oly 12-100/4 off the E-M5 II, and
replaced it with the PLeica 12-60/2.8-4, something in me went OOooohhh! I like this physical package!
I'll likely do some test target comparisons, but lot about how I like a lens is how it handles and how the images look
with ordinary subjects. The sun was fading fast, and some clouds coming in, so I quick like a bunny slipped out in the
front and took some pics.
Can't fault the central sharpness or the bokeh of this first one.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Garden%20with%20Leica%2012-60&image=_B006180oofm.jpg>
Or what the center looks like at 100%.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Garden%20with%20Leica%2012-60&image=_B006180fp.jpg>
More of what was available, flowers and trees, here.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Garden%20with%20Leica%2012-60>
Nothing not to like in performance so far. Close-up work is easier/better than the Oly. 0.3x @ 60 mm is lots more
useful than at 12 mm. It magnifies almost as much as the Macro Mode of the 12-50 - without the endlessly annoying mode
switching.
More to try/test. I would be nice in a way if the Oly ends up the winner, as I can simply return the PLeica. But I sure
prefer the physical package of the PL.
Horns of D. Moose
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